Vol. 17 No. 2: June 2008

Editorial

Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy for the Molecular Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Shifting Treatment Options

Adrian Săftoiu

131-133
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Original Article

Concordance of Genetic and Breath Tests for Lactose Intolerance in a Tertiary Referral Centre

Marcin Krawczyk, Malgorzata Wolska, Stephanie Schwartz, Frank Gruenhage, Birgit Terjung, Piero Portincasa, Tilman Sauerbruch, Frank Lammert

135-139
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Diagnostic Accuracy of IgA anti-Tissue Transglutaminase in Patients Suspected of Having Coeliac Disease in Iran

Mohammad Hasan Emami, Somayeh Karimi, Soheila Kouhestani, Marzieh Hashemi, Hajar Taheri

141-146
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Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance and Adiponectin Level in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Mircea Grigorescu, Corina Radu, Dana Crişan, Mircea Dan Grigorescu, Alexandru Şerban, Dana Neculoiu, Margareta Rusu, Monica Acalovschi

147-154
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Analysis of Histopathological Changes that Influence Liver Stiffness in Chronic Hepatitis C. Results from a Cohort of 324 Patients

Monica Lupşor, Radu Badea, Horia Stefănescu, Mircea Grigorescu, Zeno Sparchez, Alexandru Serban, Horatiu Branda, Sorana Iancu, Anca Maniu

155-163
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Pegylated Interferon α-2a and Ribavirin Combination Therapy in HCV Liver Transplant Recipients. Experience of 7 Cases

Speranta Iacob, Liana Gheorghe, Doina Hrehoret, Gabriel Becheanu, Vlad Herlea, Irinel Popescu

165-172
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18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography CT (FDG PET-CT) in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer: Initial Experience in 12 Patients

Muhammad Wasif Saif, Daniel Cornfeld, Houmayoun Modarresifar, Buddhiwardhan Ojha

173-178
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The Culture Site of the Gallbladder Affects Recovery of Bacteria in Symptomatic Cholelithiasis

Evangelos N. Manolis, Dimitrios K. Filippou, Vassilios P. Papadopoulos, Ioannis Kaklamanos, Theophanis Katostaras, Efstratios Christianakis, Gerasimos Bonatsos, Athanassios Tsakris

179-182
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Two Stage Endoscopic Approach for Management of Choledocholithiasis during Pregnancy

Shyam Sunder Sharma, Sudhir Maharshi

183-185
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Reviews

Noninvasive Biomarkers for the Screening of Fibrosis, Steatosis and Steatohepatitis in Patients with Metabolic Risk Factors: FibroTest-FibroMax™ Experience

Mona Munteanu, Vlad Ratziu, Rachel Morra, Djamila Messous, Francoise Imbert-Bismut, Thierry Poynard

187-191
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Neuroendocrine Deregulation of Food Intake, Adipose Tissue and the Gastrointestinal System in Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Gabriella Garruti, Susanna Cotecchia, Federica Giampetruzzi, Francesco Giorgino, Riccardo Giorgino

193-198
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Case Reports

Hepatobiliary Cystadenoma: a Report of Two Cases

Fu-Chun Yu, Jui-Hao Chen, Kuo- Ching Yang, Chin-Chu Wu, Yuh-Yu Chou

203-206
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Primary MALT Lymphoma of the Gallbladder. Case Report

Matthew Koshy, Frank Zhao, Michael C. Garofalo

207-210
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Prolonged Treatment with Interferon Alpha and Peginterferon Induces Rheumatoid Artrhitis Syndrome and Erythema Nodosum

Camelia Ionescu, Laurenţiu Micu, Ileana Constantinescu, Monica Hortopan, Cornel Ursaciuc, Mihai Voiculescu

211-212
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Synchronous Occurrence of Advanced Adenocarcinoma with a Stromal Tumor in the Stomach: A Case Report

Nikolaos S. Salemis, Stavros Gourgiotis, Evangelos Tsiambas, Andreas Karameris, Efstathios Tsohataridis

213-215
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Clinical imaging

Intraductal Ultrasonography for the Assessment of Preoperative Biliary and Pancreatic Strictures

Marcel Tantau, Teodora Pop, Radu Badea, Zeno Spirchez, Ofelia Moşteanu, Alina Tantau

217-222
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Spiral Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Angiography Evaluation in Budd Chiari Syndrome

Ioana Gabriela Lupescu, Cristina Dobromir, Gelu A. Popa, Liana Gheorghe, Serban A. Georgescu

223-226
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Letters

Prevalence of viral hepatitis in hemodialysis patients in Tehran, Iran

Mohsen Nassiri Toosi, Farzaneh Larti, Sepideh Seifei, Alireza Abdollahi

233-239
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Acute pancreatitis after early termination of brucellosis antibiotic therapy

Ferdinando Rombola, Salvatore N. Bertuccio

233-239
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Shoulder pain as the first sign of a hepatic fibrolamellar carcinoma in a young man

Faride Moradi Moghadam, Gholam Hossein Bahremand, Amirhosein Vejdani

233-239
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Prophylactic endoscopic band ligation of esophageal varices during pregnancy

Gheorghe Ghidirim, Igor Mishin, Andrei Dolghii, Aliona Lupashcu

233-239
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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with prostate cancer

Ioan Coman, Nicolae Crişan, Ancuţa Marian, Dana Crişan, Nicolae Hâncu

233-239
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Ectopic openings of the bilio-pancreatic ducts in the stomach in an elderly case presenting with choledocholithiasis and acute cholangitis

Koray Hekimoglu, Yucel Ustundag, Ulku Saritas

233-239
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Reviews

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