TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 104, Issue 7 (July 2009)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Letters to the Editor |
Announcements |
Errata, Corrigenda and Retractions
The Red Section
What's Hot in the Red Journal This Month? FREE
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1615-1616; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.339
See also: Article by Testoni et al.See also: Article by Sainani et al.See also: Article by Horiuchi et al.See also: Article by Vargo et al.See also: Article by Török et al.See also: Article by Achkar et al.See also: Article by Sanaka et al.See also: Article by Vicari et al.See also: Article by Yu et al.See also: Review by Garcia-Tsao et al.See also: Review by Ford et al.Reflections on Medical Practice
Physicians and Health-Care Reform: Rolling Up Our Sleeves or Rolling the Dice? FREE
Michael Kirsch MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1617-1619; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.340
The Expert's Corner
Misdiagnosis of Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A Caution to Clinicians FREE
Timothy B Gardner MD, Michael J Levy MD, Naoki Takahashi MD, Thomas C Smyrk MD and Suresh T Chari MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1620-1623; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.89
Methodology
Statistical Graphics in AJG: Save the Ink for the Information FREE
Jason T Connor PhD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1624-1630; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.259
A Look Back
Eder-Puestow "Stringless" Dilators FREE
Robert E Kravetz MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1631-1632; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.273
Original Contributions
Stomach
Time Trends and Impact of Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Perforation in Clinical Practice
Angel Lanas MD, DSc, Luis A García-Rodríguez MD, Mónica Polo-Tomás MSc, Marta Ponce MD, Inmaculada Alonso-Abreu MD, Maria Angeles Perez-Aisa MD, DSc, Javier Perez-Gisbert MD, DSc, Luis Bujanda MD, DSc, Manuel Castro MD, DSc, Maria Muñoz MD, Luis Rodrigo MD, DSc, Xavier Calvet MD, DSc, Dolores Del-Pino MD and Santiago Garcia MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1633-1641; advance online publication, May 5, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.164
Subject Category: Stomach
H. pylori Eradication Prevents the Progression of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia in Reflux Esophagitis Patients Using Long-Term Esomeprazole
Hsiao-Bai Yang MD, Bor-Shyang Sheu MD, Shin-Tar Wang PhD, Hsiu-Chi Cheng MD, Wei-Lun Chang MD and Wei-Ying Chen MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1642-1649; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.172
Subject Category: Stomach
Endoscopy
Low-Dose Propofol Sedation for Diagnostic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: Results in 10,662 Adults
Akira Horiuchi MD, Yoshiko Nakayama MD, Nao Hidaka MD, Yasuyuki Ichise MD, Masashi Kajiyama MD and Naoki Tanaka MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1650-1655; advance online publication, June 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.250
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Editorial: Doc, Can I Drive Home? FREE
John J Vargo MD, MPH, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1656-1657; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.262
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Continuing Medical Education: July 2009
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1658; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.358
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Adenomas Are Detected More Often in Morning Than in Afternoon Colonoscopy
Madhusudhan R Sanaka MD, Fnu Deepinder MD, Prashanthi N Thota MD, Rocio Lopez MS and Carol A Burke MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1659-1664; advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.249
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Continuing Medical Education Questions: July 2009
James S Scolapio MD, Anna M Buchner MD, Kanwar R S Gill MD and Muhammad Hasan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1665; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.359
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Editorial: The Influence of Timing of Colonoscopy on Adenoma Detection: Is Timing Everything? FREE
Joseph Vicari MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1666-1667; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.258
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Disparities in Emergency Department Wait Times for Acute Gastrointestinal Illnesses: Results From the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997–2006
Bechien U Wu MD, MPH, Peter A Banks MD and Darwin L Conwell MD, MS
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1668-1673; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.189
Subject Category: Endoscopy
A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Palliative Therapies for Patients With Inoperable Esophageal Cancer
Jonathan Shenfine MBBS, FRCS, PhD, Paul McNamee MSc, PhD, Nick Steen MSc, BSc, PhD, John Bond BA (Hons.) and S Michael Griffin MBBS, FRCS (Eng.), FRCS (Ed.), MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1674-1685; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.155
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Liver and Biliary Tract
Response to Therapy With Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C in Hispanics Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites
Stanley Yu MD, Jeffrey M Douglass MD, Clifford Qualls PhD, Sanjeev Arora MD and Jeffrey C Dunkelberg MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1686-1692; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.173
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Incidence and Risk Factors of Progression to Cirrhosis in Inactive Carriers of Hepatitis B Virus
Chia-Ming Chu MD and Yun-Fan Liaw MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1693-1699; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.187
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
A Shorter Duration of Pre-Transplant Abstinence Predicts Problem Drinking After Liver Transplantation
Puneeta Tandon MD, FRCP(C), MSc(Epi), Karen J Goodman PhD, Mang M Ma MD, FRCP(C), Winnie W Wong BSc, MD, FRCP(C), MSc(Epi), Andrew L Mason MBBS, MRCP, Glenda Meeberg RN, BScN, MN, Donna Bergsten RN, Michelle Carbonneau RN, BScN, MN and Vincent G Bain MD, FRCP(C)
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1700-1706; advance online publication, May 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.226
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Idiopathic Portal Hypertension in Patients With HIV Infection Treated With Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Pik-Eu Chang MBBS, MRCP(UK), Rosa Miquel MD, Jose-Luis Blanco MD, Montserrat Laguno MD, Miguel Bruguera MD, Juan-G Abraldes MD, Jaime Bosch MD and Juan-Carlos Garcia-Pagan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1707-1714; advance online publication, May 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.165
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Serum Alanine Aminotransferase, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Disease in an Australian Population
John K Olynyk BMedSc, MBBS, FRACP, MD, Matthew W Knuiman BSc, PhD, Mark L Divitini BSc, Timothy M E Davis MBBS, FRACP, PhD, John Beilby BSc, PhD and Joseph Hung MBBS, FRACP
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1715-1722; advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.229
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Epistasis Between Toll-Like Receptor-9 Polymorphisms and Variants in NOD2 and IL23R Modulates Susceptibility to Crohn's Disease
Helga P Török MD, Jürgen Glas MD, Ilona Endres, Laurian Tonenchi MD, Molla Y Teshome MD, Martin Wetzke, Wolfram Klein MD, Peter Lohse MD, Thomas Ochsenkühn MD, Matthias Folwaczny DMD, Burkhard Göke MD, Christian Folwaczny MD, Bertram Müller-Myhsok MD and Stephan Brand MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1723-1733; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.184
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Editorial: Gene–Gene Interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Biological and Clinical Implications FREE
Jean-Paul Achkar MD, FACG and Claudio Fiocchi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1734-1736; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.179
Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Novel Genetic Risk Markers for Ulcerative Colitis in the IL2/IL21 Region Are in Epistasis With IL23R and Suggest a Common Genetic Background for Ulcerative Colitis and Celiac Disease
Jürgen Glas MD, Johannes Stallhofer, Stephan Ripke MD, Martin Wetzke MD, Simone Pfennig, Wolfram Klein MD, Jörg T Epplen MD, Thomas Griga MD, Uwe Schiemann MD, Martin Lacher MD, Sibylle Koletzko MD, Matthias Folwaczny DMD, Peter Lohse MD, Burkhard Göke MD, Thomas Ochsenkühn MD, Bertram Müller-Myhsok MD and Stephan Brand MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1737-1744; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.163
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Candida albicans Colonization and ASCA in Familial Crohn's Disease
Annie Standaert-Vitse PhD, Boualem Sendid PhD, Marie Joossens MSc, Nadine François BSc, Peggy Vandewalle-El Khoury MSc, Julien Branche MD, Herbert Van Kruiningen MD, Thierry Jouault PhD, Paul Rutgeerts MD, Corinne Gower-Rousseau MD, Christian Libersa MD, Christel Neut PhD, Franck Broly, Mathias Chamaillard PhD, Séverine Vermeire MD, Daniel Poulain PhD and Jean-Frédéric Colombel MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1745-1753; advance online publication, May 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.225
Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The Manitoba IBD Index: Evidence for a New and Simple Indicator of IBD Activity
Ian Clara PhD, Lisa M Lix PhD, John R Walker PhD, Lesley A Graff PhD, Norine Miller RN, Linda Rogala RN, Patricia Rawsthorne RN and Charles N Bernstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1754-1763; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.197
Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Functional GI Disorders
Does the Presence of a Hiatal Hernia Affect the Efficacy of the Reflux Inhibitor Baclofen During Add-On Therapy?
Hanneke Beaumont MD, PhD and Guy E E Boeckxstaens MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1764-1771; advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.247
Subject Category: Functional GI Disorders
Psychosocial Distress and Somatic Symptoms in Community Subjects With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Psychological Component Is the Rule
Rok Seon Choung MD, G Richard Locke III MD, Alan R Zinsmeister PhD, Cathy D Schleck BS and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1772-1779; advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.239
Subject Category: Functional GI Disorders
Pancreas
Pancreatic Ductal Abnormalities Documented by Secretin-Enhanced MRCP in Asymptomatic Subjects With Chronic Pancreatic Hyperenzymemia
Pier Alberto Testoni MD, A Mariani MD, S Curioni MD, A Giussani MD and E Masci MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1780-1786; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.158
Subject Category: Pancreas
Editorial: Secretin-Enhanced MRCP: Proceed With Cautious Optimism FREE
Nisha I Sainani MD and Darwin L Conwell MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1787-1789; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.168
Subject Category: Pancreas
Pathology
High Prevalence of Fatty Acid Synthase Expression in Colorectal Cancers in Middle Eastern Patients and Its Potential Role as a Therapeutic Target
Shahab Uddin PhD, Azhar R Hussain MBBS, Maqbool Ahmed PhD, Jehad Abubaker PhD, Nasser Al-Sanea MD, Alaa AbdulJabbar MD, Luai H Ashari MD, Samar Alhomoud MD, Fouad Al-Dayel MD, Prashant Bavi MD and Khawla S Al-Kuraya MD, FCAP
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1790-1801; advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.230
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
Subject Category: Pathology
Clinical Reviews
Review
Management and Treatment of Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: Recommendations From the Department of Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and the National Hepatitis C Program FREE
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao MD and Joseph Lim MD and Members of the Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1802-1829; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.191
Continuing Medical Education: July 2009
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1830; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.350
Efficacy of 5-HT3 Antagonists and 5-HT4 Agonists in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Alexander C Ford MD, MRCP, Lawrence J Brandt MD, MACG, Christine Young BHSc, William D Chey MD, FACG, Amy E Foxx-Orenstein DO, FACG and Paul Moayyedi PhD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1831-1843; advance online publication, May 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.223
Continuing Medical Education Questions: July 2009
James S Scolapio MD, Karen C Kim MD, Ying Hong Wang MD, Ashish Atreja MD and Dian Chiang MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1844; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.357
Letters to the Editor
Liver Diseases and Venous Thromboembolism
Amer A Alkhatib MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1845; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.234
Response to Alkhatib
K K Søgaard MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1845-1846; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.236
Colonic Perforation After Colonoscopy in Patients With Collagenous Colitis
L Cuoco MD, PhD, V Bertoncello MD and Mario Salvagnini MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1846-1847; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.178
Response to Cuoco
Daniela S Allende MD, Mary P Bronner MD and Shari L Taylor MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1847; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.182
Duodenal Intraepithelial Lymphocytosis: Celiac Disease or Not?
Pekka Collin MD, PhD, Katri Kaukinen MD, PhD and Markku Mäki MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1847; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.206
Response to Collin et al.
Jennifer L Vande Voort MD and Joseph A Murray MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1848; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.217
The Genetics of Alcoholic Liver Disease: Better Patient Group Definition Is Required
Eric Nguyen-Khac MD, PhD, Hakim Houchi MSc, Martine Daoust PhD and Mickaël Naassïla PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1848-1849; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.255
Response to Nguyen-Khac et al.
Dermot Gleeson MD BSc FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1849; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.260
BIS: Hit or Miss?
Mohammed A Qadeer MD, MPH and John J Vargo MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1850; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.207
Response to Qadeer and Vargo
Stefan von Delius MD and Wolfgang Huber MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1850-1851; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.211
NAFLD and Cardiovascular Risk: Direct Evidence for the Tale of Two Ages
Amedeo Lonardo MD and Paola Loria MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1851-1852; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.233
Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis Revascularization During Sorafenib Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Marialuisa Novi MD, Ernesto C Lauritano MD, Anna C Piscaglia MD, Brunella Barbaro MD, Maria A Zocco MD, PhD, Maurizio Pompili MD and Antonio Gasbarrini MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1852-1854; advance online publication, May 5, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.140
Distinguishing Between Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Patterns in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Is the "Atypical Pattern" Adding More Information?
Josué Barahona-Garrido MD, Jorge Hernández-Calleros MD, Javier Cabiedes PhD, Helga M Sarti MD, Aldo Torre MD, Aldo J Montaño-Loza MD, and Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1854-1855; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.144
Safety of Capsule Endoscopy in the Setting of Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators: A Brief Report
Georg Elias MD and Nabil Toubia MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1856-1857; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.143
Topically Administered Infliximab Can Work in Ulcerative Proctitis Despite the Ineffectiveness of Intravenous Induction Therapy
Tamás Molnár MD, PhD, Klaudia Farkas MD, Ferenc Nagy MD, PhD, István Németh MD and Tibor Wittmann MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1857-1858; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.147
Primary Herpes Simplex Type 1 Esophagitis Followed by Recurrent Perianal Herpetic Infection in an Immunocompetent Host
N K H de Boer MD, PhD, C van Krimpen MD, PhD and J P Kuyvenhoven MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1858-1859; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.193
Medium- and Small-Vessel Vasculitis With Large Bowel Infarction in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report
Raafat Makary MD, PhD, Cindy Davis MD and Sania Shuja MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1859-1860; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.242
The First Reported Case of Nodular Lymphocyte–Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma of the Appendix
Douglas M Weine MD, Robert M Gelfand MD, Cory R Fraser MD and Arnold L Weg MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1860-1861; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.185
Liver Injury From Diclofenac or Acetaminophen?
Weekitt Kittisupamongkol MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1862; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.170
Melatonin Arrhythmia Is Corrected After Liver Transplantation
Juan Cordoba MD, Petra Steindl MD and Andres T Blei MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1862-1863; advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.171
Duodenopancreatic Fistula Complicating Upper Gastrointestinal Crohn's Disease: Succesful Treatment With Infliximab
José A Pajares MD, Luis Hernández MD, Pedro Menchén MD, PhD and Luis Menchén MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1863-1864; advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.180
"Comment on a Retraction": Author Response
Xavier Roblin MD, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet MD, PhD, Jean-Marc Phélip MD, PhD, Stéphane Nancey MD, PhD and Bernard Flourié MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1864-1865; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.351
Announcements
Calendar of Courses, Symposiums, and Conferences
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1866; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.338
GI Fellowship programs
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1866-1893; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.291
Errata, Corrigenda and Retractions
Corrigendum: Effects of Adalimumab Maintenance Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients With Crohn's Disease: Patient-Reported Outcomes of the CHARM Trial FREE
Edward V Loftus, Brian G Feagan, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, David T Rubin, Eric Q Wu, Andrew P Yu, Paul F Pollack, Jingdong Chao and Parvez Mulani
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1894; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.354
Erratum: Management and Treatment of Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: Recommendations From the Department of Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and the National Hepatitis C Program FREE
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao and Joseph Lim and Members of the Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1894; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.360
Erratum: Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease With Urinary Metabolic Profiling FREE
Horace R T Williams, I Jane Cox, David G Walker, Bernard V North, Venisha M Patel, Sara E Marshall, Derek P Jewell, Subrata Ghosh, Huw JW Thomas, Julian P Teare, Simon Jakobovits, Sebastian Zeki, Kenneth I Welsh, Simon D Taylor-Robinson and Timothy R Orchard
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1894; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.381
