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Diet and risk of inflammatory bowel disease
March 2012(Vol. 44 | No. 3 | Pages 185-194)
Vibeke Andersen, Anja Olsen, Franck Carbonnel, Anne Tjønneland, Ulla Vogel

MicroRNA and colorectal cancer
March 2012(Vol. 44 | No. 3 | Pages 195-200)
Hélène Corté, Gilles Manceau, Hélène Blons, Pierre Laurent-Puig

Association of SLCO1B1*1b with peptic ulcer amongst Japanese patients taking low-dose aspirin
March 2012(Vol. 44 | No. 3 | Pages 201-205)
Akiko Shiotani, Takahisa Murao, Takashi Sakakibara, Ken-ichi Tarumi, Noriaki Manabe, Tomoari Kamada, Hiroaki Kusunoki, Ken Haruma

Colonic metastasis from a primary adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting with acute abdominal pain
31 January 2012
Paolo Pozzato, Angela Salerno, Alessandra Cancellieri, Maurizio Ventrucci
A 62-year-old man presented with acute abdominal pain due to intestinal subobstruction. He had previously been treated by radiotherapy for pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The patient underwent a colonoscopy...
Screening for liver fibrosis by using FibroScan® and FibroTest in patients with diabetes
30 January 2012
Victor de Lédinghen, Julien Vergniol, Concepcion Gonzalez, Juliette Foucher, Elisa Maury, Louise Chemineau, Sandrine Villars, Henri Gin, Vincent Rigalleau
Abstract: Background: Patients with diabetes are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease leading to cirrhosis. Existing guidelines do not advocate screening for liver related complications amongs...
Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis in Italy: Commensal or emerging human pathogen?
30 January 2012
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
Abstract: Background: Specific bacterial infections or alterations of the gut microbiota likely trigger immuno-pathological phenomena associated with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Mycobacter...
An unusual case of dysphagia
27 January 2012
Stefano Francesco Crinò, Roberta Marino, Elisabetta Buscarini, Piera Leoni
A 50-year-old homosexual man presented progressive dysphagia, odynophagia, heartburn and weight loss of 5kg within 2 months. The pain was directly related to the intake of solid food, resulting in a b...
“PancPro” as a tool for selecting families eligible for pancreatic cancer screening: An Italian study of incident cases
27 January 2012
Giulia Leonardi, Santino Marchi, Massimo Falconi, Alessandro Zerbi, Valeria Ussia, Nicola de Bortoli, Franco Mosca, Silvano Presciuttini, Marco Del Chiaro
Abstract: Background: PancPRO is a computer program that estimates the risk of pancreatic cancer for asymptomatic individuals based on a genetic model of susceptibility and the familial incidence of c...

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October 2011 (Vol. 43 | No. 10 | Pages 762-767)
Carlo Merkel, Sara Montagnese
Difficult biliary cannulation during ERCP: How to facilitate biliary access and minimize the risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis
August 2011 (Vol. 43 | No. 8 | Pages 596-603)
Pier Alberto Testoni, Sabrina Testoni, Antonella Giussani
Treatment of chronic hepatitis B: Update of the recommendations from the 2007 Italian Workshop
April 2011 (Vol. 43 | No. 4 | Pages 259-265)
Giampiero Carosi, Mario Rizzetto, Alfredo Alberti, Giuseppe Cariti, Massimo Colombo, Antonio Craxì, Gaetano Filice, Massimo Levrero, Francesco Mazzotta, Giuseppe Pastore, Felice Piccinino, Daniele Prati, Giovanni Raimondo, Evangelista Sagnelli, Mario Toti, Maurizia Brunetto, Raffaele Bruno, Vito Di Marco, Carlo Ferrari, Giovanni B. Gaeta, Pietro Lampertico, Alfredo Marzano, Teresa Pollicino, Massimo Puoti, Teresa Santantonio, Antonina Smedile
Liver transplantation for patients with alcoholic liver disease: An open question
November 2011 (Vol. 43 | No. 11 | Pages 843-849)
Annagiulia Gramenzi, Stefano Gitto, Fabio Caputo, Maurizio Biselli, Stefania Lorenzini, Mauro Bernardi, Pietro Andreone
Recommendations for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C in special population groups (migrants, intravenous drug users and prison inmates)
August 2011 (Vol. 43 | No. 8 | Pages 589-595)
Piero L. Almasio, Sergio Babudieri, Giorgio Barbarini, Maurizia Brunetto, Dario Conte, Pietro Dentico, Giovanni B. Gaeta, Claudio Leonardi, Massimo Levrero, Francesco Mazzotta, Aldo Morrone, Lorenzo Nosotti, Daniele Prati, Maria Rapicetta, Evangelista Sagnelli, Gaetano Scotto, Giulio Starnini

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