Vol 15 No 2: June 2006 | Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Cristian Gheorghe, Codrut Stanescu, Liana Gheorghe, Ion Bancila, Vlad Herlea, Gabriel Becheanu, Daniela Voinea, Razvan Iacob, Ioana Lupescu, Rodica Anghel, Adina Croitoru, Irinel Popescu

137-141

Lateral Subcutaneous Internal Sphincterotomy in the Treatment of Chronic Anal Fissure: Our Experience in 246 Patients

Nikolaos Liratzopoulos, Eleni I. Efremidou, Michael S. Papageorgiou, George Kouklakis, John Moschos, Konstantinos J. Manolas, George J. Minopoulos

143-147

Reviews

Noninvasive Biochemical Markers of Liver Fibrosis

Mircea Grigorescu

149-159

Endoscopic Ultrasound Elastography – a New Imaging Technique for the Visualization of Tissue Elasticity Distribution

Adrian Sãftoiu, Peter Vilman

161-165

Case Reports

Long-Lasting Effect of Endoscopic Dilatation of an Esophageal Stenosis due to Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Ina Zuber-Jerger, Nadia Ratiu, F. Kullman

167-170

A Rare Form of Isolated Mesenteric Castleman’s Disease Presenting as an Abdominal Mass (Isolated Mesenteric Castleman’s Disease)

Basilios Papaziogas, Grigoris Chatzimavroudis, Ioannis Koutelidakis, Marios Grigoriou, Konstantinos Atmatzidis

171-174

Clinical imaging

Ultrasonography Contribution to the Detection and Characterization of Hepatic Restructuring: Is the “Virtual Biopsy” Taken into Consideration?

Radu Badea, Monica Lupsor, Horia Stefãnescu, Sergiu Nedevschi, Delia Mitrea, Alexandru Serban, Tudor Vasile

189-194

Editorial

New Perspectives on the Role of the Intestinal Flora in Health and Disease*

Original Article

Trends of Mortality Rates from Gastric Cancer and Colorectal Cancer in Romania, 1955-2003*

Steatosis in Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Response to Anti-Viral Therapy

Comparative Study Concerning the Efficacy of Peg-IFN alpha- 2a versus Peg-IFN alpha-2b on the Early Virological Response (EVR) in Patients with Chronic Viral C Hepatitis

Molecular Analysis of A1AT (S and Z) and HFE (C282Y and H63D) Gene Mutations in Egyptian Cases with HCV Liver Cirrhosis

Preoperative Noninvasive EUS Evaluation in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Considered for Esophagectomy