TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 102, Issue 2 (February 2007)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Case Reports |
Letters to the Editor |
CME Questions |
Announcements
The Red Section
American Journal of Gastroenterology 2006: The Best Clinical GI Journal in the World
Joel E Richter MD, FACP, MACG and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD, FACG, FRCP, FACP Editors-in-Chief
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 229-231; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01130.x
Ethics In Gastroenterology
The Conundrum of Office-Based Clinical Trials
Larry D Scott MD, MA
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 232-235; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01027.x
The Expert'S Corner
Endoscopic Mucosectomy of the Esophagus
Stefan Seewald MD, Salem Omar MD and Nib Soehendra MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 236-238; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01068.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Wireless Esophageal pH Monitoring Is Better Tolerated than the Catheter-Based Technique: Results from a Randomized Cross-Over Trial
Jörgen Wenner MD, Folke Johnsson MD, PhD, Jan Johansson MD, PhD and Stefan Öberg MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 239-245; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00939.x
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease as a Cause of Death Is Increasing: Analysis of Fatal Cases After Medical and Surgical Treatment
Tuomo K Rantanen MD, PhD, Eero I T Sihvo MD, PhD, Jari V Räsänen MD and Jarmo A Salo MD, Prof
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 246-253; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01021.x
Stomach
Long-Term Efficacy of Octreotide in the Prevention of Recurrent Bleeding from Gastrointestinal Angiodysplasia
Félix Junquera PhD, Esteban Saperas PhD, Sebastián Videla PhD, Faust Feu PhD, Jaime Vilaseca PhD, José Ramón Armengol MD, Josep María Bordas PhD, Josep María Piqué PhD and Juan-Ramón Malagelada PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 254-260; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01053.x
Endoscopy/Pancreas
Computer-Assisted Colonoscopy (The NeoGuide Endoscopy System): Results of the First Human Clinical Trial ("PACE Study")
Axel Eickhoff MD, Jacques Van Dam MD, PhD, Ralf Jakobs MD, Valerie Kudis MD, Dirk Hartmann MD, Ulrich Damian MD, Uwe Weickert MD, Dieter Schilling MD and Jürgen F Riemann MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 261-266; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01002.x
Editorial
Quo Vadis: Another New Colonoscope
Jerome D Waye MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 267-268; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01004.x
Endoscopy/Pancreas
Intraductal Optical Coherence Tomography for Investigating Main Pancreatic Duct Strictures
Pier A Testoni MD, Alberto Mariani MD, Benedetto Mangiavillano MD, Paolo G Arcidiacono MD, Salvatore Di Pietro MD and Enzo Masci MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 269-274; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00940.x
Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Acute Pancreatitis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study
Mette S Tetsche MD, Jacob Jacobsen MSc, Mette Nørgaard MD, PhD, John A Baron MD and Henrik T Sørensen MD, PhD, DMSc
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 275-278; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00924.x
CME
Dual Therapy Versus Monotherapy in the Endoscopic Treatment of High-Risk Bleeding Ulcers: A Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials
Riccardo Marmo MD, Gianluca Rotondano MD, Roberto Piscopo MD, Maria A Bianco MD, Rosario D'Angella MD and Livio Cipolletta MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 279-289; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01023.x
Impact of Anticoagulation on Rebleeding Following Endoscopic Therapy for Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Anne T Wolf MD, Sharmeel K Wasan MD and John R Saltzman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 290-296; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00969.x
The Efficiency of Endoscopic Pancreatic Function Testing Is Optimized Using Duodenal Aspirates at 30 and 45 Minutes After Intravenous Secretin
Tyler Stevens MD, Darwin L Conwell MD, Gregory Zuccaro Jr MD, Steven A Lewis MS and Thomas E Love PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 297-301; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00949.x
Liver And Biliary Tract
Expression of PD-1, PD-L1, and PD-L2 in the Liver in Autoimmune Liver Diseases
Norikazu Mataki, Kentaro Kikuchi, Toshihiro Kawai, Masaaki Higashiyama, Yoshikiyo Okada, Chie Kurihara, Ryota Hokari, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Shigeaki Nagao, Toshiro Kondo, Kazuro Itoh, Hiroshi Miyakawa and Soichiro Miura
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 302-312; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00948.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A Population-Based Case-Control Study of CARD15 and Other Risk Factors in Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Steven R Brant MD, Ming-Hsi Wang MD, Patricia Rawsthorne R N, Michael Sargent, Lisa Wu Datta MSc, Franklin Nouvet BS, Yin Yao Shugart PhD and Charles N Bernstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 313-323; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00926.x
Drug Consumption and the Risk of Microscopic Colitis
Fernando Fernández-Bañares MD, Maria Esteve MD, Jorge C Espinós MD, Mercé Rosinach MD, Montserrat Forné MD, Antonio Salas MD and Josep Maria Viver MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 324-330; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00902.x
Cytomegalovirus Is Frequently Reactivated and Disappears Without Antiviral Agents in Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Katsuyoshi Matsuoka MD, PhD, Yasushi Iwao MD, PhD, Takeshi Mori MD, PhD, Atsushi Sakuraba MD, Tomoharu Yajima MD, PhD, Tadakazu Hisamatsu MD, PhD, Susumu Okamoto MD, PhD, Yuichi Morohoshi MD, Motoko Izumiya MD, Hitoshi Ichikawa MD, Toshiro Sato MD, PhD, Nagamu Inoue MD, PhD, Haruhiko Ogata MD, PhD and Toshifumi Hibi MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 331-337; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00989.x
Mutations in Clotting Factors and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Charles N Bernstein MD, Michael Sargent, Hans L Vos PhD and Frits R Rosendaal MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 338-343; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00974.x
Abnormal Hepatic Biochemistries in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Flavia D Mendes MD, Cynthia Levy MD, Felicity B Enders PhD, MPH, Edward V Loftus Jr MD, Paul Angulo MD and Keith D Lindor MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 344-350; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00947.x
Functional Gi Disorders
Clinical Presentation of Fecal Incontinence and Anorectal Function: What Is the Relationship?
Marije Deutekom PhD, Annette C Dobben MSc, Maaike P Terra MD, PhD, Alexander F Engel MD, PhD, Jaap Stoker MD, PhD, Patrick M M Bossuyt PhD and Guy EE Boeckxstaens MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 351-361; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00927.x
Efficacy of Tegaserod in Chronic Constipation in Men
Michael Fried MD, John F Johanson MD, Kok Ann Gwee MD, Amy Wagner MD, Eckhard Pecher MSc and Peter Rueegg MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 362-370; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00988.x
A Population-Based Case–Control Study of Work and Psychosocial Problems in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome—Women Are More Seriously Affected Than Men
Åshild Faresjö PhD, Ewa Grodzinsky PhD, Saga Johansson MD, PhD, Mari-Ann Wallander PhD, Toomas Timpka MD, PhD and Ingemar Åkerlind PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 371-379; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01012.x
Colon/Small Bowel
The Cost-Effectiveness of CT Colonography in Screening for Colorectal Neoplasia
Sandeep Vijan MD, MS, Inku Hwang MD, John Inadomi MD, Roy K H Wong MD, J Richard Choi ScD, MD, John Napierkowski MD, Jonathan M Koff MD and Perry J Pickhardt MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 380-390; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00970.x
Pediatrics
DLG5 R30Q Variant Is a Female-Specific Protective Factor in Pediatric Onset Crohn's Disease
Vincent Biank MD, Frauke Friedrichs PhD, Umesh Babusukumar BA, Tao Wang PhD, Monika Stoll PhD, Ulrich Broeckel MD and Subra Kugathasan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 391-398; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01011.x
Nutrition/Obesity
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Severely Obese Subjects
Pierre M Gholam MD, Louis Flancbaum MD, Jason T Machan PhD, Douglas A Charney MD and Donald P Kotler MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 399-408; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01041.x
Editorial
Noninvasive Indices of Fibrosis in NAFLD: Starting to Think About a Three-Hit (At Least) Phenomenon
Michael Charlton MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 409-411; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01039.x
Clinical Reviews
CME
Does Enteral Nutrition Affect Clinical Outcome? A Systematic Review of the Randomized Trials
Ronald L Koretz MD, Alison Avenell MD, MRCP, FRCPath, MB, BS, MSc, Timothy O Lipman MD, Carol L Braunschweig PhD, RD and Anne C Milne MSc, SRD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 412-429; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01024.x
Neurolytic Celiac Plexus Block for Pain Control in Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
Brian M Yan MD, FRCPC and Robert P Myers MD, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 430-438; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00967.x
Fibrogenesis in Crohn's Disease
John P Burke MB, BCh, Jurgen J Mulsow MD, AFRCSI, Conor O'Keane FRCPI, Neil G Docherty PhD, R William G Watson PhD and P Ronan O'Connell MD, FRCSI
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 439-448; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01010.x
Case Reports
Suppressive Anti-HCV Therapy for Prevention of Donor to Recipient Transmission in Stem Cell Transplantation
Sri Naveen Surapaneni MD, MPH, Parameswaran Hari MD, Josh Knox PA-C, Jack Daniel RN and Kia Saeian MD, MSc
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 449-451; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00937.x
Biliary Manifestation of Erdheim–Chester Disease Mimicking Klatskin's Carcinoma
Felix Gundling MD, Andreas Nerlich MD, PhD, Wolf-Ulrich Heitland MD, PhD and Wolfgang Schepp MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 452-454; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00893.x
Letters to the Editor
Evaluation of MELD for Prediction of Mortality in Decompensated Chronic Hepatitis B
U Navaneethan MBBS and V Jayanthi MD, DM
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 455; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_1.x
Response to Drs. Navaneethan and Jayanthi
Henry Lik-Yuen Chan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 456; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_2.x
Argon Plasma Coagulation of Barrett's Esophagus: Risk Without Benefit
Michael Kirsch MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 456; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_3.x
Response to Dr. Kirsch
Hendrik Manner MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 456-457; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_4.x
Screening Colonoscopy in the Elderly: More Reasons for Refusal
Michael Kirsch MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 457; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_5.x
Response to Dr. Michael Kirsch
Robert E Schoen MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 457; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_6.x
Screening Colonoscopy in Very Elderly Patients: Judgment Versus Dogma
Otto S Lin MD, MSc
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 457-458; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_7.x
Response to Dr. Lin
Larry D Scott MD, MA
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 458; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_8.x
Relearning the Importance of Disease Prevention Among International Travelers
Herbert L DuPont MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 458-459; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_9.x
Response to Dr. Dupont's Comments Regarding Our Recent Article: Postinfectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome—A Meta-Analysis
Heather Halvorson MD, MPH, Carey Schlett MPH and Mark Riddle MD, MPH&TM
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 459-460; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_10.x
The Montreal Classification: A Consensus with Single PHARMA Sponsor and Paid Participants
David Y Graham MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 460-461; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_11.x
Imaginary Drugs, Imagined Conflicts, and the Conspiracy Theory
Nimish Vakil MD, FACG, Roger Jones MD, Peter Kahrilas MD, Sander Van Zanten MD and John Dent MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 461-462; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_12.x
Familial adenomatous polyposis
James Church FRACS
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 462-463; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_13.x
Pancreatic Panniculitis After Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography With Sphincterotomy
Beatriz Fernández-Jorge, Jésus García-Silva MD, Manuel Almagro MD, Jose Souto Ruzo MD, Enrique Carro Rey MD and Eduardo Fonseca MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 463-464; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_14.x
The Long-term Beneficial Effects of Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis are Highly Questionable
Gong Yan, Christensen Erik and Christian Gluud
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 464-465; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_15.x
The Lament of the Chief Complaint: Not One, Not Always, But a Good Conversational Start
Lawrence J Brandt MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 465-466; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_16.x
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Is Homocysteine the Missing Link?
Jean Marc Phelip MD, PhD and Xavier Roblin MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 466-467; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00904_17.x
CME Questions
Continuing Medical Education: February 2007
James S Scolapio CME Editor MD and Mohammad Al-Haddad CME Author MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 468; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01075.x
Continuing Medical Education: February 2007
James S Scolapio CME Editor MD, Karin B Cesario CME Author MD and Laura K Bianchi CME Author MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 469; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01076.x
