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Welcome to BMC Gastroenterology published by BioMed Central
BMC Gastroenterology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Gastroenterology (ISSN 1471-230X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :53
Plasma pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is elevated in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis making it an ideal biomarker to diagnose, grade and differentiate this condition from other liver disease, as well as quantify the severity of associated fibrosis.
BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :33
Membrane transporters such as P-glycoprotein are downregulated in gastric vs colon cancer cells partly due to DNA methylation and histone deacetylation, a finding that could help design more effective chemotherapy regimens.
BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :30
A new self-administered 14-item symptom questionnaire assessing pain, diarrhea and constipation for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) shows good reliability and external validity, and is responsive to changes in health status.
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An association between colonic adenoma and abdominal obesity : A cross sectional study. YoungJoo Kim, YunJin Kim, Sangyeoup Lee BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :4 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Paraoxonase-1 is related to inflammation, fibrosis and PPAR delta in experimental liver disease Judit Marsillach, Jordi Camps, Natalia Ferre, Raul Beltran, Anna Rull, Bharti Mackness, Michael Mackness, Jorge Joven BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :3 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Selenoprotein S (SEPS1) gene -105G>A promoter polymorphism influences the susceptibility to gastric cancer in the Japanese population Tomoyuki Shibata, Tomiyasu Arisawa, Tomomitsu Tahara, Masaaki Ohkubo, Daisuke Yoshioka, Naoko Maruyama, Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshio Kamiya, Masakatsu Nakamura, Mitsuo Nagasaka, Masami Iwata, Kazuya Takahama, Makoto Watanabe, Ichiro Hirata BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :2 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Usefulness and safety of 0.4 percent sodium hyaluronate solution as a submucosal fluid cushion for endoscopic resection of colorectal mucosal neoplasms: A prospective multi-center open-label trial Shoji Hirasaki, Takahiro Kozu, Hironori Yamamoto, Yasushi Sano, Naohisa Yahagi, Tsuneo Oyama, Tadakazu Shimoda, Kentaro Sugano, Hisao Tajiri, Takao Takekoshi, Daizo Saito BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :1 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Outcomes in culture positive and culture negative ascitic fluid infection in patients with viral cirrhosis: cohort study Lubna Kamani, Khalid Mumtaz, Umair S Ahmed, Ailia W Ali, Wasim Jafri BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :59 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of erosive esophagitis and Barrett's epithelium in Japanese men Tomoyuki Akiyama, Masahiko Inamori, Hiroshi Iida, Hironori Mawatari, Hiroki Endo, Kunihiro Hosono, Kyoko Yoneda, Koji Fujita, Masato Yoneda, Hirokazu Takahashi, Ayumu Goto, Yasunobu Abe, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Kensuke Kubota, Satoru Saito, Atsushi Nakajima BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :58 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Wnt-reporter expression pattern in the mouse intestine during homeostasis Paige S Davies, Adria D Dismuke, Anne E Powell, Kevin H Carroll, Melissa H Wong BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :57 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Loss of PTEN expression is associated with colorectal cancer liver metastasis and poor patient survival Hirozumi Sawai, Akira Yasuda, Nobuo Ochi, Jiachi Ma, Yoichi Matsuo, Takehiro Wakasugi, Hiroki Takahashi, Hitoshi Funahashi, Mikinori Sato, Hiromitsu Takeyama BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :56 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Imbalance of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP) Andreas N Kapsoritakis, Anastasia I Kapsoritaki, Ioanna P Davidi, Vasilios D Lotis, Anastasios C Manolakis, Petros I Mylonis, Aikaterini T Theodoridou, Anastasios E Germenis, Spyros P Potamianos BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :55 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Commonly used bowel preparations have significant and different effects upon cell proliferation in the colon: a pilot study Lisa J Croucher, Jonathan P Bury, Elizabeth A Williams, Stuart A Riley, Bernard M Corfe BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :54 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Qualitative analysis of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli promoter: Hypermethylation, engagement and effects on survival of patients with esophageal cancer in a high risk region of the world, a potential molecular marker
Maryam Zare, Ferdous Rastgar Jazii, Mohammad Reza Alivand, Negin Karimi Nasseri, Reza Malekzadeh, Mansour Yazdanbod BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :24 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Hepatic hydatid disease: four case reports Attef M Elshazly, Manar S Azab, Samar N Elbeshbishi, Hany M Elsheikha Cases Journal 2009, 2 :58 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Stauffer's syndrome as a prominent manifestation of renal cancer: a case report Georgios P Kranidiotis, Paraskevi T Voidonikola, Meletios K Dimopoulos, Maria I Anastasiou-Nana Cases Journal 2009, 2 :49 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Small bowel haemorrhage associated with partial midgut malrotation in a middle-aged man Ajay P Belgaumkar, Dheeraj Karamchandani, Praveen Peddu, Klaus-Martin Schulte World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009, 4 :1 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Perforated Meckel's diverticulitis complicating active Crohn's ileitis: a case report Frank Schwenter, Pascal Gervaz, Philippe de Saussure, Thomas A McKee, Philippe Morel Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :12 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Duplication cyst of pyloroduodenal canal: a rare cause of neonatal gastric outlet obstruction: a case report Vijai D Upadhyaya, Punit K Srivastava, Richa Jaiman, Ajay N Gangopadhyay, Dinesh K Gupta, Shiv P Sharma Cases Journal 2009, 2 :42 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Perioperative immune responses in cancer patients undergoing digestive surgeries Masashi Ishikawa, Masanori Nishioka, Norikazu Hanaki, Takayuki Miyauchi, Yutaka Kashiwagi, Hiromi Ioki, Hiroaki Kagawa, Yoichi Nakamura World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009, 7 :7 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A prospective, non-randomized phase-II trial of Trastuzumab and Capecitabine in patients with HER2 expressing advanced pancreatic cancer Andre Mihaljevic, Peter Buchler, Jan Harder, Ralf Hofheinz, Michael Gregor, Stephan Kanzler, Wolff Schmiegel, Volker Heinemann, Esther Endlicher, Gunter Kloppel, Thomas Seufferlein, Michael Geissler BMC Surgery 2009, 9 :1 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Locked lung by looped hernia: a case report Abu-Ahmed Z Rahman, Mukta Panda Cases Journal 2009, 2 :29 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis Anne Davit-Spraul, Emmanuel Gonzales, Christiane Baussan, Emmanuel Jacquemin Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2009, 4 :1 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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