Vol. 18 No. 2: June 2009

Editorial

Looking for New Features to Improve Accuracy of EUS Lymph Node Criteria

Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros

135-136
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Jews and Infl ammatory Bowel Diseases

Ahmed M. El-Tawil

137-138
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Prophylaxis of Hepatitis B Virus Recurrence after Liver Transplantation

Gianni Testino, Paolo Borro, Alessandro Sumberaz

139-141
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Images of the Issue

Diphyllobothrium Latum Identifi ed by Capsule Endoscopy - an Unusual Cause of Iron-Defi ciency Anemia

Carol Stanciu, Anca Trifan, Ana-Maria Singeap, Catalin Sfarti, Camelia Cojocariu, Mariana Luca

142
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Original Article

Investigation of the SPINK1 N34S Mutation in Romanian Patients with Alcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis. A Clinical Analysis Based on the Criteria of the M-ANNHEIM Classifi cation

Brindusa L. Diaconu, Lidia Ciobanu, Teodora Mocan, Roland H. Pfützer, Marius P. Scafaru, Monica Acalovschi, Manfred V. Singer, Alexander Schneider

143-150
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Obesity and Functional Constipation; a Community-Based Study in Iran

Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Seyed Ali Kaboli, Asma Pourhoseingholi, Bijan Moghimi-Dehkordi, Azadeh Safaee, Babak Khoshkrood Mansoori, Manijeh Habibi, Mohammad Reza Zali

151-155
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Clinical Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease in Turkey

Yasemin Ozin, Zeki Mesut Yalınkılıç, Isilay Nadir, Basak Cakal, Selcuk Disibeyaz, Mehmet Arhan, Ulku Dagli, Bilge Tunc, Aysel Ulker, Burhan Sahin

157-162
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Activated Liver Stellate Cells in Chronic Viral C Hepatitis: Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study

Nada R. Tomanovic, Ivan V. Boricic, Dimitrije C. Brasanac, Zorica M. Stojsic, Dragan S. Delic, Branko J. Brmbolic

163-167
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Histopathologic Outcome of Neoadjuvant Image-Guided Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Horia L. Marin, E. Elizabeth Furth, Kim Olthoff, Abraham Shaked, Michael C. Soulen

169-176
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Endosonographic Surveillance of Small Gastrointestinal Tumors Originating from Muscularis Propria

Ka-Ho Lok, Lawrence Lai, Hak-Lim Yiu, Ming-Leung Szeto, Siu-Kee Leung

177-180
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Irregular Echogenic Foci Representing Coagulation Necrosis: a Useful but Perhaps Under-Recognized EUS Echo Feature of Malignant Lymph Node Invasion

Manoop S. Bhutani, Adrian Saftoiu, Charles Chaya, Parantap Gupta, Avi B. Markowitz, Maurice Willis, Ivan Kessel, Gulshan Sharma, Joseph B. Zwischenberger

181-184
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Evaluation of Guide Wire Cannulation Technique in Elderly Patients with Choledocholithiasis

George Kouklakis, Anthia Gatopoulou, Nikolaos Lirantzopoulos, Eleni Efraimidou, Konstantinos Manolas

185-188
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Staging Laparoscopy in Gastric Cancer. Accuracy and Impact on Therapy

Valentin Muntean, Anca Mihailov, Cornel Iancu, Razvan Toganel, Ovidiu Fabian, Iacob Domsa, Maximilian Vlad Muntean

189-195
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Prognostic Factors of Liver Injury in Polytraumatic Patients. Results from 895 Severe Abdominal Trauma Cases

Matthias Heuer, Georg Taeger, Gernot M. Kaiser, Dieter Nast-Kolb, Christian A. Kuehne, Steffen Ruchholtz, Rolf Lefering, Andreas Paul, Sven Lendemans, The Trauma Registry of the DGU

197-203
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Education in gastroenterology

Assessing Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Perception, Quality of Life, Motility, and Autonomic Neuropathy in Clinical Studies

Piero Portincasa, Annamaria Maggipinto, Massimo Berardino, Leonilde Bonfrate, Simona Costin, Orlando Todarello, Giuseppe Palasciano, David Q.-H. Wang, Dan L. Dumitrascu
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Case Reports

Mitochondrial Alterations in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Pediatric Case Description of Three Submitted Sequential Biopsies

Gustavo Henrique Da Silva, Kunie Iabuki Rabello Coelho, Cláudio Antônio Rabello Coelho, Cecilia Amélia Fazzio Escanhoela

215-219
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Pancreatic Somatostatinoma Manifested as Severe Hypoglycemia

Xiaosheng He, Jianping Wang, Xiaojian Wu, Liang Kang, Ping Lan

221-224
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Hepatic Morphopathologic Findings of Lead Poisoning in a Drug Addict: a Case Report

Joanne Verheij, Jens Voortman, Carin M.J. van Nieuwkerk, S. Vijay A. Jarbandhan, Chris JJ Mulder, Elisabeth Bloemena

225-227
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Heterotopic Mesenteric Ossifi cation after Gastrectomy for Watermelon Stomach

Konstantinos Vlachos, Fotios Archontovasilis, Andreas Karameris, Evaggelos Tsiambas, Emmanuel Lagoudiannakis, Andreas Manouras

229-231
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Case series

Amiodarone Induced Liver Cirrhosis. Report of two cases

Muslim Atiq, Jeremy C. Davis, Laura W. Lamps, Susan S. Beland, James E. Rose

233-235
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Clinical imaging

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of the Pancreas –a Method Beyond its Potential or a New Diagnostic Standard?

Radu Badea, Andrada Seicean, Brindusa Diaconu, Roxana Stan-Iuga, Zeno Sparchez, Marcel Tantau, Mihai Socaciu

237-242
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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Assessing Therapeutic Response in Ablative Treatments of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Zeno Sparchez, Pompilia Radu, Ofelia Anton, Mihai Socaciu, Radu x Radu Badea

243-248
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Letters

Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with more than one histologic type of epithelium

Runjan Chetty

251-259
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Perihepatic adipose tissue thickness

Thomas Riley

251-259
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Plasmodium falciparum and hepatitis B virus co-infection –a rare cause of acute hepatitis

Ramesh Roop Rai, Pankaj Jain

251-259
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Gallstone ileus as fi rst presentation of a gallbladder carcinoma

Jeroen Heemskerk, Simon W. Nienhuijs

251-259
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Hepatocellular carcinoma in membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava - a causal or a casual presentation

Pazhanivel Mohan, Sukumar R, Surendran R, Sathyabhama C,, Venkataraman Jayanthi

251-259
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Acute non-typhoid Salmonella mycotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta

Erwin-Jan M. van Geenen, Tim C.M.A. Schreuder, Carin J.M. van Nieuwkerk, Chris J.J. Mulder

251-259
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Pegylated interferon/ribavirin-induced sudden sensorineural hearing loss in a patient with chronic hepatitis C

Ozlen Atug, Hakan Akin, Yusuf Yilmaz, Murat Sari, Nurdan Tozun

251-259
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Metastasis of ulcerative colitis in peristomal skin – an extremely rare case

Iftikhar Ahmed, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Javaid Iqbal, Terrence Wardle

251-259
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Magnifying endoscopy with narrowband imaging or confocal laser endomicroscopy for in vivo rapid diagnostic of Barrett’s esophagus

Bogdan Cotruta, Cristian Gheorghe, Ion Bancila

251-259
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The role of chromogranin A in irritable bowel syndrome

Trygve Hausken

251-259

Editorial

Images of the Issue

Original Article

Education in gastroenterology

Case Reports

Case series

Clinical imaging

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