Vol. 24 No. 2: June 2015

Editorial

Anemia in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases is much More than Levels of Hemoglobin

Palle Bager

145-146
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Liver Elastography – Where are we Now?

Ioan Sporea

147-148
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The Disappointing Performance of the new „Magnetic Sphincters”: a Wrong Idea or a Wrong Realization?

Mauro Bortolotti

149-150
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Images of the Issue

Endoscopic Resection of a Giant Colonic Lipoma causing Severe Anemia

Bogdan Popa, Madalina Ilie, Vasile Sandru, Monica Hortopan, Mircea Beuran, Gabriel Constantinescu

142
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An Unusual Cause of Bleeding from the Duodenum: Pyogenic Granuloma

Evelyn P.M. van Vliet, Rene Arensman, Hendrikus J.M. Pullens

141
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Gastric Kaposi Sarcoma in a Double Lung-Transplanted Patient

João Santos-Antunes, Armando Ribeiro, Guilherme Macedo

143
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The Helix Sign in the Peritoneal Encapsulation Syndrome: a New Sign in a Rare Cause of Bowel Obstruction?

Vasileios Mitrousias, Evangelos Alexiou, Apostolos Katsanas, Konstantinos Batzalexis, Stylianos Germanos

144
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Original Article

A Single Biopsy is Valid for Genetic Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Regardless of Tissue Preservation or Location in the Esophagus

Evan S. Dellon, Vivek Yellore, Matthew Andreatta, James Stover

151-157
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Coping Strategies and Irrational Beliefs as Mediators of the Health-Related Quality of Life Impairments in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Mihaela Fadgyas Stanculete, Silviu Matu, Cristina Pojoga, Dan L. Dumitrascu

159-164
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Does Infliximab Short Infusion have a Beneficial Impact on the Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases? A Single Centre Prospective Evaluation

Mariabeatrice Principi, Giuseppe Losurdo, Rosa Federica La Fortezza, Pasquale Lopolito, Rosa Lovero, Simone Grillo, Roberto Bringiotti, Enzo Ierardi, Alfredo Di Leo

165-170
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Opportunistic Colorectal Cancer Screening using Colonoscopy. Comparative Results between two Historical Cohorts in Bucharest, Romania

Elena Mirela Ionescu, Tudor Nicolaie, Serban Ion Gologan, Ana Mocanu, Cristina Ditescu, Tudor Arbanas, Adriana Stoicescu, Adriana Teiusanu, Mihai Andrei, Mircea Diculescu, Mihai Ciocîrlan

171-176
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Early Achievable Severity (EASY) Index for Simple and Accurate Expedite Risk Stratification in Acute Pancreatitis

István Hritz, Péter Hegyi

177-182
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Coagulation Parameters in Wilson Disease

Mark Schaefer, Laura Weber, Daniel Gotthardt, Jessica Seessle, Wolfgang Stremmel, Jan Pfeiffenberger, Karl Heinz Weiss

183-188
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Efficacy of Interferon A-2b Monotherapy in Β-Thalassemics with Chronic Hepatitis C

Maria Kalafateli, Alexandra Kourakli, Nikolaos Gatselis, Polixeni Lambropoulou, Konstantinos Thomopoulos, Athanasios Tsamandas, Mirto Christofidou, Kalliopi Zachou, Eleni Jelastopoulou, Vasiliki Nikolopoulou, Argiris Symeonidis, George N. Dalekos, Chrissoula Lambropoulou-Karatza, Christos Triantos

189-196
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Non-Invasive Distinction of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease using Urinary Volatile Organic Compound Analysis: Early Results

Ramesh P. Arasaradnam, Michael McFarlane, Emma Daulton, Erik Westenbrink, Nicola O’Connell, Subiatu Wurie, Chuka U. Nwokolo, Karna D. Bardhan, Richard S. Savage, James A. Covington

197-201
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Reviews

Overview of Biological Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis: Current and Future Directions

Federica Furfaro, Cristina Bezzio, Sandro Ardizzone, Alessandro Massari, Roberto de Franchis, Giovanni Maconi

203-213
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Review of Computed Tomographic Colonography from a Surgeon’s Perspective

Charles Bellows, Giuseppe Gagliardi, Lorenzo Bacigalupo

215-223
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The Role of Skp2 and its Substrate CDKN1B (p27) in Colorectal Cancer

Ovidiu V. Bochis, Alexandru Irimie, Martin Pichler, Ioana Berindan- Neagoe

225-234
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Case Reports

Premalignant and Malignant Lesions of the Heterotopic Pancreas in the Esophagus: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

Jan Ulrych, Vladimir Fryba, Helena Skalova, Zdenek Krska, Tomas Krechler, David Zogala

235-239
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Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumor after 4 years Tumor-free Follow-up

Ioana Maria Lambrescu, Sorina Martin, Luminita Cima, Vlad Herlea, Corin Badiu, Simona Fica

241-244
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A Case of Primary Pancreatic non-Hodgkin B-cell Lymphoma Mimicking Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Andrea Anderloni, Chiara Genco, Marco Ballarè, Stefania Carmagnola, Serena Battista, Alessandro Repici

245-248
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Nephrotic Syndrome after Infliximab Treatment in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis

Gabriela Dumitrescu, Karine Dahan, Xavier Treton, Olivier Corcos, Yoram Bouhnik, Carmen Stefanescu

249-251
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Primary Peritoneal Serous Psammocarcinoma: a Case Report

Răzvan Dan Togănel, Ioan Şimon, Adriana Zolog, Răzvan Simescu, Angela Cozma, Valentin Muntean

253-256
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Book review

Sleisenger and Fordtran‘s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management

Brindusa Diaconu

260
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Letters

Clinical decompensation after achieving SVR with sofosbuvir, daclatasvir and ribavirin in a patient with recurrent HCV post-liver transplant

Maria Kalafateli, Geoffrey Dusheiko, Pinelopi Manousou

257-250
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Serum intestinal-fatty acid binding protein as a biomarker for refractory celiac disease

Sascha Gross, Marlou P. M. Adriaanse, Petula Nijeboer, Greetje J. Tack, Ingrid M.W. van Hoogstraten, Gerd Bouma, Chris J. Mulder, B. Mary E. von Blomberg, Anita C. E. Vreugdenhil, Hetty J. Bontkes

257-259
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Mesalamine-induced fever: an important reminder to prescribers

Jonathan A. Bain

257-259

Full Issue

Editorial

Anemia in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases is much More than Levels of Hemoglobin

Liver Elastography – Where are we Now?

The Disappointing Performance of the new „Magnetic Sphincters”: a Wrong Idea or a Wrong Realization?

Images of the Issue

Endoscopic Resection of a Giant Colonic Lipoma causing Severe Anemia

An Unusual Cause of Bleeding from the Duodenum: Pyogenic Granuloma

Gastric Kaposi Sarcoma in a Double Lung-Transplanted Patient

The Helix Sign in the Peritoneal Encapsulation Syndrome: a New Sign in a Rare Cause of Bowel Obstruction?

Original Article

A Single Biopsy is Valid for Genetic Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Regardless of Tissue Preservation or Location in the Esophagus

Coping Strategies and Irrational Beliefs as Mediators of the Health-Related Quality of Life Impairments in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Does Infliximab Short Infusion have a Beneficial Impact on the Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases? A Single Centre Prospective Evaluation

Opportunistic Colorectal Cancer Screening using Colonoscopy. Comparative Results between two Historical Cohorts in Bucharest, Romania

Early Achievable Severity (EASY) Index for Simple and Accurate Expedite Risk Stratification in Acute Pancreatitis

Coagulation Parameters in Wilson Disease

Efficacy of Interferon A-2b Monotherapy in Β-Thalassemics with Chronic Hepatitis C

Non-Invasive Distinction of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease using Urinary Volatile Organic Compound Analysis: Early Results

Reviews

Overview of Biological Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis: Current and Future Directions

Review of Computed Tomographic Colonography from a Surgeon’s Perspective

The Role of Skp2 and its Substrate CDKN1B (p27) in Colorectal Cancer

Case Reports

Premalignant and Malignant Lesions of the Heterotopic Pancreas in the Esophagus: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumor after 4 years Tumor-free Follow-up

A Case of Primary Pancreatic non-Hodgkin B-cell Lymphoma Mimicking Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Nephrotic Syndrome after Infliximab Treatment in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis

Primary Peritoneal Serous Psammocarcinoma: a Case Report

Book review

Sleisenger and Fordtran‘s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management

Letters

Clinical decompensation after achieving SVR with sofosbuvir, daclatasvir and ribavirin in a patient with recurrent HCV post-liver transplant

Serum intestinal-fatty acid binding protein as a biomarker for refractory celiac disease

Mesalamine-induced fever: an important reminder to prescribers

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