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Contents Volume 14 Issue 20 May 28, 2008

Editorial

Liver transplantation: Yesterday, today and tomorrow

Osman Abbasoglu

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3117-3122. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3117

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Review

Strategy for treatment of nonerosive reflux disease in Asia

Toru Hiyama, Masaharu Yoshihara, Shinji Tanaka, Ken Haruma, Kazuaki Chayama

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3123-3128. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3123

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Topic Highlight

Intraductal biliary and pancreatic endoscopy: An expanding scope of possibility

Joel R Judah, Peter V Draganov

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3129-3136. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3129

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Pain management in chronic pancreatitis

Cathia Gachago, Peter V Draganov

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3137-3148. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3137

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Pancreatic function testing: Here to stay for the 21st century

John G Lieb II, Peter V Draganov

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3149-3158. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3149

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Clinical Research

Analysis of surgical and perioperative complications in seventy-five right hepatectomies for living donor liver transplantation

Salvatore Gruttadauria, James Wallis Marsh, Giovan Battista Vizzini, Fabrizio di Francesco, Angelo Luca, Riccardo Volpes, Amadeo Marcos, Bruno Gridelli

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3159-3164. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3159

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Rapid Communication

Treatment and survival in a population-based sample of patients diagnosed with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma

Deirdre P Cronin-Fenton, Margaret M Mooney, Limin X Clegg, Linda C Harlan

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3165-3173. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3165

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In vitro activity of moxifloxacin and piperacillin/sulbactam against pathogens of acute cholangitis

Andreas Weber, Wolfgang Huber, Klaus Kamereck, Philipp Winkle, Petra Voland, Hans Weidenbach, Roland M Schmid, Christian Prinz

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3174-3178. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3174

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Are acute exacerbations of chronic inflammatory appendicitis triggered by coprostasis and/or coproliths?

George Sgourakis, Georgios C Sotiropoulos, Ernesto P Molmenti, Charis Eibl, Stylianous Bonticous, Jurgen Moege, Christoph Berchtold

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3179-3182. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3179

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Retrospective analysis of old-age colitis in the Dutch inflammatory bowel disease population

Muhammed Hadithi, Marcel Cazemier, Gerrit A Meijer, Elisabeth Bloemena, Richel J Felt-Bersma, Chris J Mulder, Stephan GM Meuwissen, Amado Salvador Peña, Adriaan A van Bodegraven

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3183-3187. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3183

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Effect of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG intervention on global serum lipidomic profiles in healthy adults

Riina A Kekkonen, Marko Sysi-Aho, Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso, Ilkka Julkunen, Heikki Vapaatalo, Matej Orešič, Riitta Korpela

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3188-3194. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3188

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Factors that influence outcome in non-invasive and invasive treatment in polycystic liver disease patients

Josué Barahona-Garrido, Jesús Camacho-Escobedo, Eduardo Cerda-Contreras, Jorge Hernández-Calleros, Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho, Aldo Torre, Misael Uribe

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3195-3200. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3195

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Hepatitis B virus prevalence and transmission risk factors in inflammatory bowel disease patients at Clementino Fraga Filho university hospital

Yolanda Faia Manhães Tolentino, Homero Soares Fogaça, Cyrla Zaltman, Lia Laura Lewis Ximenes, Henrique Sérgio Moraes Coelho

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3201-3206. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3201

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Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography equipped with late Kupffer-phase image obtained by sonazoid in patients with colorectal liver metastases

Hiroshi Nakano, Yasuo Ishida, Toshiyuki Hatakeyama, Kazuma Sakuraba, Masahiro Hayashi, Osamu Sakurai, Kiyoshi Hataya

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3207-3211. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3207

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Incidence of reflux esophagitis and Helicobacter pylori infection in diabetic patients

Ken Ariizumi, Tomoyuki Koike, Shuichi Ohara, Yoshifumi Inomata, Yasuhiko Abe, Katsunori Iijima, Akira Imatani, Yoshitomo Oka, Tooru Shimosegawa

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3212-3217. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3212

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Reactive oxygen species and chemokines: Are they elevated in the esophageal mucosa of children with gastroesophageal reflux disease?

Engin Tutar, Deniz Ertem, Goksenin Unluguzel, Sevda Tanrikulu, Goncagul Haklar, Cigdem Celikel, Evin Ademoglu, Ender Pehlivanoglu

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3218-3223. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3218

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Prognostic factors in patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma: Role of surgery, chemotherapy and body mass index

Mirna H Farhat, Ali I Shamseddine, Ayman N Tawil, Ghina Berjawi, Charif Sidani, Wael Shamseddeen, Kassem A Barada

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3224-3230. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3224

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Prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction following severe burns: A summary of recent 30-year clinical experience

Shi-Chu Xiao, Shi-Hui Zhu, Zhao-Fan Xia, Wei Lu, Guang-Qing Wang, Dao-Feng Ben, Guang-Yi Wang, Da-Sheng Cheng

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3231-3235. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3231

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Venous diethylene glycol poisoning in patients with preexisting severe liver disease in China

Bing-Liang Lin, Zhi-Xin Zhao, Yu-Tian Chong, Jian-Guo Li, Xing Zuo, Yu Tao, Tan-Qi Lou, Zhi-Liang Gao

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3236-3241. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3236

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Effects of quercetin on hyper-proliferation of gastric mucosal cells in rats treated with chronic oral ethanol through the reactive oxygen species-nitric oxide pathway

Jing-Li Liu, Jun Du, Ling-Ling Fan, Xiao-Yan Liu, Luo Gu, Ying-Bin Ge

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3242-3248. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3242

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Proteasome inhibitor ameliorates severe acute pancreatitis and associated lung injury of rats

Xi Chen, Shun-Le Li, Tao Wu, Ji-Dong Liu

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3249-3253. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3249

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Change of intestinal mucosa barrier function in the progress of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in rats

Sheng Li, Wan-Chun Wu, Chi-Yi He, Zhen Han, Dao-You Jin, Lin Wang

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3254-3258. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3254

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Case Report

Multiple giant diverticula of the foregut causing upper gastrointestinal obstruction

Genoveffa Balducci, Mario Dente, Giulia Cosenza, Paolo Mercantini, Pier Federico Salvi

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3259-3261. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3259

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Acute ischemic colitis during scuba diving: Report of a unique case

Konstantinos Goumas, Androniki Poulou, Ioannis Tyrmpas, Dimitrios Dandakis, Stavros Bartzokis, Magdalini Tsamouri, Kalipso Barbati, Dimitrios Soutos

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3262-3265. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3262

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A symptomatic cyst of the ligamentum teres of the liver: A case report

Emmanuel E Lagoudianakis, Nikolaos Michalopoulos, Haridimos Markogiannakis, Artemisia Papadima, Konstantinos Filis, Panagiotis Kekis, Vaggelogiannis Katergiannakis, Andreas Manouras

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3266-3268. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3266

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Combined choriocarcinoma, neuroendocrine cell carcinoma and tubular adenocarcinoma in the stomach

Yasumitsu Hirano, Takuo Hara, Hiroshi Nozawa, Kaeko Oyama, Naohiro Ohta, Kenji Omura, Go Watanabe, Hideki Niwa

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3269-3272. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3269

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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis after fluorouracil chemotherapy for rectal cancer

Kenji Mimatsu, Takatsugu Oida, Atsushi Kawasaki, Hisao Kano, Youichi Kuboi, Osamu Aramaki, Sadao Amano

World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3273-3275. Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3273

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