Indications and Outcome of Colo ...
Background In Egypt, few data are available on the outcome of colonoscopy. Epidemiologic studies have shown that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) te ...
Incidence and Risk Factors for ...
Aims Previous studies on the risk of lymphoma in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have yielded conflicting results. We aim to determine the incidenc ...
Serial Pulse Oximetry in Hepato ...
Background/Aim The natural history of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is poorly characterized and how hypoxemia develops and progresses over time is ...
Drug-Induced Autoimmune-Like He ...
The clinical phenotype of classical autoimmune hepatitis can be mimicked by idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury, and differentiation can be diff ...
K-ras Mutations Correlate with ...
Introduction Benign pancreatic cystic neoplasms are important precursors to pancreatic adenocarcinoma, and offer the opportunity to prevent cancer. ...
Smoking and the Association of ...
Background Identifying risk factors for advanced colorectal adenomas may aid in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, especially in light of the Americ ...
The Expression of Protease-Acti ...
Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) pathophysiology has not been fully understood. Abnormalities of serine proteases have been identified in I ...
Endoscopic Resection of Ampulla ...
Aim Ampullary adenomas have the potential to progress from benign to malignant lesions. Endoscopic ampullectomy as curative therapy has gained credi ...
Curry Induces Acid Reflux and S ...
Background There are limited data on the effect of curry on gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Our objective was to study the effects of curry ...
Risk of Functional Gastrointest ...
Introduction Military personnel are frequently deployed to regions of the world with high travelers’ diarrhea (TD) rates. Pathogens associated with ...
Evaluation of Growth After Live ...
Aims Currently, the main interest in childhood liver transplantation (LT) is to prevent long-term complications and optimize growth. The aim of this ...
Pathophysiological Investigatio ...
Background The trefoil factor family (TFF) 2 protein is produced by gastric gland mucous cells (GMCs), and the secreted TFF2 shares a mucosal barrie ...
Biochemistry of the Anterior, M ...
Age-related tongue weakness may contribute to swallowing deficits in the elderly. One contributing factor may be an alteration in muscle-fiber-type ...
Impaired Food Transportation in ...
This study aimed to analyze quantitatively videofluoroscopic (VF) images of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), to evaluate if the predicted fac ...
Effects of Club Soda and Ginger ...
Oral chemesthesis is the detection of chemicals that activate temperature and pain receptors in the oral mucosa. Presentation of orally chemesthetic ...
Evaluation of health-related qu ...
Objectives Healthy Japan 21 (Japanese National Health Promotion in the 21st Century) was started in 2000 to promote extension of healthy life expect ...
Effect of fluoride exposure on ...
Objective To analyze the changes in serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP) activity and changes in osteocalcin (BGP) ...
Influence of personal patterns ...
Objectives To investigate the influence of individual patterns of personality and behavior on the change in mood status after a brief period of Tai ...
Difference between urban and ru ...
Background Many environmental and genetic factors are presumed to be involved in the etiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). We devel ...
Esophageal squamous cell carcin ...
Esophageal achalasia is a primary motility disorder of the esophagus. Although various treatments can relieve the symptoms, esophageal cancer arisin ...
Laryngeal transplantation in mi ...
There is no eVective way of replacing all the functions of the larynx in those requiring laryngectomy. Regenerative medicine oVers promise, but cann ...
Increasing incidence of differe ...
There has been a worldwide increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer (TC). Documenting these recent trends is of immense value to cancer control m ...
Rectal acetaminophen versus per ...
There are a wide range of analgesic methods used for postoperative pain control in children undergoing elective adenotonsillectomy and there are man ...
Photodynamic therapy of early s ...
The indications of photodynamic therapy (PDT) of oral cavity and oropharynx neoplasms are not well deWned. The main reason is that the success rates ...
Vessel sealing system uvulopala ...
The objective of this randomized, controlled study is to compare intraoperative blood loss, operative time, postoperative pain and postoperative adv ...