January 2021

Editorial Board
Published in issue: January 2021
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DLD and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Endoscopy Forum

How an endoscopy unit changed and was partially converted into an ICU during COVID-19 emergency in a tertiary referral hospital of Northern Italy
• Vincenzo Giorgio Mirante,
• Giorgio Mazzi,
• Gerolamo Bevivino,
• Francesca Parmeggiani,
• Giorgio Iori,
• Romano Sassatelli
Published online: October 03, 2020
p1-3

Low risk of transmission of SARS-CoV2 and effective endotherapy for gastrointestinal bleeding despite challenges supports resuming optimum endoscopic services
• Ashish Agarwal,
• Sudipta Dhar Chowdhury,
• Sanjeev Sachdeva,
• Vivek Saraswat,
• Rakesh Kochhar,
• Anoop Saraya
Published online: October 14, 2020
p4-7

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastro-enteric anastomosis in the COVID era: May the pandemic emphasize the benefit?
• Alessandro Fugazza,
• Marco Spadaccini,
• Stefania Bramanti,
• Carlo Castoro,
• Alessandro Repici,
• Andrea Anderloni
Published online: October 07, 2020
p8-10
How endoscopy centers prepare to reopen after the acute COVID-19 pandemic interruption of activity
• V Castagna,
• E Armellini,
• F Pace
• on behalf of the Fast Track Endoscopy Study Group
Published online: July 21, 2020
p11-12

Covid-19 post-lockdown: A transparent box, used as protective equipment in gastroscopy. A test of feasibility and efficacy
• Ofir Har-Noy,
• Lev Lichtenstein,
• Evgeny Landa,
• Zvika Marcus,
• Gil Ovadia,
• Jorge-Shmuel Delgado
Published online: August 29, 2020
p13-16

Review Articles

IBDs and the pediatric age: Their peculiarities and the involvement of the microbiota
• Lucia Cococcioni,
• Simona Panelli,
• Ilaria Varotto-Boccazzi,
• ...
• Gabriella Leccese,
• Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti,
• Francesco Comandatore
Published online: November 11, 2020
p17-25

Increased risk of acute liver failure by pain killer drugs in NAFLD: Focus on nuclear receptors and their coactivators
• Maria Arconzo,
• Elena Piccinin,
• Antonio Moschetta
Published online: June 13, 2020
p26-34

Guidelines

Clinical guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease: Update of a French national consensus
• Aurélien Amiot,
• Guillaume Bouguen,
• Guillaume Bonnaud,
• ...
• Hervé Hagege,
• Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet
• on behalf of the French National Consensus Clinical guidelines for the management of IBD study group
Published online: November 04, 2020
p35-43

Meta-Analysis

Antidiabetic drugs and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review, meta-analysis and evidence map
• Jai Kumar,
• Roha Saeed Memon,
• Izza Shahid,
• ...
• Sarwan Kumar,
• Tariq Jamal Siddiqi,
• Muhammad Shariq Usman
Published online: September 08, 2020
p44-51

Alimentary Tract

Postoperative mortality after surgery for inflammatory bowel disease: The myth of Apollo and Artemis
• Konstantinos H. Katsanos,
• Michel Adamina
Published online: November 11, 2020
p52-53

Postoperative mortality after surgery for inflammatory bowel disease in the era of biological agents: A population-based study in Southern Europe
• Montserrat Guasch,
• Emili Vela,
• Míriam Mañosa,
• ...
• José Troya,
• Margalida Calafat,
• Eugeni Domènech
Published online: October 17, 2020
p54-60

Histological assessment of gastric pseudopyloric metaplasia: Intra- and inter-observer consistency
• Massimo Rugge,
• Diana Sacchi,
• Robert M. Genta,
• ...
• Matteo Fassan,
• Antonio Di Sabatino,
• Hashem El-Serag
Published online: September 28, 2020
p61-65

COLIGENTA treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Results of an open study.
• Michel Bouchoucha,
• Marinos Fysekidis,
• Céline Lekhal,
• Bakhtiar Daniel Bejou,
• Jean-Marc Sabate,
• Robert Benamouzig
Published online: November 21, 2020
p66-71

Ustekinumab in bio-naïve and bio-failure Crohn's disease patients: Results from a « real-life » monocentric cohort.
• L. Monin,
• S. Dubois,
• C. Reenaers,
• ...
• S Vieujean,
• L. Seidel,
• E. Louis
Published online: November 18, 2020
p72-78

Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract

Liver fibrosis marker is an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the general population
• Yochai Schonmann,
• Hanny Yeshua,
• Itay Bentov,
• Shira Zelber-Sagi
Published online: November 01, 2020
p79-85

Liver histology in children with glycogen storage disorders type VI and IX
• Irene Degrassi,
• Maesha Deheragoda,
• David Creegen,
• ...
• Ahlam Mustafa,
• Roshni Vara,
• Nedim Hadzic
Published online: June 04, 2020
p86-93

Digestive Endoscopy

Safety and efficacy of remimazolam in high risk colonoscopy: A randomized trial
• Douglas K. Rex,
• Raj Bhandari,
• Daniel G. Lorch,
• Michael Meyers,
• Frank Schippers,
• David Bernstein
Published online: November 23, 2020
p94-101
Open Access
Pre-endoscopic intravenous proton pump inhibitors therapy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A prospective, multicentre study
• Riccardo Marmo,
• Marco Soncini,
• Cristina Bucci,
• Angelo Zullo
• the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio dell'Emorragia Digestiva (GISED)
Published online: November 07, 2020
p102-106

Oncology

LncRNA miR503HG inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition and angiogenesis in hepatocellular carcinoma by enhancing PDCD4 via regulation of miR-15b
• Shengping Song,
• Xinguang Qiu
Published online: October 10, 2020
p107-116
Multidrug regimens for treatment of older patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer
• Marina Macchini,
• Marta Chiaravalli,
• Chiara Pircher,
• ...
• Clara Fugazza,
• Luca Gianni,
• Michele Reni
Published online: July 03, 2020
p117-121

Images of the Month

Multimodality imaging of multiple duodenal gangliocytic paragangliomas with post-surgical recurrence
• Ba D. Nguyen,
• Ruifeng Guo
Published online: June 26, 2020
p122-124

Endoscopic combined management of a rare esophageal bronchogenic cyst
• Jingyuan Xiang,
• Enqiang Linghu,
• Longsong Li,
• Ningli Chai
Published online: June 16, 2020
p125-126

Choledocholithiasis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
• Sanjeev Sachdeva,
• Sukrit Singh Sethi,
• Ajay Kumar,
• Ashok Dalal
Published online: June 16, 2020
p127-128

A rare case of cystic gastrointestinal stromal tumor and the crucial role of EUS-FNB (with video)
• B. Mangiavillano,
• D. Chiari,
• F. Auriemma,
• A. Repici
Published online: June 09, 2020
p129-130

Correspondence

Pancreatic intra-cystic CA 19-9 dosage in the management of pancreatic cysts: Useful or confounding?
• Serena Stigliano,
• Piera Zaccari,
• Carola Severi
Published online: November 07, 2020
p131-133

Brunner's gland adenoma: Lessons learned for 48 cases
• Si-Ran Zhou,
• Saif Ullah,
• Yue-Yuan Liu,
• Bing-Rong Liu
Published online: November 07, 2020
p134-136

Prediction of liver iron overload in the Basque country (Spain) in patients referred for hyperferritinemia
• Agustin Castiella,
• Iratxe Urreta,
• Eva Zapata,
• ...
• Ma Dolores de Juan,
• José I. Emparanza
• on behalf of the Burnia group
Published online: November 13, 2020
p137-138
Wilson disease: Many guidelines but still many unsolved doubts
• Fabiola Di Dato,
• Raffaele Iorio
Published online: November 16, 2020
p139-140

In Memoriam

Luigi Pagliaro, 1931–2020
• Antonio Craxì
Published online: November 10, 2020
p141-142