Volume 28, No 3 (2015)

Editorial (by invitation only)

Investigating the predictive role of computed tomography in patients with acute pancreatitis: let's not give up

Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Alessandro Furlan

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Invited Reviews

Treatment of achalasia in the era of high-resolution manometry

Francesco Torresan, Alexandros Ioannou, Francesco Azzaroli, Franco Bazzoli

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Gut failure in critical care: old school versus new school

Eleni Sertaridou, Vasilios Papaioannou, George Kolios, Ioannis Pneumatikos

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Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: outcomes and treatment options for recurrence

Robert S. Rahimi, James F. Trotter

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Review Articles

The current and future role of endomicroscopy in the management of inflammatory bowel disease

Douglas L Nguyen, John G. Lee, Nimisha K. Parekh, Jason Samarasena, Matthew L. Bechtold, Kenneth Chang

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CD4 count remission hypothesis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and human immunodeficiency virus infection: a systematic review of the literature

Alexandros Skamnelos, Athina Tatsioni, Konstantinos Katsanos, Vasileios Tsianos, Dimitrios Christodoulou, Epameinondas V. Tsianos

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Original Articles

Self-expanding metallic stent placement with an exaggerated 5-cm proximal tumor covering for palliation of esophageal cancer

Mehdi Tahiri, Pasquale Ferraro, AndrÃ© Duranceau, Melanie Berthiaume, Vicky Thiffault, Moishe Liberman

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Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and multiple sclerosis

Emmanuel Gavalas, Jannis Kountouras, Marina Boziki, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, Efthymia Vlachaki, Ioannis Venizelos, Dimitrios Tsiptsios, Georgia Deretzi

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Cross-sectional analysis of patient phone calls to an inflammatory bowel disease clinic

Juan E. Corral, Andres J. Yarur, Liege Diaz, Okeefe L. Simmons, Daniel A. Sussman

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Endoscopic and histological features of mycophenolate mofetil colitis in patients after solid organ transplantation

Fernando H. Calmet, Andres J. Yarur, Geetha Pukazhendhi, Jawad Ahmad, Kalyan R. Bhamidimarri

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Antiviral therapy leads to histological improvement of HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients

Nikolaos Papachrysos, Prodromos Hytiroglou, Lavrentios Papalavrentios, Emmanouil Sinakos, Ioannis Kouvelis, Evangelos Akriviadis

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HBsAg level and hepatitis B viral load correlation with focus on pregnancy

Maria Belopolskaya, Viktor Avrutin, Sergey Firsov, Alexey Yakovlev

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A retrospective analysis of the impact of diastolic dysfunction on one-year mortality after transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt, liver transplantation and non-transplant abdominal surgery in patients with cirrhosis

Majumder Shounak, Rabdiya Vimal, Swales Colin, Silverman David I

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Antiproliferative effects of curcumin analog L49H37 in pancreatic stellate cells: a comparative study

Daniel Ansari, Daniel Ansari, Longguang Tang, Yi Wang, Guang Liang, Ann H. Rosendahl, Moin A. Saleem, Roland Andersso

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A study of radiological scoring system evaluating extrapancreatic inflammation with conventional radiological and clinical scores in predicting outcomes in acute pancreatitis

Vishal Sharma, Surinder S. Rana, Ravi K. Sharma, Mandeep Kang, Rajesh Gupta, Deepak K. Bhasin

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Images of the Month

Gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma involving stomach, duodenum, and colon

Emmanuel I. Gonzalez-Moreno, Sylvia A. Martinez-Cabriales, Jose A. Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Diego Garcia-Compean, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Hector J. Maldonado-Garza

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Colonoscopic diagnosis of cecal worms (Trichuris trichiura)

Mel A. Ona, Haris Papafragkakis, Madhavi Reddy

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Cystic illusion: superior mesenteric vein aneurysm thrombosis mimicking a pancreatic cyst

Nikhil Nadkarni, Jane Carlon, Santhi Swaroop Vege

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Case Reports

Systemic lupus erythematosus in Crohn's disease: drug-induced or idiopathic?

George Michalopoulos, Spyridon Vrakas, Konstantinos Makris, Charalampos Tzathas

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Collagenous colitis with mucosal ulcerations in a patient without nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug or lansoprazole use

Andrew C. Berry, Rahman Nakshabendi, Hussein Abidali, Cassandra Johnson, Kevin Dholaria, Danny J. Avalos, Aaron C. Baltz

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Letter to the Editor

New diagnostic approach to diagnosis of achalasia after recent Chicago classification

Yusuf Serdar Sakin, Murat Kekilli, Ahmet Uygun, Sait Bagci

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Author's reply

Michaela Mueller

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Risk factors and antibiotic prophylaxis of cellulitis in cirrhosis

Sebahat Basyigit

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Authors' reply

Rooby Erachamveettil Hamza, Mashhood Padincharepurathu Villyoth

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Table of contents

Editorial (by invitation only)

Invited Reviews

Review Articles

Original Articles

Images of the Month

Case Reports

Letter to the Editor