Editorial

Original Article

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: a Population Based Study

Babak Khoshkrood-Mansoori, Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Azadeh Safaee, Bijan Moghimi-Dehkordi, Babk Sedigh-Tonekaboni, Asma Pourhoseingholi, Manijeh Habibi, Mohamad Reza Zali

413-418

Amiodarone Hepatotoxicity in the Context of the Metabolic Syndrome and Right-sided Heart Failure

Wissam Mattar, Beth Juliar, Irmina Gradus-Pizlo, Paul Y. Kwo

419-423

Efficacy and Safety of Peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) in HBeAg-positive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

Florin Alexandru Căruntu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Liliana Simona Gheorghe, Mircea Grigorescu, Ioan Sporea, Carol Stanciu, Dan Andronescu, Florea Voinea, Mircea Diculescu, Alexandru Oproiu, Radu Voiosu

425-431

The Long-term Evolution of Chronic Hepatitis B Acquired in Childhood

Roberta M. Manzat Saplacan, Petru A. Mircea, Simona D. Valean, Nicolae Miu, Lucia Burac, Cornel Valean, Mircea Nanulescu

433-438

Real Time Elastography – a Non-invasive Diagnostic Method of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis

Liana Gheorghe, Speranta Iacob, Razvan Iacob, Mona Dumbrava, Gabriel Becheanu, Vlad Herlea, Cristian Gheorghe, Ioana Lupescu, Irinel Popescu

439-446

Segmental Liver Resection for Colorectal Metastases

Daniel V. Kostov, Georgi L. Kobakov

447-453

C677T and A1298C Mutations in the MTHFR Gene and Survival in Colorectal Cancer

Gelu Osian, Lucia Procopciuc, Liviu Vlad, Cornel Iancu, Teodora Mocan, Lucian Mocan

455-460

Staging Laparoscopy in Digestive Cancers

Valentin Muntean, Traian Oniu, Corneliu Lungoci, Ovidiu Fabian, Doru Munteanu, Geza Molnar, Vasile Bintintan

461-467

Education in gastroenterology

Excellent Enteric Explorers

Matthijs P. Somford, Geertruid MH Marres, George P. van der Schelling

469-472

Case Reports

Asymptomatic Brain Finding Results on MRI in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease: a Case Report

Georgios Kouklakis, Asimenia Babali, Anthia Gatopoulou, Nikolaos Lirantzopoulos, Eleni Efremidou, Konstantinos Vathikolias

479-481

Pancreatic Hamartoma and SAPHO Syndrome: a Case Report

Dorel Sampelean, Mircea Adam, Valentin Muntean, Bianca Hanescu, Iacob Domsa

483-486

Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Liver

Seeta Naik, Waris Waris, Linda Carmosino, Anshu Mehrishi, Muhammad Wasif Saif

487-489

Case series

Two Cases of Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis Developing from Simple Fatty Liver

Soo Ryang Kim, Taisuke Nakajima, Kenji Ando, Keiji Mita, Katsumi Fukuda

491-495

Dental White Spots Associated with Gastro-esophageal Reflux in Orthodontic and Orthognathic Surgery Patients

Claudia Corega, Mihaela Baciut, Ligia Vaida, Marius A. Corega, G. Baciut

497-499

Images of the Issue

Stomal varices: a rare cause of severe bleeding in portal hypertension

Joana Nunes, Paula Alexandrino, Rui Tato Marinho

500

Clinical imaging

Tridimensional (3D) Endoscopic Ultrasound – a Pictorial Review

Adrian Săftoiu, Dan Ionuţ Gheonea

501-505

Letters

Reply

Pratima Tripathi, Lakshmi Bala, Rajan Saxena, S.K. Yachha, Raja Roy, C.L. Khetrapal

508-517

Splenic marginal zone lymphoma in a patient with chronic hepatitis B

Leonidas Christou, Georgios Kalambokis, Maria Bai, Sevasti Kamina, Epameinondas V. Tsianos

508-517

Acute pancreatitis during pegylated interferon therapy in a patient with chronic hepatitis B

Rodolph K. Vignon, Hassan Seddik, Fedoua Rouibaa, Hassane En-Nouali, Nawal Kabbaj, Ahmed Benkirane

508-517

A tough case to swallow: esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis

Nanne K.H. de Boer, Job H.C. Peters, Johan Ph. Kuyvenhoven

508-517

Giant malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting as an intraabdominal abscess

Gulum Altaca, Ebru Demiralay, Semra Aktas Kalayci, Anil A. Hobek, Hamdi Karakayali, Mehmet Haberal

508-517

Underweight in adult celiac patients in the community; is screening program necessary in low weight individuals?

Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Mohammad Rostami Nejad, Kamran Rostami, Asma Pourhoseingholi, Mohammad Reza Zali

508-517