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Contents Volume 15 Issue 42 November 14, 2009

Editorial

Potential role of chitinase 3-like-1 in inflammation-associated carcinogenic changes of epithelial cells

Katrin Eurich, Mayuko Segawa, Satoko Toei-Shimizu, Emiko Mizoguchi

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5249-5259. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5249

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Experimental evidence of obesity as a risk factor for severe acute pancreatitis

Jean-Louis Frossard, Pierre Lescuyer, Catherine M Pastor

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5260-5265. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5260

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Original Article

Validation of Fujinon intelligent chromoendoscopy with high definition endoscopes in colonoscopy

Adolfo Parra-Blanco, Alejandro Jiménez, Björn Rembacken, Nicolás González, David Nicolás-Pérez, Antonio Z Gimeno-García, Marta Carrillo-Palau, Takahisa Matsuda, Enrique Quintero

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5266-5273. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5266

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Brief Article

Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for gastrointestinal cancer among American veterans

M Mazen Jamal, Eugene J Yoon, Kenneth J Vega, Mehrtash Hashemzadeh, Kenneth J Chang

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5274-5278. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5274

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Comorbidity negatively influences prognosis in patients with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Mario Fernández-Ruiz, Juan-Manuel Guerra-Vales, Francisco Colina-Ruizdelgado

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5279-5286. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5279

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Mucosal bacterial microflora and mucus layer thickness in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease

Krzysztof Fyderek, Magdalena Strus, Kinga Kowalska-Duplaga, Tomasz Gosiewski, Andrzej Wędrychowicz, Urszula Jedynak-Wąsowicz, Małgorzata Sładek, Stanisław Pieczarkowski, Paweł Adamski, Piotr Kochan, Piotr B Heczko

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5287-5294. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5287

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Fructose-sorbitol ingestion provokes gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with eating disorders

Noel Friesen, Ross D Hansen, Suzanne F Abraham, John E Kellow

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5295-5299. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5295

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Small bowel MRI enteroclysis or follow through: Which is optimal?

Ian C Lawrance, Christopher J Welman, Peter Shipman, Kevin Murray

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5300-5306. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5300

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Effects on coagulation factor production following primary hepatomitogen-induced direct hyperplasia

Kohei Tatsumi, Kazuo Ohashi, Sanae Taminishi, Soichi Takagi, Rie Utoh, Akira Yoshioka, Midori Shima, Teruo Okano

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5307-5315. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5307

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Sickle cell cholangiopathy: An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography evaluation

Hussain Issa, Ali Al-Haddad, Ahmed Al-Salem

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5316-5320. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5316

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Celiac disease in patients with presumed irritable bowel syndrome: A case-finding study

Khaled Ali Jadallah, Yousef Saleh Khader

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5321-5325. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5321

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Usefulness of a scoring system in the interpretation of histology in neonatal cholestasis

Way Seah Lee, Lai Meng Looi

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5326-5333. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5326

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Synergistic effect of fatty liver and smoking on metabolic syndrome

Po-Hsin Chiang, Tsui-Yen Chang, Jong-Dar Chen

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5334-5339. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5334

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CDH1 promoter polymorphism (-347G→GA) is a possible prognostic factor in sporadic colorectal cancer

Xiao-Ping Zou, Wei-Jie Dai, Jun Cao

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5340-5345. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5340

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Radical resection and outcome for malignant tumors of the pancreatic body and tail

Shao-Liang Han, Wei-Jian Zhang, Xiao-Feng Zheng, Xian Shen, Qi-Qiang Zeng, Qing-Hong Ke

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5346-5351. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5346

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Effectiveness and safety of splenectomy for gastric carcinoma: A meta-analysis

Kun Yang, Xin-Zu Chen, Jian-Kun Hu, Bo Zhang, Zhi-Xin Chen, Jia-Ping Chen

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5352-5359. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5352

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Case Report

Liver abscess and sepsis with Bacillus pantothenticus in an immunocompetent patient: A first case report

Jung Sik Na, Tae Hyung Kim, Heung Su Kim, Sang Hyun Park, Ho Sup Song, Sang Woo Cha, Hee Jung Yoon

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5360-5363. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5360

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Novel mutations in the STK11 gene in Thai patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

Surasawadee Ausavarat, Petcharat Leoyklang, Paisarn Vejchapipat, Voranush Chongsrisawat, Kanya Suphapeetiporn, Vorasuk Shotelersuk

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5364-5367. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5364

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A latent form of essential thrombocythemia presenting as portal cavernoma

Xiao-Yan Cai, Wei Zhou, De-Fei Hong, Xiu-Jun Cai

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5368-5370. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5368

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Letter to the Editor

Hepatocellular carcinoma and evidence-based surgery

Alain Braillon

World J Gastroenterol 15(42):5371-5371. Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5371

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