TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 103, Issue 6 (June 2008)
The Red Section
Debate
Should HGD or Degree of Villous Changes in Colon Polyps Be Reported?
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1327; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02005_1.x
PRO: Villous Elements and High-Grade Dysplasia Help Guide Post-Polypectomy Colonoscopic Surveillance
Douglas K Rex MD and John R Goldblum MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1327-1329; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02005_2.x
CON: High-Grade Dysplasia and Villous Features Should Not Be Part of the Routine Diagnosis of Colorectal Adenomas
Henry D Appelman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1329-1331; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02005_3.x
A Balancing View: Pathologist–Clinician Interaction Is Essential
Robert Odze MD, FRCPc
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1331-1333; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02005_4.x
Methodology
How Strong Is the Evidence?
Yngve Falck-Ytter MD, Regina Kunz MD, MSc, Gordon H Guyatt MD, MSc and Holger J Schünemann MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1334-1338; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01853.x
A Look Back
Anatomic Wax Model
Robert E Kravetz MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1339; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01713.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
A Comparison of Endoscopic Treatment and Surgery in Early Esophageal Cancer: An Analysis of Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Data
Ananya Das MD, FASGE, Vandana Singh MD, David E Fleischer MD and Virender K Sharma MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1340-1345; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01889.x
Editorial
Surgical Efficiency or Eradication Sufficiency
Hugh Barr MD, ChM, FRCS, FRCSE, FHEA
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1346-1348; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01896.x
Esophagus
Gastroesophageal Pressure Gradients in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Relations With Hiatal Hernia, Body Mass Index, and Esophageal Acid Exposure
Durk R de Vries MD, Margot A van Herwaarden MD, PhD, André JPM Smout MD, PhD and Melvin Samsom MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1349-1354; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01909.x
Editorial
The Relationship Between Obesity and GERD: "Big or Overblown"
John E Pandolfino MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1355-1357; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01916.x
ESOPHAGUS
A Pilot Study of the Association of Low Plasma Adiponectin and Barrett's Esophagus
Joel H Rubenstein MD, MSc, Anne Dahlkemper BA, John Y Kao MD, Min Zhang MD, Hal Morgenstern PhD, Laurence McMahon MD, MPH and John M Inadomi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1358-1364; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01823.x
Endoscopy
A Prospective Trial of Variable Stiffness Colonoscopes With Different Tip Diameters in Unsedated Patients
Peng-Jen Chen MD, Yu-Lueng Shih MD, PhD, Heng-Cheng Chu MD, PhD, Wei-Kuo Chang MD, PhD, Tsai-Yuan Hsieh MD, PhD and You-Chen Chao MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1365-1371; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01812.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Increased Hepatic and Circulating Interleukin-6 Levels in Human Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Anna Wieckowska MD, Bettina G Papouchado MD, ZhengZheng Li MD, Rocio Lopez MS, Nizar N Zein MD and Ariel E Feldstein MD Departments of
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1372-1379; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01774.x
Editorial
In Search of an Ideal Biomarker for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Kiran Bambha MD, MSc and Hal F Yee Jr MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1380-1382; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01783.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Fluvastatin Inhibits Hepatitis C Replication in Humans
Ted Bader MD, Javid Fazili MD, Mohammed Madhoun MD, Christopher Aston PhD, Diane Hughes NP, Syed Rizvi MD, Ken Seres MD and Muhammad Hasan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1383-1389; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01876.x
Editorial
HCV Replication and Statin Pleotropism: An Adjuvant Treatment Panacea?
Dawn M Torres MD and Stephen A Harrison MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1390-1392; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01881.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Biliary Complications in Donors for Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Seiji Shio MD, Shujiro Yazumi MD, PhD, Kohei Ogawa MD, Kazunori Hasegawa MD, PhD, Yoshihisa Tsuji MD, Masaya Kida MD, Junichi Yamauchi MD, Hiroshi Ida MD, Shinsuke Tada MD, PhD, Shinji Uemoto MD, PhD and Tsutomu Chiba MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1393-1398; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01786.x
Midodrine Versus Albumin in the Prevention of Paracentesis-Induced Circulatory Dysfunction in Cirrhotics: A Randomized Pilot Study
Virendra Singh MD, DM, Prashant C Dheerendra MD, Baljinder Singh MSc, PhD, Chander K Nain MSc, PhD, Divya Chawla MSc, Navneet Sharma MD, Ashish Bhalla MD and Sushil K Mahi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1399-1405; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01787.x
Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients With Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction
Praveen Sharma MD, DM, Barjesh C Sharma MD, DM, Vinod Puri MD, DM and Shiv K Sarin MD, DM
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1406-1412; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01830.x
Value of the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient for Quantification of Low-Grade Hepatic Encephalopathy
Ryosuke Sugimoto MD, Motoh Iwasa MD, PhD, Masayuki Maeda MD, PhD, Naohito Urawa MD, PhD, Hideaki Tanaka MD, PhD, Naoki Fujita MD, PhD, Yoshinao Kobayashi MD, PhD, Kan Takeda MD, PhD, Masahiko Kaito MD, PhD and Yoshiyuki Takei MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1413-1420; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01788.x
Prevalence of Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Chronic Hepatitis B: Implications for Treatment and Management
James Fung FRACP, Ching-Lung Lai MD, David But MBBS, Danny Wong, Ting-Kin Cheung FRACP and Man-Fung Yuen MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1421-1426; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01751.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Continuing Medical Education: June 2008
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1427; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02014.x
Immunosuppressant Medications and Mortality in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
James D Lewis MD, MSCE, Joel M Gelfand MD, MSCE, Andrea B Troxel ScD, Kimberly A Forde MD, Craig Newcomb MS, Hopiy Kim BS, David J Margolis MD, MSCE, PhD and Brian L Strom MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1428-1435; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01836.x
Continuing Medical Education Questions June 2008
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Mohammed A Qadeer MD CME Author, Benjamin Levitzky MD CME Author and Frank Marrero MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1436; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02015.x
Association of TNFSF15 With Crohn's Disease in Koreans
Suk-Kyun Yang MD, Jiyoung Lim MS, Hye-Sook Chang MD, Inchul Lee MD, Yuqing Li MS, Jianjun Liu PhD and Kyuyoung Song PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1437-1442; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01752.x
A National Survey of the Prevalence and Impact of Clostridium difficile Infection Among Hospitalized Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
Geoffrey C Nguyen MD, PhD, FRCPC, Gilaad G Kaplan MD, MPH, Mary L Harris MD and Steven R Brant MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1443-1450; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01780.x
Vitamin D Status and Bone Density in Recently Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Manitoba IBD Cohort Study
William D Leslie MD, MSc, Norine Miller RN, Linda Rogala RN and Charles N Bernstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1451-1459; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01753.x
The Effect of Hypnosis on Systemic and Rectal Mucosal Measures of Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis
Joel E Mawdsley MD, David G Jenkins MD, Marion G Macey PhD, Louise Langmead MD and David S Rampton PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1460-1469; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01845.x
Functional GI Disorders
Relation of Bowel Habits to Fecal Incontinence in Women
Adil E Bharucha MD, Barbara M Seide, Alan R Zinsmeister PhD and L Joseph Melton III MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1470-1475; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01792.x
Colon/Small Bowel
Screening of 214 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in 44 Candidate Cancer Susceptibility Genes: A Case–Control Study on Gastric and Colorectal Cancers in the Japanese Population
Shinobu Ikeda DDS, PhD, Shizuka Sasazuki MD, PhD, Syusuke Natsukawa MD, Kozo Shaura MD, Yoichi Koizumi MD, Yoshio Kasuga MD, Sumiko Ohnami PhD, Hiromi Sakamoto PhD, Teruhiko Yoshida MD, PhD, Motoki Iwasaki MD, PhD and Shoichiro Tsugane MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1476-1487; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01810.x
Improved Survival in Young Women With Colorectal Cancer
Jenn H Koo MBBS, FRACP, Bin Jalaludin MBBS, PhD, MRCP (UK), FAFPHM, Siu K C Wong MBBS, FRACS, FRCS, Andrew Kneebone MBBS, FRANZCR, Susan J Connor MBBS, FRACP, PhD and Rupert W L Leong MBBS, FRACP, MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1488-1495; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01779.x
Comparison of an Established Simple Office-Based Immunological FOBT With Fecal Tumor Pyruvate Kinase Type M2 (M2-PK) for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Prospective Multicenter Study
Yogesh M Shastri MD, DNB, Stefan Loitsch PhD, Nicolas Hoepffner MD, FEBG, Nada Povse, Ernst Hanisch MD, Wolfgang Rösch MD, Joachim Mössner MD and Jürgen M Stein MD, PhD, FEBG
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1496-1504; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01824.x
Sporadic Duodenal Adenoma and the Association With Colorectal Neoplasia: A Case-Control Study
Dewkoemar Ramsoekh MD, Monique E van Leerdam PhD, MD, Evelien Dekker PhD, MD, Rob T Ouwendijk PhD, MD, Herman van Dekken PhD, MD and Ernst J Kuipers PhD, MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1505-1509; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01775.x
Pathology
Bile Acid-Stimulated Expression of the Farnesoid X Receptor Enhances the Immune Response in Barrett Esophagus
Astrid Capello PhD, Leon M. G Moons MD, PhD, Anouk Van de Winkel MSc, Peter D Siersema MD, PhD, Herman van Dekken MD, PhD, Ernst J Kuipers MD, PhD and Johannes G Kusters PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1510-1516; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01908.x
Pediatrics
Somatic Pain Sensitivity in Children With Recurrent Abdominal Pain
Katrin Zohsel PhD, Johanna Hohmeister MSc, Dipl-Psych., Herta Flor PhD and Christiane Hermann PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1517-1523; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01911.x
Toxic Megacolon in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical and Radiographic Characteristics
Eric I Benchimol MD, Dan Turner MD, Erika H Mann MD, Karen E Thomas MD, Tara Gomes MHSc, Robin A McLernon BSc and Anne M Griffiths MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1524-1531; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01807.x
Continuing Medical Education: June 2008
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1532; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02016.x
Colon Cleansing With Oral Sodium Phosphate in Adolescents: Dose, Efficacy, Acceptability, and Safety
Mahmoud Sabri MD, Carlo Di Lorenzo MD, Wendy Henderson CRNP, PhD, William Thompson PhD, Edward Barksdale, Jr MD and Seema Khan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1533-1539; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01806.x
Continuing Medical Education Questions June 2008
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Anna M Buchner MD CME Author, Kanwar R S Gill MD CME Author and Seth A Gross MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1540; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02017.x
Clinical Reviews
Cochrane Systematic Review of Colorectal Cancer Screening Using the Fecal Occult Blood Test (Hemoccult): An Update
Paul Hewitson BA (Hons), M.MSc, Paul Glasziou MBBS, PhD, FAFPHM, FRACGP, Eila Watson BSc, PhD, Bernie Towler MBBS, MPH and Les Irwig MBBCh, PhD, FFPHM
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1541-1549; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01875.x
Diverticular Disease and Diverticulitis
Anish A Sheth MD, Walter Longo MD and Martin H Floch MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1550-1556; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01879.x
Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Their Role in Its Pathogenesis and Treatment
Gareth C Parkes MBBS, MRCP, Jonathan Brostoff DM, DSc, FRCP, Kevin Whelan PhD, RD and Jeremy D Sanderson MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1557-1567; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01869.x
Letters to the Editor
Much Colonic Surface Visualization by a Standard Colonoscope with a Transparent Hood
Mitsunobu Matsushita MD, Naoyuki Danbara MD, Toshiro Fukui MD, Takayuki Matsumoto MD, Mika Omiya MD, Kazushige Uchida MD and Kazuichi Okazaki MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1568; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_1.x
New Colonoscopic Technology or Back-to-Basic Techniques?
James E East MRCP, Brian P Saunders FRCP, David Burling FRCR, Darren Boone MRCS, Steve Halligan FRCR and Stuart A Taylor FRCR
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1568-1569; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_2.x
Effective Injection Site on Endoscopic Injection Therapy for Postsphincterotomy Bleeding: Apex or Oral?
Mitsunobu Matsushita MD, Kazushige Uchida MD and Kazuichi Okazaki MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1569-1570; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_3.x
Response to Dr. Matsushita et al.
Todd H Baron MD, FASGE
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1570; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_4.x
Ulcerative Colitis and PPAR
Ligand. Is Cardiac Toxicity on the Other Side of the Coin?
Guillaume Savoye MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1571; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_5.x
Differences in Phenotype or Disease Course Between Familial and Sporadic IBD Cases
Adam Hafemeister BS and Modushudan Bhattacharjee MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1572-1573; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_6.x
Combined Use of Factor XIII and Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation in a Patient With Crohn's Disease, Duodenal Stenosis, and Associated Internal Fistulas: The Efficacy of Coagulation Factor XIII for the Internal Fistulas
Noriko Kamata MD, PhD, Nobuhide Oshitani MD, PhD, Takehisa Suekane MD, PhD, Mitsue Sogawa MD, PhD, Hirokazu Yamagami MD, PhD, Kenji Watanabe MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Fujiwara MD, PhD and Tetsuo Arakawa MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1573-1574; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_7.x
Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network
Paul B Watkins MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1574-1575; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_8.x
Observations of the Indian Enigma Is Valid
Kia Fatt Quek PhD and Khean-Lee Goh MBBS, FRCP, MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1575; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_9.x
A 46-Yr-Old Woman With Ataxia and Blurred Vision 3 Months After Bariatric Surgery
Atul Bhardwaj MD, Miki Watanabe MD and Jagdish R Shah MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1575-1577; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_10.x
Tuberculous Abdominal Cocoon: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Pankaj Jain MD and Sandeep Nijhawan MD, DM
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1577-1578; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_11.x
Unsedated Colonoscopy for Paradoxical Agitation: An Unusual Practice for an Uncommon Complication in U.S. Veterans
Felix W Leung MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1578-1579; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_12.x
Reduced Bone Mineral Density in Chronic Intestinal Idiopathic Pseudo-Obstruction
Sara Massironi MD, Fabio Massimo Ulivieri MD, Daniele Marchelli BSc and Guido Basilisco MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1579-1581; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_13.x
Anaphylactic Reaction to Omeprazole
Efthalia Christodoulos Stefanaki MD, Vasilios Vovolis PhD, Ioanna Letsa MRCP and Nikolaos Koutsostathis MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1581-1583; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_14.x
