Annals ofGastroenterology & Hepatology

Volume: 3 - Number: 23 - April 15, 2005

Outstanding

Studies of acid exposure immediately above the gastro-oesophageal squamocolumnar junction: evidence of short segment reflux

Early surgical intervention in ulcerative colitis

A prospective study of colonoscopy practice in the UK today: are we adequately prepared for national colorectal cancer screening tomorrow?

Molecular targets for tumour progression in gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Colon cancer

Digest

Familial adenomatous polyposis patients without an identified APC germline mutation have a severe phenotype

Analysis of candidate modifier loci for the severity of colonic familial adenomatous polyposis, with evidence for the importance of the N-acetyl transferases

A prospective study of colonoscopy practice in the UK today: are we adequately prepared for national colorectal cancer screening tomorrow?

Efficacy of high magnification chromoscopic colonoscopy for the diagnosis of neoplasia in flat and depressed lesions of the colorectum: a prospective analysis

Accuracy of reporting of family history of colorectal cancer

Commentaries

GI SNAPSHOT

A snapshot of colonoscopy practice in England: stimulus for improvement

Surveillance colonoscopy in ulcerative colitis: magnifying chromoendoscopy in the spotlight

Debate

Early surgical intervention in ulcerative colitis

Esophagus

Studies of acid exposure immediately above the gastro-oesophageal squamocolumnar junction: evidence of short segment reflux

Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a double blind, placebo controlled, randomised trial

Effect of childhood adversity on health related quality of life in patients with upper abdominal or chest pain

Gastric cancer

Chemoprevention of gastric cancer by celecoxib in rats

GI snapshot

Cerebral venous thrombosis in acute inflammatory bowel disease

H pylori eradication and Gord

Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Helicobacter pylori eradication does not exacerbate gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Inflammatory bowel diseases

Antibiotic use and the development of Crohn’s disease

Hip fractures in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and their relationship to corticosteroid use: a population based cohort study

Pancolonic indigo carmine dye spraying for the detection of dysplasia in ulcerative colitis

Intestine

Mislocalisation of hephaestin, a multicopper ferroxidase involved in basolateral intestinal iron transport, in the sex linked anaemia mouse

Intestine cancer

Molecular targets for tumour progression in gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Intestine inflammation

The role of platelet activating factor in a neonatal piglet model of necrotising enterocolitis

Nitric oxide inhibitable isoforms of adenylate cyclase mediate epithelial secretory dysfunction following exposure to ionising radiation

Proinflammatory cytokines increase glial fibrillary acidic protein expression in enteric glia

Evidence for the presence of functional protease activated receptor 4 (PAR4) in the rat colon

Intestine microbiology

Randomised clinical trial of synbiotic therapy in elective surgical patients

JournalScan

JournalScan

Leading articles

Endothelin and vascular function in liver disease

Recent advances in clinical science

Management of infectious diarrhoea

Stomach

Helicobacter pylori infection modifies gastric and plasma ghrelin dynamics in Mongolian gerbils