World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Severe acute pancreatitis: Clinical course and management

Hans G Beger, Bettina M Rau

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5043-5051. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5043

Surgical management of polycystic liver disease

Robert T Russell, C Wright Pinson

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5052-5059. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5052

Rationales for expression and altered expression of apoptotic protease activating factor-1 gene in gastric cancer

He-Ling Wang, Han Bai, Yan Li, Jun Sun, Xue-Qing Wang

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5060-5064. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5060

Modifications produced by selective inhibitors of cyclooxygenase and ultra low dose aspirin on platelet activity in portal hypertension

Francisco X Eizayaga, Omar Aguejouf, Vanessa Desplat, Philippe Belon, Christian Doutremepuich

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5065-5070. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5065

Induction of ischemic tolerance in rat liver via reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase in Kupffer cells

Kazuaki Tejima, Masahiro Arai, Hitoshi Ikeda, Tomoaki Tomiya, Mikio Yanase, Yukiko Inoue, Takako Nishikawa, Naoko Watanabe, Natsuko Ohtomo, Masao Omata, Kenji Fujiwara

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5071-5078. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5071

Protective effects and mechanisms of Baicalin and octreotide on renal injury of rats with severe acute pancreatitis

Xi-Ping Zhang, Hua Tian, Yue-Hong Lai, Li Chen, Ling Zhang, Qi-Hui Cheng, Wei Yan, Yun Li, Qing-Yu Li, Qing He, Fei Wang

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5079-5089. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5079

Modified physiological and operative score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity risk assessment model in general surgery

Lian-An Ding, Li-Qun Sun, Shuang-Xi Chen, Lin-Lin Qu, Dong-Fang Xie

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5090-5095. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5090

Risk factors associated with pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy, which technique of pancreatic stump closure is more beneficial?

Marco Pericoli Ridolfini, Sergio Alfieri, Stavros Gourgiotis, Dario Di Miceli, Fabio Rotondi, Giuseppe Quero, Roberta Manghi, Giovanni Battista Doglietto

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5096-5100. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5096

Electrogastrography: Poor correlation with antro-duodenal manometry and doubtful clinical usefulness in adults

Shahab Abid, Greger Lindberg

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5101-5107. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5101

24-hour esophageal pH-monitoring in children suspected of gastroesophageal reflux disease: Analysis of intraesophageal pH monitoring values recorded in distal and proximal channel at diagnosis

Janusz Semeniuk, Maciej Kaczmarski

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5108-5115. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5108

Crohn’s disease incidence evolution in North-western Greece is not associated with alteration of NOD2/CARD15 variants

Michael Economou, Grigoris Filis, Zoi Tsianou, John Alamanos, Antonios Kogevinas, Kostas Masalas, Anna Petrou, Epameinondas V Tsianos

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5116-5120. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5116

Lead exposure increases oxidative stress in the gastric mucosa of HCl/ethanol-exposed rats

Samuel Babafemi Olaleye, Oluwatosin Adekunle Adaramoye, Perebiri Peter Erigbali, Olasupo Sunday Adeniyi

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5121-5126. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5121

N-acetylcysteine attenuates oxidative stress and liver pathology in rats with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Duangporn Thong-Ngam, Suchittra Samuhasaneeto, Onanong Kulaputana, Naruemon Klaikeaw

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5127-5132. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5127

Risk factors for lymph node metastasis and evaluation of reasonable surgery for early gastric cancer

Ying-Ying Xu, Bao-Jun Huang, Zhe Sun, Chong Lu, Yun-Peng Liu

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5133-5138. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5133

Pretreatment of cromolyn sodium prior to reperfusion attenuates early reperfusion injury after the small intestine ischemia in rats

Zi-Qing Hei, Xiao-Liang Gan, Gang-Jian Luo, Shang-Rong Li, Jun Cai

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5139-5146. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5139

Wilson disease: Identification of two novel mutations and clinical correlation in Eastern Chinese patients

Sheng Ye, Liang Gong, Quan-Xiang Shui, Lin-Fu Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5147-5150. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5147

Sirolimus-related pulmonary toxicity mimicking 'asthma like' symptoms

GL Gupte, S Mahadevan, JR Clarke, H Alton, SV Beath

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5151-5153. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5151

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding from duodenal vascular ectasia in a patient with cirrhosis

Beom Jae Lee, Jong-Jae Park, Yeon Seok Seo, Ji Hoon Kim, Aeree Kim, Jong Eun Yeon, Jae Seon Kim, Kwan Soo Byun, Young-Tae Bak

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5154-5157. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5154

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: A case report and literature review

Charitini Salla, Paschalis Chatzipantelis, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Ioannis Karoumpalis, Akrivi Pantazopoulou, Victoria Dappola

World J Gastroenterol 13(38):5158-5163. Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5158