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Contents Volume 22 Issue 40 October 28, 2016

Editorial

Transarterial chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hee Chul Nam, Bohyun Jang, Myeong Jun Song

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8853-8861. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8853

Abstract (1378) | Core Tip (1349) | Full Article (HTML) (9304) | Figures (1-3) (567) | Full Article (PDF)-2443K (891) | Audio-509K (64) | Peer-Review Report-103K (386) | Answering Reviewers-116K (369) | Received: 07/13/2016 | Revised: 08/25/2016 | Accepted: 09/14/2016 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (41) | Total Visits (22042) | Similar Articles (1903) | Timeline of Article Publication (1) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Therapeutics Advances

Liver-targeted hydrodynamic gene therapy: Recent advances in the technique

Takeshi Yokoo, Kenya Kamimura, Hiroyuki Abe, Yuji Kobayashi, Tsutomu Kanefuji, Kohei Ogawa, Ryo Goto, Masafumi Oda, Takeshi Suda, Shuji Terai

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8862-8868. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8862

Abstract (1440) | Core Tip (1437) | Full Article (HTML) (7596) | Figures (1-2) (515) | Tables (1-2) (452) | Full Article (PDF)-1508K (884) | Audio-922K (39) | Peer-Review Report-102K (273) | Answering Reviewers-17K (292) | Received: 07/04/2016 | Revised: 08/03/2016 | Accepted: 08/23/2016 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (42) | Total Visits (20674) | Similar Articles (388) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Authors Evaluation (4) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Review

Cardiovascular risk after orthotopic liver transplantation, a review of the literature and preliminary results of a prospective study

Giuseppina Pisano, Anna L Fracanzani, Lucio Caccamo, Maria F Donato, Silvia Fargion

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8869-8882. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8869

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Pathophysiological and clinical aspects of gastric hyperplastic polyps

Adam Roman Markowski, Agnieszka Markowska, Katarzyna Guzinska-Ustymowicz

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8883-8891. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8883

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Indications and surgical options for small bowel, large bowel and perianal Crohn's disease

James WT Toh, Peter Stewart, Matthew JFX Rickard, Rupert Leong, Nelson Wang, Christopher J Young

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8892-8904. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8892

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Minireviews

Effects of a high fat diet on intestinal microbiota and gastrointestinal diseases

Mei Zhang, Xiao-Jiao Yang

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8905-8909. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8905

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Basic Study

Polymorphisms and resistance mutations of hepatitis C virus on sequences in the European hepatitis C virus database

Dimas Alexandre Kliemann, Cristiane Valle Tovo, Ana Beatriz Gorini da Veiga, Angelo Alves de Mattos, Charles Wood

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8910-8917. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8910

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Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory action of melatonin in an experimental model of secondary biliary cirrhosis induced by bile duct ligation

Josieli Raskopf Colares, Elizângela Gonçalves Schemitt, Renata Minuzzo Hartmann, Francielli Licks, Mariana do Couto Soares, Adriane Dal Bosco, Norma Possa Marroni

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8918-8928. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8918

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Fecal microbiota in pouchitis and ulcerative colitis

Kai-Yu Li, Jian-Lin Wang, Jiang-Peng Wei, Sen-Yang Gao, Ying-Ying Zhang, Li-Tian Wang, Gang Liu

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8929-8939. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8929

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Retrospective Study

Ansa pancreatica as a predisposing factor for recurrent acute pancreatitis

Takana Yamakawa Hayashi, Wataru Gonoi, Takeharu Yoshikawa, Naoto Hayashi, Kuni Ohtomo

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8940-8948. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8940

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Fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Noninvasive assessment using computed tomography volumetry

Nobuhiro Fujita, Akihiro Nishie, Yoshiki Asayama, Kousei Ishigami, Yasuhiro Ushijima, Yukihisa Takayama, Daisuke Okamoto, Ken Shirabe, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Kazuhiro Kotoh, Norihiro Furusyo, Tomoyuki Hida, Yoshinao Oda, Taisuke Fujioka, Hiroshi Honda

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8949-8955. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8949

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Neuroendocrine neoplasms of liver - A 5-year retrospective clinico-pathological study applying World Health Organization 2010 classification

Deepak Kalyansingh Burad, Thomas Alex Kodiatte, Sayd Mohamed Rajeeb, Ashish Goel, Chundamannil Eapen Eapen, Banumathi Ramakrishna

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8956-8966. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8956

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Clinical Trials Study

Effects of an oral iron chelator, deferasirox, on advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Issei Saeki, Naoki Yamamoto, Takahiro Yamasaki, Taro Takami, Masaki Maeda, Koichi Fujisawa, Takuya Iwamoto, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Isao Hidaka, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Koichi Uchida, Kenji Tani, Isao Sakaida

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8967-8977. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8967

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Observational Study

Factors affecting the quality of life of patients after gastrectomy as assessed using the newly developed PGSAS-45 scale: A nationwide multi-institutional study

Koji Nakada, Masazumi Takahashi, Masami Ikeda, Shinichi Kinami, Masashi Yoshida, Yoshikazu Uenosono, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Sayumi Nakao, Atsushi Oshio, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Masanori Terashima, Yasuhiro Kodera

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8978-8990. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8978

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Prospective Study

Oropharyngeal acid reflux and motility abnormalities of the proximal esophagus

Sandro Passaretti, Giorgia Mazzoleni, Cristian Vailati, Pier Alberto Testoni

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8991-8998. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8991

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Systematic Reviews

Systematic review: Safety of balloon assisted enteroscopy in Crohn’s disease

Ahilan Arulanandan, Parambir S Dulai, Siddharth Singh, William J Sandborn, Denise Kalmaz

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):8999-9011. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.8999

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Efficacy of thioguanine treatment in inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review

Berrie Meijer, Chris JJ Mulder, Godefridus J Peters, Adriaan A van Bodegraven, Nanne KH de Boer

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):9012-9021. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.9012

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Case Report

Safety and efficacy of self-expandable metallic stents in malignant small bowel obstructions

Akiyoshi Tsuboi, Toshio Kuwai, Tomoyuki Nishimura, Sumio Iio, Takeshi Mori, Hiroki Imagawa, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Kouno, Hiroshi Kohno

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):9022-9027. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.9022

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Two cases of adenocarcinoma occurring in sporadic fundic gland polyps observed by magnifying endoscopy with narrow band imaging

Kazumi Togo, Tetsuya Ueo, Hirotoshi Yonemasu, Hideho Honda, Tetsuya Ishida, Hiroshi Tanabe, Kenshi Yao, Akinori Iwashita, Kazunari Murakami

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):9028-9034. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.9028

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Letter to the Editor

Establishment of various biliary tract carcinoma cell lines and xenograft models for appropriate preclinical studies

Hidenori Ojima, Seri Yamagishi, Kazuaki Shimada, Tatsuhiro Shibata

World J Gastroenterol 22(40):9035-9038. Published online Oct 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.9035

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