TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 102, Issue 7 (July 2007)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Letters to the Editor |
GI Fellowship Programs |
CME Questions |
Announcement
The Red Section
Health Economics
Do Black and Hispanic Americans With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Receive Inferior Care Compared With White Americans? Uneasy Questions and Speculations
James F Jackson MD and Asher Kornbluth MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1343-1349; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01371.x
Editorial
Health Care in Minority Patients With IBD
Frank A Hamilton MD, MPH, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1350-1351; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01367.x
A look back
Contraceptive Device
Robert E Kravetz MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1352; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01366.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Hygiene Could Affect GERD Prevalence Independently: A Population-Based Study in Tehran
Mehdi Nouraie MD, PhD, Amir R Radmard MD, Hanieh Zaer-Rezaii MD, Hadi Razjouyan MD, Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam MD and Reza Malekzadeh MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1353-1360; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01208.x
Stomach
Aberrant DNA Methylation in Non-Neoplastic Gastric Mucosa of H. Pylori Infected Patients and Effect of Eradication
Francesco Perri MD, PhD, Rosa Cotugno BiS, Ada Piepoli BiS, Antonio Merla MD, Michele Quitadamo MD, Annamaria Gentile BiS, Alberto Pilotto MD, Vito Annese MD and Angelo Andriulli MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1361-1371; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01284.x
Endoscopy/Pancreas
The Effects of the Number of Rubber Bands Placed at Each Endoscopic Session Upon Variceal Outcomes: A Prospective, Randomized Study
Francisco C Ramirez MD, Victor J Colon MD, Derek Landan MD, Andrew J Grade MD and Elizabeth Evanich NP
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1372-1376; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01211.x
The Impact of Curative Intent Surgery on the Survival of Pancreatic Cancer Patients: A U.S. Population-Based Study
Yasser Shaib MD, MPH, Jessica Davila PhD, Chris Naumann MD and Hashem El-Serag MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1377-1382; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01202.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
The Effect of Age on Response to Therapy With Peginterferon 
Plus Ribavirin in a Cohort of Patients With Chronic HCV Hepatitis Including Subjects Older Than 65 Yr
Giorgio Antonucci MD, Maria Antonella Longo MD, Claudio Angeletti D Stat, Francesco Vairo MD, Alessandra Oliva MD, Ubaldo Visco Comandini PhD, Guido Tocci MD, Evangelo Boumis MD, Pasquale Noto MD, Maria Carmela Solmone PhD, Maria R Capobianchi PhD and Enrico Girardi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1383-1391; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01201.x
Left Atrial Volume: A Novel Predictor of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
Mahmood Zamirian MD, Amir Aslani MD and Shahab Shahrzad MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1392-1396; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01228.x
A 3-Month Course of Long-Acting Repeatable Octreotide (Sandostatin LAR) Improves Portal Hypertension in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Randomized Controlled Study
Laurent Spahr MD, Emiliano Giostra MD, Jean-Louis Frossard MD, Isabelle Morard MD, Gilles Mentha MD and Antoine Hadengue MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1397-1405; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01262.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Therapeutic Drug Use in Women With Crohn's Disease and Birth Outcomes: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study
Bente Nørgård MD, PhD, Lars Pedersen MSc, Lisbet A Christensen MD, DMSc and Henrik T Sørensen MD, PhD, DMSc
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1406-1413; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01216.x
Editorial
Medical Therapy and Birth Outcomes in Women With Crohn's Disease: What Should We Tell Our Patients?
Sonia Friedman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1414-1416; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01214.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Predictors of Medication Adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jason P Ediger PhD, John R Walker PhD, Lesley Graff PhD, Lisa Lix PhD, Ian Clara PhD, Patricia Rawsthorne RN, Linda Rogala RN, Norine Miller RN, Cory McPhail BA, Kathleen Deering BA and Charles N Bernstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1417-1426; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01212.x
Editorial
Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down...If Only It Was That Simple! Nonadherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Sunanda Kane MD, MSPH, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1427-1428; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01213.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Clustering of Inflammatory Bowel Disease With Immune Mediated Diseases Among Members of a Northern California-Managed Care Organization
Xiaoping Weng PhD, Liyan Liu MD, MSc, Lisa F Barcellos PhD, James E Allison MD and Lisa J Herrinton PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1429-1435; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01215.x
Functional Gi
A Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Polyethylene Glycol Laxative for Chronic Treatment of Chronic Constipation
Jack A DiPalma MD, FACG, Mark vB Cleveland PhD, John McGowan BS and Jorge L Herrera MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1436-1441; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01199.x
Characterization of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) for Patients With Functional Bowel Disorder (FBD) and Its Response to Treatment
Douglas Drossman MD, Carolyn B Morris PhD, Yuming Hu PhD, Brenda B Toner PhD, Nicholas Diamant MD, William E Whitehead PhD, Christine B Dalton PhD, Jane Leserman PhD, Donald L Patrick PhD and Shrikant I Bangdiwala PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1442-1453; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01283.x
Colon/small Bowel
Detection of Celiac Disease in Primary Care: A Multicenter Case-Finding Study in North America
Carlo Catassi MD, MPH, Deborah Kryszak BS, Otto Louis-Jacques MD, Donald R Duerksen MD, Ivor Hill MD, Sheila E Crowe MD, Andrew R Brown MD, Nicholas J Procaccini MD, Brigid A Wonderly RN, Paul Hartley, M.D., James Moreci MD, Nathan Bennett MD, Karoly Horvath MD, PhD, Margaret Burk RN and Alessio Fasano MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1454-1460; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01173.x
Editorial
Where Are All Those Patients With Celiac Disease?
Peter HR Green MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1461-1463; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01167.x
Colon/small Bowel
A Three-Decade Analysis of 3,911 Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors: The Rapid Pace of No Progress
Irvin M Modlin MD, PhD, DSc, Manish C Champaneria BS, Anthony KC Chan BSc and Mark Kidd PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1464-1473; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01185.x
Plasma Citrulline Concentration: A Reliable Marker of Small Bowel Absorptive Capacity Independent of Intestinal Inflammation
Cinzia Papadia MD, Roy A Sherwood PhD, Chrysostomos Kalantzis MD, Katharina Wallis MD, Umberto Volta MD, Erica Fiorini MD and Alastair Forbes MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1474-1482; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01239.x
Pediatrics
Initial Treatment With Lansoprazole in Young Dyspeptic Patients With Negative Urea Breath Test Result: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 12-Month Follow-Up
Wai K Leung MD, Justin CY Wu MD, Francis KL Chan MD, Sara SL Fung BN, Vincent WS Wong MBChB, Aric J Hui MBChB, Lawrence CT Hung MBBChir and Joseph JY Sung MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1483-1488; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01229.x
Pathology
Detection of Parvovirus B19 Nucleic Acids and Expression of Viral VP1/VP2 Antigen in Human Colon Carcinoma
Yuanfei Li MD, Juanhong Wang MD, Guoqiang Zhu MD, Xi Zhang MD, Huihong Zhai MD, Weiping Zhang MD, Wenqing Wang MD and Gaosheng Huang MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1489-1498; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01240.x
Preferential Induction of Peripheral Lymph Node Addressin on High Endothelial Venule-Like Vessels in the Active Phase of Ulcerative Colitis
Kenichi Suzawa MD, Motohiro Kobayashi MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Sakai, Hitomi Hoshino BS, Matsuko Watanabe MT, Oi Harada MD, Haruo Ohtani MD, PhD, Minoru Fukuda PhD and Jun Nakayama MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1499-1509; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01189.x
Clinical Reviews
Bacterial Infection-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Cirrhosis
Leonidas Christou MD, Georgios Pappas MD and Matthew E Falagas MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1510-1517; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01286.x
CME
Thiopurine-Induced Liver Injury in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review
Javier P Gisbert MD, PhD, Yago González-Lama MD, PhD and Jose Maté MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1518-1527; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01187.x
The Efficacy and Safety of Bile Acid Binding Agents, Opioid Antagonists, or Rifampin in the Treatment of Cholestasis-Associated Pruritus
Puneeta Tandon MD, FRCPC, Brian H Rowe MD, MSc, CCFP (EM), Ben Vandermeer MA and Vincent G Bain MD, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1528-1536; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01200.x
Editorial
Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: Simplifying Its Diagnosis
Satish Iduru MD, Kola Hisamuddin MD and Kevin D Mullen MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1537-1538; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01188.x
Letters to the Editor
Efficacy Versus Effectiveness of Octreotide in the Prophylaxis of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
Angelo Andriulli MD and Silvano Loperfido MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1539; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01328.x
Octreotide in the Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatic Injury
Laszlo Herszenyi MD, PhD and Zsolt Tulassay MD, DSc, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1539-1540; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01326.x
Can Octreotide Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis?
Ekrem Kaya MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1540-1541; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01327.x
Response to Dr. Herszenyi and Colleagues
Zhaoshen Li MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1541-1542; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01318.x
Patients With Known Small Bowel Stricture or With Symptoms of Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Crohn's Disease Should Not Perform Video Capsule Endoscopy Without Being Previously Tested for Small Bowel Patency
Cristiano Spada MD and Maria Elena Riccioni MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1542-1543; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01285.x
Response to Dr. Spada and Colleagues
Adam S Cheifetz MD, Asher A Kornbluth MD, Peter Legnani MD and Blair S Lewis MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1543-1544; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01273.x
Sequential Combination Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis B: More Challenges to Be Tackled
Tai-Chung Tseng MD, Chun-Jen Liu MD, PhD and Jia-Horng Kao MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1544; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01261.x
Response to Tseng et al.
SK Sarin MD, DM, Manoj Kumar MD, DM and BC Sharma MD, DM
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1545; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01416.x
Crohn's Disease-Associated Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma With Pre-Existing Low-Grade Dysplasia: A Case Report
Gill Watermeyer MBChB, FCP, Michael Locketz MBChB, FCPath, Dhiren Govender FCPath, FRCPath, MMed and Anwar Mall BSc, BScHons, MSc, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1545-1546; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01166.x
Isotretinoin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mario Guslandi MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1546-1547; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01267.x
Recurrent Aortoenteric Fistula
Richard CK Wong MBBS, FACP, FACG, FASGE and Michael J Pollack MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1547-1548; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01186.x
GI Fellowship Programs
GI Fellowship Programs
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1549-1579; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01382.x
CME Questions
Continuing Medical Education: July 2007
James S Scolapio CME Editor MD and Kanwar R S Gill CME Author MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1580; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01412.x
Continuing Medical Education: July 2007
James S Scolapio CME Editor MD, Benjamin Levitzky CME Author MD, Francisco Marrero CME Author MD and Mohammed Qadeer CME Author MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1581; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01414.x
