Editorial

Images of the Issue

Lymphocytic Esophagitis Successfully Treated by Esophageal Balloon Dilation and Topical Budesonide

Gabriel Becheanu, Doina Istratescu, Carmen Monica Preda, Mircea Manuc, Mircea Mihai Diculescu, Cristian Gheorghe

379-379

Oesophagitis Dissecans Superficialis as the Presenting Sign of Isolated Oesophageal Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

Giovanni Genovese, Elisabetta Filippi, Alberto Prada, Daniele Fanoni, Angelo Valerio Marzano

380-380

Duodenal Vascular Spider’s Web: Radiofrequency Ablation to the Rescue!

Rui Morais, Margarida Marques, Rosa Coelho, Hélder Cardoso, Guilherme Macedo

381-381

Transduodenal EUS FNA Diagnosis of Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

Romeo Ioan Chira, Irina Dragomir, Vlad Andrei Ichim, Vasile Virgil Bintintan

382-382

Original Article

Validation of Peptest™ in Patients with Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Undergoing Impedance Testing

Serhat Bor, Doga Capanoglu, Rukiye Vardar, Andrew D Woodcock, Jeanine Fisher, Peter William Dettmar

383-387

Vonoprazan-Based Triple-Therapy Could Improve Efficacy of the Tailored Therapy of Helicobacter pylori Infection

Tetsuya Shinmura, Kazunori Adachi, Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, Shinya Izawa, Yasutaka Hijikata, Masahide Ebi, Yasushi Funaki, Naotaka Ogasawara, Makoto Sasaki, Kunio Kasugai

389-395

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Neoplasia of the Greater Curvature of the Upper and Middle Stomach: J-shaped Superficial Cutting and Splashed Dissection

Noriko Nishiyama, Hideki Kobara, Shintaro Fujihara, Kazuhiro Koduka, Taiga Chiyo, Nobuya Kobayashi, Koji Fujita, Maki Ayaki, Tatsuo Yachida, Joji Tani, Tingting Shi, Keiichi Okano, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Hirohito Mori, Tsutomu Masaki

397-404

Elevated Colonic Mucin Expression Correlates with Extended Time to Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis Patients

Melanie A Eshelman, N Arjun Jeganathan, Kathleen M Schieffer, Bryan P Kline, Megan Mendenhall, Sue Deiling, Leonard Harris, Walter A Koltun, Gregory S Yochum

405-413

Anger Mediates the Relationship between Pain and Depression in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Mihaela Fadgyas Stanculete, Octavia Capatina, Cristina Pojoga, Teodora Surdea Blaga

415-419

Gastrointestinal Manifestations in Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis associated with Glu89Gln Mutation

Radislav Nakov, Stayko Sarafov, Ventsislav Nakov, Mariana Gospodinova, Tihomir Todorov, Andrey Kirov, Albena Todorova, Ivailo Tournev

421-426

PNPLA3 I148M Polymorphism in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Obesity and Prediabetes

Vera Karamfilova, Antoaneta Gateva, Yavor Assyov, Asen Alexiev, Alexey Savov, Nadejda Yaneva, Irena Ivanova, Radina Ivanova-Boyanova, Prof., Raya Ivanova, Assoc. Prof., Zlatina Vlahova, Ludmila Mateva, Prof., Zdravko Kamenov, Prof.

433-438

Clinical Value of lncRNA LUCAT1 Expression in Liver Cancer and its Potential Pathways

Yan Jiao, Yanqing Li, Bai Ji, Hongqiao Cai, Yahui Liu

439-447

Interleukin 28 Polymorphisms and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development after Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

Angelo Simili, Giuseppe Mazzella, Federico Ravaioli, Davide Festi, Maria Letizia Bacchi-Reggiani, Alberto Porro, Franco Bazzoli, Francesco Azzaroli

449-456

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mast Cells in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review

Luisa Krammer, Anna Sergeevna Sowa, Axel Lorentz

463-472

Cardiac Arrhythmias and Electrocardiogram Modifications in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. A Systematic Review

Abdulrahman Ismaiel, Horaţiu A. Colosi, Flaviu Rusu, Dan L. Dumitrașcu

483-493

Reviews

Case Reports

Complete Remission of Metastatic HER2+ Oesophagogastric Junctional Adenocarcinoma under long-term Trastuzumab Treatment

Tobias Gutting, Nadine Schulte, Sebastian Belle, Johannes Betge, Nicolai Härtel, Jürgen Wilke, Jürgen Weers, Matthias P. Ebert, Tianzuo Zhan

503-507

Acute Intermittent Porphyria - an Unexpected Association in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn’s Disease

Calin Mitre, Voicu Mercea, Ioana Maria Copaciu, Andrei Otto Mitre, Caius Breazu, Adina Hadade

509-512

Letters

Usefulness of polyglycolic acid sheet for tumor hemorrhage from advanced gastric cancer

Kazuhiro Kozuka, Hideki Kobara, Noriko Nishiyama, Hirohito Mori, Tsutomu Masaki

513-514

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