Vol 17 No 4: December 2008 | Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Original Article

Swiss Tertiary Care Center Experience Challenges the Age- Cohort Effect in Helicobacter Pylori Infection

Damian Gruber, Daniel Pohl, Stephan Vavricka, Bernadette Stutz, Michael Fried, Radu Tutuian

373-377

How Frequent is Celiac Disease among Epileptic Patients?

Mohammad Hasan Emami, Hajar Taheri, Soheila Kohestani, Ahmad Chitsaz, Masud Etemadifar, Somayeh Karimi, Mohammad Amin Eshaghi, Marzieh Hashemi

379-382

Costs and Efficacy of “On Demand” Low-dose Immunoprophylaxis in HBV Transplanted Patients: Experience in the Romanian Program of Liver Transplantation

Speranţa Iacob, Doina Hrehoreţ, Emil Matei, Bogdan Dorobanţu, Eliza Gangone, Liana Gheorghe, Irinel Popescu

383-388

Improving Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Management by General Practitioners: a Critical Evaluation and Impact of an Educational Training Program

Ignazio Grattagliano, Gaetano D’Ambrosio, Vincenzo O. Palmieri, Antonio Moschetta, Giuseppe Palasciano, Piero Portincasa, “Steatostop Project” Group

389-394

Liver Stiffness Measurement by Transient Elastography in Clinical Practice

Ioan Sporea, Roxana Şirli, Alexandra Deleanu, Alina Popescu, Marioara Cornianu

395-399

Liver Enlargement Associated with Opportunistic Infections in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Dragica Terzic, Branko Brmbolic, Djordje Jevtovic, Brankica Dupanovic, Milos Korac, Dubravka Selemovic, Neda Svirtlih, Nenad Draskovic, Boban Mugosa, Ivan Boricic, Zoran Terzic

401-404

Reduced Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Viral Liver Disease as Assessed by SF12 Questionnaire

Neda Svirtlih, Sladjana Pavic, Dragica Terzic, Dragan Delic, Jasmina Simonovic, Eleonora Gvozdenovic, Ivan Boricic

405-409

Expression of p53, Bcl-2, VEGF, Ki67 and PCNA and Prognostic Significance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Cezar Stroescu, Adrian Dragnea, Bogdan Ivanov, Catalin Pechianu, Vlad Herlea, Olivia Sgarbura, Andra Popescu, Irinel Popescu

411-417

Prevalence, Histology, Endoscopic Treatment and Long-term Follow-up of Large Colonic Polyps and Laterally Spreading Tumors. The Romanian Experience

Alina I. Tantau, Marcel V. Tantau, Alexandru Serban, Teodor Zaharie, Carmen Cruciat, Radu Badea, Oliviu Pascu

419-425

Feasibility of Therapeutic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography for Bile Duct Stones in Nonagenarians: a Single Unit Audit

Emmanuel Christoforidis, Konstantinos Vasiliadis, Konstantinos Blouhos, Konstantinos Tsalis, Eleni Tsorlini, Theodoros Tsachalis, Dimitrios Betsis

427-432

Pro12Ala Polymorphism in the Peroxisome Proliferator- Activated Receptor-gamma (PPARγ) Gene in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Ozlen Atug, Veysel Tahan, Fatih Eren, Arzu Tiftikci, Nese Imeryuz, Hulya Over Hamzaoglu, Nurdan Tozun

433-437

Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Psychometric Evaluation of an IBDQ Cross-Culturally Adapted Version

Ramiro Verissimo

439-444

Review

HBV Chronic Hepatitis during Chemotherapy - an Immune Controlled Disease

Florin Alexandru Căruntu, Valeriu Gheorghiţă

445-449

Clinical imaging

Real-time Sonoelastography - a New Application in the Field of Liver Disease

Liana Gheorghe, Speranta Iacob, Cristian Gheorghe

469-474

Real-time Contrast-enhanced and Real-time Virtual Sonography in the Assessment of Benign Liver Lesions

Larisa Săndulescu, Adrian Săftoiu, Daniela Dumitrescu, Tudorel Ciurea

475-478

In memoriam

Herbert Falk

Oliviu Pascu

479-487

Original Article

Swiss Tertiary Care Center Experience Challenges the Age- Cohort Effect in Helicobacter Pylori Infection

How Frequent is Celiac Disease among Epileptic Patients?

Costs and Efficacy of “On Demand” Low-dose Immunoprophylaxis in HBV Transplanted Patients: Experience in the Romanian Program of Liver Transplantation

Improving Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Management by General Practitioners: a Critical Evaluation and Impact of an Educational Training Program

Liver Stiffness Measurement by Transient Elastography in Clinical Practice

Liver Enlargement Associated with Opportunistic Infections in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Reduced Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Viral Liver Disease as Assessed by SF12 Questionnaire

Expression of p53, Bcl-2, VEGF, Ki67 and PCNA and Prognostic Significance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Prevalence, Histology, Endoscopic Treatment and Long-term Follow-up of Large Colonic Polyps and Laterally Spreading Tumors. The Romanian Experience

Feasibility of Therapeutic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography for Bile Duct Stones in Nonagenarians: a Single Unit Audit

Pro12Ala Polymorphism in the Peroxisome Proliferator- Activated Receptor-gamma (PPARγ) Gene in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Psychometric Evaluation of an IBDQ Cross-Culturally Adapted Version

Review

HBV Chronic Hepatitis during Chemotherapy - an Immune Controlled Disease

Case Reports

IFNα-Induced Recurrence of Graves’ Disease Ten Years after Thyroidectomy in Chronic Viral Hepatitis C. Case Report

A Case of Benign Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas Containing Two Major Subtypes

Multiple Lymphomatous Polyposis Associated with Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma: a Unique Presentation

Laparoscopic Excision of an Infected “Egg-shelled” Retroperitoneal Pseudocyst

Clinical imaging

Real-time Sonoelastography - a New Application in the Field of Liver Disease

Real-time Contrast-enhanced and Real-time Virtual Sonography in the Assessment of Benign Liver Lesions

Letters

Recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: ursodeoxycholic acid should be the first line of treatment

Factors associated with gastrointestinal symptom overlap and clustering in a predominant Malay Asian population

Concomitant colitis in a patient with Behcet’s disease

Is liver cirrhosis a risk factor for breast cancer in men?

Achalasia in a 91-year-old patient

Histamine, 5-hydroxytriptamine, collagen, mast cells and Ig-secreting cells in the small bowel disorders with diarrhea

In memoriam

Herbert Falk