August 2019

Editorial Board
Published in issue: August 2019
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Review Articles

Immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A review of potential new drugs based on ongoing clinical studies as of 2019
• Francesco Tovoli,
• Andrea Casadei-Gardini,
• Francesca Benevento,
• Fabio Piscaglia
Published online: June 14, 2019
p1067-1073

Hepatotoxicity of immune check point inhibitors: Approach and management
• Ana Lleo,
• Lorenza Rimassa,
• Massimo Colombo
Published online: July 08, 2019
p1074-1078

Meta-Analyses

Effect of fellow involvement on colonoscopy outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Georgios Tziatzios,
• Paraskevas Gkolfakis,
• Konstantinos Triantafyllou
Published online: July 01, 2019
p1079-1085

Anti-TNFα agents are the best choice in preventing postoperative Crohn’s disease: A meta-analysis
• Adrienn Erős,
• Nelli Farkas,
• Péter Hegyi,
• ...
• Bálint Erőss,
• Bálint Bérczi,
• Patricia Sarlós
Published online: July 03, 2019
p1086-1095

Alimentary Tract

Sequence of acquisition of self-management skills to follow a gluten-free diet by adults with celiac disease
• Emma M. Clerx,
• Jocelyn Silvester,
• Daniel Leffler,
• Maya DeGroote,
• Laurie N. Fishman
Published online: February 26, 2019
p1096-1100
Risk of bacterial pneumonia and pneumococcal infection in youths with celiac disease — A population-based study
• Cristina Canova,
• Jonas Ludvigsson,
• Vincenzo Baldo,
• Claudio Barbiellini Amidei,
• Loris Zanier,
• Fabiana Zingone
Published online: March 01, 2019
p1101-1105

Infliximab therapy intensification upon loss of response: Is there an optimal trough level?
• Bella Ungar,
• Zohar Ben-Shatach,
• Gal Ben-Haim,
• ...
• Rami Eliakim,
• Shomron Ben-Horin,
• Xavier Roblin
Published online: March 05, 2019
p1106-1111

Positive pharmacokinetic effect of azathioprine co-medication on infliximab trough levels is dose-dependent
• Veronika Polakovicova,
• Barbora Kadleckova,
• Jana Lucenicova,
• ...
• Sona Kinova,
• Peter Mikus,
• Zuzana Zelinkova
Published online: May 28, 2019
p1112-1116

Switching from infliximab originator to a first biosimilar is safe and effective. Results of a case-control study with drug levels and antibodies evaluation
• Cristina Guiotto,
• Angelo Italia,
• Alessandro Lavagna,
• ...
• Marco Mendolaro,
• Rodolfo Rocca,
• Marco Daperno
Published online: July 02, 2019
p1117-1122

Digestive Endoscopy

Gastric cancer missed at esophagogastroduodenoscopy in a well-defined Spanish population
• Pedro Genaro Delgado Guillena,
• Víctor Jair Morales Alvarado,
• Mireya Jimeno Ramiro,
• ...
• Albert García Rodríguez,
• Henry Córdova Guevara,
• Gloria Fernández Esparrach
Published online: March 20, 2019
p1123-1129

Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography for evaluating the response to chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer
• Hidekazu Tanaka,
• Ken Kamata,
• Mamoru Takenaka,
• ...
• Yasutaka Chiba,
• Masayuki Kitano,
• Masatoshi Kudo
Published online: March 28, 2019
p1130-1134

Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract

Evaluation of three “beyond Baveno VI” criteria to safely spare endoscopies in compensated advanced chronic liver disease
• Giulia Tosetti,
• Massimo Primignani,
• Vincenzo La Mura,
• ...
• Mirella Fraquelli,
• Alessio Aghemo,
• Pietro Lampertico
Published online: January 10, 2019
p1135-1140
Beyond Baveno VI: How far are we?
• Joan Martínez-Campreciós,
• Mònica Pons,
• Joan Genescà
Published online: July 23, 2019
p1141-1143

Transjugular aspiration liver biopsy performed by hepatologists trained in HVPG measurements is safe and provides important diagnostic information
• Judith Stift,
• Georg Semmler,
• Cita Walzel,
• ...
• Markus Peck-Radosavljevic,
• Arnulf Ferlitsch,
• Thomas Reiberger
Published online: February 12, 2019
p1144-1151
Liver biopsy? Long life to the transjugular route
• Enric Reverter
Published online: May 01, 2019
p1152-1153

The role of sphingosine kinase 2 in alcoholic liver disease
• Eric K. Kwong,
• Runping Liu,
• Derrick Zhao,
• ...
• Jimin Liu,
• Phillip B. Hylemon,
• Huiping Zhou
Published online: April 16, 2019
p1154-1163
Sphingosine lipid signaling in alcoholic liver injury
• Gianfranco Alpini
Published online: April 25, 2019
p1164-1165

A new algorithm for predicting long-term survival in chronic hepatitis B patients with variceal bleeding after endoscopic therapy
• Lingling He,
• Ping Li,
• Yu Jiang,
• ...
• Zhenglin Ai,
• Yijun Lin,
• Hongshan Wei
Published online: January 14, 2019
p1166-1171

Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) as an accurate and simple prognostic score for chronic hepatitis B-related liver cirrhosis
• Jian Wang,
• Zhaoping Zhang,
• Xiaomin Yan,
• ...
• Chuanwu Zhu,
• Rui Huang,
• Chao Wu
Published online: January 25, 2019
p1172-1178
Etiology, presenting features and outcome of children with non-cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis: A multicentre national study
• Angelo Di Giorgio,
• Paola De Angelis,
• Maurizio Cheli,
• ...
• Pier Luigi Calvo,
• Emanuele Nicastro,
• Lorenzo D’Antiga
Published online: March 06, 2019
p1179-1184

Oncology

Quantitative evaluation of liver metastases density on computed tomography: A new tool to evaluate early response to bevacizumab-containing chemotherapy
• Thibault Mazard,
• Eric Assenat,
• Marie Dupuy,
• ...
• Michel Ducreux,
• Marc Ychou,
• Benoit Gallix
Published online: May 10, 2019
p1185-1191
Evaluation of response to chemotherapy: Work still in progress
• Anthony Dohan,
• Philippe Soyer
Published online: June 07, 2019
p1192-1193

Images of the Month

Malignant melanoma in the pelvic cavity mimicking a gastrointestinal stromal tumor
• Tadahisa Inoue,
• Rena Kitano,
• Kiyoaki Ito,
• Masashi Yoneda
Published online: March 28, 2019
p1194

Esophageal dilation in eosinophilic esophagitis using a novel endoscopic device
• Vincent Zimmer,
• Kai Emrich
Published online: April 20, 2019
p1195

A rare cause of melena in lung cancer
• Raffaele Pezzilli,
• Cesare Cremon,
• Carlo Calabrese,
• Nunzio C.M. Salfi
Published online: April 22, 2019
p1196

Diffuse esophageal papillomatosis complicated by squamous cell carcinoma
• Michiel Bronswijk,
• Paul Christiaens,
• Veerle Moons
Published online: May 28, 2019
p1197

Correspondence

Prognostic factors in patients with stage II colon cancer: Role of E-selectin gene polymorphisms
• Anthony Turpin,
• Julien Labreuche,
• Jean-François Fléjou,
• Thierry Andre,
• Aimery de Gramont,
• Mohamed Hebbar
Published online: June 18, 2019
p1198-1201
High hepatitis B virus seroprevalence in pregnant women coming from middle and high-endemicity countries: An unresolved issue
• Susanna Giachè,
• Luca Foroghi,
• Gloria Taliani
Published online: June 27, 2019
p1201-1202

The pediatric endoscopy practice in Italy: A nationwide survey on behalf of the Italian society of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition (SIGENP)
• Marco Deganello Saccomani,
• Lorenzo Norsa,
• Salvatore Oliva,
• the SIGENP Endoscopy Working Group
Published online: June 19, 2019
p1203-1206
Thermal coagulation of mucosal defect margins using monopolar forceps reduces adenoma recurrence after colonic endoscopic mucosal resection
• Francesco Pugliese,
• Angelo Italia,
• Lorenzo Dioscoridi,
• Aurora Giannetti,
• Giulia Bonato,
• Massimiliano Mutignani
Published online: July 01, 2019
p1206

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to “Celiac disease or positive tissue transglutaminase antibodies in patients undergoing renal biopsies” [Dig Liver Dis (2018);50:27–31]
• R. Nurmi,
• M. Metso,
• I. Pörsti,
• ...
• J. Mustonen,
• K. Kaukinen,
• S. Mäkelä
Published online: June 27, 2019
p1207-1208