Background Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) enables en bloc resection of early gastrointestinal cancers and provides ...

2 School Of Medical Sciences – Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia 3 Gastrointestinal FunctionandMotiltiy Unit (GiFM) – Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia, ...

Eight cases of ecstasy related acute liver damage referred to a specialised liver unit are described. Two patients presented after collapse within six hours of ecstasy ingestion with hyperthermia, ...

Tissue epithelia maintain their lineage identity under normal conditions but occasionally undergo ‘reprogramming’ into ...

We read the global analysis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in cirrhosis by Wong et al with great interest.1 Assembling 7040 ...

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Bacterial infection is a frequent trigger of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), syndrome that could also increase the risk of infection. This investigation evaluated prevalence and characteristics ...

Background and aim Disease activity for Crohn's disease (CD) and UC is typically defined based on symptoms at a moment in time, and ignores the long-term burden of disease. The aims of this study were ...

1 National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation and GI Physiology Unit, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Objective The ...

Correspondence to Dr Guangfu Jin, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China; guangfujin{at}njmu.edu.cn ...

Background and aims: Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic multifactorial inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) with unknown aetiology, but a deregulated mucosal immune response to ...

Correspondence to Dr Manon C W Spaander, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 CE, The Netherlands; v.spaander{at}erasmusmc.nl Objective ...