The Expert's Corner

Endoscopic Management of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Louis M Wong Kee Song MD and Todd H Baron MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1881-1887; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02075.x

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A Matter of Opinion

Is ERCP Headed for Extinction?

John Baillie MB, ChB, FRCP, FACG, FASGE

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1888-1890; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02056.x

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Esophagus

Barrett's Esophagus on Repeat Endoscopy: Should We Look More Than Once?

Sarah Rodriguez MD, Nora Mattek MPH, David Lieberman MD, Brian Fennerty MD and Glenn Eisen MD, MPH

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1892-1897; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01892.x

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Utilizing Intraluminal Pressure Gradients to Predict Esophageal Clearance: A Validation Study

John E Pandolfino MD, Sudip K Ghosh PhD, Nilesh Lodhia MD and Peter J Kahrilas MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1898-1905; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01913.x

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Stomach

Tegaserod Treatment for Dysmotility-Like Functional Dyspepsia: Results of Two Randomized, Controlled Trials

Nimish Vakil MD, Loren Laine MD, Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD, Salam F Zakko MD, Jan Tack MD, William D Chey MD, Jeffrey Kralstein MD, David L Earnest MD, Gregory Ligozio Ph.D. and Marielle Cohard-Radice MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1906-1919; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01953.x

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Endoscopy

Utilization of Upper Endoscopy for Surveillance of Gastric Ulcers in the United States

Sameer D Saini MD, MSc, Glenn Eisen MD, MPH, Nora Mattek MPH and Philip Schoenfeld MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi)

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1920-1925; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01945.x

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Does Autofluorescence Imaging Videoendoscopy System Improve the Colonoscopic Polyp Detection Rate?—A Pilot Study

Takahisa Matsuda MD, Yutaka Saito MD, PhD, Kuang-I Fu MD, PhD, Toshio Uraoka MD, PhD, Nozomu Kobayashi MD, Takeshi Nakajima MD, Hisatomo Ikehara MD, Yumi Mashimo MD, PhD, Tadakazu Shimoda MD, PhD, Yoshitaka Murakami MD, PhD, Adolfo Parra-Blanco MD, PhD, Takahiro Fujimori MD, PhD and Daizo Saito MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1926-1932; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01931.x

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Liver and Biliary Tract

Reappraisal of the Characteristics of Glucose Abnormalities in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

Jee-Fu Huang MD, Ming-Lung Yu MD, PhD, Chia-Yen Dai MD, Ming-Yen Hsieh MD, Shang-Jyh Hwang MD, Pi-Jung Hsiao MD, Li-Po Lee MD, Zu-Yau Lin MD, Shinn-Chern Chen MD, PhD, Ming-Yuh Hsieh MD, Liang-Yen Wang MD, Shyi-Jang Shin MD, PhD, Wen-Yu Chang MD, PhD and Wan-Long Chuang MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1933-1940; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01996.x

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Editorial

Editorial: Uncovering Glucose Abnormalities in People With Hepatitis C Infection: Should Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Become a Standard of Care?

Ayse Aytaman MD and Samy I McFarlane MD, MPH

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1941-1943; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02007.x

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Liver and Biliary Tract

Predictive Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Type 1 Autoimmune Hepatitis

Aldo J Montano-Loza MD, Herschel A Carpenter MD and Albert J Czaja MD, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1944-1951; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01922.x

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Autologous Infusion of Expanded Mobilized Adult Bone Marrow-Derived CD34+ Cells Into Patients With Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis

Madhava Pai MS, MRCS, Dimitris Zacharoulis MD, Miroslav N Milicevic MD, PhD, Salah Helmy MD, Long R Jiao MD, FRCS, Nataa Leviar PhD, Paul Tait MA, FRCR, Michael Scott PhD, Stephen B Marley PhD, Kevin Jestice MSc, Maria Glibetic PhD, Devinder Bansi DM, FRCP, Shahid A Khan PhD, MRCP, Despina Kyriakou MD, Christos Rountas MD, Andrew Thillainayagam MD, FRCP, Joanna P Nicholls MSc, Steen Jensen MD, Jane F Apperley MD, FRCP, Myrtle Y Gordon PhD, DSc and Nagy A Habib ChM, FRCS

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1952-1958; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01993.x

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Plasma Adiponectin Levels in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A Novel Perspective for Link Between Hypercholesterolemia and Protection Against Atherosclerosis

Annarosa Floreani MD, A Variola MD, G Niro MD, A Premoli MD, V Baldo MD, R Gambino MD, G Musso MD, M Cassader MD, S Bo MD, F Ferrara MD, D Caroli MD, E Rosa Rizzotto MD and Marilena Durazzo MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1959-1965; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01888.x

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Lack of Correlation Between Serum Anti-HBcore Detectability and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With HCV-Related Cirrhosis

Tommaso Stroffolini MD, Piero Luigi Almasio MD, Marcello Persico MD, Simona Bollani MD, Luisa Benvegnù MD, GiovanGiuseppe Di Costanzo MD, Giuseppe Pastore MD, Alessio Aghemo MD, Gianfranca Stornaiuolo MD, Alessandra Mangia MD, Pietro Andreone MD, Maria Stanzione MD, Giuseppe Mazzella MD, Giorgio Saracco MD, Paolo Del Poggio MD and Savino Bruno MD on behalf of Italian Association of the Study of the Liver Disease (AISF)

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1966-1972; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01912.x

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Validation and Comparison of Simple Noninvasive Indexes for Predicting Liver Fibrosis in HIV-HCV-Coinfected Patients: ANRS CO3 Aquitaine Cohort

Marc-Arthur Loko MD, Laurent Castera MD, PhD, François Dabis MD, PhD, Brigitte Le Bail MD, PhD, Maria Winnock PhD, Gaëlle Coureau MD, Paulette Bioulac-Sage MD, PhD, Victor de Ledinghen MD, PhD and Didier Neau MD, PhD the Groupe d'Epidémiologie Clinique du SIDA en Aquitaine (GECSA)

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1973-1980; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01954.x

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Early Predictors of Anemia in Patients With Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Treated With Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) Plus Ribavirin

Nancy Reau MD, Stephanos J Hadziyannis MD, Diethelm Messinger MSc, Michael W Fried MD and Donald M Jensen MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1981-1988; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01957.x

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The Manitoba IBD Cohort Study: A Population-Based Study of the Prevalence of Lifetime and 12-Month Anxiety and Mood Disorders

John R Walker PhD, Jason P Ediger PhD, Lesley A Graff PhD, Jay M Greenfeld MA, Ian Clara PhD, Lisa Lix PhD, Patricia Rawsthorne RN, Norine Miller RN, Linda Rogala RN, Cory M McPhail BA and Charles N Bernstein MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1989-1997; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01980.x

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Incidence and Prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Northern California Managed Care Organization, 1996–2002

Lisa J Herrinton PhD, Liyan Liu MD, MPH, James D Lewis MD, MSCE, Patricia M Griffin MD and James Allison MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 1998-2006; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01960.x

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Can Calprotectin Predict Relapse Risk in Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Renata D'Incà MD, Elisabetta Dal Pont MD, Vincenza Di Leo MD, Luca Benazzato MD, Matteo Martinato RN, Francesca Lamboglia MD, Lydia Oliva MD and Giacomo Carlo Sturniolo MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2007-2014; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01870.x

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Diagnostic Ionizing Radiation Exposure in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Joanna M Peloquin MD, Darrell S Pardi MD, William J Sandborn MD, Joel G Fletcher MD, Cynthia H McCollough PhD, Beth A Schueler PhD, James A Kofler PhD, Felicity T B Enders PhD, Sara J Achenbach MS and Edward V Loftus Jr MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2015-2022; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01920.x

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Functional GI Disorders

Gain and Loss of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Diabetes Mellitus: Associations With Psychiatric Disease, Glycemic Control, and Autonomic Neuropathy over 2 Years of Follow-up

Carolyn Quan FRACP, Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, FACP, FACG, Michael P Jones PhD, Judith Spies PhD, FRACP and Michael Horowitz PhD, FRACP

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2023-2030; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01943.x

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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Recurrence After Antibiotic Therapy

Ernesto C Lauritano MD, Maurizio Gabrielli PhD, Emidio Scarpellini MD, Andrea Lupascu MD, Marialuisa Novi MD, Sandra Sottili PhD, Giovanna Vitale MD, Valentina Cesario MD, Michele Serricchio MD, Giovanni Cammarota MD, Giovanni Gasbarrini MD and Antonio Gasbarrini MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2031-2035; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02030.x

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Intestinal Gas and Bloating: Effect of Prokinetic Stimulation

Anna Accarino MD, Frederic Perez PhD, Fernando Azpiroz MD, Sergi Quiroga MD and Juan-R Malagelada MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2036-2042; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01866.x

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Effects of Amitriptyline on Gastric Sensorimotor Function and Postprandial Symptoms in Healthy Individuals: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Ernest P Bouras MD, Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD, Michael Camilleri MD, Duane D Burton, Michael G Heckman MS, Julia E Crook PhD and Elliott Richelson MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2043-2050; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02021.x

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Community Subgroups in Dyspepsia and Their Association With Weight Loss

Michael P Jones PhD, Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD, Guy D Eslick PhD, Dominique Dubois MD and Jan Tack MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2051-2060; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01935.x

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Colon/Small Bowel

The Effect of Body Weight Reduction on the Incidence of Colorectal Adenoma

Yutaka Yamaji MD, Makoto Okamoto MD, Haruhiko Yoshida MD, Takao Kawabe MD, Ryoichi Wada MD, Toru Mitsushima MD and Masao Omata MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2061-2067; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01936.x

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Findings on Optical Colonoscopy After Positive CT Colonography Exam

Daniel Cornett MD, Courtney Barancin MD, Brent Roeder MD, Mark Reichelderfer MD, Terrance Frick MD, Deepak Gopal MD, David Kim MD, Perry J Pickhardt MD, Andrew Taylor MD and Patrick Pfau MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2068-2074; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01919.x

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Risk of Proximal and Distal Colorectal Cancer Following Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Linda Rabeneck MD, MPH, James D Lewis MD, MSCE, Lawrence F Paszat MD, MS, Refik Saskin MSc and Therese A Stukel PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2075-2082; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01932.x

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Pediatrics

24-Hour Colonic Manometry in Pediatric Slow Transit Constipation shows Significant Reductions in Antegrade Propagation

Sebastian K King BSc(Med), MBBS, Anthony G Catto-Smith MD, FRACP, MRCP, Michael P Stanton MBBS, MD, FRCS(Paed Surg), Jonathan R Sutcliffe MBChB, FRCS(Paeds), Dianne Simpson RN, Ian Cook MBBS(Hons), MD, FRACP, Phil Dinning BSc(Hons), PhD, John M Hutson BS, MD(Monash), MD, DSc(Melb), FRACS, FAAP and Bridget R Southwell BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, AGAF

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2083-2091; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01921.x

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Continuing Medical Education: August 2008

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2099; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02136.x

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Bench to Bedside Review

Genetics of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Yuri A Saito MD, MPH and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2100-2104; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02048.x

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Continuing Medical Education Questions: August 2008

James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Benjamin Levitzky MD CME Author, Mohammed A Qadeer MD CME Author and Frank Marrero MD CME Author

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2105; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02137.x

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Biomarkers in Gastrointestinal Cancers

Rami Badreddine MD and Kenneth K Wang MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2106-2110; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01994.x

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The Association Between Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Obesity FREE

Frank K Friedenberg MD, MS (Epi), Melissa Xanthopoulos PhD, Gary D Foster PhD and Joel E Richter MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2111-2122; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01946.x

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HCV in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease

Emuejevoke J Okoh MD, Jay R Bucci MD, James F Simon MD and Stephen A Harrison MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2123-2134; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01981.x

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Continuing Medical Education: August 2008

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2135; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02134.x

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Liver Disease in Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: A Review

Kyrsten D Fairbanks MD and Anthony S Tavill MD, FACP, FRCP, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2136-2141; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01955.x

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PEG Feeding and Dementia—Results Need to Be Interpreted With Caution. Is This the Time for a Randomized Controlled Study?

John S Leeds MBChB(Hons), MRCP, Mark E McAlindon FRCP, MD and David S Sanders FRCP, MD, FACG

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2143; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_1.x

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Response to the Letter by Leeds et al.

Osamu Yokota MD, PhD, Fumiyo Higaki MD and Masahiro Ohishi MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2143-2144; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_2.x

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Success of Antireflux Surgery and Postoperative Use of Antireflux Medications

Askin Uysal MD and Anil Minocha MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2144-2145; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_3.x

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Response to Comments About "Long-Term Outcomes After Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery"

Brant K Oelschlager MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2145; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_4.x

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Are Prophylactic Antibiotics Really Ineffective in Reducing the Risk of Pancreatic Necrosis?

Yoshihisa Tsuji MD and Tsutomu Chiba MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2145-2146; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_5.x

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Perfusion CT to Predict the Development of Necrosis in Severe Acute Pancreatitis: More Studies Are Needed

Yu Bai MD, Jun Gao MD, PhD, Duo-Wu Zou MD and Zhao-Shen Li MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2146-2147; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_6.x

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Metronidazole and Vancomycin: Equivalence of Initial Efficacy in CDAD

Lars G Burman MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2147; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_7.x

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Response to Burman

Jacques Pepin M.D., F.R.C.P.C. and Louis Valiquette M.D., F.R.C.P.C.

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2147; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_8.x

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Unmasking Autoimmune Hepatitis Under Immunomodulatory Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis—not only Beta Interferon

Vera von Kalckreuth MD, Ansgar W Lohse MD and Christoph Schramm MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2147-2148; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_9.x

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Response to Letter by von Kalckreuth et al.

Antonio Grieco MD, Massimo Montalto MD, PhD and Giovanni Gasbarrini MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2148; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_10.x

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Observation of Deworming Process in Intestinal Diphyllobothrium latum Parasitism by Gastrografin Injection Into Jejunum Through Double-Balloon Enteroscope

Shigeru B H Ko MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2149-2150; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_11.x

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Treatment of Recurrent Crohn's Uveitis With Infliximab

Mazer R Ally MD, Ganesh R Veerappan MD and Jonathan M Koff MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2150-2151; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_12.x

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Echinococcus in a U.S. Marine After Deployment to Afghanistan

Karl C Kronmann MD, MPH, William W Shields DO, Todd A. Sheer MD and Nancy F Crum-Cianflone MD, MPH

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2151-2153; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_13.x

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Atypical Progressive Focal Nodular Hyperplasia Increasing in Size and Number Implicates Its Pathogenesis

Masatoshi Kudo MD, PhD, Rong Q Zheng MD, PhD, Hobyung Chung MD, Takeo Yonekura MD, Makoto Yagi MD, Osamu Nakashima MD, PhD and Masamichi Kojiro MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2153-2155; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_14.x

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Endoscopic Application of Ankaferd Blood Stopper as a Novel Experimental Treatment Modality for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report

Mevlut Kurt MD, Selcuk Disibeyaz MD, Meral Akdogan MD, Nurgul Sasmaz MD, Salih Aksu MD and brahim Celalettin Haznedaroglu MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2156-2158; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_15.x

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Rifaximin for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease: A Case Series

Ira Shafran MD and Patricia Burgunder ARNP

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2158-2160; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_16.x

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Usefulness of Prophylactic Gastrectomy in a Novel Large Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC) Family

Olivier Caron MD, Astrid Schielke MD, Magali Svrcek MD, Jean-François Fléjou MD, PhD, Jacob Garzon MD, Sylviane Olschwang MD, PhD and Alain Sézeur MD, PhD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2160-2161; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_17.x

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Erythropoietin Does Not Increase the Frequency of Thromboembolic Events or Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis C Patients Treated With Combination Antiviral Therapy

Juan F Gallegos-Orozco MD, Kristina T Werner NP, Marianne Rosati NP, Thomas J Byrne MD, Vijayan Balan MD, Hugo E Vargas MD and Jorge Rakela MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2161-2162; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_18.x

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Sorafenib-Induced Liver Failure

Christoph Schramm MD, Gunter Schuch MD and Ansgar W Lohse MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2162-2163; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_19.x

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Feasibility of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) 3350 (Miralax) for Colon Preparation Prior to Lower Endoscopic Examination in Healthy Adults; Experience in a Community Clinic Setting

Suzanne Stratton PhD, Paul Shelton PhD, Vicki Carleton RN and Gary R Griglione MD

Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2163-2164; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_20.x

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