The Rome diagnostic criteria for the functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain are used widely in research and practice. A committee consensus approach, including criticism from ...

The two major forms of IBD, Crohn's disease (CD) and UC, are chronic inflammatory disorders, the pathogenesis of which involves a complex interplay of multiple factors.1 ,2 The introduction of ...

Objective Many improvements have been made in diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the radiological hallmarks of HCC have remained the same for many years. We prospectively evaluated the ...

Objective Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal tumour with limited treatment options. Here, we identified syndecan binding protein (SDCBP), also known as syntenin1, as a novel ...

Background Lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMSs) are increasingly used for the endoscopic management of pancreatic fluid ...

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC-IBD) may have a high prevalence of rectal sparing, backwash ileitis, and colorectal neoplasia. Aims: To ...

Background and aims: Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) is upregulated in most colorectal cancers and is responsible for metabolism of the endogenous cannabinoid, anandamide, into prostaglandin-ethanolamides ...

BACKGROUND Decreased synthesis of the predominant secretory human colonic mucin (MUC2) occurs during active ulcerative colitis. AIMS To study possible alterations in mucin sulphation and mucin ...

Surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), via 6-monthly ultrasonography with alpha-fetoprotein testing, is currently ...

1.0 REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS AND AUDIT STANDARDS 1.1 Recommendations 2003 (*Unchanged from the 1998 recommendations) Diagnosis *The correct diagnosis of acute pancreatitis should be made in all ...

In recent years, investigators have readdressed the complex issues involved in the classification of inflammatory bowel diseases. In 2003, a Working Party of investigators with an interest in the ...

Background Patients with Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a high prevalence of depression. Gut microbiota dysbiosis has been reported to play an important role in IBD and depression. However, few ...