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Contents Volume 15 Issue 28 July 28, 2009

Editorial

Could quantitative liver function tests gain wide acceptance among hepatologists?

Giovanni Tarantino

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3457-3461. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3457

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Topic Highlight

Alcoholic liver disease and hepatitis C: A frequently underestimated combination

Sebastian Mueller, Gunda Millonig, Helmut K Seitz

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3462-3471. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3462

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Review

Targeting host factors: A novel rationale for the management of hepatitis C virus

Mahmoud Aboelneen Khattab

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3472-3479. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3472

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Original Article

Characteristic pathological findings and effects of ecabet sodium in rat reflux esophagitis

Daisuke Asaoka, Akihito Nagahara, Masako Oguro, Yuko Izumi, Akihiko Kurosawa, Taro Osada, Masato Kawabe, Mariko Hojo, Michiro Otaka, Sumio Watanabe

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3480-3485. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3480

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Brief Article

A survey of ampullectomy practices

Stacy B Menees, Philip Schoenfeld, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Grace H Elta

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3486-3492. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3486

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Cyclooxygenase-2 polymorphisms and the risk of esophageal adeno- or squamous cell carcinoma

Jón O Kristinsson, Paul van Westerveld, Rene HM te Morsche, Hennie MJ Roelofs, T Wobbes, Ben JM Witteman, Adriaan CITL Tan, Martijn GH van Oijen, Jan BMJ Jansen, Wilbert HM Peters

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3493-3497. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3493

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Gallbladder emptying in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

Karouk Said, Nick Edsborg, Nils Albiin, Annika Bergquist

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3498-3503. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3498

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Perianal disease, small bowel disease, smoking, prior steroid or early azathioprine/biological therapy are predictors of disease behavior change in patients with Crohn’s disease

Peter Laszlo Lakatos, Zsofia Czegledi, Tamas Szamosi, Janos Banai, Gyula David, Ferenc Zsigmond, Tunde Pandur, Zsuzsanna Erdelyi, Orsolya Gemela, Janos Papp, Laszlo Lakatos

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3504-3510. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3504

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Barrett’s esophagus: Prevalence and risk factors in patients with chronic GERD in Upper Egypt

Yasser M Fouad, Madiha M Makhlouf, Heba M Tawfik, Hussein El Amin, Wael Abdel Ghany, Hisham R El-khayat

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3511-3515. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3511

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Bone mineral density and disorders of mineral metabolism in chronic liver disease

Joe George, Hosahithlu K Ganesh, Shrikrishna Acharya, Tushar R Bandgar, Vyankatesh Shivane, Anjana Karvat, Shobna J Bhatia, Samir Shah, Padmavathy S Menon, Nalini Shah

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3516-3522. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3516

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Clinical outcomes of self-expandable metal stents in palliation of malignant anastomotic strictures caused by recurrent gastric cancer

Yu Kyung Cho, Sang Woo Kim, Kwan Woo Nam, Jae Hyuck Chang, Jae Myung Park, Jeong-Jo Jeong, In Seok Lee, Myung-Gyu Choi, In-Sik Chung

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3523-3527. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3523

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Osteoporosis in adult Sri Lankan inflammatory bowel disease patients

Arjuna Priyadarsin de Silva, Aranjan Lionel Karunanayake, Thalahitiya Gamaralalage Iruka Dissanayaka, Anuradha Supun Dassanayake, Hewa Kattadi Kankanamgae Tilak Duminda, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Ananda Rajitha Wickramasinghe, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3528-3531. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3528

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Assessment of the hepatic microvascular changes in liver cirrhosis by perfusion computed tomography

Mai-Lin Chen, Qing-Yu Zeng, Jian-Wei Huo, Xiao-Ming Yin, Bao-Ping Li, Jian-Xin Liu

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3532-3537. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3532

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Urokinase perfusion prevents intrahepatic ischemic-type biliary lesion in donor livers

Ren Lang, Qiang He, Zhong-Kui Jin, Dong-Dong Han, Da-Zhi Chen

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3538-3541. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3538

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Clinical application of subjective global assessment in Chinese patients with gastrointestinal cancer

Bei-Wen Wu, Tao Yin, Wei-Xin Cao, Zhi-Dong Gu, Xiao-Jin Wang, Min Yan, Bing-Ya Liu

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3542-3549. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3542

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Sonographic evaluation of vessel grafts in living donor liver transplantation recipients of the right lobe

Qiang Lu, Hong Wu, Yu-Ting Fan, Yan Luo, Zhong-Wei Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3550-3554. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3550

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Case Report

Generalized megaviscera of lupus: Refractory intestinal pseudo-obstruction, ureterohydronephrosis and megacholedochus

Frederick D Park, Jeffrey K Lee, Ganga D Madduri, Pradipta Ghosh

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3555-3559. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3555

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Infiltrating adenocarcinoma arising in a villous adenoma of the anal canal

Marni Colvin, Aris Delis, Erika Bracamonte, Hugo Villar, Luis R Leon Jr

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3560-3564. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3560

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Extramedullary plasmocytoma associated with a massive deposit of amyloid in the duodenum

Fabiana Pirani Carneiro, Maria de Nazareth Machado Sobreira, Lívia Bravo Maia, Alesso Cervantes Sartorelli, Luiz Eduardo de Almeida Prado Franceschi, Mauro Brito Brandão, Bárbara Wosnjuk Calaça, Fernando Silva Lustosa, João Vieira Lopes

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3565-3568. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3565

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Laparoscopic diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma presenting with pseudoachalasia

Greta Saino, Davide Bona, Marco Nencioni, Barbara Rubino, Luigi Bonavina

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3569-3572. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3569

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Biliary cystadenoma

Miguel A Hernandez Bartolome, Sagrario Fuerte Ruiz, Israel Manzanedo Romero, Beatriz Ramos Lojo, Ignacio Rodriguez Prieto, Luis Gimenez Alvira, Rosario Granados Carreño, Manuel Limones Esteban

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3573-3575. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3573

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Ascending retrocecal appendicitis presenting with right upper abdominal pain: Utility of computed tomography

Eugene Mun Wai Ong, Sudhakar Kundapur Venkatesh

World J Gastroenterol 15(28):3576-3579. Published online Jul 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3576

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