TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 100, Issue 1 (January 2005)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Case Report |
Letters to the Editor |
Announcements |
Erratum
The Red Section
Methodology
Evidence-Based Medicine in Practice: Applying Intention-to-Treat Analysis and Perprotocol Analysis FREE
Philip S Schoenfeld MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi)
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 3-4; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41537.x
Ethics in Gastroenterology
Treatment of Hepatitis C in Injection Drug Users FREE
Larry D Scott MD, MA
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 5-7; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41294.x
The Expert's Corner
Bravo Capsule pH Monitoring FREE
John E Pandolfino
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 8-10; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41183.x
Original Contributions
Esophageal
Assessing Symptoms in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: How Well Do Clinicians' Assessments Agree with Those of Their Patients? FREE
Elaine McColl MSc, Ola Junghard PhD, Ingela Wiklund PhD and Dennis A Revicki PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 11-18; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40945.x
Editorial
Measuring Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms: Musings from Marrakech FREE
Paul Moayyedi and Brendan C Delaney
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 19-20; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41603.x
Esophageal
Crystal Violet Chromoendoscopy with Mucosal Pit Pattern Diagnosis is Useful for Surveillance of Short-Segment Barrett's Esophagus FREE
Yuji Amano MD, Yoshinori Kushiyama MD, Shunji Ishihara MD, Takafumi Yuki MD, Youichi Miyaoka MD, Nagisa Yoshino MD, Norihisa Ishimura MD, Hirofumi Fujishiro MD, Kyoichi Adachi MD, Riruke Maruyama MD, Mohammad Azharul Karim Rumi MD and Yoshikazu Kinoshita MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 21-26; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40028.x
Endoscopy
Feasibility and Diagnostic Utility of Video Capsule Endoscopy for the Detection of Small Bowel Polyps in Patients with Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes FREE
Karsten Schulmann MD, Stephan Hollerbach MD, Katja Kraus MD, Jörg Willert MD, Tilman Vogel MD, Gabriela Möslein MD, Christian Pox MD, Markus Reiser MD, Anke Reinacher-Schick MD and Wolff Schmiegel MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 27-37; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40102.x
Risk Factors for Pancreatitis in Patients with Common Bile Duct Stones Managed by Endoscopic Papillary Balloon Dilation FREE
Takeshi Tsujino MD, Hiroyuki Isayana MD, Yutaka Komatsu MD, Yukiko Ito MD, Minoru Tada MD, Nobuyuki Minagawa MD, Ryo Nakata MD, Takao Kawabe MD and Masao Omata MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 38-42; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40638.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Long-Term Results of Partial Splenic Artery Embolization as Supplemental Treatment for Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy FREE
Hiroshi Yoshida MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Mamada MD, PhD, Nobuhiko Taniai MD, PhD, Kazuhito Yamamoto MD, PhD, Masahiro Kaneko MD, PhD, Youichi Kawano MD, Yoshiaki Mizuguchi MD, Tatsuo Kumazaki MD, PhD and Takashi Tajiri MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 43-47; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40559.x
Chronic Hepatitis C and Type II Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study FREE
Claudia O Zein MD, MSc, Cynthia Levy MD, Ananda Basu MD and Nizar N Zein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 48-55; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40429.x
The Effect of HIV Coinfection on the Risk of Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in U.S. Veterans with Hepatitis C FREE
Jennifer R Kramer PhD, MPH, Thomas P Giordano MD, MPH, Julianne Souchek PhD, Peter Richardson PhD, Lu-Yu Hwang MD and Hashem B El-Serag MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 56-63; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40670.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Activation Pattern of Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) Factors in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases FREE
Jonas Mudter MD, Benno Weigmann PhD, Brigitte Bartsch, Ralf Kiesslich MD, Dennis Strand PhD, Peter R Galle MD, Hans A Lehr MD, Jan Schmidt MD and Markus F Neurath MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 64-72; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40615.x
Editorial
A STAT Need for Human Immunologic Studies to Understand Inflammatory Bowel Disease FREE
Scott Plevy MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 73-74; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41382.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Safety and Efficacy of Adalimumab (D2E7) in Crohn's Disease Patients with an Attenuated Response to Infliximab FREE
Konstantinos A Papadakis MD, Omid A Shaye MD, Eric A Vasiliauskas MD, Andrew Ippoliti MD, Marla C Dubinsky MD, Jaime Birt BSN, Jane Paavola RN, Susie K Lee MSN, NP, Joanne Price MA, Stephan R Targan MD and Maria T Abreu MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 75-79; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40647.x
Editorial
What Next After Infliximab? FREE
Leonard Baidoo MD and Gary R Lichtenstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 80-83; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41716.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Variants of CARD15 are Associated with an Aggressive Clinical Course of Crohn's Disease—An IG-IBD Study FREE
Vito Annese MD, Giovanni Lombardi MD, Francesco Perri MD, Renata D'Incà MD, Sandro Ardizzone MD, Gabriele Riegler MD, Stelio Giaccari MD, Maurizio Vecchi MD, Fabiana Castiglione MD, Paolo Gionchetti MD, Elena Cocchiara BM, Sergio Vigneri MD, Anna Latiano BD, Orazio Palmieri BD and Angelo Andriulli MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 84-92; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40705.x
Comprehensive Evaluation of Inflammatory and Noninflammatory Sequelae of Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomoses FREE
Bo Shen MD, Victor W Fazio MB, MS, Feza H Remzi MD, Conor P Delaney MD, PhD, Ana E Bennett MD, Jean-Paul Achkar MD, Aaron Brzezinski MD, Farah Khandwala MS, Wendy Liu MD, PhD, Marlene L Bambrick BSN, RN, Jane Bast RN and Bret Lashner MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 93-101; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40778.x
The Role of Breastfeeding in Postpartum Disease Activity in Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease FREE
Sunanda Kane MD, MSPH and Nicole Lemieux BSc
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 102-105; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40785.x
Functional GI Disorders
Rectal Hyposensitivity: A Disorder of the Rectal Wall or the Afferent Pathway? An Assessment Using the Barostat FREE
Marc A Gladman MRCOG, MRCS (Eng), Lee S Dvorkin MRCS (Eng), Peter J Lunniss MS, FRCS, Norman S Williams MS, FRCS and S Mark Scott PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 106-114; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40021.x
Functional Gi Disorders
A Dose-Ranging, Phase II Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Alosetron in Men with Diarrhea-Predominant IBS FREE
Lin Chang MD, Vanessa Z Ameen MD, George E Dukes PharmD, David J McSorley MS, Eric G Carter MD, PhD and Emeran A Mayer MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 115-123; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40365.x
Is Constipation Associated with Decreased Physical Activity in Normally Active Subjects? FREE
Ashok K Tuteja MD, MPH, Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD, Sandra K Joos PhD, MPH, James V Woehl KVCNP and David H Hickam MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 124-129; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40516.x
Colon
Characteristics of Familial Juvenile Polyps Expressing Cyclooxygenase-2 FREE
Eli Brazowski MD, Paul Rozen MB, BS, Faina Misonzhnick-Bedny and Gilad Gitstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 130-138; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40775.x
Prevalence of Adenomas among Young Individuals at Average Risk for Colorectal Cancer FREE
Andrea E de Jong MD, Hans Morreau MD, PhD, Fokko M Nagengast MD, PhD, Elisabeth MH Mathus-Vliegen Prof MD, Jan H Kleibeuker Prof MD, Gerrit Griffioen MD, PhD, Annemieke Cats MD, PhD and Hans FA Vasen MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 139-143; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41000.x
Pancreas
Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Transabdominal Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Tumors of the Pancreas FREE
Terutomo Itoh MD, Yoshiki Hirooka MD, Akihiro Itoh MD, Senju Hashimoto MD, Hiroki Kawashima MD, Kazuo Hara MD, Akira Kanamori MD, Naoki Ohmiya MD, Yasumasa Niwa MD and Hidemi Goto MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 144-152; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40726.x
99mTc-Hexamethylpropylene Amineoxime Leukocyte Scintigraphy in Acute Pancreatitis: An Alternative to Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography? FREE
Eduardo Moreno-Osset MD, Antonio López MD, Leticia de la Cueva MD, María Jesús Martínez MD, Fernando Gómez MD, Vicente Alfonso MD, Tomás Ripollés MD and Ramón Sopena MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 153-161; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40360.x
Outcomes
The Epidemiology of Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: An Analysis of 1,458 Cases from 1992 to 2000 FREE
Thomas Tran MD, Jessica A Davila PhD and Hashem B El-Serag MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 162-168; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40709.x
Pathology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Associated Coronavirus Is Detected in Intestinal Tissues of Fatal Cases FREE
Xueying Shi MD, PhD, Encong Gong MD, Dongxia Gao MD, Bo Zhang MD, PhD, Jie Zheng MD, Zifen Gao MD, Yanfeng Zhong MD, Wanzhong Zou MD, Bingquan Wu MD, Weigang Fang MD, PhD, Songlin Liao MD, Shenglan Wang BA, Zhigang Xie MD, Min Lu MD, Lin Hou BA, Haohao Zhong BA, Hongquan Shao BA, Ning Li BA, Congrong Liu MD, PhD, Fei Pei MD, PhD, Jingping Yang BA, Yuping Wang BA, Zhihui Han BA, Xiaohong Shi BA, Qianying Zhang BA, Jiangfeng You BA, Xiang Zhu MD and Jiang Gu MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 169-176; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40377.x
Variability of Histologic Lesions in Relation to Biopsy Site in Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy FREE
Alberto Ravelli MD, Stefania Bolognini MS, Marco Gambarotti MD and Vincenzo Villanacci MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 177-185; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40669.x
Updated Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease FREE
Kenneth R DeVault MD, FACG and Donald O Castell MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 190-200; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41217.x
The Emerging Role of the Liver in Iron Metabolism FREE
Naveen Sharma FRCP, Jeffrey Butterworth MRCP, Brian T Cooper MD, FRCP, C Tselepis and Tariq H Iqbal MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 201-206; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40152.x
Clinical Reviews
Proton-Pump Inhibitors and Outcome of Endoscopic Hemostasis in Bleeding Peptic Ulcers: A Series of Meta-analyses FREE
A Andriulli MD, V Annese MD, N Caruso MD, A Pilotto MD, L Accadia MD, AG Niro MD, M Quitadamo MD, A Merla MD, S Fiorella MD and G Leandro MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 207-219; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40636.x
Gastrointestinal Histoplasmosis FREE
Charles J Kahi MD, MSc, L Joseph Wheat MD, Stephen D Allen MD and George A Sarosi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 220-231; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40823.x
Clinical Review
Myths and Misconceptions About Chronic Constipation FREE
Stefan A Müller-Lissner MD, Michael A Kamm MD, FRCP, Carmelo Scarpignato MD, DSc, FACG and Arnold Wald MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 232-242; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40885.x
Case Report
Case Report
Development of Macro-Aspartate Aminotransferase in a Patient Undergoing Specific Allergen Injection Immunotherapy FREE
Stuart L Triester MD and David D Douglas MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 243-245; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41284.x
Letters to the Editor
High-Risk Behavior and Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C FREE
C Renou MD and P Halfon MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 246-247; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41277_1.x
Response to High-Risk Behavior and Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C FREE
A R Zanetti, C Vandelli, L Romanò and T Stroffolini
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 247-248; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.t01-1-41277_2.x
Psychiatric Disease and Functional GI Disorders in the Community: More Evidence for a Casual Link? FREE
G Richard Locke III MD, Siong-Chi Lin MD and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 248-249; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41277_3.x
Less H. Pylori Not Necessarily More GERD FREE
Jannis Kountouras MD, PhD, Christos Zavos MD and Dimitrios Chatzopoulos MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 249-250; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41277_4.x
Re: Surgical Volume and Long-Term Survival Following Surgery for Colorectal Cancer in the Veterans Affairs Health-Care System FREE
Andreas M Kaiser MD, Joseph W Nunoo-Mensah MD and Nir Wasserberg MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 250; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41277_5.x
Treatment for NASH: The Value of Histology FREE
Yoram Elitsur MD, Zandra Lawrence MT, Rudy Wang PhD and Paul R Durst MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 250-251; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41277_6.x
Announcements
Announcements FREE
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 252-254; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.100_1_01.x
