Vol. 15 No. 2: June 2006

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Published: 2020-04-11

Editorial

New Perspectives on the Role of the Intestinal Flora in Health and Disease*

Eamonn M.M. Quigley

109-110
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Original Article

Trends of Mortality Rates from Gastric Cancer and Colorectal Cancer in Romania, 1955-2003*

Simona Vãlean, Petru A. Mircea, Lavinia Oprea, Daniela Frentiu, Georgeta Popescu, Georgiana Nagy, Sonia Vlaicu, Oana Damian

111-115
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Steatosis in Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Response to Anti-Viral Therapy

Paula Szanto, Mircea Grigorescu, Iuliana Dumitra, Alexandru Serban

117-124
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Comparative Study Concerning the Efficacy of Peg-IFN alpha- 2a versus Peg-IFN alpha-2b on the Early Virological Response (EVR) in Patients with Chronic Viral C Hepatitis

Ioan Sporea, Mirela Danilã, Roxana Sirli, Alina Popescu, Ariana Laza, Luminita Bãditoiu

125-130
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Molecular Analysis of A1AT (S and Z) and HFE (C282Y and H63D) Gene Mutations in Egyptian Cases with HCV Liver Cirrhosis

Ahmad Settin, Mahmoud El-Bendary, Rabab Abo-Al-Kassem, Rizk El Baz

131-135
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Preoperative Noninvasive EUS Evaluation in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Considered for Esophagectomy

Cristian Gheorghe, Codrut Stanescu, Liana Gheorghe, Ion Bancila, Vlad Herlea, Gabriel Becheanu, Daniela Voinea, Razvan Iacob, Ioana Lupescu, Rodica Anghel, Adina Croitoru, Irinel Popescu

137-141
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Lateral Subcutaneous Internal Sphincterotomy in the Treatment of Chronic Anal Fissure: Our Experience in 246 Patients

Nikolaos Liratzopoulos, Eleni I. Efremidou, Michael S. Papageorgiou, George Kouklakis, John Moschos, Konstantinos J. Manolas, George J. Minopoulos

143-147
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Reviews

Noninvasive Biochemical Markers of Liver Fibrosis

Mircea Grigorescu

149-159
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Endoscopic Ultrasound Elastography – a New Imaging Technique for the Visualization of Tissue Elasticity Distribution

Adrian Sãftoiu, Peter Vilman

161-165
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Case Reports

Long-Lasting Effect of Endoscopic Dilatation of an Esophageal Stenosis due to Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Ina Zuber-Jerger, Nadia Ratiu, F. Kullman

167-170
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A Rare Form of Isolated Mesenteric Castleman’s Disease Presenting as an Abdominal Mass (Isolated Mesenteric Castleman’s Disease)

Basilios Papaziogas, Grigoris Chatzimavroudis, Ioannis Koutelidakis, Marios Grigoriou, Konstantinos Atmatzidis

171-174
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Pyloric Stenosis as a Presenting Symptom of Crohn’s Disease

Jamal Awad, Raymond Farah, Ron Reshef, Hector Cohen, Ivona Horn

175-177
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Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy by Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Approach for Esophageal Carcinoma. A Case Report

Géza Molnár, Nadim Al Hajjar, Irén Géczi Toth, Nicoleta Nicolescu, Cornel Iancu

179-183
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia As a Cause of Cardiorespiratory Failure and Visceral Obstruction in Late Pregnancy

Nikolaos Barbetakis, Andreas Efstathiou, Michalis Vassiliadis, Ioannis Fessatidis

185-188
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Clinical imaging

Ultrasonography Contribution to the Detection and Characterization of Hepatic Restructuring: Is the “Virtual Biopsy” Taken into Consideration?

Radu Badea, Monica Lupsor, Horia Stefãnescu, Sergiu Nedevschi, Delia Mitrea, Alexandru Serban, Tudor Vasile

189-194
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