The leucocyte migration inhibition (LMI) test was used as an indicator of cell mediated immunity to gluten fraction III in 30 healthy controls and 58 patients with adult coeliac disease and the ...

Introduction FIT (faecal immunochemical test) is recommended by NICE in the assessment of symptomatic patients who do not meet criteria for urgent suspected cancer referral. It can be a useful tool ...

1 Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research (CENTER), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Professor Michael Camilleri, Clinical Enteric Neuroscience ...

Correspondence to Dr Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, and Dr Jean-Louis Gueant, INSERM U954 and Department of Hepatogastroenterology, University Hospital of Nancy-Brabois, University of Lorraine, Allée du ...

It is a common experience that gastrointestinal symptoms urge us to differentiate inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from functional disorders. Furthermore, in patients with proven IBD the disease ...

Background The indications for intestinal transplantation (ITx) are still debated. Knowing survival rates and causes of death on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) will improve decisions. Methods A ...

a Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, b Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, ...

Dr K Geboes, Department of Pathology, University Hospital, KULeuven, Minderbroedersstraat 12, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Email: Karel.Geboes{at}uz.kuleuven.ac.be BACKGROUND Evaluation of histological ...

Introduction: There is no consensus on the pharmacological treatment of alcoholic hepatitis. The Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score (GAHS) has been shown to be more accurate than the modified Maddrey’s ...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has rapidly become the most common chronic liver disease globally and is currently estimated to affect up to 38% of the global adult population. NAFLD is a ...

1 University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 University of Groningen and University Medical Center ...

The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Correspondence to Christine A Iacobuzio-Donahue, Associate Professor of Pathology, ...