TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 101, Issue 3 (March 2006)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Case Reports |
Letters to the Editor |
Announcement |
Erratum
The Red Section
Methodology
Positive and Negative Predictive Values: Use of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Serologic Markers
Gregory L Austin MD, MPH, Nicholas J Shaheen MD, MPH and Robert S Sandler MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 413-416; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00475.x
Reflections On Medical Practice
Measuring Quality—Why the Numbers Don't Add Up
Michael Kirsch MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 417-419; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00449.x
A Look Back
Medical School Curriculum Tickets
Robert E Kravetz MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 420-421; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00566.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Endoluminal Gastroplasty (EndoCinch™) versus Endoscopic Polymer Implantation (Enteryx™) for Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: 6-Month Results of a Prospective, Randomized Trial
Dirk Domagk MD, Josef Menzel MD, Matthias Seidel MD, Hansjörg Ullerich MD, Thorsten Pohle MD, Achim Heinecke PhD, Wolfram Domschke MD, FACG, FRCP (Lond) and Torsten Kucharzik MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 422-430; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00533.x
Comparison of Transesophageal Endoscopic Plication (TEP) with Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication (LNF) in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Reflux Disease
Zahid Mahmood, Patrick J Byrne, Barry P McMahon, Edward M Murphy2, Qamrul Arfin, Narayanasamy Ravi, Donald G Weir and John V Reynolds
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 431-436; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00534.x
Editorial
Clinical Trials Evaluating Endoscopic GERD Treatments Is It Time for a Moratorium on the Clinical Use of These Procedures?
Walter J Hogan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 437-439; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00523.x
Esophagus
Endoscopic Treatment for Atypical Manifestations of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Julia J Liu MD, David L Carr-Locke MD, Mark T Osterman MD, Xin Li BA, Rie Maurer MA, David C Brooks MD, Stanley W Ashley MD and John R Saltzman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 440-445; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00496.x
Wireless pH Monitoring in Patients with Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
Chandra Prakash MD and Ray E Clouse MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 446-452; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00425.x
Addition of Esophageal Impedance Monitoring to pH Monitoring Increases the Yield of Symptom Association Analysis in Patients off PPI Therapy
Albert J Bredenoord MD, Bas LAM Weusten MD, PhD, Robin Timmer MD, PhD, Jos M Conchillo MD and Andr JPM Smout MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 453-459; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00427.x
Editorial
Increasing Yield Also Increases False Positives and Best Serves to Exclude GERD
Jason Connor MS, FACG and Joel Richter MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 460-463; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00555.x
Esophagus
Symptom and Function Heterogenicity Among Patients with Distal Esophageal Spasm: Studies Using Combined Impedance–Manometry
Radu Tutuian MD, Inder Mainie MRCP, Amit Agrawal MD, R Matthew Gideon, Philip O Katz MD and Donald O Castell MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 464-469; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00408.x
Chronic Laryngitis Associated with Gastroesophageal Reflux: Prospective Assessment of Differences in Practice Patterns Between Gastroenterologists and ENT Physicians
Tasneem F Ahmed DO, Farah Khandwala MSc, Tom I Abelson MD, Douglas M Hicks PhD, Joel E Richter MD, Claudio Milstein PhD and Michael F Vaezi MD, PhD, MS(epi)
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 470-478; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00502.x
Stomach
Effects of Partial (Belsey Mark IV) and Complete (Nissen) Fundoplication on Proximal Gastric Function and Esophagogastric Junction Dynamics
Robert CH Scheffer MD, PhD, Melvin Samsom MD, PhD, Geoff S Hebbard MD, PhD and Hein G Gooszen MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 479-487; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00498.x
Levofloxacin-Based Triple Therapy versus Bismuth-Based Quadruple Therapy for Persistent Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Meta-Analysis
Richard J Saad MD, Philip Schoenfeld MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi), Hyungjin Myra Kim ScD and William D Chey MD, FACG, FACP
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 488-496; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00637.x
Editorial
Helicobacter pylori Treatment: A Practical Approach
Nimish Vakil MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 497-499; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00454.x
Endoscopy
Role of Intravenous Omeprazole in Patients with High-Risk Peptic Ulcer Bleeding After Successful Endoscopic Epinephrine Injection: A Prospective Randomized Comparative Trial
Hwai-Jeng Lin MD, FACG, Wen-Ching Lo MD, Yang-Chih Cheng MD and Chin-Lin Perng MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 500-505; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00399.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Pharmacological Reduction of Portal Pressure and Long-Term Risk of First Variceal Bleeding in Patients with Cirrhosis
Juan Turnes MD, Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagan MD, Juan G Abraldes MD, Manuel Hernandez-Guerra MD, Alessandra Dell'Era MD and Jaime Bosch MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 506-512; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00453.x
Accuracy of Ultrasonography, Spiral CT, Magnetic Resonance, and Alpha-Fetoprotein in Diagnosing Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review
Agostino Colli MD, Mirella Fraquelli MD, PhD, Giovanni Casazza PhD, Sara Massironi MD, Alice Colucci MD, Dario Conte MD and Piergiorgio Duca MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 513-523; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00467.x
Diagnostic and Prognostic Role of 
-Fetoprotein in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Both or Neither?
Fabio Farinati MD, Dario Marino MD, Massimo De Giorgio MD, Anna Baldan MD, Maria Cantarini MD, Carmela Cursaro MD, Gianludovico Rapaccini MD, Paolo Del Poggio MD, Maria Anna Di Nolfo MD, Luisa Benvegnù MD, Marco Zoli MD, Franco Borzio MD, Mauro Bernardi MD and Franco Trevisani MD Italian Liver Cancer (ITALICA) group
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 524-532; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00443.x
The Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Patients with Small Liver Nodules on MRI
Tilak U Shah BS, Richard C Semelka MD, Ertan Pamuklar MD, Zeynep Firat RT, Richard D Gerber MD, Roshan Shrestha MD and Mark W Russo MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 533-540; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00450.x
Dermatological Manifestations in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Patients: A Case Control Study
Meri Koulentaki MD, PhD, Despina Ioannidou MD, Maria Stefanidou MD, Sofia Maraki MD, I Drigiannakis MD, Philippas Dimoulios MD, Jean Marie Enele Melono MD, Androniki Tosca MD, PhD and Elias A Kouroumalis MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 541-546; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00423.x
Independent Prospective Multicenter Validation of Biochemical Markers (Fibrotest–Actitest) for the Prediction of Liver Fibrosis and Activity in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: The Fibropaca Study
Philippe Halfon MD, PhD, Marc Bourliere MD, Romaric Deydier MSc, Danielle Botta-Fridlund MD, PhD, Christophe Renou MD, Albert Tran MD, PhD, Isabelle Portal MD, Isabelle Allemand MD, Jean Jacques Bertrand PhD, Alessandra Rosenthal-Allieri MD, PhD, Michel Rotily MD, PhD, Christophe Sattonet MD, Thierry Benderitter MD, PhD, Marie Christine Saint Paul MD, Henry Pierre Bonnot MD, Guillaume Penaranda MSc, Claude Degott MD, PhD, Marie France Masseyeff MD and Denis Ouzan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 547-555; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00411.x
Pregnancy in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Outcome and Risk Factors
Christoph Schramm, Johannes Herkel, Ulrich Beuers, Stephan Kanzler, Peter R Galle and Ansgar W Lohse
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 556-560; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00479.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A Double-Blind Clinical Trial for Treatment of Crohn's Disease by Oral Administration of Alequel™, A Mixture of Autologous Colon-Extracted Proteins: A Patient-Tailored Approach
Maya Margalit MD, Eran Israeli MD, Oren Shibolet MD, Ehud Zigmond MD, Athalia Klein MSc, Nilla Hemed RN, James J Donegan PhD, Elazar Rabbani PhD, Eran Goldin MD and Yaron Ilan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 561-568; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00441.x
Editorial
Oral Tolerance Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jae Geun Hyun MD and Terrence A Barrett MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 569-571; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00437.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Phenotype-Stratified Genetic Linkage Study Demonstrates that IBD2 Is an Extensive Ulcerative Colitis Locus
Jean-Paul Achkar MD, Themistocles Dassopoulos MD, Mark S Silverberg MD, PhD, Jeffrey A Tuvlin MD, Richard H Duerr MD, Steven R Brant MD, Kathy Siminovitch MD, Deepa Reddy MD, Lisa W Datta MS, Theodore M Bayless MD, Leilei Zhang, M Michael Barmada PhD, John D Rioux PhD, A Hillary Steinhart MD, Robin S McLeod MD, Anne M Griffiths MD, Zane Cohen MD, Huiying Yang PhD, Gillian P Bromfield MSc, Phil Schumm MA, Stephen B Hanauer MD, Judy H Cho MD and Dan L Nicolae PhD the NIDDK IBD Genetics Consortium
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 572-580; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00451.x
Funtional GI
A Study of Candidate Genotypes Associated with Dyspepsia in a U.S. Community
Christopher E Camilleri, Paula J Carlson BS, Michael Camilleri MD, Emma J Castillo MD, G Richard Locke III MD, Debra M Geno, Debra A Stephens RN, Alan R Zinsmeister PhD and Raul Urrutia MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 581-592; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00481.x
Editorial
Hypothesis Driven Research and Molecular Mechanisms in Functional Dyspepsia: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship in Research and Practice?
Gerald Holtmann MD and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 593-595; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00480.x
Funtional GI
Perception of Electrocutaneous Stimuli in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Paola Iovino MD, Fabrizio Tremolaterra MD, Danilo Consalvo MD, Francesco Sabbatini MD, Gabriele Mazzacca MD and Carolina Ciacci MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 596-603; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00414.x
Differences Between Painless and Painful Constipation Among Community Women
Adil E Bharucha MD, G Richard Locke MD, Alan R Zinsmeister PhD, Barbara M Seide, Kimberly McKeon MD, Cathy D Schleck BSc and L Joseph Melton III MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 604-612; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00435.x
Pathophysiology and Role of Biofeedback Therapy in Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome
Satish S C Rao MD, PhD, FRCP (LON), Ramazan Ozturk MD, Sherrie De Ocampo MD and Mary Stessman CG, RN
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 613-618; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00466.x
Symptoms, Course, and Complications of Abdominal Attacks in Hereditary Angioedema Due to C1 Inhibitor Deficiency
Konrad Bork MD, Petra Staubach MD, Alexander J Eckardt MD and Jochen Hardt MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 619-627; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00492.x
Pediatrics
Natural History of Infant Reflux Esophagitis: Symptoms and Morphometric Histology During One Year Without Pharmacotherapy
Susan R Orenstein MD, Theresa M Shalaby RN, BSN, Sheryl F Kelsey PhD and Eric Frankel MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 628-640; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00442.x
Editorial
Is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Really a Life-Long Disease: Do Babies Who Regurgitate Grow up to Be Adults with GERD Complications?
Benjamin D Gold MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 641-644; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00436.x
Pediatrics
Utility of Serological Markers in Predicting the Early Occurrence of Complications and Surgery in Pediatric Crohn's Disease Patients
Devendra K Amre, Shou-En Lu, Florin Costea and Ernest G Seidman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 645-652; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00468.x
Clinical Reviews
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
Massimo Conio MD, Thierry Ponchon MD, Sabrina Blanchi MS and Rosangela Filiberti PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 653-663; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00424.x
Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and NAFLD: Are They Related?
Anurag Maheshwari MD and Paul J Thuluvath MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 664-668; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00478.x
Case Reports
Hypokalemic Rhabdomyolysis without Watery Diarrhea: An Unexpected Presentation of a Pancreatic Neuro-Endocrine Tumor
Valeria Rossi MD, Simone Saibeni MD, PhD, Luigi Sinigaglia MD, Maddalena Peracchi MD, Antonina Parafioriti MD and Maurizio Vecchi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 669-672; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00392.x
Letters to the Editor
Correlation Between Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Activity and Age
Manmeet Padda MD, Anil Dev MD and Ioannis Giannikopoulos MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 673; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.473_1.x
Response to Dr. Padda
Eran Elinav MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 673; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.473_2.x
Hepatitis C Treatment of Veterans with Psychiatric Illness
Muhamad Aly Rifai MD, Jennifer M Loftis PhD and Peter Hauser MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 673-674; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.473_3.x
Response to Dr. Rifai and Colleagues
Edmund J Bini MD, MPH, Sue Currie MA and Teresa L Wright MD the VA HCV-001 Study Group
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 674-675; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.473_4.x
Immunohistochemical Features in Antiendomysium Positive Patients with Normal Villous Architecture
Katri Kaukinen MD, Markku Mäki MD and Pekka Collin MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 675-676; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.473_5.x
Primary Melanoma of the Colon Presenting as Ileocecal Intussusception
Takeshi Takahashi-Monroy MD, FACS, Omar Vergara-Fernandez MD, Alejandro Aviles MD, Jose Martin Morales MD, Enrique Gatica MD and Edgardo Suarez MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 676-677; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.473_6.x
Familial Barrett's Adenocarcinoma
Ehud Melzer MD, Rakefet Shtoyerman PhD, Zvi Appelman PhD and Hanoch Kashtan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 677; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.473_7.x
Announcement
CALENDAR OF COURSES, SYMPOSIUMS, AND CONFERENCES
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 678-681; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.101_03_01.x
