World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Gastric atrophy, diagnosing and staging

Hala MT El-Zimaity

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5757-5762. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5757

Non-surgical treatment of esophageal achalasia

Vito Annese, Gabrio Bassotti

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5763-5766. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5763

Gastric carditis: Is it a histological response to high concentrations of luminal nitric oxide?

Katsunori Iijima, Tooru Shimosegawa

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5767-5771. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5767

Risk factors of gastric cancer specific for tumor location and histology in Cali, Colombia

Francia Campos, Gabriel Carrasquilla, Chihaya Koriyama, Mauricio Serra, Edwin Carrascal, Tetsuhiko Itoh, Mitsuharu Nomoto, Suminori Akiba

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5772-5779. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5772

Inhibitory effect of arsenic trioxide on angiogenesis and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in gastric cancer

Yan-Feng Xiao, Shan-Xi Liu, De-Dong Wu, Xi Chen, Li-Fen Ren

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5780-5786. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5780

Prevalence of autoantibodies and the risk of autoimmune thyroid disease in children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection treated with interferon-α

Stephan Gehring, Ulrike Kullmer, Sabine Koeppelmann, Patrick Gerner, Philip Wintermeyer, Stefan Wirth

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5787-5792. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5787

Human β-defensin-3 induction in H pylori-infected gastric mucosal tissues

K Kawauchi, A Yagihashi, N Tsuji, N Uehara, D Furuya, D Kobayashi, N Watanabe

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5793-5797. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5793

Bromophenacyl bromide, a phospholipase A₂ inhibitor attenuates chemically induced gastroduodenal ulcers in rats

Mohammad Tariq, Ibrahim Elfaki, Haseeb Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Arshaduddin, Samia Sobki, Meshal Al Moutaery

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5798-5804. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5798

Effect of intestinal lymphatic circulation blockage in two-hit rats

Chun-Yu Niu, Ji-Cheng Li, Zi-Gang Zhao, Jing Zhang, Xue-Hui Shao

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5805-5812. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5805

Effect of nutritional counselling on hepatic, muscle and adipose tissue fat content and distribution in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

E Louise Thomas, Audrey E Brynes, Gavin Hamilton, Nayna Patel, Adam Spong, Robert D Goldin, Gary Frost, Jimmy D Bell, Simon D Taylor-Robinson

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5813-5819. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5813

Adult-to-adult right lobe living donor liver transplantation: Comparison of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with standard T2-weighted magnetic resonance cholangiography for evaluation of donor biliary anatomy

Perdita Wietzke-Braun, Felix Braun, Dieter Müller, Thomas Lorf, Burckhardt Ringe, Giuliano Ramadori

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5820-5825. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5820

Fatty liver, carotid disease and gallstones: A study of age-related associations

Amedeo Lonardo, Silvia Lombardini, Federica Scaglioni, Stefano Ballestri, Anna Maria Verrone, Marco Bertolotti, Lucia Carulli, Dorval Ganazzi, Nicola Carulli, Paola Loria

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5826-5833. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5826

Hepatogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue in comparison with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

Raquel Taléns-Visconti, Ana Bonora, Ramiro Jover, Vicente Mirabet, Francisco Carbonell, José Vicente Castell, María José Gómez-Lechón

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5834-5845. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5834

Improved method of plasma 8-Isoprostane measurement and association analyses with habitual drinking and smoking

Soichi Kitano, Hisashi Hisatomi, Nozomu Hibi, Katsumi Kawano, Shoji Harada

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5846-5852. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5846

Doppler study of hepatic vein in cirrhotic patients: Correlation with liver dysfunction and hepatic hemodynamics

KC Sudhamshu, Shoiichi Matsutani, Hitoshi Maruyama, Taro Akiike, Hiromitsu Saisho

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5853-5858. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5853

Acute interstitial edematous pancreatitis: Findings on non-enhanced MR imaging

Xiao-Ming Zhang, Zhi-Song Feng, Qiong-Hui Zhao, Chun-Ming Xiao, Donald G Mitchell, Jian Shu, Nan-Lin Zeng, Xiao-Xue Xu, Jun-Yang Lei, Xiao-Bing Tian

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5859-5865. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5859

The epidemiology of hyperferritinaemia

Sarah Hearnshaw, Nick Paul Thompson, Andrew McGill

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5866-5869. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5866

Nucleoporin 88 expression in hepatitis B and C virus-related liver diseases

Martina Knoess, Anna Kordelia Kurz, Olga Goreva, Nuran Bektas, Kai Breuhahn, Magarethe Odenthal, Peter Schirmacher, Hans Peter Dienes, C Thomas Bock, Hanswalter Zentgraf, Axel zur Hausen

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5870-5874. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5870

Elevated plasma levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients with chronic hepatitis C during interferon-based antiviral therapy

Jörg Bojunga, Christoph Sarrazin, Georg Hess, Stefan Zeuzem

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5875-5877. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5875

Sustained low diffusing capacity in hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation

Graciela Martínez-Pallí, Federico P Gómez, Joan A Barberà, Miquel Navasa, Josep Roca, Robert Rodríguez-Roisin, Felip Burgos, Conchi Gistau

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5878-5883. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5878

ECA39 is a novel distant metastasis-related biomarker in colorectal cancer

Reigetsu Yoshikawa, Hidenori Yanagi, Chun-Shen Shen, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Masafumi Noda, Toshihiko Yagyu, Makoto Gega, Tsutomu Oshima, Takehira Yamamura, Haruki Okamura, Yoshiro Nakano, Tomonori Morinaga, Tomoko Hashimoto-Tamaoki

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5884-5889. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5884

Organisms causing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in children with liver disease and ascites in Southern Iran

Mahmood Haghighat, Seyed Mohsen Dehghani, Abdolvahab Alborzi, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Bahman Pourabbas, Mehdi Kalani

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5890-5892. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5890

Comparison of different diagnostic methods in infants with Cholestasis

Seyed Mohsen Dehghani, Mahmood Haghighat, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Bita Geramizadeh

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5893-5896. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5893

Effect of electroacupuncture at Sibai on the gastric myoelectric acitivities of denervated rats

Xiao-Rong Chang, Jie Yan, Yan-Ling Zhao, Jiang-Shang Li, Jian-Hua Liu, Jun-Feng He

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5897-5901. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5897

Endoscopic placement of flatus tube using "lasso" technique with snare wire

Piers Anthony Cheyne Gatenby, Colin Elton

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5902-5903. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5902

Autoimmune pancreatitis associated with a large pancreatic pseudocyst

Thilo Welsch, Jörg Kleeff, Irene Esposito, Markus W Büchler, Helmut Friess

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5904-5906. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5904

Is acute dyspnea related to oxaliplatin administration?

LM Pasetto, S Monfardini

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5907-5908. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5907

Removal of press-through-packs impacted in the upper esophagus using an overtube

Yeon Seok Seo, Jong-Jae Park, Ji Hoon Kim, Jin Yong Kim, Jong Eun Yeon, Jae Seon Kim, Kwan Soo Byun, Young-Tae Bak

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5909-5912. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5909

Diffuse gastroduodenitis and pouchitis associated with ulcerative colitis

Hiroki Ikeuchi, Kazutoshi Hori, Takashi Nishigami, Hiroki Nakano, Motoi Uchino, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Nobuaki Kaibe, Masafumi Noda, Hidenori Yanagi, Takehira Yamamura

World J Gastroenterol 12(36):5913-5915. Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5913