Objective Follow-up studies have shown that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with an increased risk of incident diabetes, but currently, it is uncertain whether this risk ...
3 Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Robert D and Patricia E Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA There is no ...
Gastric cancer is a major global health concern, with ongoing efforts focused on screening and eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection.1 However, H. pylori infection is typically acquired during ...
Background The aetiology and pathogenesis of IBD are intricate, involving genetic and environmental factors. Notably, cigarette smoking has contrasting effects, being detrimental to Crohn’s disease ...
The Rome diagnostic criteria for the functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain are used widely in research and practice. A committee consensus approach, including criticism from ...
Professor M W Büchler, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. BACKGROUND The pharmacological inhibition of exocrine ...
Background Quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (qHBsAg) is an important biomarker in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Objective Establish qHBsAg profiles to guide novel drug development. Design ...
Objective MicroRNA (miR)-301a is known to be involved in the tumourigenesis and pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases, but it remains unclear whether miR-301a is associated with the pathogenesis ...
Objective Stomach cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, especially in developing countries. Incidence has been associated with poverty and is also reported to disproportionately affect indigenous ...
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centre, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Dr A Sonnenberg, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centre 111F, 1501 San Pedro Drive SE, ...
Dr J Tibble, Department of Gastroenterology, King’s College School Medicine and Dentistry, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK. BACKGROUND The diagnosis of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) ...
2 Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 3 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 4 Department of ...