Volume 3, Number 2, May 2013 (Special Issue on )

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Lack of estrogen receptors expression in malignant and pre-malignant colorectal lesions in Egyptian patients

Mohamed Said, Marwa Khairy, Aly El-Hendawy, Osama A. Khalf, Mohamed S. Abdelbary, Yasmin Saadi, Ayman Yosry

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32026  3,605 Downloads  5,210 Views   Citations

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Use of ultrasound as the initial screening exam for hepatocellular carcinoma in high risk populations

Jason B. Welch, Richa Shukla, Nnenna Igbo, Ashwani K. Singal, Joao Kazan-Tannus, Roger D. Soloway

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32025  3,126 Downloads  4,292 Views   Citations

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Immediate balloon deflation method in endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation for extraction of difficult bile duct stones

Duk Joo Choi, Yeon Suk Kim, Jung Ho Kim, Yang Suh Ku, Min Su Ha, Ju Hyeon Kim

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32024  2,989 Downloads  4,277 Views   Citations

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Is there a correlation between endoscopy and imaging findings in Crohn’s disease

I. Charif, H. Abid, D. Benajah, O. Addou, I. Kamaoui, S. Tizniti, A. Boly, C. Nejjari, A. Ibrahimi, M. El Abkari, M. El Yousfi

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32023  3,141 Downloads  4,573 Views   Citations

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Influence of meteorological factors on the seasonal onset of esophagogastric variceal bleeding

Jun Chen, Donghua Li, Shaoyong Xu, Zequn Sun, Bin Wang, Changsheng Deng

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32022  2,118 Downloads  3,250 Views   Citations

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Olmesartan for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis complicated with hypertension: An open-label study

Hisashi Hidaka, Makoto Ohbu, Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Minamino, Juichi Takada, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Yusuke Okuwaki, Masaaki Watanabe, Takahide Nakazawa, Akitaka Shibuya, Wasaburo Koizumi

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32021  2,694 Downloads  3,981 Views   Citations

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Prospective study evaluating the value of subjective global assessment and national risk score 2002 for post-operative risk detection in living related donor liver transplant recipients

A. Abd Elrehim, O. Fekry, Abd Elaziz, W. Fathalah, M. Abd Elbary, T. Darwish

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32020  3,108 Downloads  4,555 Views   Citations

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Virological profile of hepatitis B infection in Black African HBsAg chronic carriers

Koffi Alain Attia, Stanislas Doffou, Ya Henriette Kissi, Demba Bangoura, Seka Mondesir Pianiza, Kouame Alassan Mahassadi, Fulgence Yao Bathaix, Mohamed Sayegh, Thérèse N’dri-Yoman

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32019  3,377 Downloads  5,754 Views   Citations

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Use of ultrasonic transient elastography (Fibroscan) in the assessment of hepatic focal lesion stiffness

Mohamed Yousef, Aisha Elsharkawy, Mohammad El Beshlawy, Gamal Esmat, Zakaria Salama

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32018  4,083 Downloads  5,915 Views   Citations

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Value of transabdominal bowel ultrasonography and splanchic vascular parameters in the evaluation of inflammatory bowel disease

Manal Kamel, Magdy El-Serafy, Hussein Attia, Hanan Abdeel-Haleem, Naglaa Zayed, Maha Hasab-Allah, Zakaria Salama

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32017  3,080 Downloads  4,681 Views   Citations

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Helicobacter pylori microbe and detecting with data mining algorithms

Amir Hossein Rasekh, Zeinab Liaghat, Alireza Tabebordbar

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32016  3,286 Downloads  4,689 Views   Citations

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The impact of anxiety on lactose intolerance symptoms

Veronica Ojetti, Tortora Annalisa, Ianiro Gianluca, Bertucci Flavio, Ferrarese Daniele, Buccelletti Francesco, Zuccala’ Giuseppe, Gasbarrini Antonio

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32015  4,587 Downloads  6,940 Views   Citations

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Transhepatic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Guido Poggi, Benedetta Montagna, Pamela Di Cesare

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.32014  4,018 Downloads  5,906 Views   Citations

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