Instructions to authors

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A primary intestinal lymphangiectasia patient diagnosed by capsule endoscopy and confirmed at surgery: A case report
You-Hong Fang;Bing-Ling Zhang;Jia-Guo Wu;Chun-Xiao Chen

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Early detection of response to imatinib therapy for gastrointestinal stromal tumor by using 18F-FDG-positron emission tomography and computed tomography imaging
Sabri Zincirkeser;Alper Sevinc;M Emin Kalender;Celalettin Camci

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Persistent omphalomesenteric duct causing small bowel obstruction in an adult
Haridimos Markogiannakis;Dimitrios Theodorou;Konstantinos G Toutouzas;Panagiotis Drimousis;Sotirios Georgios Panoussopoulos;Stilianos Katsaragakis

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Severe delayed complication after percutaneous endoscopic colostomy for chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: A case report and review of the literature
David Bertolini;Philippe De Saussure;Michael Chilcott;Marc Girardin;Jean-Marc Dumonceau

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Chemoradiotherapy for a patient with a giant esophageal fistula
Takuma Nomiya;Kazuhide Teruyama;Hitoshi Wada;Kenji Nemoto

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Multiple carcinoids in the duodenum, pancreas and stomach accompanied with type A gastritis: A case report
Takeo Bamba;Shin-ichi Kosugi;Tatsuo Kanda;Toshihiro Tsubono;Yasuo Sakai;Nobuyuki Musha;Noriko Ishihara;Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

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Solitary recurrence of hilar cholangiocarcinoma in a mediastinal lymph node two years after curative resection
Yuichiro Ito;Yoshitsugu Tajima;Fumihiko Fujita;Ryuji Tsutsumi;Tamotsu Kuroki;Takashi Kanematsu

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Complicated small-bowel diverticulosis: A case report and review of the literature
Woubet T Kassahun;Josef Fangmann;Jens Harms;Michael Bartels;Johann Hauss

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Hepatitis A vaccine associated with autoimmune hepatitis
PA Berry;G Smith-Laing

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Reversal of multidrug resistance in vincristine-resistant human gastric cancer cell line SGC7901/VCR by LY980503
Da-Long Wu;Ying Xu;Li-Xin Yin;Huan-Zhang Lu

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Effect of acupuncture at Foot-Yangming Meridian on gastric mucosal blood flow, gastric motility and brain-gut peptide
Ya-Ping Lin;Shou-Xiang Yi;Jie Yan;Xiao-Rong Chang

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Glutamine and recombinant human growth hormone protect intestinal barrier function following portal hypertension surgery
Zhao-Feng Tang;Yun-Biao Ling;Nan Lin;Zheng Hao;Rui-Yun Xu

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Gene expression analysis of pancreatic cystic neoplasm in SV40Tag transgenic mice model
Jie Feng;Qiang Sun;Cheng Gao;Juan Dong;Xiao-Luan Wei;Hua Xing;Hou-Da Li

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Safety and success of precut biliary sphincterotomy: Is it linked to experience or expertise?
Lindsay S Robison;Shyam Varadarajulu;C Mel Wilcox

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Small sphincterotomy combined with papillary dilation with large balloon permits retrieval of large stones without mechanical lithotripsy
Atsushi Minami;Shinji Hirose;Tomohiro Nomoto;Shoichiro Hayakawa

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Effect of pre-moxibustion on apoptosis and proliferation of gastric mucosa cells
Shou-Xiang Yi;Yan Peng;Xiao-Rong Chang;Na Peng;Jie Yan;Yap-Ping Lin

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Therapeutic and prophylactic thalidomide in TNBS-induced colitis: Synergistic effects on TNF-α, IL-12 and VEGF production
Ana Teresa Carvalho;Heitor Souza;Antonio Jose Carneiro;Morgana Castelo-Branco;Kalil Madi;Alberto Schanaider;Flavia Silva;Fernando Antonio Pereira Jú'nior;Márcia G Pereira;Cláudio Tortori;Ilana Dines;Jane Carvalho;Eduardo Rocha;Celeste Elia

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In vivo subsurface morphological and functional cellular and subcellular imaging of the gastrointestinal tract with confocal mini-microscopy
Martin Goetz;Beena Memadathil;Stefan Biesterfeld;Constantin Schneider;Sebastian Gregor;Peter R Galle;Markus F Neurath;Ralf Kiesslich

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Celiac disease in the developing countries: A new and challenging public health problem
Francesco Cataldo;Giuseppe Montalto

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Effect of smoking on inflammatory bowel disease: Is it disease or organ specific?
A Karban;R Eliakim

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Recent advances in basic and clinical aspects of inflammatory bowel disease: Which steps in the mucosal inflammation should we block for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease?
Hitoshi Asakura;Kenji Suzuki;Terasu Honma

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Hypermethylation and aberrant expression of Wnt antagonist secreted frizzled-related protein 1 in gastric cancer
Cheng-Hai Zhao;Xian-Min Bu;Ning Zhang

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Expression of p21WAF1 is related to acetylation of histone H3 in total chromatin in human colorectal cancer
Ying-Xuan Chen;Jing-Yuan Fang;Rong Lu;De-Kai Qiu

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No association of the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated gene CTLA4 +49A/G polymorphisms with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in Hungarian population samples
Lili Magyari;Bernadett Faragó;Judit Bene;Katalin Horvatovich;Lilla Lakner;Márta Varga;Mária Figler;Beáta Gasztonyi;Gyula Mózsik;Béla Melegh

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In vitro study of lovastatin interactions with amiodarone and with carbon tetrachloride in isolated rat hepatocytes
AZ Krasteva;MK Mitcheva;MS Kondeva-Burdina;VA Descatoire

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Evaluation of 5 versus 10 granulocyteaphaeresis sessions in steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis: A pilot, prospective, multicenter, randomized study
Elena Ricart;Maria Esteve;Montserrat Andreu;Francesc Casellas;David Monfort;Miquel Sans;Natalia Oudovenko;Raúl Lafuente;Julián Panés

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CCL2-2518 A/G and CCR2 190 A/G do not influence the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection in the Spanish population
MA Montes-Cano;JR García-Lozano;J Aguilar-Reina;M Romero-Gómez;N Barroso;A Nú(n)ez-Roldán;MF González-Escribano

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