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Contents Volume 12 Issue 39 October 21, 2006

Editorial

Quality of life in chronic pancreatitis

Raffaele Pezzilli, Laura Bini, Lorenzo Fantini, Elena Baroni, Davide Campana, Paola Tomassetti, Roberto Corinaldesi

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6249-6251. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6249

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Techniques for restoring bowel continuity and function after rectal cancer surgery

Yik-Hong Ho

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6252-6260. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6252

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Hepatic progenitor cells in human liver tumor development

Louis Libbrecht

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6261-6265. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6261

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Review

Technological insights: Combined impedance manometry for esophageal motility testing-current results and further implications

Huan Nam Nguyen, Gerson Ricardo Souza Domingues, Frank Lammert

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6266-6273. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6266

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Does gastric atrophy exist in children?

Georges Dimitrov, Frédéric Gottrand

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6274-6279. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6274

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Gastric Cancer

p21 and p27 immunoexpression in gastric well differentiated endocrine tumors (ECL-cell carcinoids)

Basak Doganavsargil, Banu Sarsik, Fatma Secil Kirdok, Ahmet Musoglu, Muge Tuncyurek

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6280-6284. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6280

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Expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 in gastric carcinoma and its relationship with cell proliferation

Liang-Hui Shi, Xiao-Qun Zhu, Guo-Hai Zhao, Ya-Bin Xia, Yi-Sheng Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6285-6289. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6285

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Liver Cancer

Prospective study of differential diagnosis of hepatic tumors by pattern-based classification of contrast-enhanced sonography

Kazushi Numata, Tetsuo Isozaki, Manabu Morimoto, Kazuya Sugimori, Reiko Kunisaki, Toshio Morizane, Katsuaki Tanaka

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6290-6298. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6290

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Colorectal Cancer

Cytoplasmic expression of p27^kip1 is associated with a favourable prognosis in colorectal cancer patients

Nicholas FS Watson, Lindy G Durrant, John H Scholefield, Zahra Madjd, Duncan Scrimgeour, Ian Spendlove, Ian O Ellis, Poulam M Patel

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6299-6304. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6299

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Proposal of criteria to select candidates with colorectal liver metastases for hepatic resection: Comparison of our scoring system to the positive number of risk factors

Ikuo Nagashima, Tadahiro Takada, Miki Adachi, Hirokazu Nagawa, Tetsuichiro Muto, Kota Okinaga

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6305-6309. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6305

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Helicobacter Pylori

Does delayed gastric emptying shorten the H pylori eradication period? A double blind clinical trial

Mohammad Hassan Emami, Mohammad Mehdi Saberfiroozi, Abbas Arj, Ali Reza Taghavi, Kamran Bagheri-Lankarani, Najaf Dehbashi, Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Mahvash Alizadeh, Mohammad Javad Kaviani, Rahim Bahri-Najafi, Bita Geramizadeh, Abbas Esmaeili

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6310-6315. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6310

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Basic Research

Effect of transforming growth factor-β1 on human intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma cell growth

Tetsuya Shimizu, Shigeki Yokomuro, Yoshiaki Mizuguchi, Yutaka Kawahigashi, Yasuo Arima, Nobuhiko Taniai, Yasuhiro Mamada, Hiroshi Yoshida, Koho Akimaru, Takashi Tajiri

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6316-6324. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6316

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Impact of lipoprotein lipase gene polymorphisms on ulcerative colitis

Toshihito Kosaka, Junji Yoshino, Kazuo Inui, Takao Wakabayashi, Kazumu Okushima, Takashi Kobayashi, Hironao Miyoshi, Yuta Nakamura, Shigekazu Hayashi, Taizou Shiraishi, Masatoshi Watanabe, Takayuki Yamamoto, Ai Nakahara, Takahiko Katoh

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6325-6330. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6325

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Clinical Research

Natural history of a randomized trial comparing distal spleno-renal shunt with endoscopic sclerotherapy in the prevention of variceal rebleeding: A lesson from the past

Roberto Santambrogio, Enrico Opocher, Mara Costa, Savino Bruno, Andrea Pisani Ceretti, Gian Paolo Spina

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6331-6338. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6331

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Comparison of a new aspiration needle device and the Quick-Core biopsy needle for transjugular liver biopsy

Toru Ishikawa, Hiroteru Kamimura, Atsunori Tsuchiya, Tadayuki Togashi, Kouji Watanabe, Kei-ichi Seki, Hironobu Ohta, Toshiaki Yoshida, Noriko Ishihara, Tomoteru Kamimura

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6339-6342. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6339

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Rapid Communication

Lack of association between UGT1A7, UGT1A9, ARP, SPINK1 and CFTR gene polymorphisms and pancreatic cancer in Italian patients

Ada Piepoli, Annamaria Gentile, Maria Rosa Valvano, Daniela Barana, Cristina Oliani, Rosa Cotugno, Michele Quitadamo, Angelo Andriulli, Francesco Perri

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6343-6348. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6343

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Evaluation of esophageal function in patients with esophageal motor abnormalities using multichannel intraluminal impedance esophageal manometry

Yu Kyung Cho, Myung-Gyu Choi, Jae Myung Park, Jung Hwan Oh, Chang Nyol Paik, Joon Wook Lee, In Seok Lee, Sang Woo Kim, In-Sik Chung

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6349-6354. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6349

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Expression of 5-Lipoxygenase in human colorectal cancer

Labile Togba Soumaoro, Satoru Iida, Hiroyuki Uetake, Megumi Ishiguro, Yoko Takagi, Tetsuro Higuchi, Masamichi Yasuno, Masayuki Enomoto, Kenichi Sugihara

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6355-6360. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6355

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Inducible nitric oxide synthase polymorphism is associated with the increased risk of differentiated gastric cancer in a Japanese population

Yasuyuki Goto, Takafumi Ando, Mariko Naito, Hidemi Goto, Nobuyuki Hamajima

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6361-6365. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6361

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Randomized clinical study of five days apostrophe therapy with mebendazole compared to quinacrine in the treatment of symptomatic giardiasis in children

Roberto Cañete, Angel A Escobedo, María E González, Pedro Almirall

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6366-6370. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6366

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Diagnostic dilemma of abdominal tuberculosis in non-HIV patients: An ongoing challenge for physicians

Rustam Khan, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Khalid Hameed, Zubair Ahmad

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6371-6375. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6371

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Dynamic expression of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in rat liver tissue during hepatic fibrogenesis

Xiao-Lan Zhang, Jin-Ming Liu, Chang-Chun Yang, Yi-Lin Zheng, Li Liu, Zhan-Kui Wang, Hui-Qing Jiang

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6376-6381. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6376

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Is delayed gastric emptying so terrible after pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy? Prevention and management

Xian-Min Bu, Jin Xu, Xian-Wei Dai, Kai Ma, Fu-Quan Yang, Jun Hu, Nai-Fu Wang

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6382-6385. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6382

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Preventive effect of tetramethylpyrazine on intestinal mucosal injury in rats with acute necrotizing pancreatitis

Jian-Xin Zhang, Sheng-Chun Dang, Jian-Guo Qu, Xue-Qing Wang

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6386-6390. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6386

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Aberrant cytological localization of p16 and CDK4 in colorectal epithelia in the normal adenoma carcinoma sequence

Po Zhao, Xin Mao, Ian C Talbot

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6391-6396. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6391

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Case Report

Pyogenic liver abscess after choledochoduodenostomy for biliary obstruction caused by autoimmune pancreatitis

Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Kyohei Kai, Shizo Sato, Motoko Kitano, Masayoshi Fujisawa, Hiroaki Okushin, Kazuhiko Morii, Shinjiro Takagi, Masahiro Takatani, Hirofumi Morishita, Koichi Uesaka, Shiro Yuasa

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6397-6400. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6397

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Strongyloides hyper-infection causing life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding

Lajos Csermely, Hassan Jaafar, Jorgen Kristensen, Antonio Castella, Waldemar Gorka, Ahmed Ali Chebli, Fawaz Trab, Hussain Alizadeh, Béla Hunyady

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6401-6404. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6401

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Right colon and liver hemangiomatosis: A case report and a review of the literature

Athanasios Marinis, Evi Kairi, Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Agathi Kondi-Pafiti, Vassilios Smyrniotis

World J Gastroenterol 12(39):6405-6407. Published online Oct 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6405

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