TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 102, Issue 1 (January 2007)

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The Red Section

Presidential Introduction

Presidential Introduction

David A Johnson MD, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01057.x

Presidential Address

You Make a Difference

Jack A Di Palma MD, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 2-4; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01046_1.x

ACG 2006 Award Recipients

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 5; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01046_2.x

Risk Management

Physician Liability for Medical Errors of Nonphysician Clinicians: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

Richard E Moses DO, JD and Andrew D Feld MD, JD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 6-9; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00804.x

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Original Contributions

Esophagus

Acid Has Antiproliferative Effects in Nonneoplastic Barrett's Epithelial Cells

Linda A Feagins MD, Hui-Ying Zhang PhD, Kathy Hormi-Carver PhD, Mizael H Quinones, Deena Thomas MS, Xi Zhang MD, Lance S Terada MD, Stuart J Spechler MD, Ruben D Ramirez MD, PhD and Rhonda F Souza MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 10-20; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01005.x

Editorial

The Evidence Base of Proton Pump Inhibitor Chemopreventative Agents in Barrett's Esophagus—The Good, The Bad, and The Flawed!

Simon Leedham MB, ChB (Lond), MRCP (UK) and Janusz Jankowski MB, ChB (Glasgow), MSc (Oxon), MD (Dundee), PhD (London), FRCP, FRCPE

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 21-23; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01033.x

Esophagus

Safety and Tolerability of Transoral Bravo Capsule Placement After Transnasal Manometry Using a Validated Conversion Factor

Brian E Lacy PhD, MD, Tracia O'Shana ARNP, Mary Hynes RN, Maurice L Kelley Jr MD, Julia E Weiss MS, Lisa Paquette RN and Richard I Rothstein MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 24-32; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00889.x

Performance and Optimal Technique for Pharyngeal Impedance Recording: A Simulated Pharyngeal Reflux Study

Muhammad Aslam MD, Shailesh Bajaj MD, Caryn Easterling PhD, Osamu Kawamura MD, Tanya Rittmann, Candy Hofmann RN, Jianxiang Liu MD and Reza Shaker MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 33-39; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00888.x

Stomach

Ethnicity and H. Pylori as Risk Factors for Gastric Cancer in Malaysia: A Prospective Case Control Study

Khean-Lee Goh MBBS, FRCP, MD, FACG, Phaik-Leng Cheah MBBS, FRCPath, MD, Noorfaridah Md MBBS, MPath, Kia-Fatt Quek PhD and Navaratnam Parasakthi MBBS, FRCPath

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 40-45; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00885.x

Endoscopy

Effect of Octreotide Administration in the Prophylaxis of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis and Hyperamylasemia: A Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial

Zhao-Shen Li MD, Xue Pan MD, Wen-Jun Zhang MD, Biao Gong MD, Fa-Chao Zhi MD, Xue-Gang Guo MD, Pei-Ming Li MD, Zhi-Ning Fan MD, Wen-Sheng Sun MD, Yun-Zhi Shen MD, Shu-Ren Ma MD, Wei-Fen Xie MD, Min-Hu Chen MD and Yan-Qing Li MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 46-51; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00959.x

Editorial

Pharmacotherapy for the Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Erina Foster MD and Joseph Leung MD, FRCP, FACP, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 52-55; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00950.x

Endoscopy

Air-Inflated Magnetic Resonance Colonography in Patients with Incomplete Conventional Colonoscopy: Comparison with Intraoperative Findings, Pathology Specimens, and Follow-Up Conventional Colonoscopy

Tammy Yuen-yee Wong FRCR, Wynnie Wai-man Lam MD, Nina Man-ching So FRCR, Janet Fung-yee Lee FHKAM (Surgery) and Ka-lau Leung FHKAM(Surgery)

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 56-63; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00891.x

Validation of a Colonoscopy Simulation Model for Skills Assessment

Robert E Sedlack MD, Todd H Baron MD, Steven M Downing PhD and Alan J Schwartz PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 64-74; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00942.x

A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Usefulness of a Transparent Hood Attached to the Tip of the Colonoscope

Shintaro Kondo MD, Yutaka Yamaji MD, Hirotsugu Watabe MD, Atsuo Yamada MD, Takafumi Sugimoto MD, Miki Ohta MD, Keiji Ogura MD, Makoto Okamoto MD, Haruhiko Yoshida MD, Takao Kawabe MD and Masao Omata MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 75-81; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00897.x

Should Patients With Anemia and Low Normal or Normal Serum Ferritin Undergo Colonoscopy?

Mandeep S Sawhney MBBS, MS, Thokozeni Lipato MD, Douglas B Nelson MD, Frank A Lederle MD, Thomas S Rector PhD and John H Bond MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 82-88; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00908.x

A Single-Center Experience of 260 Consecutive Patients Undergoing Capsule Endoscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Elizabeth J Carey MD, Jonathan A Leighton MD, Russell I Heigh MD, Arthur D Shiff MD, Virender K Sharma MD, Janice K Post RN and David E Fleischer MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 89-95; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00941.x

Liver and Biliary Tract

Effect of Lowering HBV DNA Levels by Initial Antiviral Therapy Before Adding Immunomodulator on Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B

Shiv Kumar Sarin MBBS, MD, DM, Ajit Sood MBBS, MD, DM, Manoj Kumar MBBS, MD, DM, Anil Arora MBBS, MD, DM, Deepak Amrapurkar MD, DN, Barjesh Chander Sharma MBBS, MD, DM, Ashokananda Konar MD, MRCP, Yogesh Kumar Chawla MBBS, MD, DM, Rajendra Kumar Jain MD, DM, Vijay Nanda MD, DM, MRCP (UK), Arun Kumar MD, DM, Syed Hissar MBBS, Piramal Lavate MD, DM, Deepak Lahoti MBBS, MD, DM and the National Collaborative Group on Hepatitis B, India.

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 96-104; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01006.x

Editorial

Combination Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis B: Simultaneous or Sequential?

Man-Fung Yuen MD, PhD and Ching-Lung Lai MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 105-106; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00997.x

Liver and Biliary Tract

Characterization, Outcome, and Prognosis in 273 Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Single Center Study

Jens J W Tischendorf MD, Hartmut Hecker PhD, Martin Krüger MD, Michael P Manns MD and Peter N Meier MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 107-114; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00872.x

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Genetic Polymorphisms Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Do Not Confer Risk for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Tom H Karlsen MD, Jochen Hampe MD, PhD, Kristine Wiencke MD, Erik Schrumpf MD Professor, Erik Thorsby MD Professor, Benedicte A Lie MSc, PhD, Ulrika Broomé MD, PhD, Stefan Schreiber MD Professor and Kirsten Muri Boberg MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 115-121; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00928.x

Stressful Life Events as a Risk Factor for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Onset: A Population-Based Case–Control Study

Eric Lerebours MD, Corinne Gower-Rousseau MD, Veronique Merle MD, Franck Brazier MD, Stephane Debeugny MD, Raymond Marti MD, Jean Louis Salomez MD, Marie France Hellot SCD, Jean Louis Dupas MD, Jean Frederic Colombel MD, Antoine Cortot MD and Jacques Benichou MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 122-131; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00931.x

Fecal Calprotectin in First-Degree Relatives of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Massimo Montalto MD, PhD, Valentina Curigliano MD, Luca Santoro MD, Alessandro Armuzzi MD, PhD, Giovanni Cammarota MD, Marcello Covino MD, PhD, Maria C Mentella MD, Francesca Ancarani MD, Raffaele Manna MD, Antonio Gasbarrini MD and Giovanni Gasbarrini MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 132-136; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00884.x

Functional GI Disorders

Prevalence of Increased Esophageal Muscle Thickness in Patients With Esophageal Symptoms

Ibrahim Dogan MD, James L Puckett BS, Bikram S Padda BS and Ravinder K Mittal MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 137-145; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01003.x

Editorial

Esophageal Ultrasonography: A New View on Esophageal Motility

Richard H Holloway BSc (Med), MBBS, MD, FRACP

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 146-148; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00999.x

Functional GI Disorders

Familial Aggregation in Constipated Subjects in a Tertiary Referral Center

Annie OO Chan MD, PhD, Wai M Hui MD, Kwok F Lam PhD, Gigi Leung BSc, Man F Yuen MD, PhD, Shiu K Lam MD and Benjamin CY Wong MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 149-152; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00886.x

Colon

Colorectal Cancer Surveillance Behaviors Among Members of Typical and Attenuated FAP Families

Anita Y Kinney PhD, Bret Hicken PhD, Sara E Simonsen MSPH, Vickie Venne MS-GC, Katrina Lowstuter MS-GC, Jonathan Balzotti and Randall W Burt MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 153-162; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00860.x

Survival After Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Crohn's Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Danish Follow-Up Study

Mette Larsen MD, Hanne Mose MD, Mette Gislum MSc, Mette V Skriver MSc, Peter Jepsen MD, Bente Nørgård MD, PhD and Henrik T Sørensen MD, PhD, DMSc

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 163-167; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00857.x

Pediatrics

Prevalence of Undiagnosed Celiac Disease in the Parents of Preterm and/or Small for Gestational Age Infants

Silvia Salvatore MD, Sergio Finazzi MD, Giovanni Radaelli PhD, Milvia Lotzniker MD, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti MD and Premacel Study Group

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 168-173; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00958.x

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Clinical Reviews

CME

Inflammation and Coagulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Clot Thickens

Silvio Danese MD, Alfredo Papa MD, Simone Saibeni MD, Alessandro Repici MD, Alberto Malesci MD and Maurizio Vecchi MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 174-186; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00943.x

Technology Review: Esophageal Impedance Monitoring

Albert J Bredenoord MD, Radu Tutuian MD, André JPM Smout MD and Donald O Castell MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 187-194; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00966.x

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Case Reports

Acute Appendicitis Due to Appendiceal Obstruction from a Migrated Biliary Stent

George Tzovaras MD, Paraskevi Liakou MD, Evaghelos Makryiannis MD and George Paroutoglou MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 195-196; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00876.x

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in Patients with Liver Transplants for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Three Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Alexandra K Retana MD, Marshal M Kaplan MD and John K Erban MD

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 197-200; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00810.x

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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 201-221; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.00916.x

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CME Questions

Continuing Medical Education: January 2007

James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Karin B Cesario MD CME Author and Laura K Bianchi MD CME Author

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 222; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01075.x

Continuing Medical Education: January 2007

James S Scolapio MD CME Editor and Mohammad Al-Haddad MD CME Author

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 223; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01076.x

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Erratum

Erratum FREE

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 224; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01083.x

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Announcements

Calendar of Courses, Symposiums, and Conferences

Am J Gastroenterol 102: 225-227; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01128.x

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