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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, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :44
Gluten-sensitive enteropathy is a complicating factor in some patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis and suggests celiac screens and gluten-free diets could be effective management tools in this cohort.
BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :35
Marital status, but not personal income, is associated with survival after diagnosis of liver cirrhosis, with married patients showing a higher five-year survival rate than divorcees.
BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :15
Evidence from randomized controlled trials suggests that probiotics may alleviate some symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but further trials are needed to assess the long term benefits of the dietary supplement in this chronic disease.
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Early effects of oral administration of lafutidine with mosapride compared with lafutidine alone on intragastric pH values Hiroshi Iida, Masahiko Inamori, Yuichi Nozaki, Hiroki Endo, Kunihiro Hosono, Tomoyuki Akiyama, Yasunari Sakamoto, Hirokazu Takahashi, Tomoko Koide, Chikako Tokoro, Yasunobu Abe, Atsushi Nakajima BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :52 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Associations of a PTPN11 G/A polymorphism at intron 3 with Helicobactor pylori seropositivity, gastric atrophy and gastric cancer in Japanese Asahi Hishida, Keitaro Matsuo, Yasuyuki Goto, Mariko Naito, Kenji Wakai, Kazuo Tajima, Nobuyuki Hamajima BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :51 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The galactose elimination capacity and mortality in 781 Danish patients with newly-diagnosed liver cirrhosis: a cohort study Peter Jepsen, Hendrik Vilstrup, Peter Ott, Susanne Keiding, Per K Andersen, Niels Tygstrup BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :50 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Increasing prevalence and high incidence of celiac disease in elderly people: A population-based study Anitta Vilppula, Katri Kaukinen, Liisa Luostarinen, Ilkka Krekela, Heikki Patrikainen, Raisa Valve, Markku Maki, Pekka Collin BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :49 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Assessment of safety and feasibility of a new technical variant of gastropexy for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: an experience with 453 cases Paulo MO Campoli, Daniela MM Cardoso, Marilia D Turchi, Flavio H Ejima, Orlando M Mota BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :48 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Trends in esophageal cancer and body mass index by race and gender in the state of Michigan Eric J Kort, Eric Sevensma, Timothy L Fitzgerald BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :47 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Lipoprotein lipase activity and mass, apolipoprotein C-II mass and polymorphisms of apolipoproteins E and A5 in subjects with prior acute hypertriglyceridaemic pancreatitis Inmaculada Coca-Prieto, Pedro Valdivielso, Gunilla Olivecrona, Mar BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :46 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Treatment of malignant gastric outlet obstruction with stents: An evaluation of the reported variables for clinical outcome Lene Larssen, Asle W Medhus, Truls Hauge BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :45 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Gluten sensitivity enteropathy in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis Ramin Shakeri, Farhad Zamani, Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh, Afsaneh Amiri, Mehdi Mohamadnejad, Fereydoun Davatchi, Ali Mohammadi Karakani, Reza Malekzadeh, Farhad Shahram BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :44 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The clinicopathologic observation, c-KIT gene mutation and clonal status of gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the sacrum Li Gong, Yan-Hong Li, Hua-Dong Zhao, Jian-Ye Zhao, Wei Zhang BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :43 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium adhesion and cytotoxicity during epithelial cell stress is reduced by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Kristin M Burkholder, Arun K Bhunia Gut Pathogens 2009, 1 :14 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Downregulation of SFRP5 expression and its inverse correlation with those of MMP-7 and MT1-MMP in gastric cancer Chenghai Zhao, Xianmin Bu, Ning Zhang, Wei Wang BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :224 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comparison of different methods to obtain and store liver biopsies for molecular and histological research Gaby Hoffmann, Jooske Ijzer, Bas Brinkhof, Baukje A Schotanus, Ted SGAM van den Ingh, Louis C Penning, Jan Rothuizen Comparative Hepatology 2009, 8 :3 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Esophagopericardial fistula as a rare complication after total gastrectomy for cancer Nikolaos Dafnios, Georgios Anastasopoulos, Athanasios Marinis, Andreas Polydorou, Georgios Gkiokas, Georgios Fragulidis, Panayiotis Athanasopoulos, Theodosios Theodosopoulos World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009, 7 :58 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Screening of variants for lactase persistence/non-persistence in populations from South Africa and Ghana Suvi Torniainen, M IQBAL Parker, Ville Holmberg, Elisa Lahtela, Collet Dandara, Irma Jarvela BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :31 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Impact of gastroesophageal reflux disease on patients' daily lives: a European observational study in the primary care setting Javier P Gisbert, Alun Cooper, Dimitrios Karagiannis, Jan Hatlebakk, Lars Agreus, Helmut Jablonowski, Javier Zapardiel Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7 :60 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Response of the primary tumor in symptomatic and asymptomatic stage IV colorectal cancer to combined interventional endoscopy and palliative chemotherapy Silke Cameron, Diana Huenerbein, Tuemen Mansuroglu, Thomas Armbrust, Jens-Gerd Scharf, Harald Schwoerer, Laszlo Fuezesi, Giuliano Ramadori BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :218 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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NMD inhibition fails to identify tumour suppressor genes in microsatellite stable gastric cancer cell lines Tineke E Buffart, Marianne Tijssen, Jamila El-Bchiri, Alex Duval, Mark A van de Wiel, Bauke Ylstra, Gerrit A Meijer, Beatriz Carvalho BMC Medical Genomics 2009, 2 :39 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [1 comment ]
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Early MRI response monitoring of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma under treatment with the multikinase inhibitor sorafenib Marius Horger, Ulrich M Lauer, Christina Schraml, Christoph P Berg, Ursula Koppenhofer, Claus D Claussen, Michael Gregor, Michael Bitzer BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :208 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Proneoplastic effects of PGE2 mediated by EP4 receptor in colorectal cancer Glen A Doherty, Sinead M Byrne, Eamonn S Molloy, Vikrum Malhotra, Sandra C Austin, Elaine W Kay, Frank E Murray, Desmond J Fitzgerald BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :207 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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