World Journal of Gastroenterology 2005 Issue 20 MELD vs Child-Pugh and creatinine-modified Child-Pugh score for predicting survival in patients with decompensated cirrhosis

MELD vs Child-Pugh and creatinine-modified Child-Pugh score for predicting survival in patients with decompensated cirrhosis
George V. Papatheodoridis;Evangelos Cholongitas;Eleni Dimitriadou;Giota Touloumi;Vassilios Sevastianos;Athanasios J. Archimandritis

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Oral immune regulation using colitis extracted proteins for treatment of Crohn's disease: Results of a phase Ⅰ clinical trial
Eran Israeli;Eran Goldin;Oren Shibolet;Athalia Klein;Nilla Hemed;Dean Engelhardt;Elazar Rabbani;Yaron Ilan

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Esomeprazole tablet vs omeprazole capsule in treating erosive esophagitis
Chih-Yen Chen;Ching-Liang Lu;Jiing-Chyuan Luo;Full-Young Chang;Shou-Dong Lee;Yung-Ling Lai

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Clinical significance of granuloma in Crohn's disease
Tamás Molnár;László Tiszlavicz;Csaba Gyulai;Ferenc Nagy;János Lonovics

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Maximum tolerated volume in drinking tests with water and a nutritional beverage for the diagnosis of functional dyspepsia
Aldo Monta(n)o-Loza;Max Schmulson;Sergio Zepeda-Gómez;Jose Maria Remes-Troche;Miguel Angel Valdovinos-Diaz

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Portal hypertensive colopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis
Keiichi Ito;Katsuya Shiraki;Takahisa Sakai;Hitoshi Yoshimura;Takeshi Nakano

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High level of hepatitis B virus DNA after HBeAg-to-anti-HBe seroconversion is related to coexistence of mutations in its precore and basal core promoter
Xiao-Mou Peng;Gui-Mei Huang;Jian-Guo Li;Yang-Su Huang;Yong-Yu Mei;Zhi-Liang Gao

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Nerve-pathways of acupoint Fengch'ih in rat by anterograde transport of HRP
Gang-Ming Xi;Hua-Qiao Wang;Guo-Hou He;Chao-Feng Huang;Qun-Fang Yuan;Guo-Yao Wei;Hua Li;Wen-Wen Liu;Hua-Yan Fan

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Expression of E-cadherin in gastric carcinoma and its correlation with lymph node micrometastasis
Ze-Yu Wu;Wen-Hua Zhan;Jing-Hua Li;Yu-Long He;Jian-Ping Wang;Ping Lan;Jun-Sheng Peng;Shi-Rong Cai

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World Journal of Gastroenterology standard of quantities and units

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Instructions to authors

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Meetings

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Acknowledgements to Reviewers of World Journal of Gastroenterology

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Submucous colon lipoma: A case report and review of the literature
Hong Zhang;Jin-Chun Cong;Chun-Sheng Chen;Lei Qiao;En-Qing Liu

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Retrotracheal thymoma masquerading as esophageal submucosal tumor
Sheung-Fat Ko;Yuan-Hsiung Tsai;Hsuan-Ying Huang;Shu-Hang Ng;Fu-Ming Fang;Yeh Tang;Ming-Tse Sung;Ming-Jang Hsieh

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Long-term survival after intraluminal brachytherapy for inoperable hilar cholangiocarcinoma: A case report
Siu-Yin Chan;Ronnie T. Poon;Kelvin K. Ng;Chi-Leung Liu;Raymond T. Chan;Sheung-Tat Fan

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Atorvastatin-induced severe gastric ulceration: A case report
Ihab I El-Hajj;Fadi H Mourad;Nina S Shabb;Kassem A Barada

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Small cell carcinoma of rectum: A case report
Enver Ihtiyar;Cem Algin;Serap Isiksoy;Ersin Ates

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An uncommon clinical presentation of retroperitoneal non-Hodgkin lymphoma successfully treated with chemotherapy: A case report
Chiara Fulignati;Pietro Pantaleo;Greta Cipriani;Marianna Turrini;Rosalia Nicastro;Roberto Mazzanti;Bruno Neri

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Effect of emodin on small intestinal peristalsis of mice and relevant mechanism
Hong-Quan Zhang;Cheng-Hua Zhou;Yu-Qing wu

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HMLH1 gene mutation in gastric cancer patients and their kindred
Jian-Hua Li;Xian-Zhe Shi;Shen Lü;Min Liu;Wan-Ming Cui;Li-Na Liu;Jing Jiang;Guo-Wang Xu

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Rabeprazole vs esomeprazole in non-erosive gastro-esophageal reflux disease: A randomized, double-blind study in urban Asia
KM Fock;EK Teo;TL Ang;TS Chua;TM Ng;YL Tan

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Decrease of reactive-oxygen-producing granulocytes and release of IL-10 into the peripheral blood following leukocytapheresis in patients with active ulcerative colitis
Hiroyuki Hanai;Takayuki Iida;Ken Takeuchi;Fumitoshi Watanabe;Yasuhiko Maruyama;Masataka Kikuyama;Tatsuo Tanaka;Kenji Kondo;Kou Tanaka;Kenji Takai

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Inhibition of PMA-induced endothelial cell activation and adhesion by over-expression of domain negative IκBα protein
Jian-Feng Wei;Ke Sun;Shi-Guo Xu;Hai-Yang Xie;Shu-Sen Zheng

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Uptake of albumin nanoparticle surface modified with glycyrrhizin by primary cultured rat hepatocytes
Sheng-Jun Mao;Shi-Xiang Hou;Ru He;Liang-Ke Zhang;Da-Peng Wei;Yue-Qi Bi;Hui Jin

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MR diffusion-weighted imaging of rabbit liver VX-2 tumor
You-Hong Yuan;En-Hua Xiao;Jun Xiang;Ke-Li Tang;Ke Jin;Shi-Jian Yi;Qiang Yin;Rong-Hua Yan;Zhong He;Quan-Liang Shang;Wei-Zhou Hu;Su-Wen Yuan

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Ornithine decarboxylase, mitogen-activated protein kinase and matrix metalloproteinase-2 expressions in human colon tumors
Takahiro Nemoto;Shunichiro Kubota;Hideyuki Ishida;Nobuo Murata;Daijo Hashimoto

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Expression and purification of the complete PreS region of hepatitis B Virus
Qiang Deng;Yu-Ying Kong;You-Hua Xie;Yuan Wang

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Viral and host causes of fatty liver in chronic hepatitis B
Emin Altlparmak;Seyfettin K（o）klü;Mesut Yallnkilic;Osman Yüksel;Bahattin Cicek;Ertugrul Kayacetin;Tülin Sahin

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Antitumor effects and radiosensitization of cytosine deaminase and thymidine kinase fusion suicide gene on colorectal carcinoma cells
De-Hua Wu;Li Liu;Long-Hua Chen

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Matrix metalloproteinase-2 and tissue inhibitor of metallo-proteinase-2 in colorectal carcinoma invasion and metastasis
Bing-Hui Li;Peng Zhao;Shi-Zheng Liu;Yue-Ming Yu;Mei Han;Jin-Kun Wen

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Research progress on Helicobacter pyloriouter membrane protein
Shi-He Shao;Hua Wang;Shun-Gen Chai;Li-Mei Liu

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Current status of tumor radiogenic therapy
Feng-Ling Min;Hong Zhang;Wen-Jian Li

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Mismatch repair genes (hMLH1, hPMS1, hPMS2, GTBP/hMSH6, hMSH2) in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma
Abdel-Rahman N. Zekri;Gelane M. Sabry;Abeer A. Bahnassy;Kamal A. Shalaby;Sabrin A. Abdel-Wahabh;Serag Zakaria

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Construction and clinical significance of a predictive system for prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
Jun Cui;Bao-Wei Dong;Ping Liang;Xiao-Ling Yu;De-Jiang Yu

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Clinicopathological significance of loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability in hepatocellular carcinoma in China
Shu-Hui Zhang;Wen-Ming Cong;Zhi-Hong Xian;Meng-Chao Wu

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Molecular mechanisms of denbinobin-induced anti-tumorigenesis effect in colon cancer cells
Kuo-Ching Yang;Yih-Huei Uen;Fat-Moon Suk;Yu-Chih Liang;Ying-Jan Wang;Yuan-Soon Ho;Ⅰ-Hsuan Li;Shyr-Yi Lin

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