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BMC Gastroenterology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Gastroenterology (ISSN 1471-230X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :33
Membrane transporters such as P-glycoprotein are downregulated in gastric vs colon cancer cells partly due to DNA methylation and histone deacetylation, a finding that could help design more effective chemotherapy regimens.
BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :30
A new self-administered 14-item symptom questionnaire assessing pain, diarrhea and constipation for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) shows good reliability and external validity, and is responsive to changes in health status.
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Outcomes in culture positive and culture negative ascitic fluid infection in patients with viral cirrhosis: cohort study Lubna Kamani, Khalid Mumtaz, Umair S Ahmed, Ailia W Ali, Wasim Jafri BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :59 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of erosive esophagitis and Barrett's epithelium in Japanese men Tomoyuki Akiyama, Masahiko Inamori, Hiroshi Iida, Hironori Mawatari, Hiroki Endo, Kunihiro Hosono, Kyoko Yoneda, Koji Fujita, Masato Yoneda, Hirokazu Takahashi, Ayumu Goto, Yasunobu Abe, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Kensuke Kubota, Satoru Saito, Atsushi Nakajima BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :58 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Wnt-reporter expression pattern in the mouse intestine during homeostasis Paige S Davies, Adria D Dismuke, Anne E Powell, Kevin H Carroll, Melissa H Wong BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :57 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Loss of PTEN expression is associated with colorectal cancer liver metastasis and poor patient survival Hirozumi Sawai, Akira Yasuda, Nobuo Ochi, Jiachi Ma, Yoichi Matsuo, Takehiro Wakasugi, Hiroki Takahashi, Hitoshi Funahashi, Mikinori Sato, Hiromitsu Takeyama BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :56 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Imbalance of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP) Andreas N Kapsoritakis, Anastasia I Kapsoritaki, Ioanna P Davidi, Vasilios D Lotis, Anastasios C Manolakis, Petros I Mylonis, Aikaterini T Theodoridou, Anastasios E Germenis, Spyros P Potamianos BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :55 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Commonly used bowel preparations have significant and different effects upon cell proliferation in the colon: a pilot study Lisa J Croucher, Jonathan P Bury, Elizabeth A Williams, Stuart A Riley, Bernard M Corfe BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :54 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Plasma Pentraxin3 is a Novel Marker for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Masato Yoneda, Takashi Uchiyama, Shingo Kato, Hiroki Endo, Koji Fujita, Kyoko Yoneda, Hironori Mawatari, Hiroshi Iida, Hirokazu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Masahiko Inamori, Yuichi Nozaki, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Kensuke Kubota, Satoru Saito, Shiro Maeyama, Mina Sagara, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Tatsuhiko Kodama, Atsushi Nakajima BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :53 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Predictors of gastrointestinal lesions on endoscopy in iron deficiency anemia without gastrointestinal symptoms Shahid Majid, Mohammad Salih, Rozina Wasaya, Wasim Jafri BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :52 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Scintigraphic evaluation of oesophageal transit during radiotherapy to the mediastinum Giuseppe Sasso, Pierfrancesco Rambaldi, Francesco S Sasso, Vincenzo Cuccurullo, Paola Murino, Paolo Puntieri, Hugo R Marsiglia, Luigi Mansi BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :51 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Reduced diversity and increased virulence-gene carriage in intestinal enterobacteria of children with coeliac disease Ester Sanchez, Inmaculada Nadal, Ester Donat, Carmen Ribes-Koninckx, Miguel Calabuig, Yolanda Sanz BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :50 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma presenting within a solitary anti-mesenteric dilated segment of ileum: a case report Rowland Storey, Marcel Gatt, Ian Bradford Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :6 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Ascending cholangitis presenting with Lactococcus lactis cremoris bacteraemia: a case report Jane Davies, Michael David Burkitt, Alastair Watson Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :3 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Gastric outlet obstruction possibly secondary to ulceration in a 2-year-old girl: a case report Manabu Okawada, Tadaharu Okazaki, Tsubasa Takahashi, Geoffrey J Lane, Atsuyuki Yamataka Cases Journal 2009, 2 :8 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Hepatic splenosis mimicking HCC in a patient with hepatitis C liver cirrhosis and mildly raised alpha feto protein; the important role of explorative laparoscopy M Abu Hilal, A Harb, B Zeidan, B Steadman, Jn Primrose, Nw Pearce World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009, 7 :1 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Stent angioplasty of narrowed portocaval shunt in Budd-Chiari syndrome: a case report Nilesh Doctor, Vidhyachandra Gandhi, Sharad Shah, Maharra Hussain, Shaji Marar, Sujith Philip Cases Journal 2009, 2 :1 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Laparoscopic-assisted small bowel resection for treatment of adult
small bowel intussusception: a case report
Donald Stewart, Michael Hughes, William W Hope Cases Journal 2008, 1 :432 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The development of a mini-array for estimating the disease states of gastric adenocarcinoma by array CGH Tomoko Furuya, Tetsuji Uchiyama, Atsushi Adachi, Takae Okada, Motonao Nakao, Atsunori Oga, Song-Ju Yang, Shigeto Kawauchi, Kohsuke Sasaki BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :393 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Quantification of SLIT-ROBO transcripts in hepatocellular carcinoma reveals two groups of genes with coordinate expression Mehmet Ender Avci, Ozlen Konu, Tamer Yagci BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :392 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Thymidylate synthase, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, ERCC1, and thymidine phosphorylase gene expression in primary and metastatic gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma tissue in patients treated on a phase I trial of Oxaliplatin and capecitabine Kazumi Uchida, Peter V Danenberg, Kathleen D Danenberg, Jean L Grem BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :386 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification of a novel picornavirus related to cosaviruses in a child with acute diarrhea Lori R Holtz, Stacy R Finkbeiner, Carl D Kirkwood, David Wang Virology Journal 2008, 5 :159 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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