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    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Volume 31, Issue 1

    2-276
    January 2016
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  • Page: 2
  • First Published: 30 December 2015

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  • Pages: 3-4
  • First Published: 30 December 2015

Forthcoming Articles

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Forthcoming Articles

  • Page: 5
  • First Published: 30 December 2015

Education and Imaging

Gastrointestinal: Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the colon, a rare and highly aggressive tumor subtype

J De Luca-Johnson,  M Zenali, 
  • Page: 7
  • First Published: 01 October 2015

Gastrointestinal: Important cause of mid-esophageal ulcer

Toni Hampe,  Jason M Hui,  Suresh de Silva, 
  • Page: 8
  • First Published: 22 July 2015

Gastrointestinal: Emphysematous gastritis

Hank Chen, 
  • Page: 9
  • First Published: 22 October 2015

Education and imaging

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Complete remission after hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with decompensated cirrhosis

Ju Hyun Seo,  Myeong Jun Song, 
  • Page: 10
  • First Published: 15 July 2015

Education and Imaging

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: A rare cause of portal hypertension

M C Plaz Torres,  C. Romana,  C Coppo,  P Zentilin,  F Grillo,  V Savarino,  E G Giannini, 
  • Page: 11
  • First Published: 15 July 2015

Editorial Comments

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Need for appropriate programs for prevention of hepatitis B infection: Lessons from the latest nationwide survey in Japan

Yasuhiro Asahina,  Mamoru Watanabe, 
  • Pages: 12-13
  • First Published: 30 December 2015

Clinical Trials and Therapeutics

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Randomized comparison of daclatasvir + asunaprevir versus telaprevir + peginterferon/ribavirin in Japanese hepatitis C virus patients

Hiromitsu Kumada,  Fumitaka Suzuki,  Yoshiyuki Suzuki,  Joji Toyota,  Yoshiyasu Karino,  Kazuaki Chayama,  Yoshiiku Kawakami,  Shigetoshi Fujiyama,  Takayoshi Ito,  Yoshito Itoh,  Etsuko Tamura,  Tomoko Ueki,  Hiroki Ishikawa,  Wenhua Hu,  Fiona McPhee,  Misti Linaberry,  Eric Hughes, 
  • Pages: 14-22
  • First Published: 07 August 2015

Meta Analysis and Systematic Reviews

Incretin-based therapies for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Laura J Carbone,  Peter W Angus,  Neville D Yeomans, 
  • Pages: 23-31
  • First Published: 25 June 2015

Solicited Review Articles

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Improving the utility of colonoscopy: Recent advances in practice

Crispin J Corte,  Rupert W Leong, 
  • Pages: 32-44
  • First Published: 24 July 2015

Review Articles

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Asia Pacific Consensus Statements on Crohn's disease. Part 1: Definition, diagnosis, and epidemiology: (Asia Pacific Crohn's Disease Consensus—Part 1)

Choon Jin Ooi,  Govind K Makharia,  Ida Hilmi,  Peter R Gibson,  Kwong Ming Fock,  Vineet Ahuja,  Khoon Lin Ling,  Wee Chian Lim,  Kelvin T Thia,  Shu-chen Wei,  Wai Keung Leung,  Poh Koon Koh,  Richard B Gearry,  Khean Lee Goh,  Qin Ouyang,  Jose Sollano,  Sathaporn Manatsathit,  H Janaka de Silva,  Rungsun Rerknimitr,  Pises Pisespongsa,  Muhamad Radzi Abu Hassan,  Joseph Sung,  Toshifumi Hibi,  Christopher C M Boey,  Neil Moran,  Rupert W L Leong,  on behalf of the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) Working Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease , 
  • Pages: 45-55
  • First Published: 25 March 2015
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Asia–Pacific consensus statements on Crohn's disease. Part 2: Management

Choon Jin Ooi,  Govind K Makharia,  Ida Hilmi,  Peter R Gibson,  Kwong Ming Fock,  Vineet Ahuja,  Khoon Lin Ling,  Wee Chian Lim,  Kelvin T Thia,  Shu-chen Wei,  Wai Keung Leung,  Poh Koon Koh,  Richard B Gearry,  Khean Lee Goh,  Qin Ouyang,  Jose Sollano,  Sathaporn Manatsathit,  H Janaka de Silva,  Rungsun Rerknimitr,  Pises Pisespongsa,  Muhamad Radzi Abu Hassan,  Joseph Sung,  Toshifumi Hibi,  Christopher C M Boey,  Neil Moran,  Rupert W L Leong,  on behalf of the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) Working Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease , 
  • Pages: 56-68
  • First Published: 25 March 2015
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Proposal of a new diagnostic algorithm for hepatocellular carcinoma based on the Japanese guidelines but adapted to the Western world for patients under surveillance for chronic liver disease

Matteo Renzulli,  Rita Golfieri,  Bologna Liver Oncology Group (BLOG) , 
  • Pages: 69-80
  • First Published: 27 August 2015

Clinical Gastroenterology

Never underestimate inflammatory bowel disease: High prevalence rates and confirmation of high incidence rates in Australia

Corrie Studd,  Georgina Cameron,  Lauren Beswick,  Ross Knight,  Christopher Hair,  John McNeil,  Paul Desmond,  Jarrad Wilson,  Wiliam Connell,  Sally Bell, 
  • Pages: 81-86
  • First Published: 29 July 2015

The self-evaluation of upper-gastrointestinal symptoms in Chinese patients with digestive disease: A multicenter questionnaire survey

Rong Lin,  Weijun Wang,  Xiaohua Hou, 
  • Pages: 87-92
  • First Published: 30 July 2015

Fecal calprotectin is a clinically relevant biomarker of mucosal healing in patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis

Sayaka Yamaguchi,  Yoshiaki Takeuchi,  Katsuhito Arai,  Katsuyuki Fukuda,  Yuichiro Kuroki,  Kunio Asonuma,  Hiroshi Takahashi,  Masayuki Saruta,  Hitoshi Yoshida, 
  • Pages: 93-98
  • First Published: 25 July 2015

Overexpression of CD55 from Barrett's esophagus is associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma risk

Takahisa Murao,  Akiko Shiotani,  Yoshihiko Fujita,  Yoshiyuki Yamanaka,  Tomoari Kamada,  Noriaki Manabe,  Jiro Hata,  Kazuto Nishio,  Ken Haruma, 
  • Pages: 99-106
  • First Published: 23 July 2015

Top-cited articles in digestive system disease from 1950 to 2013

Xiaowei Tang,  Wei Gong,  Fangfang Yuan,  Ran Li,  Xiaomei Han,  Silin Huang,  Fachao Zhi,  Bo Jiang, 
  • Pages: 107-111
  • First Published: 14 July 2015

Remission maintained by monotherapy after biological + immunosuppressive combination for Crohn's disease in clinical practice

Javier Ampuero,  María Rojas-Feria,  Manuel Castro-Fernández,  Marina Millán-Lorenzo,  Pedro Guerrero-Jiménez,  Manuel Romero-Gómez, 
  • Pages: 112-118
  • First Published: 14 July 2015

Comparison of scoring systems for nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a multicenter prospective cohort study

Hae Min Yang,  Seong Woo Jeon,  Jin Tae Jung,  Dong Wook Lee,  Chang Yoon Ha,  Kyung Sik Park,  Si Hyung Lee,  Chang Heon Yang,  Jun Hyung Park,  Youn Sun Park,  Daegu-Gyeongbuk Gastrointestinal Study Group (DGSG) , 
  • Pages: 119-125
  • First Published: 25 July 2015

Crohn's disease prognosis and early immunomodulator therapy: Results from the CONNECT study

Bun Kim,  Jae Hee Cheon,  Hyun Jin Moon,  Yi Rang Park,  Byong Duk Ye,  Suk-Kyun Yang,  Geom Seog Seo,  Byung Ik Jang,  You Sun Kim,  Joo Sung Kim,  Dong Soo Han,  Young-Ho Kim,  Won Ho Kim, 
  • Pages: 126-132
  • First Published: 25 September 2015

Immunoglobulin A deficiency in celiac disease in the United States

Kumar Pallav,  Hua Xu,  Daniel A. Leffler,  Toufic Kabbani,  Ciaran P. Kelly, 
  • Pages: 133-137
  • First Published: 28 September 2015

Risk of developing advanced colorectal neoplasia after removing high-risk adenoma detected at index colonoscopy in young patients: A KASID study

Soo-Kyung Park,  Nam Hee Kim,  Yoon Suk Jung,  Won Hee Kim,  Chang Soo Eun,  Bong Min Ko,  Geom Seog Seo,  Jae Myung Cha,  Jae Jun Park,  Kyeong Ok Kim,  Chang Mo Moon,  Yoonho Jung,  Eun Soo Kim,  Seong Ran Jeon,  Chang Kyun Lee,  Dong Il Park,  Intestinal cancer study group of the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (KASID) , 
  • Pages: 138-144
  • First Published: 25 September 2015

Experimental Gastroenterology

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin regulates gut microbiota of mice

Katsuya Mori,  Takeshi Suzuki,  Shizuka Minamishima,  Toru Igarashi,  Kei Inoue,  Daisuke Nishimura,  Hiroyuki Seki,  Takashige Yamada,  Shizuko Kosugi,  Nobuyuki Katori,  Saori Hashiguchi,  Hiroshi Morisaki, 
  • Pages: 145-154
  • First Published: 18 July 2015

MicroRNA-18a modulates P53 expression by targeting IRF2 in gastric cancer patients

Yan-Jie Chen,  Hao Wu,  Ji-Min Zhu,  Xiao-Dan Li,  Si-Wei Luo,  Ling Dong,  Tao-Tao Liu,  Xi-Zhong Shen, 
  • Pages: 155-163
  • First Published: 14 July 2015

Epigenetic silencing of NDRG2 promotes colorectal cancer proliferation and invasion

Sung Noh Hong,  Sung Jin Kim,  Eun-Ran Kim,  Dong Kyung Chang,  Young-Ho Kim, 
  • Pages: 164-171
  • First Published: 06 August 2015

Endoscopy

A novel quality scoring system for the evaluation of individual colonoscopy: A multicenter retrospective study

Qiang Zhan,  Li Xiang,  Xinhua Zhao,  Shengli An,  Yadong Wang,  Yangzhi Xu,  Aimin Li,  Wei Gong,  Yang Bai,  Yali Zhang,  Side Liu, 
  • Pages: 172-179
  • First Published: 01 July 2015

Clinical Hepatology

Geographic distribution and characteristics of genotype A hepatitis B virus infection in acute and chronic hepatitis B patients in Japan

Kiyoaki Ito,  Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi,  Masaya Sugiyama,  Hiroshi Yatsuhashi,  Yoshiyasu Karino,  Yasuhiro Takikawa,  Takafumi Saito,  Yasuji Arase,  Fumio Imazeki,  Masayuki Kurosaki,  Takeji Umemura,  Takafumi Ichida,  Hidenori Toyoda,  Masashi Yoneda,  Yasuhito Tanaka,  Eiji Mita,  Kazuhide Yamamoto,  Kojiro Michitaka,  Tatsuji Maeshiro,  Junko Tanuma,  Masaaki Korenaga,  Kazumoto Murata,  Naohiko Masaki,  Kazuhiko Koike,  Masashi Mizokami,  The Japanese AHB CHB Study Group , 
  • Pages: 180-189
  • First Published: 25 June 2015

Outcomes of endo-radiological approach to management of bile leakage after right lobe living donor liver transplantation

Kenneth SH Chok,  Albert CY Chan,  William W Sharr,  Tan To Cheung,  James YY Fung,  See Ching Chan,  Chung Mau Lo, 
  • Pages: 190-193
  • First Published: 23 June 2015

Predict esophageal varices via routine trans-abdominal ultrasound: A design of classification analysis model

Chao-Xue Zhang,  Jian-Ming Xu,  Jia-Bin Li,  De-Run Kong,  Ling Wang,  Xiao-Yong Xu,  Dong-Mei Zhao, 
  • Pages: 194-199
  • First Published: 21 July 2015

Fetal and infant exposure to the Chinese famine increases the risk of fatty liver disease in Chongqing, China

Jiang-Peng Chen,  Bin Peng,  Lan Tang,  Rong Sun,  Shan Hu,  Xiao-Yan Wen,  Ping Que,  Yong-Hong Wang, 
  • Pages: 200-205
  • First Published: 21 July 2015

The meaning of gross tumor type in the aspects of cytokeratin 19 expression and resection margin in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Sung Chan Gong,  Mee-Yon Cho,  Sang Woo Lee,  Sung Hoon Kim,  Moon Young Kim,  Soon Koo Baik, 
  • Pages: 206-212
  • First Published: 25 July 2015

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and toll-like receptor signaling in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Shweta Kapil,  Ajay Duseja,  Bal Krishan Sharma,  Bhupesh Singla,  Anuradha Chakraborti,  Ashim Das,  Pallab Ray,  Radha K Dhiman,  Yogesh Chawla, 
  • Pages: 213-221
  • First Published: 25 July 2015

Long-term safety and outcome of percutaneous transhepatic venous balloon angioplasty for Budd–Chiari syndrome

Peng-Xu Ding,  Shui-Jun Zhang,  Zhen Li,  Ming-Ti Fu,  Zhao-Hui Hua,  Wen-Guang Zhang, 
  • Pages: 222-228
  • First Published: 23 June 2015

Handgrip strength as a predictor of bone mineral density in outpatients with cirrhosis

Lívia Alves Amaral Santos,  Talles Bazeia Lima,  Laís Augusti,  Letícia de Campos Franzoni,  Fabio da Silva Yamashiro,  Fernanda Bolfi,  Vânia dos Santos Nunes,  Mariana de Souza Dorna,  Cássio Vieira de Oliveira,  Carlos Antonio Caramori,  Giovanni Faria Silva,  Fernando Gomes Romeiro, 
  • Pages: 229-234
  • First Published: 25 July 2015

Association of factor V Leiden, Janus kinase 2, prothrombin, and MTHFR mutations with primary Budd–Chiari syndrome in Egyptian patients

Hatem M El Sebay,  Manal A Safan,  Ashraf A Daoud,  Safaa I Tayel,  Mohamed A Nouh,  Shymaa El Shafie, 
  • Pages: 235-240
  • First Published: 04 August 2015

Outcome of adefovir add-on lamivudine rescue therapy of up to 5 years in patients with lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B

Sung Bae Kim,  Seung Up Kim,  Beom Kyung Kim,  Jun Yong Park,  Do Young Kim,  Sang Hoon Ahn,  Kwang-Hyub Han, 
  • Pages: 241-247
  • First Published: 22 July 2015

Efficacy of interferon for chronic hepatitis B in patients with nucleoside and nucleotide combination therapy failure

Guo Qing Yin,  Bei Zhong, 
  • Pages: 248-255
  • First Published: 12 October 2015

Experimental Hepatology

Epigallocatechin gallate hinders human hepatoma and colon cancer sphere formation

Gizachew Y Wubetu,  Mitsuo Shimada,  Yuji Morine,  Tetsuya Ikemoto,  Daichi Ishikawa,  Shuichi Iwahashi,  Shinichiro Yamada,  Yu Saito,  Yusuke Arakawa,  Satoru Imura, 
  • Pages: 256-264
  • First Published: 04 August 2015

Biliary and Pancreatic

Naso-jejunal fluid resuscitation in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: Randomized comparative study with intravenous Ringer's lactate

Vishal Sharma,  Surinder S Rana,  Ravi Sharma,  Vinita Chaudhary,  Rajesh Gupta,  Deepak K Bhasin, 
  • Pages: 265-269
  • First Published: 22 July 2015

Pancreatic cystic lesions with atypical steroid response should be carefully managed in cases of autoimmune pancreatitis

Hiroyuki Matsubayashi,  Tomohiro Iwai,  Toru Matsui,  Takuya Wada,  Noboru Kawata,  Hiroaki Ito,  Keiko Sasaki,  Katsuhiko Uesaka,  Hiroyuki Ono, 
  • Pages: 270-276
  • First Published: 23 July 2015