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    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Volume 25, Issue 4

    i-ii, 649-843
    April 2010
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In this issue

  • Page: i
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Forthcoming Articles

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Forthcoming Articles

  • Page: ii
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Editorials

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Transmission of antiviral drug resistant hepatitis B virus: Implications for public health and patient management

Stephen Locarnini, 
  • Pages: 649-651
  • First Published: 25 March 2010
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Natural history of gallstone; an important and old issue, but still debatable

Sung Koo Lee,  Myung-Hwan Kim, 
  • Pages: 651-652
  • First Published: 25 March 2010
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Azathioprine and allopurinol: A two-edged interaction

Richard B Gearry,  Andrew S Day,  Murray L Barclay,  Rupert WL Leong,  Miles P Sparrow, 
  • Pages: 653-655
  • First Published: 25 March 2010
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Viral response guided therapy for hepatitis C in the approaching era of direct acting anti-viral agents

Mark D. Berzsenyi,  Stuart K. Roberts, 
  • Pages: 655-656
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Special Article

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Prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma in the Asia–Pacific region: Consensus statements

Asia–Pacific Working Party on Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma , 
  • Pages: 657-663
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviews

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Radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Systematic review of radiobiology and modeling projections indicate reconsideration of its use

Alan J Wigg,  Kevin Palumbo,  David R Wigg, 
  • Pages: 664-671
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Review Series: Mechanisms of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

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A fresh look at NASH pathogenesis. Part 1: The metabolic movers

Claire Z Larter,  Shiv Chitturi,  Déborah Heydet,  Geoffrey C Farrell, 
  • Pages: 672-690
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Review Series: Advances in Clinical Practice

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Irritable bowel syndrome: Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment: An update for health-care practitioners

Oliver Grundmann,  Saunjoo L Yoon, 
  • Pages: 691-699
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Endoscopy

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Confocal laser endomicroscopy for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection: A prospective study

Rui Ji,  Yan-Qing Li,  Xiao-meng Gu,  Tao Yu,  Xiu-Li Zuo,  Cheng-jun Zhou, 
  • Pages: 700-705
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Autofluorescence videoendoscopy system using the SAFE-3000 for assessing superficial gastric neoplasia

Hiroyuki Imaeda,  Naoki Hosoe,  Kazuhiro Kashiwagi,  Yosuke Ida,  Yoshimasa Saito,  Hidekazu Suzuki,  Koichi Aiura,  Haruhiko Ogata,  Koichiro Kumai,  Toshifumi Hibi, 
  • Pages: 706-711
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Confocal endomicroscopy for phenotypic diagnosis of gastric cancer

Kakunori Banno,  Yasumasa Niwa,  Ryoji Miyahara,  Masanao Nakamura,  Toshihiko Nagaya,  Tetsuro Nagasaka,  Osamu Watanabe,  Takafumi Ando,  Hiroki Kawashima,  Naoki Ohmiya,  Akihiro Itoh,  Yoshiki Hirooka,  Hidemi Goto, 
  • Pages: 712-718
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Hepatobiliary Pancreatic

Natural history of gallstone disease: Expectant management or active treatment? Results from a population-based cohort study

Davide Festi,  Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani,  Adolfo F. Attili,  Paola Loria,  Paolo Pazzi,  Eleonora Scaioli,  Simona Capodicasa,  Ferdinando Romano,  Enrico Roda,  Antonio Colecchia, 
  • Pages: 719-724
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

The clinicopathological features of biliary intraductal papillary neoplasms according to the location of tumors

Sung Chul Choi,  Jong Kyun Lee,  Jae Hong Jung,  Jae Seung Lee,  Kwang Hyuck Lee,  Kyu Taek Lee,  Jong Chul Rhee,  Kee-Taek Jang,  Seong Ho Choi,  Jin Seok Heo,  Dong Wook Choi,  Jae Hoon Lim, 
  • Pages: 725-730
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Diagnostic accuracy of multidetector-row computed tomography for hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Nobuhisa Akamatsu,  Yasuhiko Sugawara,  Hisato Osada,  Takenori Okada,  Shinji Itoyama,  Masahiko Komagome,  Nobuhiro Shin,  Narihiro Cho,  Takashi Ishida,  Fumiaki Ozawa,  Daijo Hashimoto, 
  • Pages: 731-737
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Naturally occurring K vitamins inhibit pancreatic cancer cell survival through a caspase-dependent pathway

Shayna L Showalter,  Ziqiu Wang,  Christina L Costantino,  Agnieszka K Witkiewicz,  Charles J Yeo,  Jonathan R Brody,  Brian I Carr, 
  • Pages: 738-744
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Clinical Hepatology

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Prevalence and clinical characterization of patients with acute hepatitis B induced by lamivudine-resistant strains

Kazuhiko Hayashi,  Yoshiaki Katano,  Masatoshi Ishigami,  Akihiro Itoh,  Yoshiki Hirooka,  Isao Nakano,  Kentaro Yoshioka,  Motoyoshi Yano,  Hidenori Toyoda,  Takashi Kumada,  Hidemi Goto, 
  • Pages: 745-749
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Circulating Th17 cells frequency is associated with the disease progression in HBV infected patients

Wei Wu,  Jie Li,  Feng Chen,  Haihong Zhu,  Guoping Peng,  Zhi Chen, 
  • Pages: 750-757
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Early identification of achieving a sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C patients without a rapid virological response

Chung-Feng Huang,  Jeng-Fu Yang,  Jee-Fu Huang,  Chia-Yen Dai,  Chang-Fu Chiu,  Nai-Jen Hou,  Ming-Yen Hsieh,  Zu-Yau Lin,  Shinn-Cherng Chen,  Ming-Yuh Hsieh,  Liang-Yen Wang,  Wen-Yu Chang,  Wan-Long Chuang,  Ming-Lung Yu, 
  • Pages: 758-765
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Chronic hepatitis C genotype 6 responds better to pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy than genotype 1

Owen T-Y Tsang,  Jonpaul S-T Zee,  Jacky M-C Chan,  Reggie S-T Li,  Yee-Man Kan,  Francis T-W Li,  Fu-Hang Lo,  David A Chow,  Kent W-L Cheung,  Kam-Hon Chan,  Yat-Wah Yeung,  Fook-Hong Ng,  Michael K-K Li,  Wai-Keung Kwan,  Thomas S-T Lai, 
  • Pages: 766-771
  • First Published: 25 March 2010
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Influence of polygenetic polymorphisms on the susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease of Chinese people

Yong-Jian Zhou,  Yu-Yuan Li,  Yu-Qiang Nie,  Hui Yang,  Qi Zhan,  Jian Huang,  Sheng-Li Shi,  Xiao-Bo Lai,  Hong-Li Huang, 
  • Pages: 772-777
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Experimental Hepatology

A canine portal hypertension model induced by intra-portal administration of Sephadex microsphere

Wangxun Jin,  Liming Deng,  Qiyu Zhang,  Dexin Lin,  Jiying Zhu,  Yunzhi Chen,  Bicheng Chen,  Jianmin Li, 
  • Pages: 778-785
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Nuclear factor-kappa B as a promising target for selenium chemoprevention in rat hepatocarcinogenesis

Nasar Y Alwahaibi,  Siti B Budin,  Jamaludin Mohamed,  Aisha Alhamdani, 
  • Pages: 786-791
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Clinical Gastroenterology

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Prevalence of erosive esophagitis among Japanese patients taking low-dose aspirin

Takatsugu Yamamoto,  Yuji Mishina,  Tadahisa Ebato,  Akari Isono,  Koichiro Abe,  Kengo Hattori,  Taro Ishii,  Yasushi Kuyama, 
  • Pages: 792-794
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Correlations among Helicobacter pylori infection and the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor in gastric mucosa with intestinal metaplasia or dysplasia

Dongping Liu,  Qingjuan He,  Caigang Liu, 
  • Pages: 795-799
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Screening of the nutritional risk of patients with gastric carcinoma before operation by NRS 2002 and its relationship with postoperative results

Weiping Guo,  Guangsheng Ou,  Xi Li,  Jianglong Huang,  Jiangpei Liu,  Hongbo Wei, 
  • Pages: 800-803
  • First Published: 25 March 2010
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Long-term treatment of localized gastric marginal zone B-cell mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma including incidence of metachronous gastric cancer

Shouko Ono,  Mototsugu Kato,  Kikuko Takagi,  Junichi Kodaira,  Kanako Kubota,  Yoshihiro Matsuno,  Yoshito Komatsu,  Masahiro Asaka, 
  • Pages: 804-809
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Infliximab improves inflammation and anthropometric measures in pediatric Crohn's disease

Daniel M Sinitsky,  Daniel A Lemberg,  Steven T Leach,  Timothy D Bohane,  Reuben Jackson,  Andrew S Day, 
  • Pages: 810-816
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Experimental Gastroenterology

Can acid (pH) refluxes predict multichannel intraluminal impedance refluxes? A correlation study

Sudipta Misra, 
  • Pages: 817-822
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Hypermethylation downregulates Runx3 gene expression and its restoration suppresses gastric epithelial cell growth by inducing p27 and caspase3 in human gastric cancer

Weichang Chen,  Nan Gao,  Yuling Shen,  Jian-nong Cen, 
  • Pages: 823-831
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Effect of biotherapeutics on cyclosporin-induced Clostridium difficile infection in mice

Sukhminderjit Kaur,  Chetana Vaishnavi,  Pallab Ray,  Rakesh Kochhar,  Kaushal Kishor Prasad, 
  • Pages: 832-838
  • First Published: 25 March 2010

Education and Imaging

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Gastrointestinal: Colonic foreign bodies needing surgical removal

Keiichiro Kume MD,  Hiroto Sakata MD, 
  • Page: 839
  • First Published: 25 March 2010
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Gastrointestinal: Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) in Corrosive Esophageal Stricture

Surinder S Rana,  Deepak K Bhasin,  Saroj K Sinha,  Birinder Nagi,  Kartar Singh, 
  • Page: 840
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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Anomalous union of pancreaticobiliary duct accompanying incomplete type of pancreas divisum

Hyoung-Chul Oh,  Jae Hyuk Do,  Jeong Wook Kim,  Jae Gyu Kim, 
  • Page: 841
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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Sclerosing cholangitis associated with critical illness

M Tian,  Y Lv,  J Li, 
  • Page: 842
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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Multiple sexually transmitted infections

Y Nakanishi,  H Seno,  T Chiba,  Y Yamashita, 
  • Page: 843
  • First Published: 25 March 2010