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Contents Volume 17 Issue 45 December 7, 2011

Editorial

Genetic interactions and modifier genes in Hirschsprung's disease

Adam S Wallace, Richard B Anderson

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4937-4944. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4937

Topic Highlight

Health-related quality of life outcomes after cholecystectomy

Amedeo Carraro, Dania El Mazloum, Florian Bihl

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4945-4951. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4945

Review

Review of dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound guidance in ablation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Yasunori Minami, Masatoshi Kudo

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4952-4959. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4952

Original Article

Moxibustion down-regulates colonic epithelial cell apoptosis and repairs tight junctions in rats with Crohn’s disease

Chun-Hui Bao, Lu-Yi Wu, Yin Shi, Huan-Gan Wu, Hui-Rong Liu, Rong Zhang, Li-Qing Yu, Jin-Hai Wang

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4960-4970. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4960

Brief Article

Burden of celiac disease in the Mediterranean area

Luigi Greco, Laura Timpone, Abdelhak Abkari, Mona Abu-Zekry, Thomas Attard, Faouzi Bouguerrà, Paskal Cullufi, Aydan Kansu, Dusanka Micetic-Turk, Zrinjka Mišak, Eleftheria Roma, Raanan Shamir, Selma Terzic

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4971-4978. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4971

¹³C-methacetin breath test reproducibility study reveals persistent CYP1A2 stimulation on repeat examinations

Anna Kasicka-Jonderko, Anna Nita, Krzysztof Jonderko, Magdalena Kamińska, Barbara Błońska-Fajfrowska

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4979-4986. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4979

Lamivudine resistance mutations in patients infected with hepatitis B virus genotype D

Orhan Yıldız, Bilgehan Aygen, Nese Demirtürk, Tuna Demirdal, Dilara Inan, Taner Yıldırmak, Arzu Kantürk, Ediz Tütüncü, Hepatitis B Study Group

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4987-4992. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4987

Failed biliary cannulation: Clinical and technical outcomes after tertiary referral endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Michael P Swan, Michael J Bourke, Stephen J Williams, Sina Alexander, Alan Moss, Rick Hope, David Ruppin

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4993-4998. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4993

Diagnostic utility of narrow-band imaging endoscopy for pharyngeal superficial carcinoma

Noboru Yoshimura, Kenichi Goda, Hisao Tajiri, Yukinaga Yoshida, Takakuni Kato, Yoichi Seino, Masahiro Ikegami, Mitsuyoshi Urashima

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):4999-5006. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4999

Increased fibrosis progression rates in hepatitis C patients carrying the prothrombin G20210A mutation

Nitsan Maharshak, Philippe Halfon, Varda Deutsch, Hava Peretz, Shlomo Berliner, Sigal Fishman, Shira Zelber-Sagi, Uri Rozovski, Moshe Leshno, Ran Oren

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):5007-5013. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.5007

Experimental study of destruction to porcine spleen in vivo by microwave ablation

Fei Gao, Yang-Kui Gu, Jing-Xian Shen, Chang-Lun Li, Xiong-Ying Jiang, Jin-Hua Huang

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):5014-5020. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.5014

Key details of the duodenal-jejunal bypass in type 2 diabetes mellitus rats

Li-Ou Han, Li-Hong Zhou, Su-Jun Cheng, Chun Song, Chun-Fang Song

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):5021-5027. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.5021

Case Report

Thalidomide induces mucosal healing in Crohn's disease: Case report

Márcio Rios Leite, Sandra Sousa Santos, André Castro Lyra, Jaciane Mota, Genoile Oliveira Santana

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):5028-5031. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.5028

Letters To The Editor

AG490: An inhibitor of hepcidin expression in vivo

Shu-Ping Zhang, Zhe Wang, Li-Xin Wang, Si-Jin Liu

World J Gastroenterol 17(45):5032-5034. Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.5032