Vol 23 No 4: December 2014 | Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Enzo Ierardi, Antonio Giangaspero, Giuseppe Losurdo, Floriana Giorgio, Annacinzia Amoruso, Vincenzo De Francesco, Alfredo Di Leo, Mariabeatrice Principi

367-370

Health-related Quality of Life and Utilities in Gastric Premalignant Conditions and Malignant Lesions: a Multicentre Study in a High Prevalence Country

Miguel Areia, Susana Alves, Daniel Brito, Ana Teresa Cadime, Rita Carvalho, Sandra Saraiva, Sara Ferreira, Joana Moleiro, António Dias Pereira, João Carrasquinho, Luís Lopes, José Ramada, Ricardo Marcos-Pinto, Isabel Pedroto, Luís Contente, Liliana Eliseu, Ana Margarida Vieira, Margarida Sampaio, Helena Tavares Sousa, Nuno Almeida, Carlos Gregório, Francisco Portela, Carlos Sofia, Vânia Braga, Elisabete Baginha, Tiago Bana e Costa, Cristina Chagas, Luís Lebre Mendes, Pedro Magalhães-Costa, Leopoldo Matos, Francisco Rocha Gonçalves, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro

371-378

Acute Colonic Diverticulitis: Diagnostic Evidence, Demographic and Clinical Features in ree Practice Settings

Rajan Iyer, George F. Longstreth, Li-Hao Chu, Wansu Chen, Linnette Yen, Paul Hodgkins, Aniket A. Kawatkar

379-386

The Effect of Lactobacillus reuteri Supplementation in Adults with Chronic Functional Constipation: a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial*

Veronica Ojetti, Gianluca Ianiro, Annalisa Tortora, Giovanna D‘Angelo, Teresa Antonella Di Rienzo, Stefano Bibbò, Alessio Migneco, Antonio Gasbarrini

387-391

Clinical Usefulness of HCV Core Antigen Assay for the Management of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Dragos Florea, Emil Neaga, Ionelia Nicolae, Daniela Maxim, Madalina Popa, Dan Otelea

393-396

The Metabolic Syndrome Is Not Correlated with the Short-term Risk of Decompensation in Patients with Cirrhosis

Bogdan Procopet, Oana Farcau, Marius Balagel, Dana Crisan, Horia Stefanescu, Andreea Pop, Petra Fischer, Alina Habic, Corina Radu, Marcel Tantau, Mircea Grigorescu

397-403

Clinical Usefulness of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Gastric Subepithelial Lesions Smaller than 2 cm

Kazuya Akahoshi, Masafumi Oya, Tadashi Koga, Hidenobu Koga, Yasuaki Motomura, Masaru Kubokawa, Jyuya Gibo, Kazuhiko Nakamura

405-412

TIMP-1 Expression in Human Colorectal Cancer Is Associated with SMAD3 Gene Expression Levels: A Pilot Study

Calin Ionescu, Cornelia Braicu, Roxana Chiorean, Roxana Cojocneanu Petric, Emilian Neagoe, Laura Pop, Sergiu Chira, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe

413-418

A Comparison of ree Chromogranin A Assays in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumours

Lise Brehm Hoej, Tina Parkner, Cindy Soendersoe Knudsen, Henning Grønbaek

419-424

Review

Non-invasive Biomarkers in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitisinduced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Mihai Voiculescu, Radu M. Nanau, Manuela G. Neuman

425-429

Romanian SNG corner

The Use of Mebeverine in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. A Position Paper of the Romanian Society of Neurogastroenterology based on Evidence

Dan L. Dumitrascu, Alexandra Chira, Simona Bataga, Mircea Diculescu, Vasile Drug, Cristian Gheorghe, Adrian Goldis, Laurentiu Nedelcu, Paul J. Porr, Ioan Sporea

431-435

Case Reports

Primary Hepatic Amyloidosis Presenting as Nodular Masses on the Background of Diuse Inltration and Extreme Liver Stiness on MR Elastography

Sivasubramanian Srinivasan, Yi Qi Tan, Hui Seong Teh, Piao Jarrod Lee, Ree Nee Khoo

437-440

Hepatic Cyst Infection Following Aspiration Sclerotherapy: a Case Series

Titus F.M. Wijnands, Marten A. Lantinga, Joost P.H. Drenth

441-444

Malignant Familial Adenomatous Polyposis treated by Laparoscopic Colectomy and Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis: a Case Report

Florin Zaharie, George Ciorogar, Roxana Zaharie, Marcel Tantau, Cornel Iancu, Lucian Mocan

445-448

Disappearance of an Advanced Adenomatous Colon Polyp aer Intratumoural Injection with Viscum album (European mistletoe) Extract: a Case Report

Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Andreas Goyert, Jan Vagedes, Helmut Kiene, Harald Merckens, Gunver S. Kienle

449-452

Book review

Endosonography - Robert H. Hawes, Paul Fockens, Shyam Varadarajulu 3rd edition, Philadelphia, Elsevier Saunders 2014, 400 pp ISBN 978-0-323-22151-14

Lidia Ciobanu

455

Full Issue

Editorial

TIMP-1: a Strong Player in Colorectal Cancer

Images of the Issue

Gastric Cat Scratch - an Upper Endoscopy Finding?

Ileum Adenocarcinoma, a Missed Cause of Anemia

Esophagitis Dissecans Superficialis Associated with Severe Clindamycin Toxicity

Computed Tomography View of Menetrier’s Disease

Original Article

Quadruple Rescue erapy aer First and Second Line Failure for Helicobacter pylori Treatment: Comparison between Two Tetracycline-Based Regimens