TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 102, Issue 5 (May 2007)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Letters to the Editor |
CME Questions |
Erratum |
Announcements
The Red Section
The Core Curriculum in Gastroenterology: Training the Gastroenterologists of the Future
Lawrence R Schiller MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 919-920; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01287.x
A Journey Toward Excellence: Training Future Gastroenterologists—The Gastroenterology Core Curriculum, Third Edition
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 921-927; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01288.x
Reflections on Medical Practice
The Three-Legged Stool: A Model for the Practicing Clinical Gastroenterologist
Lawrence J Brandt MD, MACG and Arvey I Rogers MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 928-929; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00910.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Theophylline Improves Esophageal Chest Pain—A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study
Satish S C Rao MD, PhD, FRCP (Lon), Ranjit S Mudipalli MD, Jose M Remes-Troche MD, Craig L Utech RN and Bridget Zimmerman PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 930-938; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01112.x
Editorial
New Frontiers for the Treatment of Noncardiac Chest Pain: The Adenosine Receptors
Sami R Achem MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 939-941; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01102.x
Esophagus
The Prevalence of and the Clinical and Demographic Characteristics Associated With High-Intensity Proton Pump Inhibitor Use
Laura E Targownik MD, MSHS, Colleen Metge PhD, Leslie Roos PhD and Stella Leung MSc
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 942-950; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01106.x
Stomach
Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Randomized Prospective Study of Triple Therapy Versus Triple Therapy Plus Lactoferrin and Probiotics
Nicola de Bortoli PhD, Giulia Leonardi MD, Eugenio Ciancia MD, Andrea Merlo MD, Massimo Bellini PhD, Francesco Costa PhD, Maria Gloria Mumolo PhD, Angelo Ricchiuti MD, Fabrizio Cristiani Technician, Stefano Santi MD, Mauro Rossi MD and Santino Marchi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 951-956; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01085.x
Who Consults With Dyspepsia? Results from a Longitudinal 10-Yr Follow-Up Study
Alexander C Ford MD, MRCP, David Forman BA, PhD, FFPH, Alastair G Bailey, Michael B Cook BSc, Anthony TR Axon MD and Paul Moayyedi BSc, PhD, MPH, FRCP, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 957-965; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01080.x
Endoscopy/pancreas
Trends in the Utilization of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the United States
M Mazen Jamal MD, MPH, Eugene J Yoon MD, Altaf Saadi, Theodore Y Sy MD and Mehrtash Hashemzadeh MS
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 966-975; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01127.x
Editorial
pERCePtions on ERCP Utilization in the United States
Dia T Simmons MD and Todd H Baron MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 976-977; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01121.x
Endoscopy/pancreas
Indomethacin May Reduce the Incidence and Severity of Acute Pancreatitis After ERCP
Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh MD, Morteza Khatibian MD, Shadi Kolahdoozan MD, Sanaz Ainechi MD, Ramin Malboosbaf MD and Mehdi Nouraie MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 978-983; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01165.x
Editorial
Indomethacin for Post-ERCP Pancreatitis Prophylaxis: Another Attempt at the Holy Grail
Mihir S Wagh MD and Stuart Sherman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 984-986; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01163.x
Endoscopy/pancreas
The Value of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Patients With Refractory Celiac Disease
Muhammed Hadithi MD, Abdulbaqi Al-toma MD, Joost Oudejans MD, PhD, Adriaan A van Bodegraven MD, PhD, Chris J Mulder MD, PhD and Maarten Jacobs MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 987-996; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01122.x
The Role of Nonenhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Early Assessment of Acute Pancreatitis
Davor 
timac MD, PhD, Damir Mileti
MD, PhD, Mladen Radi MD, Irena Krznari MD, Marzena Mazur-Grbac MD, Domagoj Perkovi MD, Sandra Mili MD, PhD and Vesna Golubovi MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 997-1004; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01164.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Improving the End Point of Corticosteroid Therapy in Type 1 Autoimmune Hepatitis to Reduce the Frequency of Relapse
Aldo J Montano-Loza MD, Herschel A Carpenter MD and Albert J Czaja MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1005-1012; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01153.x
Editorial
Remission in Autoimmune Hepatitis: What Is It, and Can It Ever Be Achieved?
Thawab Al-Chalabi MB, MRCP and Michael A Heneghan MD, FRCPI
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1013-1015; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01147.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Risk Factors for Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Hospital-Based Case–Control Study
Yasser H Shaib MD, MPH, Hashem B El-Serag MD, MPH, Ajay K Nooka MS, Melanie Thomas MD, Thomas D Brown MD, Yehuda Z Patt MD and Manal M Hassan MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1016-1021; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01104.x
Impact of Etiology of Cirrhosis on the Survival of Patients Diagnosed With Hepatocellular Carcinoma During Surveillance
Franco Trevisani MD, Giulia Magini MD, Valentina Santi MD, Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate PhD, Maria Chiara Cantarini MD, Maria Anna Di Nolfo MD, Paolo Del Poggio MD, Luisa Benvegnù MD, Gianludovico Rapaccini MD, Fabio Farinati MD, Marco Zoli MD, Franco Borzio MD, Edoardo Giovanni Giannini MD, Eugenio Caturelli MD and Mauro Bernardi MD for the Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) Group
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1022-1031; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01100.x
Negative Impact of De Novo Malignancies Rather than Alcohol Relapse on Survival After Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Analysis of 305 Patients in a Single Center
Jérôme Dumortier MD, PhD, Olivier Guillaud, Mustapha Adham, Catherine Boucaud, Bertrand Delafosse, Yves Bouffard, Pierre Paliard, Jean-Yves Scoazec and Olivier Boillot
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1032-1041; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01079.x
The Burden of Large and Small Duct Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Adults and Children: A Population-Based Analysis
Gilaad G Kaplan MD, MPH, Kevin B Laupland MD, Decker Butzner MD, Stefan J Urbanski MD and Samuel S Lee MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1042-1049; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01103.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Not Associated With Increased Intimal Media Thickening
Nitsan Maharshak MD, Yaron Arbel MD, Natan M Bornstein MD, Amir Gal-Oz MD, Alexander Y Gur MD, Itzahk Shapira MD, Ori Rogowski MD, Shlomo Berliner MD, Zamir Halpern MD and Iris Dotan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1050-1055; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01086.x
Functional GI Disorders
High-Resolution Manometry of the EGJ: An Analysis of Crural Diaphragm Function in GERD
John E Pandolfino MD, Hyon Kim MD, Sudip K Ghosh PhD, John O Clarke MD, Qing Zhang MD and Peter J Kahrilas MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1056-1063; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01138.x
Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Persons Who Acquired Trichinellosis
Mujde Soyturk MD, Hale Akpinar MD, Oguz Gurler MD, Edoardo Pozio PhD, Ismail Sari MD, Servet Akar MD, Mesut Akarsu MD, Merih Birlik MD, Fatos Onen MD and Nurullah Akkoc MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1064-1069; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01084.x
Colon/small Bowel
Detection of Hypermethylated DNA or Cyclooxygenase-2 Messenger RNA in Fecal Samples of Patients With Colorectal Cancer or Polyps
Wai K Leung MD, FACG, Ka-Fai To MBChB, FRCPA, Ellen P S Man MSc, Michael W Y Chan PhD, Aric J Hui MBChB, MRCP, Simon S M Ng MBChB, FRCS, James Y W Lau MD, FRCS and Joseph J Y Sung MD, PhD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1070-1076; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01108.x
Pediatrics
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the South Asian Pediatric Population of British Columbia
Vared Pinsk MD, Daniel A Lemberg MD, Karan Grewal, Collin C Barker MD, Richard A Schreiber MD and Kevan Jacobson MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1077-1083; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01124.x
Pathology
The Diagnostic Value of Endoscopic Terminal Ileum Biopsies
Jonathan B McHugh MD, Henry D Appelman MD and Barbara J McKenna MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1084-1089; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01194.x
Editorial
The Strategy for Biopsies of the Terminal Ileum Should Be Evidence Based
Karel Geboes MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1090-1092; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01190.x
Nutrition/Obesity
Nutrition and Quality of Life Following Small Intestinal Transplantation
Stephen JD O'Keefe MD, MSc, Maureen Emerling LCSW, MSW, Darlene Koritsky RN, Dolly Martin ART, June Stamos RN, Hossam Kandil MD, PhD, Laura Matarese MS, RD, Geoffrey Bond MD and Kareem Abu-Elmagd MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1093-1100; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01125.x
Clinical Reviews
Time Trends of Ulcer Mortality in Non-European Countries
Amnon Sonnenberg MD, MSc
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1101-1107; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01157.x
Vascular and Cellular Stress in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Revisiting the Role of Homocysteine
Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet MD, PhD, Rosa-Maria Rodriguez-Guéant MD, PhD, Mathias Chamaillard PhD, Pierre Desreumaux MD, PhD, Bing Xia MD, Jean-Pierre Bronowicki MD, PhD, Marc-André Bigard MD and Jean-Louis Guéant MD, DSc
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1108-1115; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01170.x
Value of the Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient to Monitor Drug Therapy for Portal Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis
Agustín Albillos MD, PhD, Rafael Bañares MD, PhD, Mónica González MD, PhD, Cristina Ripoll MD, Rosario Gonzalez MD, Maria-Vega Catalina MD, PhD and Luis-Miguel Molinero PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1116-1126; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01191.x
Letters to the Editor
Antibiotics in Patients with Pancreatic Necrosis: The Controversy Continues
Scott Tenner MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1127; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_1.x
Response to Dr. Tenner
Peter A Banks MD, MACG and Martin I Freeman MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1127-1128; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_2.x
Argon Plasma Coagulation for Non-Dysplastic Barrett's Epithelium: A Hard Act to Follow
Eugene M Bozymski MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1128-1129; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_3.x
Multicenter Trial on the Ablation of Nonneoplastic Barrett's Mucosa Using Argon Plasma Coagulation: Response to the Letter
Hendrik Manner MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1129-1130; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_4.x
Getting Categorical on GERD
Eamonn M M Quigley MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1130; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_5.x
Response to Professor Quigley's Letter
Joachim Labenz MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1131; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_6.x
Antifilamentous Actin Antibodies by ELISA for the Diagnosis of Type 1 Autoimmune Hepatitis
Alessandro Granito MD, Paolo Muratori MD, Luigi Muratori MD, PhD, Pappas Georgios MD, Marco Lenzi and Francesco B Bianchi
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1131-1132; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_7.x
Response to Dr. Granito et al.
Christian Frenzel MD, Johannes Herkel PhD and Ansgar W Lohse MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1132; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_8.x
Coexistence and Parallel Evolution of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Autoimmune Hepatitis, and Ulcerative Colitis Suggest Common Pathogenic Features
Benjamin Terrier MD, Hélène Fontaine MD, Jacques Schmitz MD, PhD, Jérôme Perdu MD, Olivier Hermine MD, PhD, Bruno Varet MD, PhD, Agnés Buzyn MD, PhD and Felipe Suarez MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1132-1134; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_9.x
Nutrition and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease? Still in Search of Evidence!
Alain Braillon MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1134; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_10.x
Characterization of Tyrosine Kinase I Domain c-kit Gene Mutation Asn655Lys Newly Found in Primary Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Kazuo Kinoshita MD, Seiichi Hirota MD, Koji Isozaki MD, Akiko Nishitani MD, Shusaku Tsutsui MD, Kenji Watabe MD, Shinji Tamura MD, Takashi Ishikawa MD, Tatsuo Kanda MD, Toshirou Nishida MD and Norio Hayashi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1134-1136; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_11.x
Splenic Rupture: A Rare Delayed Complication of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Chakrapol Sriaroon MD, Pranavkumar Dalal MD, MPH, Sridevi Sompalli MD, Indermohan Thethi MD and Syed Huq MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1136-1137; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_12.x
Combined Technique (Adrenaline Injection Plus Endoloop) Versus Single Technique (Adrenaline Injection) in the Prevention of Postpolypectomy Bleeding in Large Pedunculated Colonic Polyps
Giulio Cariani MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1137-1138; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01180_13.x
CME Questions
Continuing Medical Education: May 2007
James S Scolapio CME Editor MD, Mohammad Al-Haddad CME Author MD and Kanwar R S Gill CME Author MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1139; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01289.x
Continuing Medical Education: May 2007
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Karin B Cesario MD CME Author and Laura K Bianchi MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1140; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01290.x
Erratum
Errata FREE
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1141; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01243.x
