TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 99, Issue 12 (December 2004)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Case Report |
Letters to the Editor |
GI Fellowship Training Programs |
Author Index |
Subject Index |
Announcements
The Red Section
Debate
Should Patients with GERD Be Screened Once at Least for Barrett's Epithelium? PRO: The Need to Screen GERD Patients for Barrett's Esophagus—A Greater Yield than Surveillance
Richard E Sampliner MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2291-2293; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41295_1.x
CON: Patients with GERD Should Be Screened Once at Least for Barrett's Esophagus—Medicine or Magic?
Paul Moayyedi PhD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2293-2295; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41295_2.x
A Balancing View: To Screen or Not to Screen: Scoping Out the Issues
Stuart Jon Spechler MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2295-2296; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41295_3.x
Methodology
Meta-analysis: Can We Mix Apples and Oranges?
Paul Moayyedi PhD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2297-2301; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40948.x
Reflections on Medical Practice
Reflections on Medical Practice: Humanity Lost
Michael Kirsch MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2302-2303; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40924.x
Original Contributions
Esophageal
Long-Term Follow-Up after Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia Cardia: Factors Associated with Treatment Failure and Recurrence
UC Ghoshal MD, DM, S Kumar MD, DM, VA Saraswat MD, DM, R Aggarwal MD, DM, A Misra PhD and G Choudhuri MD, DM
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2304-2310; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40099.x
Clinical Impact of Upper Endoscopy in the Management of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
John M Wo MD, Christian Mendez MD, Steve Harrell MD, Rauol Joubran MD, Phillip F Bressoud MD and William Paul McKinney MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2311-2316; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40502.x
Characteristics and Clinical Relevance of Proximal Esophageal pH Monitoring
Mike Cool MD, Johan Poelmans MD, PhD, Louw Feenstra MD, PhD and Jan Tack MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2317-2323; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40626.x
Endoscopy
Is Routine Ileoscopy Useful? An Observational Study of Procedure Times, Diagnostic Yield, and Learning Curve
Srilekha Cherian MRCP and Pradip Singh MD, DM, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2324-2329; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40730.x
Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy in 111 Patients: A Safe and Effective Therapy for Difficult Bile Duct Stones
Naveen Arya MD, Sandra E Nelles MD, Gregory B Haber MD, Young-In Kim MD and Paul K Kortan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2330-2334; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40251.x
Factors Predictive of Malignancy and Endoscopic Resectability in Ampullary Neoplasia
Michel Kahaleh MD, Vanessa M Shami MD, Andrew Brock MD, Mark R Conaway PhD, Cynthia Yoshida MD, Christopher A Moskaluk MD, PhD, Reid B Adams MD, Jeffrey Tokar MD and Paul Yeaton MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2335-2339; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40391.x
Endoscopic Balloon Dilation of Ileal Pouch Strictures
Bo Shen MD, Victor W Fazio MB, MS, Feza H Remzi MD, Conor P Delaney MD, PhD, Jean-Paul Achkar MD, Anna Bennett MD, Farah Khandwala MS, Aaron Brzezinski MD, Jhony Doumit MD, Wendy Liu MD, PhD and Bret A Lashner MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2340-2347; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40604.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Pilot Studies of Single and Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Andrew L Mason MBBS, MRCPI, Gist H Farr MD, Lizhe Xu PhD, Stefan G Hubscher MBChB, FRCPath and James M Neuberger MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2348-2355; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40741.x
Editorial
Apocalypsal versus Apocryphal: The Role of Retroviruses in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
M Eric Gershwin MD and Carlo Selmi MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2356-2358; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41157.x
A Pilot Study of Interleukin-11 in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C and Advanced Liver Disease Nonresponsive to Antiviral Therapy
Eric J Lawitz MD, Matthew J Hepburn MD and Thomas J Casey MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2359-2364; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40047.x
A Pilot Trial of Pentoxifylline in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Leon A Adams FRACP, Claudia O Zein MD, Paul Angulo MD and Keith D Lindor MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2365-2368; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40064.x
Prophylactic Lamivudine Administration Prevents Exacerbation of Liver Damage in HBe Antigen Positive Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Transhepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy
Hiroaki Nagamatsu MD, Satoshi Itano MD, Sakae Nagaoka MD, Junji Akiyoshi MD, Satoru Matsugaki MD, Junichi Kurogi MD, Nobuyoshi Tajiri MD, Sanki Yamasaki MD, Hironori Koga MD, Takuji Torimura MD, Ryukichi Kumashiro MD and Michio Sata MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2369-2375; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40069.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Sero-Reactivity to Microbial Components in Crohn's Disease Is Associated with Disease Severity and Progression, but not NOD2/CARD15 Genotype
Ian DR Arnott MD, Carol J Landers PhD, Elaine J Nimmo PhD, Hazel E Drummond BSc, Ben KR Smith BSc, Stephan R Targan MD and Jack Satsangi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2376-2384; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40417.x
Outcome of Pregnancy in Women Receiving Infliximab for the Treatment of Crohn's Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeffry A Katz MD, Christian Antoni MD, Gregory F Keenan MD, Deirdre E Smith, Stephen J Jacobs and Gary R Lichtenstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2385-2392; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.30186.x
Differential Effects of NOD2 Variants on Crohn's Disease Risk and Phenotype in Diverse Populations: A Metaanalysis
Michael Economou MD, Thomas A Trikalinos MD, Konstantinos T Loizou, Epameinondas V Tsianos MD and John PA Ioannidis MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2393-2404; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40304.x
Functional Gi Disorders
Ambulatory 24-Hour Colonic Manometry in Slow-Transit Constipation
Satish SC Rao MD, PhD, FRCP, Pooyan Sadeghi BA, Jennifer Beaty MD and Renae Kavlock MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2405-2416; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40453.x
Pancreas
Recurrence of Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis and Relationship with Cholecystectomy or Endoscopic Sphincterotomy
Vicent Hernandez MD, Isabel Pascual MD, PhD, Pedro Almela MD, PhD, Ramon Añon MD, PhD, Belen Herreros MD, PhD, Vicente Sanchiz MD, PhD, Miguel Minguez MD, PhD and Adolfo Benages MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2417-2423; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40896.x
Pathology
Detection of Cardia Intestinal Metaplasia: Do the Biopsy Number and Location Matter?
Prateek Sharma MD, Christian McElhinney MD, Margarita Topalovski MD, Matthew S Mayo PhD, Douglas H McGregor MD and Allan Weston MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2424-2428; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40586.x
Small Bowel
Gut Transit in Celiac Disease: Delay of Small Bowel Transit and Acceleration after Dietary Treatment
Riadh Sadik MD, PhD, Hasse Abrahamsson, Anders Kilander and Per-Ove Stotzer MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2429-2436; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40406.x
Celiac Disease and the Transition from Childhood to Adulthood: A 28-Year Follow-Up
Clare O'Leary MD, Peter Wieneke MD, Mary Healy BSc, Cornelius Cronin MD, Paud O'Regan MD and Fergus Shanahan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2437-2441; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40182.x
Pediatrics
Increased Somatic Complaints and Health-Care Utilization in Children: Effects of Parent IBS Status and Parent Response to Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Rona L Levy PhD, MPH, William E Whitehead PhD, Lynn S Walker PhD, Michael Von Korff ScD, Andrew D Feld MD, JD, Michelle Garner MSW and Dennis Christie MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2442-2451; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40478.x
The Importance of Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance in the Evaluation of Children with Persistent Respiratory Symptoms
Rachel Rosen MD, MPH and Samuel Nurko MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2452-2458; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40268.x
Clinical Reviews
Interventions for Treating Collagenous Colitis: A Cochrane Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group Systematic Review of Randomized Trials
Nilesh Chande MD, FRCPC, John W D McDonald MD, FRCPC and John K MacDonald MA
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2459-2465; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40917.x
Carcinoid Tumors and Fibrosis: An Association with No Explanation
Irvin M Modlin MD, PhD, FACS, Michael D Shapiro BS and Mark Kidd PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2466-2478; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40507.x
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Fabiana S Benjaminov MD and Jenny Heathcote MD, FRCP, FRCP (C)
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2479-2488; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.30231.x
Initial Management of Acute Pancreatitis: Critical Issues During the First 72 Hours
Scott Tenner MD, MPH, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2489-2494; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40329.x
Case Report
Gastrointestinal Angiodysplasia in a Patient with Type 2 von Willebrand's Disease and Analysis of Exon 28 of the von Willebrand Factor Gene
Yukihiro Satoh MD, Hiroto Kita MD, Ken Kihira MD, Hiroyuki Mutoh MD, Hiroyuki Osawa MD, Kiichi Satoh MD, Kenichi Ido MD, Youichi Sakata MD and Kentaro Sugano MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2495-2498; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40459.x
Letters to the Editor
Proof of Principal Studies to Assess the Role of the Human Betaretrovirus in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Andrew Mason MBBS, MRCPI, Lizhe Xu PhD, MSc and James Neuberger MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2499-2500; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_1.x
Accuracy of E-test for Metronidazole Susceptibility in H. Pylori
Perna PhD, Figura MD, Gatta MD, Ricci MD, Bernabucci MD and Valra MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2500; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_2.x
Induction of Interleukin-8 Expression by Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients with Endoscopy-Negative Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Jannis Kountouras MD, PhD, Christos Zavos MD and Dimitrios Chatzopoulos MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2500-2501; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_3.x
Expression of Interleukin 8 Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in Esophageal Mucosa of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Terms of Helicobacter pylori Status: Response
Hajime Isomoto MD, Yusei Kanazawa MD and Shigeru Kohno MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2501-2502; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_4.x
Early Intensive Resuscitation of Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Decreases Mortality
Chee H Lim MBChB
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2502; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_5.x
Response to Dr. Lim
Robin Baradarian MD and Scott Tenner MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2502-2503; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_6.x
Disseminated Primary Varicella after Initiation of Infliximab for Crohn's Disease
Verna S Leung MD, Michelle T Nguyen MD and Thomas M Bush MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2503-2504; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_7.x
The Other Mutation Is Found: Follow-Up of an Exceptional Family with Wilson Disease
Gabor Firneisz MD, PhD, Laszlo Szonyi MD, PhD, Peter Ferenci MD, PhD, DSc, Claudia Willheim PhD, Andrea Horvath MD, Aniko Folhoffer MD, Zsolt Tulassay MD, PhD, DSc, FACG and Ferenc Szalay MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2504-2505; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_8.x
Antitransglutaminase Antibodies and Giardiasis
Alessandro Granito MD, Luigi Muratori MD, PhD, Paolo Muratori MD, Nunzio Petrolini MD, Francesco B Bianchi MD and Umberto Volta MD
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2505-2506; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41389_9.x
GI Fellowship Training Programs
GI Fellowship Training Programs
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2507-2524; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.99_12_01.x
Author Index
Author Index
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2525-2532; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.99_12_02.x
Subject Index
Subject Index
Am J Gastroenterol 99: 2533-2540; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.99_12_03.x
