World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

New insights into the coagulopathy of liver disease and liver transplantation

M Senzolo, P Burra, E Cholongitas, AK Burroughs

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7725-7736. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7725

Contribution of altered signal transduction associated to glutamate receptors in brain to the neurological alterations of hepatic encephalopathy

Vicente Felipo

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7737-7743. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7737

Food allergy in gastroenterologic diseases: Review of literature

Pasquale Mansueto, Giuseppe Montalto, Maria Luisa Pacor, Maria Esposito-Pellitteri, Vito Ditta, Claudia Lo Bianco, Stefania Maria Leto-Barone, Gabriele Di Lorenzo

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7744-7752. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7744

Mechanisms of regulation and function of G-protein-coupled receptor kinases

Wen Yang, Shi-Hai Xia

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7753-7757. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7753

Glutathione-S-transferase M1 polymorphisms on the susceptibility to esophageal cancer among three Chinese minorities: Kazakh, Tajik and Uygur

Xiao-Mei Lu, Ting Yang, Shu-Yong Xu, Hao Wen, Xing Wang, Zhi-Hui Ren, Yan Zhang, Wei Wang

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7758-7761. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7758

Role of the HLA-DQ locus in the development of chronic gastritis and gastric carcinoma in Mexican patients

Roberto Herrera-Goepfert, Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho, Luis F Oñate-Ocaña, Margarita Camorlinga-Ponce, Leopoldo Muñoz, Jorge A Ruiz-Morales, Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón, Julio Granados

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7762-7767. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7762

Usefulness of noninvasive transient elastography for assessment of liver fibrosis stage in chronic hepatitis C

Tadashi Takeda, Takahiro Yasuda, Yuji Nakayama, Mika Nakaya, Megumi Kimura, Mariko Yamashita, Ayumi Sawada, Koji Abo, Setsuko Takeda, Hiroki Sakaguchi, Susumu Shiomi, Hitoshi Asai, Shuichi Seki

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7768-7773. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7768

Development of hepatitis C virus vaccine using hepatitis B core antigen as immuno-carrier

Jia-Yu Chen, Fan Li

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7774-7778. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7774

Validation of the Rockall scoring system for outcomes from non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a Canadian setting

Robert A Enns, Yves M Gagnon, Alan N Barkun, David Armstrong, Jamie C Gregor, Richard N Fedorak, RUGBE Investigators Group

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7779-7785. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7779

Factors influencing health-related quality of life in chronic liver disease

Abhasnee Sobhonslidsuk, Chatchawan Silpakit, Ronnachai Kongsakon, Patchareeya Satitpornkul, Chaleaw Sripetch, Anya Khanthavit

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7786-7791. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7786

Disease-specific health-related quality of life and its determinants in liver cirrhosis patients in Lithuania

Jolanta Sumskiene, Linas Sumskas, Dalius Petrauskas, Limas Kupcinskas

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7792-7797. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7792

Clinical research on navel application of Shehuang Paste combined with Chinese herbal colon dialysis in treatment of refractory cirrhotic ascites complicated with azotemia

Guang-Dong Tong, Da-Qiao Zhou, Jing-Song He, Lai Zhang, Zhi-Fei Chen, Chun-Ling Xiao, Li-Sheng Peng

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7798-7804. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7798

An algorithm for family screening for coeliac disease

Jocelyn S Fraser, Alistair L King, H Julia Ellis, Simon J Moodie, Ingvar Bjarnason, Jill Swift, Paul J Ciclitira

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7805-7809. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7805

Management of digestive bleeding related to portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients: A French multicenter cross-sectional practice survey

Pierre Ingrand, Jérôme Gournay, Pierre Bernard, Frédéric Oberti, Brigitte Bernard-Chabert, Arnault Pauwels, Philippe Renard, Eric Bartoli, Jean-François Cadranel, Jean-Claude Barbare, Isabelle Ingrand, Michel Beauchant, The Club Francophone pour l’Etude de l’Hypertension Portale

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7810-7814. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7810

H pylori infection and systemic antibodies to CagA and heat shock protein 60 in patients with coronary heart disease

Cristina Lenzi, Alberto Palazzuoli, Nicola Giordano, Giuliano Alegente, Catia Gonnelli, Maria Stella Campagna, Annalisa Santucci, Michele Sozzi, Panagiotis Papakostas, Fabio Rollo, Ranuccio Nuti, Natale Figura

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7815-7820. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7815

Non invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in paediatric patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Angelo Iacobellis, Matilde Marcellini, Angelo Andriulli, Francesco Perri, Gioacchino Leandro, Rita Devito, Valerio Nobili

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7821-7825. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7821

Insulin sensitizers in treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Systematic review

Norberto C Chavez-Tapia, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutierrez, Felix I Tellez-Ávila, Francisco Sánchez-Ávila, Maria Antonieta Montaño-Reyes, Misael Uribe

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7826-7831. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7826

Diagnosis and treatment of gallbladder perforation

Hayrullah Derici, Cemal Kara, Ali Dogan Bozdag, Okay Nazli, Tugrul Tansug, Esra Akca

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7832-7836. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7832

A head to head comparison of oral vs intravenous omeprazole for patients with bleeding peptic ulcers with a clean base, flat spots and adherent clots

Şerif Yılmaz, Kadim Bayan, Yekta Tüzün, Mehmet Dursun, Fikri Canoruç

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7837-7843. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7837

Depression in patients with irritable bowel syndrome in Jos, Nigeria

Nimzing G Ladep, Taiwo J Obindo, Moses D Audu, Edith N Okeke, Abraham O Malu

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7844-7847. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7844

Novel MLH1 frameshift mutation in an extended hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer family

Tanya Kirilova Kadiyska, Radka Petrova Kaneva, Dimitar Georgiev Nedin, Alexandrina Borisova Alexandrova, Antonina Тodorova Gegova, Stoyan Ganchev Lalchev, Tatyana Christova, Vanio Ivanov Mitev, Juergen Horst, Nadja Bogdanova, Ivo Marinov Kremensky

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7848-7851. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7848

Expression patterns and action analysis of genes associated with physiological responses during rat liver regeneration: Innate immune response

Guang-Wen Chen, Ming-Zhen Zhang, Li-Feng Zhao, Cun-Shuan Xu

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7852-7858. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7852

Overexpression of Ets-like protein 1 in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

An-Guo Chen, Zai-Cheng Yu, Xin-Feng Yu, Wen-Feng Cao, Fang Ding, Zhi-Hua Liu

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7859-7863. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7859

Colonic exclusion and combined therapy for refractory constipation

Hong-Yun Peng, Ai-Zhong Xu

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7864-7868. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7864

CT diagnosis of 52 patients with lymphoma in abdominal lymph nodes

Ri-Sheng Yu, Wei-Min Zhang, Yi-Qing Liu

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7869-7873. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7869

Sporadic ganglioneuromatosis of esophagogastric junction in a patient with gastro-esophageal reflux disorder and intestinal metaplasia

Richard Siderits, Iman Hanna, Zahid Baig, Janusz J Godyn

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7874-7877. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7874

Osteoclast-like giant cell tumors of the pancreas and liver

Juergen Bauditz, Birgit Rudolph, Wolfram Wermke

World J Gastroenterol 12(48):7878-7883. Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7878