Vol 21 No 1: March 2012 | Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Images of the Issue

Predecidualized Endometriosis Presenting as Rectosigmoid Polyps with Stenosis*

Ho Sung Park, Kyu Yun Jang, Woo Sung Moon

Ischemic Gastropathy

Andreia Albuquerque, Rosa Ramalho, Elisabete Rios, Guilherme Macedo

Cat Scratch Colon during Tumor Observation prior to Endoscopic Treatment

Koichiro Sato, Tomoyuki Kitagawa, Fumiko Shigiyama, Sayo Ito, Kenji Tominaga, Iruru Maetani

Original Article

Patients with Coeliac Disease Are Increasingly Overweight or Obese on Presentation

Elizabeth Tucker, Kamran Rostami, Sudhakaran Prabhakaran, Daivid Al Dulaimi

11-15

Patients’ Experiences and Perceptions of Living with Coeliac Disease - Implications for Optimizing Care

Anniina Ukkola, Markku Mäki, Pekka Collin, Heini Huhtala, Leila Kekkonen, Katri Kaukinen

17-22

IL-6 and IL-11 as Markers for Tumor Aggressiveness and Prognosis in Gastric Adenocarcinoma Patients without Mutations in Gp130 Subunits

Laura G. Necula, Mihaela Chivu-Economescu, Elena L. Stanciulescu, Coralia Bleotu, Simona O. Dima, Irina Alexiu, Adriana Dumitru, Gabriel Constantinescu, Irinel Popescu, Carmen C. Diaconu

23-29

Serotonin Transporter Gene (SLC6A4) Polymorphism in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Healthy Controls

Sunil Kumar, Prabhat Ranjan, Balraj Mittal, Uday C. Ghoshal

31-38

Higher Titers of Anti–Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Antibodies IgA and IgG are Associated with More Aggressive Phenotypes in Romanian Patients with Crohn’s Disease

Serban Gologan, Razvan Iacob, Carmen Preda, Roxana Vadan, Bogdan Cotruta, Ana-Maria Catuneanu, Speranta Iacob, Ileana Constantinescu, Liana Gheorghe, Silviu Iobagiu, Cristian Gheorghe, Mircea Diculescu

39-44

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Colorectal Cancer: Associations with Tumor Site and TNM Stage

Ioan Nicolae Mates, Viorel Jinga, Irma Eva Csiki, Dana Mates, Daniela Dinu, Adrian Constantin, Mariana Jinga

45-52

Serum Ferritin Levels Do not Predict the Stage of Underlying Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Natasha Chandok, Gerald Minuk, Matias Wengiel, Julia Uhanova

53-58

Changes in Adipocytokines and Insulin Sensitivity during and after Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C Genotype 4

Mahmoud A. Khattab, Mohammed Eslam, Mohammed Shatat, Hesham Abd-Aalhalim, Yousef I. Mousa, Fatma Samir, Hanan Aly, Olfat Shaker, Yehia Shaker

59-65

Case Reports

Acquired Haemophilia Complicated with Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Spontaneous Iliopsoas Muscle Haematoma in a Woman with Chronic C Hepatitis under Treatment with Pegylated IFN alpha 2a and Ribavirin

Ana-Maria Boţianu, Smaranda Demian, Ioan Macarie, Dan Georgescu, Galafteon Oltean, Simona Băţagă

93-95

Retraction

Parsian H, Rahimipour A, Nouri M, Somi MH, Qujeq D, Fard MK, Agcheli K. Serum Hyaluronic Acid and Laminin as Biomarkers in Liver Fibrosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2010; 19 (2): 169-174

Monica Acalovschi

Images of the Issue

Predecidualized Endometriosis Presenting as Rectosigmoid Polyps with Stenosis*

Ischemic Gastropathy

Cat Scratch Colon during Tumor Observation prior to Endoscopic Treatment

Original Article

Patients with Coeliac Disease Are Increasingly Overweight or Obese on Presentation

Patients’ Experiences and Perceptions of Living with Coeliac Disease - Implications for Optimizing Care

IL-6 and IL-11 as Markers for Tumor Aggressiveness and Prognosis in Gastric Adenocarcinoma Patients without Mutations in Gp130 Subunits

Serotonin Transporter Gene (SLC6A4) Polymorphism in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Healthy Controls

Higher Titers of Anti–Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Antibodies IgA and IgG are Associated with More Aggressive Phenotypes in Romanian Patients with Crohn’s Disease

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Colorectal Cancer: Associations with Tumor Site and TNM Stage

Serum Ferritin Levels Do not Predict the Stage of Underlying Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Changes in Adipocytokines and Insulin Sensitivity during and after Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C Genotype 4

Reviews

Early Treatment in Crohn’s Disease: Do We Have Enough Evidence to Reverse the Therapeutic Pyramid?

Gastrointestinal Involvement in Spinal Cord Injury: a Clinical Perspective

Colorectal Liver Metastases: an Update on Palliative Treatment Options

Case Reports

Acquired Haemophilia Complicated with Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Spontaneous Iliopsoas Muscle Haematoma in a Woman with Chronic C Hepatitis under Treatment with Pegylated IFN alpha 2a and Ribavirin

Russell Body Gastritis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Associated with Synchronous Colon Adenocarcinoma – A Case Report

Tuberculosis and the Pancreas: A Diagnostic Challenge Solved by Endoscopic Ultrasound. A Case Series

Letters

Clinical feature of a small intestinal mucosal injury in chronic NSAID users in Japan

Hepatic arteriovenous malformation in Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome

Clostridium difficile infection in gastroenterology settings: more frequent or better diagnosed?

Retraction

Parsian H, Rahimipour A, Nouri M, Somi MH, Qujeq D, Fard MK, Agcheli K. Serum Hyaluronic Acid and Laminin as Biomarkers in Liver Fibrosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2010; 19 (2): 169-174