Debate

Is Computerized Tomographic Fine Needle Aspiration Helpful in the Management of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis? FREE

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2371; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.t01-1-00328.x

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PRO: Computerized Tomographic Fine Needle Aspiration (CT-FNA) Is Valuable in the Management of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis FREE

Peter A Banks MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2371-2372; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00328_1.x

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CON: Computerized Tomographic Aspiration of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis: The Opinion Against Its Routine Use FREE

Theodore N Pappas MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2373-2374; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00328_2.x

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Reflections On Medical Practice

A Candidate's Approach to a Successful Partnership FREE

Seymour Katz MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2375-2378; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00329.x

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Esophageal

Performance, Tolerability, and Symptoms Related to Prolonged pH Monitoring Using the Bravo System in Mexico FREE

José María Remes-Troche MD, Jorge Ibarra-Palomino MD, Ramon I Carmona-Sánchez MD and Miguel A Valdovinos MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2382-2386; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00292.x

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Stomach

A Prospective Randomized Trial of Esomeprazole- versus Pantoprazole-Based Triple Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Eradication FREE

Ping-I Hsu MD, Kwok-Hung Lai MD, Chiun-Ku Lin MD, Wen-Chi Chen MD, Hsien-Chung Yu MD, Jin-Shiung Cheng MD, Feng-Woei Tsay MD, Chung-Jen Wu MD, Ching-Chu Lo MD, Hui-Hwa Tseng MD, Yoshio Yamaoka PhD, Jin-Liang Chen MD and Gin-Ho Lo MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2387-2392; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00264.x

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Editorial

Helicobacter pylori: Factors Affecting Eradication and Recurrence FREE

Nimish Vakil MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2393-2394; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00286.x

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Endoscopy

Urgent Colonoscopy for Evaluation and Management of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Randomized Controlled Trial FREE

Bryan T Green MD, Don C Rockey MD, G Portwood MD, Paul R Tarnasky MD, Steve Guarisco MD, Malcolm S Branch MD, Joseph Leung MD and Paul Jowell MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2395-2402; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00306.x

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Editorial

Management of Patients with Severe Hematochezia—With All Current Evidence Available FREE

Dennis M Jensen MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2403-2406; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00298.x

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A Meta-Analysis of the Yield of Capsule Endoscopy Compared to Other Diagnostic Modalities in Patients with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding FREE

Stuart L Triester MD, Jonathan A Leighton MD, Grigoris I Leontiadis MD, David E Fleischer MD, Amy K Hara MD, Russell I Heigh MD, Arthur D Shiff MD and Virender K Sharma MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2407-2418; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00274.x

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A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Endoscopic Steroid Injection Therapy for Recalcitrant Esophageal Peptic Strictures FREE

Jack I Ramage Jr. MD, Ashwin Rumalla MD, Todd H Baron MD, Nicole L Pochron LPN, Alan R Zinsmeister PhD, Joseph A Murray MD, Ian D Norton MD, Nancy Diehl BS, MBA and Yvonne Romero MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2419-2425; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00331.x

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Palliation of Nonresectable Bile Duct Cancer: Improved Survival After Photodynamic Therapy FREE

Thomas Zoepf MD, Ralf Jakobs MD, Joachim C Arnold MD, Darius Apel MD and Jürgen F Riemann MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2426-2430; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00318.x

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Liver and Biliary Tract

The Journal Impact Factor as a Predictor of Trial Quality and Outcomes: Cohort Study of Hepatobiliary Randomized Clinical Trials FREE

Lise L Gluud MD, Thorkild IA Sørensen MD, Peter C Gøtzsche MD and Christian Gluud MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2431-2435; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00327.x

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Editorial

The Journal Impact Factor: Judging a Book by Its Cover FREE

Nimish Vakil MD, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2436-2437; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00324.x

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Hypoadiponectinemia Predicts the Severity of Hepatic Fibrosis and Pancreatic Beta-Cell Dysfunction in Nondiabetic Nonobese Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis FREE

Giovanni Musso MD, Roberto Gambino MD, Giampaolo Biroli MD, Monica Carello MD, Emanuela Fagà MD, Giovanni Pacini DSC, Franco De Michieli MD, Maurizio Cassader MD, Marilena Durazzo MD, Mario Rizzetto MD and Gianfranco Pagano MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2438-2446; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00297.x

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Response of Hepatitis C Genotype-4 Naïve Patients to 24 Weeks of Peg-Interferon-2b/Ribavirin or Induction-Dose Interferon-2b/Ribavirin/Amantadine: A Non-Randomized Controlled Study FREE

Abdel-Rahman El-Zayadi MD, Mohy Attia MD, Eman M F Barakat MD, Hanaa M Badran MD, Hassan Hamdy MD, Ahmed El-Tawil MD, Adham El-Nakeeb MD, Osaima Selim MD and Ahmed Saied MSc

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2447-2452; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00253.x

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A Randomized Trial of Pegylated Interferon -2b Plus Ribavirin in the Retreatment of Chronic Hepatitis C FREE

Ira M Jacobson, Stevan A Gonzalez, Furqaan Ahmed, Edward Lebovics, Albert D Min, Henry C Bodenheimer Jr., Stephen P Esposito, Robert S Brown Jr., Norbert Bräu, Franklin M Klion, Hillel Tobias, Edmund J Bini, Neil Brodsky, Maurice A Cerulli, Ayse Aytaman, Peter W Gardner, Jane M Geders, Julie E Spivack, Michael G Rahmin, David H Berman, James Ehrlich, Mark W Russo, Maxwell Chait, Deborah Rovner and Brian R Edlin

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2453-2462; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00282.x

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Higher Efficacy of Sequential Therapy with Interferon- and Lamivudine Combination Compared to Lamivudine Monotherapy in HBeAg Positive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients FREE

Shiv Kumar Sarin MD, DM, Manoj Kumar MD, DM, Rakesh Kumar MD, DM, Syed Naqui Kazim PhD, Rajkumar Chander Guptan MBBS, Puja Sakhuja MD and Barjesh Chander Sharma MD, DM

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2463-2471; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00247.x

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Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies in Patients with Abnormal Liver Tests: Is It Always Coeliac Disease? FREE

Oreste Lo Iacono MD, Salvatore Petta MD, Giovanna Venezia MD, Vito Di Marco MD, Giuseppe Tarantino MD, Francesco Barbaria BS, Claudia Mineo MD, Stefania De Lisi MD, Piero Luigi Almasio MD and Antonio Craxì MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2472-2477; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00244.x

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Inflamatory Bowel Disease

Delayed-Release Oral Mesalamine at 4.8 g/day (800 mg tablet) for the Treatment of Moderately Active Ulcerative Colitis: The ASCEND II Trial FREE

Stephen B Hanauer MD, William J Sandborn MD, Asher Kornbluth MD, Seymour Katz MD, Michael Safdi MD, Scott Woogen MD, Gino Regalli MD, PhD, Chyon Yeh PhD, Nancy Smith-Hall PharmD, MD and Funmilay Ajayi MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2478-2485; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00248.x

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Disease Concordance, Zygosity, and NOD2/CARD15 Status: Follow-Up of a Population-Based Cohort of Danish Twins with Inflammatory Bowel Disease FREE

Tine Jess MD, Lene Riis MD, Cathrine Jespersgaard MSc, Lotte Hougs MSc, PhD, Paal Skytt Andersen MSc, PhD, Marianne K Orholm MD, PhD, Vibeke Binder MD, MSc and Pia Munkholm MD, MSc

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2486-2492; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00224.x

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A Prospective Comparison Study of MRI versus Small Bowel Follow-Through in Recurrent Crohn's Disease FREE

Charles N Bernstein MD, Howard Greenberg MD, Ian Boult MD, Shirley Chubey, Corrine Leblanc and Lawrence Ryner PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2493-2502; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00239.x

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Intravenous Iron Sucrose versus Oral Iron Supplementation for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease—A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label, Multicenter Study FREE

Oliver Schröder MD, Oliver Mickisch MD, Ursula Seidler MD, Andreas de Weerth MD, Axel U Dignass MD, Hans Herfarth MD, Max Reinshagen MD, Stefan Schreiber MD, Ulrich Junge MD, Marc Schrott PharmD and Jürgen Stein MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2503-2509; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00250.x

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Functional GI Disorders

Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor- and Interleukin-10 Gene Polymorphisms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome FREE

Patrick PJ van der Veek MD, Marlies van den Berg BSc, Yvette E de Kroon BM, Hein W Verspaget PhD, MSc and Ad AM Masclee MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2510-2516; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00257.x

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Editorial

Dysregulation of Peripheral Cytokine Production in Irritable Bowel Syndrome FREE

Stephen M Collins MBBS, FRCP, FRCPC

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2517-2518; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00246.x

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Colon

Performance Characteristics and Evaluation of an Automated-Developed and Quantitative, Immunochemical, Fecal Occult Blood Screening Test FREE

Alex Vilkin MD, Paul Rozen MB, BS, Zohar Levi MD, Amal Waked BSc, Eran Maoz MD, Shlomo Birkenfeld MD and Yaron Niv MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2519-2525; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00231.x

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Inappropriate Colorectal Cancer Screening: Findings and Implications FREE

Deborah A Fisher MD, MHS, Latisha Judd and Nadia S Sanford MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2526-2530; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00322.x

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Association Between Colonic Screening, Subject Characteristics, and Stage of Colorectal Cancer FREE

Laura Fazio MHSc, Michelle Cotterchio PhD, Michael Manno MSc, John McLaughlin PhD and Steven Gallinger MD, MSc

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2531-2539; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00319.x

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Pancreas

Small Gallstones Are Associated with Increased Risk of Acute Pancreatitis: Potential Benefits of Prophylactic Cholecystectomy? FREE

Niels G Venneman MD, Erik Buskens MD, PhD, Marc G H Besselink MD, Susanne Stads MD, Peter M N Y H Go MD, PhD, Koop Bosscha MD, PhD, Gerard P van Berge-Henegouwen MD, PhD and Karel J van Erpecum MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2540-2550; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00317.x

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Interactions Between Commensal Bacteria and Gut Sensorimotor Function in Health and Disease FREE

Giovanni Barbara MD, Vincenzo Stanghellini MD, Giovanni Brandi MD, Cesare Cremon MD, Giovanni Di Nardo MD, Roberto De Giorgio MD and Roberto Corinaldesi MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2560-2568; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00230.x

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New Advances in Evaluation and Management of Patients with Polycystic Liver Disease FREE

Hays L Arnold MD and Stephen A Harrison MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2569-2582; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00263.x

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Response to Letter by Matsushita and Okazaki FREE

Edith R Lederman MD and Nancy F Crum MD, MPH

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2596-2597; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_2.x

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Pyogenic Liver Abscess and Occult Colon Cancer FREE

Mitsunobu Matsushita MD and Kazuichi Okazaki MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2596; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_1.x

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Three-Dimensional Linear Endoscopic Ultrasound FREE

Kazuki Sumiyama MD, PhD and Hisao Tajiri MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2597; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_3.x

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Response to Drs. Sumiyama and Tajiri FREE

Annette Fritscher-Ravens and U Patel

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2597-2598; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_4.x

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New Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Based on Prospective Symptom Evaluation FREE

Susanna A Walter MD, Gudmundur Ragnarsson MD, PhD and Göran Bodemar Prof, MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2598-2599; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_5.x

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Age and Sex Distribution of the Incidence of Barrett's Esophagus Found in a Dutch Primary Care Population FREE

Eva M van Soest, Peter D Siersema, Jeanne P Dieleman, Miriam C J M Sturkenboom and Ernst J Kuipers

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2599-2600; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_6.x

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Obesity and GERD: Implications and Consequences for Bariatric Surgery? FREE

Johannes Lenglinger MD, Margit Eisler MD and Martin Riegler MD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2600-2601; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_8.x

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Genesis of a Curmudgeon FREE

Steven Brozinsky MD, FACP, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2600; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_7.x

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A116C Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Gene Polymorphism May Predict Hemodynamic Response to Losartan in Patients with Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension FREE

Wilko Spiering MD, PhD, Abraham A Kroon MD, PhD and Peter W de Leeuw MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2601-2602; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_9.x

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Serum Oligoclonal Immunoglobulin Bands in Cirrhotic Patients FREE

Kalambokis Georgios MD, Georgios Kolios MD, Konstantinos Seferiadis MD and Epameinondas V Tsianos MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2602-2603; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_10.x

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Colonic Ulceration After Sodium Phosphate Bowel Preparation FREE

Robert J Atkinson MB, ChB, MRCP, Vicki Save MB, ChB, MRCPath and John O Hunter MA, MD, FRCP, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2603-2605; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_11.x

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ERRATUM FREE

Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2608; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.100_11_02.x

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