Background Patients with cirrhosis in Child–Pugh class C or those in class B who have
persistent bleeding at endoscopy are at high risk for treatment failure and a poor prognosis, even …

BACKGROUND & AIMS:: In nonrandomized trials, photodynamic therapy (PDT) had a
promising effect on nonresectable cholangiocarcinoma (NCC). This prospective, open-label, …

Chronic pancreatitis is a persistent inflammatory disease of the pancreas, in which the digestive
protease trypsin has a fundamental pathogenetic role. Here we have analyzed the gene …

Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. We analyzed CPA1,
encoding carboxypeptidase A1, in subjects with nonalcoholic chronic pancreatitis (cases) and …

Background: Use of proton-pump inhibitors in the management of peptic ulcer bleeding is
controversial because discrepant results have been reported in different ethnic groups. …

BACKGROUND Only 20–30% of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinomas (CC) are candidates
for potentially curative resection. However, even after curative (R0) resection, these …

Two hundred and twenty-five healthy German volunteers traveling to 53 different countries (mostly
in Asia, Africa and South America) were enrolled in a prospective cohort study. Stool …

Objective In chronic pancreatitis (CP), alterations in several genes have so far been described,
but only small cohorts have been extensively investigated for all predisposing genes. …

Carboxyl ester lipase is a digestive pancreatic enzyme encoded by the CEL gene 1 .
Mutations in CEL cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young as well as pancreatic exocrine …

Introduction Non-invasive assessment of steatosis and fibrosis is of growing relevance in
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). H-Magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( 1 H-MRS) and …