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Fatigue in primary biliary cirrhosis
Mrs K Cauch-Dudek, Toronto Hospital, Western Division, 399 Bathurst St, West Wing 4–833, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada. Background—Fatigue is a frequent and debilitating symptom in patients with ...
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Proton pump inhibitors and risk of colorectal cancer
Objective To determine whether proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, compared with histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs). Design The United ...
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Effect of faecal occult blood screening on mortality from colorectal cancer: results from a randomised controlled trial
Background: Three large randomised trials have shown that screening for colorectal cancer using faecal occult blood (FOB) tests can reduce the mortality from this disease. Two national pilot studies ...
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Hepatitis and liver dysfunction with rifampicin therapy for pruritus in primary biliary cirrhosis
Correspondence to: Dr M Prince, Centre for Liver Research, 4th Floor William Leech Building, Newcastle University Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle NE2 4HH, UK; Martin.prince{at}ncl.ac.uk ...
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Pathology of idiopathic megarectum and megacolon
Background—The aetiology and pathology of both idiopathic megarectum and idiopathic megacolon are unknown. In particular, it is unknown whether there are abnormalities involving enteric nerves or ...
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Expression of the cathelicidin LL-37 is modulated by short chain fatty acids in colonocytes: relevance of signalling pathways
2 Microbiology and Tumour Biology Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 4 Microbiology and Tumour ...
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Magnification endoscopy, high resolution endoscopy, and chromoscopy; towards a better optical diagnosis
In the past few years, optical magnification endoscopy and chromoscopy have gained renewed interest in the West as a means for the early detection of minute lesions in patients with Barrett’s ...
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Aspirin is associated with lower risk of pancreatic cancer and cancer-related mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus
Background Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have higher pancreatic cancer (PC) risk. While aspirin has chemopreventive effects on digestive cancers, its effect on PC among patients with ...
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Pathophysiology of functional dyspepsia
Functional dyspepsia is a symptom complex characterised by postprandial upper abdominal discomfort or pain, early satiety, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, bloating, and anorexia in the absence ...
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Induction of macrophage efferocytosis in pancreatic cancer via PI3Kγ inhibition and radiotherapy promotes tumour control
Background The immune suppression mechanisms in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remain unknown, but preclinical ...
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Influence of hepatitis delta virus infection on morbidity and mortality in compensated cirrhosis type B
Dr G Fattovich, Servizio Autonomo Clinicizzato di Gastroenterologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche, Università di Verona, Via delle Menegone 10, 37134 Verona, Italy ...
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Endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of PPI-dependent GERD: results from a randomised, sham controlled trial
Background The majority of endoscopic antireflux procedures for GERD are cumbersome to use and randomised long-term data are sparse. We conducted such a trial to determine the efficacy and safety of a ...