Editorial

Further Insights into the Causes of Thrombocytopenia in Chronic Hepatitis C

Edoardo G. Giannini, Vincenzo Savarino

357-358

Images of the Issue

Gastric Anisakiasis: Do not Forget the Clinical History!

Angelo Zullo, Cesare Hassan, Giuseppe Scaccianoce, Roberto Lorenzetti, Salvatore MA Campo, Sergio Morini

359

Hepatic Portal Venous Gas

Joris M. Franken, Eelco J. Veen

360

Original Article

NAT2 Polymorphisms and Sporadic Colorectal Cancer Survival

Gelu Osian, Lucia Procopciuc, Liviu Vlad, Cornel Iancu, Paul G. Cristea, Teodora Mocan, Lucian Mocan

361-368

Risk Factors Predictive of Poor Quality Preparation during Average Risk Colonoscopy Screening: the Importance of Health Literacy

Douglas L. Nguyen, Mark Wieland

369-372

The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adult Population in Romania: a Nationwide Survey 2006 - 2008

Liana Gheorghe, Irma Eva Csiki, Speranta Iacob, Cristian Gheorghe, Gabriela Smira, Loredana Regep

373-379

Thrombocytopenia in Chronic Hepatitis C

Mihai Olariu, Cristina Olariu, Dan Olteanu

381-385

Nitric Oxide Levels and Sustained Virological Response to Pegylated-Interferon alpha2a plus Ribavirin in Chronic HCV Genotype 4 Hepatitis: a Prospective Study

Mohamed Ibrahim, Wafaey Gomaa, Yehia Ibrahim, Hazem El Hadad, Mohamed Shatat, Ashraf Abdel Aleem, Mohamed Essawy, Yasser M. Fouad

387-392

How Useful is Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography for the Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions?

Ioan Sporea, Roxana Sirli, Alina Martie, Alina Popescu, Mirela Danila

393-398

Prognostic Parameters and Risk Stratification in Intensive Care Patients with Severe Liver Diseases

Sebastian Lehner, Hans Joachim Stemmler, Alexander Mück, Jan Braess, Klaus G. Parhofer

399-404

Prevalence of Cholelithiasis in Patients Subjected to Liver Transplantation for Cirrhosis

Julio CU Coelho, Julio Slongo, Andrea Dambroski Silva, Leonardo Dudeque Andriguetto, Eduardo JB Ramos, Marco AR da Costa, Jorge EF Matias

405-408

Reviews

Worldwide H. pylori Antibiotic Resistance: a Systematic Review

Vincenzo De Francesco, Floriana Giorgio, Cesare Hassan, Gianpiero Manes, Lucy Vannella, Carmine Panella, Enzo Ierardi, Angelo Zullo

409-414

An Overview of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Past, Present and Future Directions

Alina Pascale, Raluca Pais, Vlad Ratziu

415-423

Review of Abdominal Damage Control and Open Abdomens: Focus on Gastrointestinal Complications

Brian P. Smith, Raeanna C Adams, Vijay A Doraiswamy, Vivek Nagaraja, Mark J. Seamon, Johathan Wisler, James Cipolla, Rohit Sharma, Charles H. Cook, Oliver L. Gunter, Stanislaw PA Stawicki

425-435

Clinical imaging

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography (CEUS) for the Evaluation of the Inflammation of the Digestive Tract Wall

Radu Badea, Mihai Socaciu, Lidia Ciobanu, Claudia Hagiu, Adela Golea

439-444

Case Reports

Hemorrhagic Colitis as a Presenting Feature of Wegener Granulomatosis

Qi Qian, Lynn Cornell, Vishal Chandan, Robert Hartman, Sean Caples

445-447

Portal Cavernoma in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease Associated with Factor V Leiden Mutation and Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Eugen Georgescu, Daniela Dumitrescu, Reanina Ionescu

449-452

Prolonged Survival after the Surgical Management of a Solitary Malignant Melanoma Lesion within the Pancreas: a Case Report of Curative Resection

Sophocles Lanitis, Nikos Papaioannou, George Sgourakis, Adrienne Seitz, Emmanouil Zacharakis, Constantine Karaliotas

453-455

Diffuse Form of Caroli’s Disease: Therapeutical Approach in a Female Patient with Recurrent Cholangitis

Cornel Iancu, Raluca Bodea, Terezia Muresan, Dana Iancu, Prabir Boruah, Nadim Al Hajjar

457-460

Letters

Percutaneous ethanol injection in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: a simple, effective and cheap procedure for percutaneous ablation

Antonio Giorgio

461-467

Impact of duration of hemodialysis on gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with end stage renal failure

Vui Heng Chong

461-467

Failure in wound healing following percutaneous gastrostomy insertion in patients on corticosteroids

Punyanganie S. de Silva, Ian W. Fellows

461-467

Sexually transmitted infection as a cause of proctitis: asking about sexual orientation is more useful in the diagnosis than endoscopy or histology

Tamás Molnár, Klaudia Farkas, Ferenc Nagy, Tibor Wittmann

461-467

Autonomic dysfunction and risk of cholelithiasis in cirrhosis

Pazhanivel Mohan, Jayanthi Venkataraman

461-467

Incidental diagnosis of stromal tumor of the stomach by percutaneous ultrasound-guided biopsy

Ilario de Sio, Antonietta G. Gravina, Alessandro Federico, Gaetano Cotticelli, Francesco P. D’Armiento, Marco Romano

461-467

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