Vol 20 No 1: March 2011 | Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Dirk Bandorski, Erich Lotterer, Dirk Hartmann, Ralf Jakobs, Martin Brück, Reinhard Hoeltgen, Marcus Wieczorek, Alexander Brock, Thomas de Rossi, Martin Keuchel

33-37

The Safety of Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections Without Fluoroscopic Control: a Single Tertiary Center Experience

Andrada Seicean, Roxana Stan-Iuga, Radu Badea, Marcel Tantau, Teodora Mocan, Radu Seicean, Cornel Iancu, Oliviu Pascu

39-45

Initial High Dose of Lamivudine Delays the Appearance of Viral Resistance in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

Francesco Torre, Edoardo G. Giannini, Monica Basso, Valentina Fazio, Vincenzo Savarino, Antonino Picciotto

47-50

How Severe Is Chronic Hepatitis with HCV Genotype 1b? A Study of 1,220 Cases on the Waiting List for Antiviral Therapy in Romania

Oliviu Pascu, Liana Gheorghe, Mihai Voiculescu, Emanoil Ceausu, Bogdan Mateescu

51-55

A New and Simple Algorithm for the Noninvasive Assessment of Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients Using Serum Fibrosis Markers and Transient Elastography

Horia Stefanescu, Mircea Grigorescu, Monica Lupsor, Anca Maniu, Dana Crisan, Bogdan Procopet, Diana Feier, Radu Badea

57-64

Characteristics and Treatment Strategy of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: a Series of 94 Patients Collected from Four Institutions

Zhi-Gang Chang, Jin-Ming Zhang, Jiao-Qian Ying, Yu-Ping Ge

65-69

Review

The Infectious Complications of Interventional Radiology Based Procedures in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Darragh F. Halpenny, William C. Torreggiani

71-75

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Superficial Digestive Tumors after Evaluation Through Magnification Chromoendoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound with Miniprobes. Report of three cases

Marcel Tantau, Alina Tantau, Ofelia Mosteanu, Teodora Pop, Gabriela Mester, Oliviu Pascu

89-92

Herpes Simplex Virus Hepatitis - It’s High Time We Consider Empiric Treatment

Udayakumar Navaneethan, Elisha Lancaster, Preethi G.K. Venkatesh, Jiang Wang, Guy W. Neff

93-96

Correction

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Editorial

Gallstones and Liver Disease: an Overview

Images of the Issue

Expulsion of Vascular Atheroma through Aorto-Esophageal Fistula

Hanging Liver Tumor

Original Article

Histological Features of Gastric Cardia in Adults: an Autopsy Study

Silencing of the MMP-3 Gene by siRNA Transfection in Gastric Cancer AGS Cells

Are Patients with Coeliac Disease Seeking Alternative Therapies to a Gluten-free Diet?

Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators – a Retrospective Multicenter Investigation

The Safety of Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections Without Fluoroscopic Control: a Single Tertiary Center Experience

Initial High Dose of Lamivudine Delays the Appearance of Viral Resistance in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

How Severe Is Chronic Hepatitis with HCV Genotype 1b? A Study of 1,220 Cases on the Waiting List for Antiviral Therapy in Romania

A New and Simple Algorithm for the Noninvasive Assessment of Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients Using Serum Fibrosis Markers and Transient Elastography

Characteristics and Treatment Strategy of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: a Series of 94 Patients Collected from Four Institutions

Review

The Infectious Complications of Interventional Radiology Based Procedures in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Case Reports

Hepatotoxicity by Bosentan in a Patient with Portopulmonary Hypertension: a Case-Report and Review of the Literature

Non-Secretory Multiple Myeloma Relapsing as Extramedullary Liver Plasmacytomas

Successful Endoscopic Treatment of an Unusual Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding Using the OVESCO System

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Superficial Digestive Tumors after Evaluation Through Magnification Chromoendoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound with Miniprobes. Report of three cases

Herpes Simplex Virus Hepatitis - It’s High Time We Consider Empiric Treatment

Letters

Laparoscopic greater curvature plication - a new and safe bariatric procedure

Multiple complicated gallbladder disease

Fluindione: a francophone oral anticoagulant drug utilized in liver transplant recipients for Budd-Chiari syndrome

Clinical penetrance of C282Y homozygous HFE hemochromatosis in a western Romanian population

Face to face with Crohn’s disease: two cases when infliximab works as the best cosmetics

Perspective on routine rectal retroflexion during screening colonoscopy; a survey of American gastroenterologists

Correction

Correction