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Visceral hypersensitivity has been recognised as a characteristic of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It may be involved in the pathogenesis of abdominal pain/discomfort, and seems to ...
aDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, bSödra Hõlsocentralen, Hudiksvall, Sweden, cUniversity of Michigan Health ...
Anthranoid-containing laxatives--aloe, cascara, frangula, and rheum--may play a role in colorectal cancer. This risk is particularly important in view of the wide abuse of self administered laxatives ...
Correspondence to Dr Thomas Berg, Section of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig 04103, Germany; thomas.berg{at}medizin.uni-leipzig.de Objective ...
Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Hoare, Department of Gastroenterology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK; j.hoare{at}ic.ac.uk This is the first UK national guideline to concentrate on ...
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BACKGROUND Cholesterol gall stones are a frequent disease for which at present surgery is the usual therapy. Despite the importance of bile acids it has become evident that phospholipids are the main ...
Objective Extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) serves as a gatekeeper of hepatic fibrosis by maintaining transforming growth ...
Correspondence to: Professor J H Scholefield, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; john.scholefield{at}nottingham.ac.uk Follow up after colorectal resection is a ...
Absorption of electrolytes and water from the human rectum was quantified by sequential sampling of physiological solutions instilled into the rectum and by the method of continuous intraluminal ...
Dr Helmut Friess, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. Email: helmut.friess{at}insel.ch BACKGROUND Nerve growth factor (NGF), ...