February 2012

Editorial Board
Published in issue: February 2012
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Review Articles

New treatment strategies in advanced neuroendocrine tumours
• Thomas Walter,
• Hedia Brixi-Benmansour,
• Catherine Lombard-Bohas,
• Guillaume Cadiot
Published online: October 10, 2011
p95-105

Computer simulators: The present and near future of training in digestive endoscopy
• Paolo Cantù,
• Roberto Penagini
Published online: October 24, 2011
p106-110

Alimentary Tract

Tuberculous peritonitis: Analysis of 211 cases in Taiwan
• Hsiu-Fen Yeh,
• Te-Fa Chiu,
• Jih-Chang Chen,
• Chip-Jin Ng
Published online: September 26, 2011
p111-117

Feasibility of laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy without diverting stoma
• Thévy Hor,
• Stéphane Zalinski,
• Jérémie H. Lefevre,
• ...
• Emmanuel Attal,
• Emmanuel Tiret,
• Yann Parc
Published online: October 24, 2011
p118-122

The use of methotrexate for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in clinical practice
• Simone Saibeni,
• Simona Bollani,
• Alessandra Losco,
• ...
• Guido Basilisco,
• Renata D’Incà,
• Savino Bruno
Published online: November 03, 2011
p123-127

Digestive Endoscopy

A comparison of uncovered metal stents for the palliation of patients with malignant biliary obstruction: Nitinol vs. stainless steel
• Carmelo Luigiano,
• Francesco Ferrara,
• Vincenzo Cennamo,
• ...
• Liza Ceroni,
• Angela Alibrandi,
• Nicola D’Imperio
Published online: September 19, 2011
p128-133

Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract

An oestrogen receptor β-selective agonist exerts anti-neoplastic effects in experimental intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
• Marco Marzioni,
• Alessia Torrice,
• Stefania Saccomanno,
• ...
• Elisabet Kallin,
• Domenico Alvaro,
• Stefan Nilsson
Published online: July 22, 2011
p134-142

Multivariate analysis of factors influencing medical costs of acute pancreatitis hospitalizations based on a national administrative database
• Atsuhiko Murata,
• Shinya Matsuda,
• Toshihiko Mayumi,
• ...
• Tatsuhiko Kubo,
• Kenji Fujimori,
• Hiromasa Horiguchi
Published online: September 19, 2011
p143-148

Liver stiffness correlates with methotrexate cumulative dose in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• Umberto Arena,
• Cristina Stasi,
• Alessandro Mannoni,
• ...
• Ali Assarat,
• Fabio Marra,
• Massimo Pinzani
Published online: September 19, 2011
p149-153

Relationship between hepatic haemodynamics assessed by Doppler ultrasound and liver stiffness
• Veronica Salvatore,
• Alberto Borghi,
• Eugenia Peri,
• ...
• Mauro Bernardi,
• Pietro Andreone,
• Luigi Bolondi
Published online: September 28, 2011
p154-159

Chronic viral hepatitis and risk of lymphoid malignancies: A retrospective twelve-year population-based cohort study in Côte d’Or, France
• Claire Proby,
• Anne Minello,
• Catherine Quantin,
• ...
• Eric Benzenine,
• Patrick Hillon,
• Marc Maynadié
Published online: October 05, 2011
p160-165

Clinical profile and predictors of mortality in patients of acute-on-chronic liver failure
• Hitendra Garg,
• Ashish Kumar,
• Vishal Garg,
• Praveen Sharma,
• Barjesh Chander Sharma,
• Shiv Kumar Sarin
Published online: October 05, 2011
p166-171

Oncology

Rural–urban inequalities in detection rates of colorectal tumours in the population
• Isabelle Fournel,
• Vanessa Cottet,
• Christine Binquet,
• ...
• Jean Faivre,
• Anne Marie Bouvier,
• Claire Bonithon-Kopp
Published online: October 14, 2011
p172-177

Image of the Month

A rare case of perforated ileal diverticulitis
• Luca Degrate,
• Mauro Alessandro Scotti,
• Mattia Garancini,
• Fabrizio Romano
Published online: October 05, 2011
p178

Correspondence

Is it possible to improve the histological yield of oesophageal endoscopic mucosectomies?
• Vincenzo Villanacci,
• Gianpaolo Cengia,
• Renzo Cestari,
• Gabrio Bassotti
Published online: September 26, 2011
p179-180
Digestive oncology: It's now or never
• Fabio Farinati
Published online: October 03, 2011
p180-181
Comment on: “Intestinal deposits of anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA in childhood celiac disease”
• Levent Filik
Published online: October 05, 2011
p181
Author's reply: Comment to “Intestinal deposits of anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA in childhood celiac disease”
• Riccardo Troncone,
• Mariantonia Maglio
Published online: December 07, 2011
p181

Erratum

Erratum to “Participation in colorectal cancer screening with FOBT and colonoscopy: An Italian, multicentre, randomized population study” [Dig. Liver Dis. 42 (2010) 371–376]
• Daniele Lisi,
• Cesare Hassan,
• Massimo Crespi
• the AMOD Study Group
Published online: December 19, 2011
p182

Image of the Month e-pages

Endoscopic ultrasound image of alpha-fetoprotein-producing pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma
• Lien-Fu Lin
Published online: September 26, 2011
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Bowel obstruction with intestinal lipomatosis
• Yen-Dun Tony Tzeng,
• Shiuh-Inn Liu,
• Ming-Chieh Yang,
• King-Tong Mok
Published online: October 04, 2011
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