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If steatosis is the atherosclerosis of the liver, are statins the “aspirin” for steatosis?
June 2012(Vol. 44 | No. 6 | Pages 451-452)
Amedeo Lonardo, Paola Loria
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Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of postoperative Crohn's disease recurrence
June 2012(Vol. 44 | No. 6 | Pages 453-460)
Anthony Buisson, Jean-Baptiste Chevaux, Gilles Bommelaer, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet

Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis in Italy: Commensal or emerging human pathogen?
June 2012(Vol. 44 | No. 6 | Pages 461-465)
Dario Pistone, Piero Marone, Massimo Pajoro, Massimo Fabbi, Nadia Vicari, Silvio Daffara, Claudia Dalla Valle, Silvia Gabba, Davide Sassera, Annalisa Verri, Matteo Montagna, Sara Epis, Claudio Monti, Elena Giulia Strada, Vittorio Grazioli, Norma Arrigoni, Attilio Giacosa, Claudio Bandi

Porcelain gallbladder and thalassaemia intermedia: Association or coincidence?
18 May 2012
Vipin Gupta, Chalapathi Rao, Surinder S. Rana, Deepak K. Bhasin
A 55-year-old woman was referred to our centre for the management of non-healing ulcer of the left leg. She also reported recent onset of exertional breathlessness. Clinical examination revealed chron...
Genetic predisposition and increasing dietary fructose exposure: The perfect storm for fatty liver disease in Hispanics in the U.S.
17 May 2012
Michael I. Goran, Emily E. Ventura
As the prevalence of overall obesity has increased in much of the developed and developing world, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is of increasing concern. A study of autopsy samples found t...
No higher risk for colorectal cancer in atrophic gastritis-related hypergastrinemia
17 May 2012
Edith Lahner, Andrea Sbrozzi-Vanni, Lucy Vannella, Vito Domenico Corleto, Emilio Di Giulio, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Bruno Annibale
Abstract: Background: Atrophic gastritis of the corporal mucosa is a frequent cause of hypergastrinemia. Hypergastrinemia is implicated in colorectal cancer development. Aim: To assess whether hyperga...
Hepatitis E infection is an under recognized cause of acute decompensation in patients with chronic liver disease
16 May 2012
Sampath De Silva, Mohammed Osman Hassan-Ibrahim, Mark Austin, Melanie Newport, Sumita Verma
Abstract: Background/aims: We aimed to assess characteristics of patients with a positive hepatitis E virus serology with emphasis on acute on chronic liver disease. Methods: This was a retrospective ...
Comment to “Prevalence and incidence of microscopic colitis in patients with diarrhoea of unknown aetiology in a region in central Spain”
14 May 2012
Angelo Zullo, Cesare Hassan, Vincenzo Bruzzese
We read the interesting study by Guagnozzi et al. on the prevalence of microscopic colitis in patients with diarrhoea of unknown aetiology in Spain, which found that microscopic colitis was finally di...

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Abstracts 18th National Congress of Digestive Diseases, Italian Federation of Societies of Digestive Diseases — FISMAD
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23 February 2012 – 24 February 2012

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