Images of the Issue

Steroid-induced Ischemic Pancolitis

Mustafa Akar, Huseyin Koseoglu, Tevfik Solakoglu, Tugba Kosker, Naciye Buyukasik, Osman Ersoy

7

A Giant Abdominal Mass in a 23-year-old Woman

Floryn Cherbanyk, Olivier Martinet

8

Editorial

Original Article

VKORC1-1639 G>A Polymorphism and the Risk of Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Ioana Groza, Dana Matei, Marcel Tanţău, Adrian P Trifa, Sorin Crişan, Ştefan C Vesa, Corina Bocşan, Anca D Buzoianu, Monica Acalovschi

13-18

Dual-focus magnification, high-definition endoscopy improves pathology detection in direct-to-test diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Ashley Bond, Michael D Burkitt, Trevor Cox, Howard L. Smart, Chris Probert, Neil Haslam, Sanchoy Sarkar

Frequency of the UGT1A1*28 Polymorphism in a Romanian Cohort of Gilbert Syndrome Individuals

Viorica E. Radoi, Radu I. Ursu, Elena Poenaru, Cosmin Arsene, Camil L. Bohiltea, Roxana Bohiltea

25-28

G Protein-Coupled Receptor 30 (GPR30) Expression Pattern in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Suggests its Key Role in the Inflammatory Process. A Preliminary Study

Marcin Włodarczyk, Aleksandra Sobolewska Włodarczyk, Adam I. Cygankiewicz, Damian Jacenik, Aleksandra Piechota Polańczyk, Krystyna Stec Michalska

29-35

PNPLA3 and RNF7 Gene Variants are Associated with the Risk of Developing Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in an Eastern European Population

Juozas Kupcinskas, Irena Valantiene, Greta Varkalaitė, Ruta Steponaitiene, Jurgita Skieceviciene, Jolanta Sumskiene, Vitalija Petrenkiene, Jurate Kondrackiene, Gediminas Kiudelis, Frank Lammert, Limas Kupcinskas

37-43

Antiproliferative and Apoptotic Effects of Lidocaine on Human Hepatocarcinoma Cells. A preliminary study

Ancuta Jurj, Ciprian Tomuleasa, Tiberiu T. Tat, Ioana Berindan Neagoe, Stefan V. Vesa, Daniela C. Ionescu

45-50

Molecular Analysis of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Receptors in EUS-guided Samples Obtained from Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma*

Mădălin Ionuț Costache, Sevastița Iordache, Cornelia Alexandra Costache, Ene Dragos, Alexandru Dragos, Adrian Săftoiu

51-57

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Resveratrol Supplementation in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Ahmed Elgebaly, Ibrahim A. I. Radwan, Mohamed M. AboElnas, Hamza H. Ibrahim, Moutaz F. M. Eltoomy, Ahmed A. Atta, Hend A. Mesalam, Alaa A. Sayed, Amr A. Othman

59-67

Review

How to Diagnose and Treat a Cancer of Unknown Primary Site

Ciprian Tomuleasa, Florin Zaharie, Mihai Stefan Muresan, Mihai Stefan Muresan, Laura Pop

Case Reports

Endovascular Treatment for Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia in a Young Woman with Polyarterial Disease

Mihai C. Ober, Călin Homorodean, Dan A. Tătaru, Antonia E. Macarie, Camelia D. Ober, Dan M. Olinic

81-84

Unusual discovery after an examination for abdominal pain: Abernethy 1b malformation and liver adenomatosis. A case report

Romeo Ioan Chira, Adriana Calauz, Simona Manole, Simona Valean, Petru Adrian Mircea

85-88

Book review

Letters

Anti-Xa activity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Christos Triantos, Andreas Emmanuil, Ioanna Aggeletopoulou, Chrysostomos Tsolias, Xristina Grigoropoulou, Eleni Jelastopulu, Nikolaos Koukias, Stelios Assimakopoulos, Charalambos Gogos, Chrisoula Labropoulou Karatza, Konstantinos Thomopoulos

91-96

Reply

Tom van Gils, Bianca Rootsaert, Gerd Bouma, Chris J.J. Mulder

91-96

Assessing mucosal healing in IBD in daily practice

Cristian Gheorghe, Anca Dimitriu, Liana Gheorghe

91-96

Reply

Tessa E.H. Römkens

91-96

In memoriam

Constantin Chira (1939–2016)

Dan L. Dumitrascu

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