Lower Serum Level of Adiponecti ...
Background Obesity is recently known as a risk factor for endoscopic gastritis. Adiponectin is an anti-inflammatory cytokine secreted from fat tissu ...
Effectiveness of the Immunofeca ...
Background Guaiac tests are the most widely used tests to detect colorectal cancer (CRC). However, their sensitivity is relatively low and results m ...
Use of the Colonoscope Training ...
Background Colonoscopy insertion is difficult to teach due to the inability of current training models to provide realistic tactile sensation with s ...
Lack of Grafted Liver Rejuvenat ...
Background A grafted donor liver should grow and survive under the different conditions presented by a liver transplantation recipient. It has remai ...
Development of Hepatocellular C ...
Background The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is believed to be low compared with other chron ...
Pancreatic Rest Resection Using ...
Background Although pancreatic rests have characteristic endoscopic features, confirming a histological diagnosis may be desirable to exclude other ...
Can Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasoun ...
Objectives To investigate the ability of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the assessment of acute pancreatitis (AP), as well as its diagnostic ...
Detection of Differentially Exp ...
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have long been established to remain stable in circulation, and dysregulated miRNAs in serum of tumor patients could p ...
The Protective Effect of the Re ...
Background Helminth infection has been proven to reduce the severity of experimental inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The excretory-secretory prote ...
Dietary Fish Oil Reduces DNA Ad ...
Background Dietary fish oil is associated with a decrease in colon cancer incidence: in part through a reduction in DNA adduct formation and an indu ...
Is Intercellular Space Differen ...
Background/Introduction Dilatation of intercellular space (IS) of esophageal epithelial cells is described as a sensitive early marker for epithelia ...
Acoustic Liver Biopsy in Patien ...
Background Transabdominal ultrasound cannot be used to quantitate fibrosis in patients with advanced liver fibrosis due to variability in the abdomi ...
Presence of JC Virus DNA in the ...
Introduction JC virus (JCV) may infect the gastrointestinal tract in childhood, and, by encoding a gene for T-antigen (T Ag), can initiate chromosom ...
Effect of Red Pepper on Symptom ...
Background Abdominal pain, that characterizes irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) together with bloating and disordered defecation, is mainly related to ...
Effects of Sequential Swallowin ...
Sequential swallowing is the act of swallowing multiple times, without pausing. Because sequential swallowing requires breath-holding, it seems like ...
Effects of Reduced Saliva Produ ...
This study aimed to further characterize the nature of swallowing dysfunction in patients with Sjogren’s syndrome (SS). Subjects filled out a percep ...
Endoscopic Findings in Patients ...
Dysphagia is a common problem and an indication for upper endoscopy. There is no data on the frequency of the different endoscopic findings and whet ...
Quantification of Intraoral Pre ...
We report quantitative measurements of ten parameters of nutritive sucking behavior in 91 normal fullterm infants obtained using a novel device (an ...
Accuracy of low-dose chest CT i ...
In this prospective study, we set out to determine the accuracy of low-dose computerized tomography (LDCT) of the chest in intensive care patients. ...
MR evaluation of synovial injur ...
The purpose of this study was to determine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings relevant to synovial injury of the shoulder in patients with an ...
Relationship between environmen ...
Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of environmental low-grade cadmium exposure on bone in the population of a non-p ...
Gender differences in clinicopa ...
Background We investigated the clinicopathologic features and long-term outcomes after surgery of Japanese women with esophageal cancer in compariso ...
Effects of tumour stage, comorb ...
Laryngeal cancer is the second most common cancer of the respiratory tract with a relative 5-year survival over all tumour sites in the USA (61.6%; ...
Post-operative complications af ...
The retrosigmoid (suboccipital) approach is one of four surgical approaches for the treatment of vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas). It is i ...
Reversible auditory brainstem r ...
This work is aimed at assessing the frequency of occurrence of reversible auditory brainstem responses (ABR) abnormalities within a targeted hearing ...