TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 101, Issue 7 (July 2006)
Special Article |
A Look Back |
Original Contributions |
Clinical Review |
Case Report |
Letters to the Editor |
CME Questions |
GI Fellowship Programs |
Announcements
The Expert's Corner
Direct Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy
Todd H Baron MD, FACP
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1407-1409; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00434.x
Special Article
ACG Colorectal Cancer Prevention Action Plan: Update On CT-Colonography
Douglas K Rex MD, FACG and David Lieberman MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1410-1413; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00585.x
A Look Back
Chamber Pot
Robert E Kravetz MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1414-1415; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00739.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Detection of Barrett's Esophagus After Endoscopic Healing of Erosive Esophagitis
Sameh Hanna MD, Amit Rastogi MD, Allan P Weston MD, Frank Totta DO, Robert Schmitz MD, Sharad Mathur MD, Douglas McGregor MD, Rachel Cherian MD and Prateek Sharma MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1416-1420; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00631.x
Esophagus
Risk Factors for the Development of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Barrett's Esophagus
Pieter J F de Jonge MSc, Ewout W Steyerberg PhD, Ernst J Kuipers MD, PhD, Pieter Honkoop MD, PhD, Leonieke M M Wolters MD, PhD, Marjon Kerkhof MD, Horman van Dekken MD, PhD and Peter D Siersema MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1421-1429; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00626.x
Esophagus
Opposing Trends in Incidence of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Country
Mark L Fernandes MBBS, Adeline Seow MBBS, Yiong-Huak Chan PhD and Ho Khek-Yu MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1430-1436; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00570.x
Dickkopf Homologs in Squamous Mucosa of Esophagitis Patients Are Overexpressed Compared with Barrett's Patients and Healthy Controls
Irshad Ali PhD, Parvaneh Rafiee PhD, Walter J Hogan MD, Howard J Jacob PhD, Richard A Komorowski MD, George B Haasler MD and Reza Shaker MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1437-1448; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00584.x
Stepwise Radical Endoscopic Resection Is Effective for Complete Removal of Barrett's Esophagus with Early Neoplasia: A Prospective Study
Femke P Peters MD, Mohammed A Kara MD, Wilda D Rosmolen BSc, Fiebo J W ten Kate MD, PhD, Kausilia K Krishnadath MD, PhD, J Jan B van Lanschot MD, PhD, Paul Fockens MD, PhD and Jacques J G H M Bergman MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1449-1457; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00635.x
Antireflux Surgery Normalizes Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression in Squamous Epithelium of the Distal Esophagus
Daniel Vallböhmer MD, Steven R DeMeester MD, Daniel S Oh MD, Farzaneh Banki MD, Hidekazu Kuramochi MD, Daisuke Shimizu MD, Jeffrey A Hagen MD, Kathleen D Danenberg BSc, Peter V Danenberg PhD, Parakrama T Chandrasoma MD, Jeffrey H Peters MD and Tom R DeMeester MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1458-1466; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00601.x
Stomach
The Effect of CYP2C19 Polymorphisms on H. pylori Eradication Rate in Dual and Triple First-Line PPI Therapies: A Meta-analysis
Sara Padol, Yuhong Yuan MD, PhD, Marroon Thabane MSc, Ireneusz T Padol MD and Richard H Hunt FRCP, FRCP (C), FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1467-1475; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00717.x
Editorial
Should the Presence of Polymorphisms of CYP2C19 Enzymes Influence the Choice of the Proton Pump Inhibitor for Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection?
Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten MD and Kara Thompson MSc
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1476-1478; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00714.x
Endoscopy
Retroflexion in the Colon: A Useful and Safe Technique in the Evaluation and Resection of Sessile Polyps During Colonoscopy
Aline Charabaty Pishvaian MD and Firas H Al-Kawas MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1479-1483; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00606.x
Evaluation of Deep Small Bowel Involvement by Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Crohn's Disease
Nobuhide Oshitani MD, PhD, Tomonori Yukawa MD, Hirokazu Yamagami MD, PhD, Makoto Inagawa MD, PhD, Noriko Kamata MD, PhD, Kenji Watanabe MD, PhD, Yoshio Jinno MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Fujiwara MD, PhD, Kazuhide Higuchi MD, PhD and Tetsuo Arakawa MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1484-1489; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00648.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated with Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with HCV Cirrhosis
Samuel H Sigal MD, Carmen M Stanca MD, Nickolas Kontorinis MD, Carol Bodian Dr Ph and Elizabeth Ryan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1490-1496; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00649.x
Editorial
Noninvasive Markers of Fibrosis for Longitudinal Assessment of Fibrosis in Chronic Liver Disease: Are They Ready for Prime Time?
Paul J Thuluvath MD, FRCP and Karen L Krok MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1497-1499; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00304.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Aspartate Aminotransferase to Platelet Ratio Index in Patients with Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis
Charles S Lieber MD, MACP, David G Weiss PhD, Timothy R Morgan MD and Fiorenzo Paronetto MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1500-1508; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00610.x
Contributions to Hepatic Fibrosis in HIV-HCV Coinfected and HCV Monoinfected Patients
Alexander Monto MD, Sanjay Kakar MD, Lorna M Dove MD, MPH, Alan Bostrom PhD, Erica L Miller BA and Teresa L Wright MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1509-1515; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00613.x
Evaluation of Model for End-Stage Liver Disease for Prediction of Mortality in Decompensated Chronic Hepatitis B
Henry L-Y Chan MD, Angel M-L Chim MSc, Joseph T-F Lau PhD, Alex Y Hui MBBchir, Vincent W-S Wong MBchB and Joseph J-Y Sung MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1516-1523; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00659.x
Coagulopathy Does Not Fully Protect Hospitalized Cirrhosis Patients from Peripheral Venous Thromboembolism
Patrick G Northup MD, MHES, Matthew M McMahon MD, A Parker Ruhl MD, Scott E Altschuler MD, Agata Volk-Bednarz MD, Stephen H Caldwell MD and Carl L Berg MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1524-1528; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00588.x
Long-Term Effects of Mid-Dose Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Jian Shi MD, Cheng Wu MD, Yong Lin MD, Yue-Xiang Chen MD, Liang Zhu MD and Wei-fen Xie MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1529-1538; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00634.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Does Pregnancy Change the Disease Course? A Study in a European Cohort of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Lene Riis, Ida Vind, Patrizia Politi, Frank Wolters, Severine Vermeire, Epameinondas Tsianos, João Freitas, Ioannis Mouzas, Victor Ruiz Ochoa, Colm O'Morain, Selwyn Odes, Vibeke Binder, Bjørn Moum, Reinhold Stockbrügger, Ebbe Langholz and Pia Munkholm on behalf of the European Collaborative study group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD)
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1539-1545; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00602.x
Do Guidelines Matter? Implementation of the ACG and AGA Osteoporosis Screening Guidelines in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients Who Meet the Guidelines' Criteria
Asher Kornbluth, Michael Hayes, Sari Feldman, Michele Hunt, Elliot Fried-Boxt, Simon Lichtiger, Peter Legnani, James George and Jonathan Young
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1546-1550; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00571.x
Computer-Assisted Evaluation of Perianal Fistula Activity by Means of Anal Ultrasound in Patients with Crohn's Disease
Flavio Caprioli MD, Alessandra Losco MD, Chiara Viganò MD, Dario Conte MD, Pietro Biondetti MD, Laura V Forzenigo MD and Guido Basilisco MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1551-1558; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00561.x
The Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Canada: A Population-Based Study
Charles N Bernstein MD, Andre Wajda MS, Lawrence W Svenson BSc, Adrian MacKenzie BSc, Mieke Koehoorn PhD, Maureen Jackson MSc, Richard Fedorak MD, David Israel MD and James F Blanchard MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1559-1568; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00603.x
Possible Association Between Isotretinoin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Deepa Reddy MD, Corey A Siegel MD, Bruce E Sands MD, MS and Sunanda Kane MD, MSPH
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1569-1573; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00632.x
Functional Gi
Treatment of Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Wai K Leung, Justin CY Wu, SM Liang, LS Chan, Francis KL Chan, He Xie, Sara SL Fung, Aric J Hui, Vincent WS Wong, Chun-Tao Che and Joseph JY Sung
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1574-1580; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00576.x
Efficacy of an Encapsulated Probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 in Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Peter J Whorwell MD, FRCP, Linda Altringer BS, Jorge Morel PhD, Yvonne Bond, Duane Charbonneau PhD, Liam O'Mahony PhD, Barry Kiely PhD, Fergus Shanahan MD, FRCP, FRCPI, FACP and Eamonn M M Quigley MD, FRCP, FACP, FACG, FRCPI
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1581-1590; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00734.x
Colon
Extracolonic Cancers Associated with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer in the Utah Population Database
John Scott Maul MD, Ned R Warner MD, Scott K Kuwada MD, Randall W Burt MD and Lisa A Cannon-Albright MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1591-1596; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00636.x
Pediatrics
Looking for Celiac Disease: Diagnostic Accuracy of Two Rapid Commercial Assays
Gregor Nemec MD, Alessandro Ventura MD, Martelossi Stefano MD, Grazia Di Leo MD, Valentina Baldas, Alberto Tommasini MD, Fortunato Ferrara BSc, Andrea Taddio MD, Angelo Città BSc, Daniele Sblattero PhD, Roberto Marzari PhD and Tarcisio Not MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1597-1600; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00597.x
Pathology
Relationship Between Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor and Early Recurrence of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Following Surgical Resection
Akihiko Tonouchi MD, Masayuki Ohtsuka MD, Hiroshi Ito MD, Fumio Kimura MD, Hiroaki Shimizu MD, Masaki Kato PhD, Yoshinori Nimura MD, Katsuro Iwase PhD, Takaki Hiwasa PhD, Naohiko Seki PhD, Masaki Takiguchi MD and Masaru Miyazaki MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1601-1610; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00612.x
Enhanced Magnification-Directed Biopsies Do Not Increase the Detection of Intestinal Metaplasia in Patients with GERD
Dawn D Ferguson MD, MHS, Kenneth R DeVault MD, Murli Krishna MD, David S Loeb MD, Herbert C Wolfsen MD and Michael B Wallace MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1611-1616; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00622.x
Histopathologic Characteristics of Human Intestine Allograft Acute Rejection in Patients Pretreated with Thymoglobulin or Alemtuzumab
Tong Wu MD, PhD, Geoffy Bond MD, Dolly Martin RN, Michael A Nalesnik MD, Anthony J Demetris MD and Kareem Abu-Elmagd MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1617-1624; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00611.x
Expression of Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor mRNA and Protein in Human Paneth Cells: Paneth Cells Participate in Acquired Immunity
Qing-Juan Tang, Li-Mei Wang MD, Kai-Zhong Tao MD, Chang-Rong Ge, Jing Li MD, Yun-Li Peng, Chun-Lei Jiang MD and Mei-Yu Geng MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1625-1632; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00605.x
Small Bowel
Candidates for Intestinal Transplantation: A Multicenter Survey in Europe
Loris Pironi MD, Xavier Hébuterne MD, Andre Van Gossum MD, Bernard Messing MD, Malgorzata Lyszkowska MD, Virginie Colomb MD, Alastair Forbes MD, Ann Micklewright MD, Jose Manuel Moreno Villares MD, Paul Thul MD, Federico Bozzetti MD, Olivier Goulet MD and Michael Staun MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1633-1643; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00710.x
Editorial
Candidacy for Intestinal Transplantation
Stephen J D O'Keefe MD, MSc, FRCP (England)
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1644-1646; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00707.x
Small Bowel
Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel: A 60-Yr Perspective Derived from M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Tumor Registry
Dharmendra Verma MD and John R Stroehlein MD, FACP, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1647-1654; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00625.x
Clinical Review
Pathophysiological Changes of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Ischemic Stroke
Bernhard J Schaller MD, Rudolf Graf PhD and Andreas H Jacobs MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1655-1665; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00540.x
Case Report
Eosinophils in the Esophagus—Peptic or Allergic Eosinophilic Esophagitis? Case Series of Three Patients with Esophageal Eosinophilia
Peter Ngo MD, Glenn T Furuta MD, Donald A Antonioli MD and Victor L Fox MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1666-1670; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00562.x
Letters to the Editor
Small Gallstones, Acute Pancreatitis, and Prophylactic Cholecystectomy
Renato Costi MD, PhD, Vincenzo Violi MD, Luigi Roncoroni MD and Leopoldo Sarli MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1671; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00627_1.x
Response to Costi et al.
Niels G Venneman MD, PhD and Karel J van Erpecum MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1671-1672; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00627_2.x
Direct Visualization of the Bravo PH System to Ensure Proper Deployment
Hendrikus Vanderveldt MD, MBA and Jamie S Barkin MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1672-1673; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00627_3.x
Response to Letter by Hendrikus Vanderveldt
Jose M Remes-Troche MD and Miguel A Valdovinos MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1673-1674; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00627_4.x
Liver Cyst of Echinococcus Granulosus with Rupture into the Biliary Tree—Successful Endoscopic and Pharmaceutical Treatment
Larisa Dzirlo MD, Michael Wasilewski MD, Elisabeth Poeschl MD, Brigitte Hellmich MD, Susanne Bach MD, Erich Hoffmann MD, Ernst Kerstan MD and Michael Gschwantler Prof of Medicine
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1674-1675; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00627_5.x
Age and Gender Relationships of Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Values in Healthy Subjects
Enzo Grossi MD, Roberto Colombo MD, Silvio Cavuto DSc and Carlo Franzini MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1675-1676; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00627_6.x
To the Editor
James Church FRACS
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1676-1677; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00627_7.x
Enlarged Hepatocytes in NAFLD Examined with Osmium Fixation: Does Microsteatosis Underlie Cellular Ballooning in NASH?
Stephen H Caldwell MD, Jan A Redick BS, Charissa Y Chang MD, Christine A Davis BS, Curtis K Argo MD and K Abdullah M SAl Osaimi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1677-1678; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00627_8.x
CME Questions
Continuing Medical Education: July 2006
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Laura K Bianchi MD CME Author and Karin B Cesario MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1679; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00752.x
Continuing Medical Education: July 2006
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor and Mohammad Al-Haddad MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1680; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00753.x
GI Fellowship Programs
GI Fellowship Programs
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1681-1708; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00822.x
