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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 Scientific (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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Total and caspase-cleaved cytokeratin 18 in chronic cholecystitis: A prospective study Constantinos Simopoulos, Alexandra K Tsaroucha, Byron Asimakopoulos, Alexandra Giatromanolaki, Paschalis Gavriilidis, Alexandros Polychronidis, Anastasios Karayiannakis BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :14 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prevalence and determinants of biochemical dysfunction of the liver in Atayal aboriginal community of Taiwan: Is betel nut chewing a risk factor? Ching-Feng Lin, Tun-Jen Shiau, Ying-Chin Ko, Ping-Ho Chen, Jung-Der Wang BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :13 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rebleeding rate after interventional therapy directed by capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding Hiroki Endo, Nobuyuki Matsuhashi, Masahiko Inamori, Keiko Akimoto, Tomohiko Ohya, Tatsuro Yanagawa, Masako Asayama, Kantaro Hisatomi, Takuma Teratani, Koji Fujita, Masato Yoneda, Atsushi Nakajima BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :12 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effects of pectin liquid on gastroesophageal reflux disease in children with cerebral palsy Reiko Miyazawa, Takeshi Tomomasa, Hiroaki Kaneko, Hirokazu Arakawa, Nobuzo Shimizu, Akihiro Morikawa BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :11 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Inverse association between gastroesophageal reflux and blood pressure: Results of a large community based study Liam J Murray, Peter McCarron, Roger B McCorry, Lesley A Anderson, Athene J Lane, Brian T Johnston, George Davey Smith, Richard F Harvey BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :10 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transcription factors GATA-4 and GATA-6 in normal and neoplastic human gastrointestinal mucosa Hanna Haveri, Mia Westerholm-Ormio, Katri Lindfors, Markku M BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :9 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A self administered reliable questionnaire to assess lower bowel symptoms Barbara-Ann Adelstein, Les Irwig, Petra Macaskill, Peter H Katelaris, David B Jones, Les Bokey BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :8 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Gastrointestinal symptoms and motility disorders in patients with systemic scleroderma Agostino Di Ciaula, Michele Covelli, Massimo Berardino, David QH Wang, Giovanni Lapadula, Giuseppe Palasciano, Piero Portincasa BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :7 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Meta-analysis of prophylactic corticosteroid use in post-ERCP pancreatitis Minghua Zheng, Jianling Bai, Bosi Yuan, Feng Lin, Jie You, Mingqin Lu, Yuewen Gong, Yongping Chen BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :6 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Epidemiology of constipation in Europe and Oceania: a systematic review George Peppas, Vangelis G Alexiou, Eleni Mourtzoukou, Matthew E Falagas BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :5 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A novel diffuse gastric cancer susceptibility variant in E-cadherin (CDH1) intron 2: a case control study in an Italian population Soroush Nasri, Helen More, Francesco Graziano, Annamaria Ruzzo, Emily Wilson, Anita Dunbier, Cushla McKinney, Tony Merriman, Parry Guilford, Mauro Magnani, Bostjan Humar BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :138 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Effect of iron content on the tolerability of prenatal multivitamins in pregnancy Patricia Nguyen, Alejandro Nava-Ocampo, Amalia Levy, Deborah L O'Connor, Tom R Einarson, Anna Taddio, Gideon Koren BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8 :17 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Eruptive xanthomas and acute pancreatitis in a patient with hypertriglyceridemia Desiree Perez-Martinez, Juan OSCAR Fernandez-Diaz, Carmen Macia-Bobes International Archives of Medicine 2008, 1 :6 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Caecal metastasis from breast cancer presenting as intestinal obstruction Rashmi P Birla, Kamal Kumar Mahawar, Mavis Orizu, Muhammad Siddiqui, Arun Batra World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008, 6 :47 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Non-travel related Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infections
in the Netherlands; a case series 2004 - 2006.
Katrine Borgen, Tineke Herremans, Erwin Duizer, Harry Vennema, Saskia Rutjes, Arnold Bosman, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Marion Koopmans BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :61 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The role of the small intestine in the development of dietary fat-induced obesity and insulin resistance in C57BL/6J mice Nicole JW de Wit, Hanneke Bosch-Vermeulen, Philip J de Groot, Guido JEJ Hooiveld, Mechteld M Grootte Bromhaar, Jenny Jansen, Michael Muller, Roelof van der Meer BMC Medical Genomics 2008, 1 :14 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The influence of oxygen tension on the structure and function of isolated liver sinusoidal endothelial cells Inigo Martinez, Geir I Nedredal, Cristina I Oie, Alessandra Warren, Oddmund Johansen, David G LeCouteur, Bard Smedsrod Comparative Hepatology 2008, 7 :4 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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MBL2 and Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Injection Drug Users Elizabeth E Brown, Mingdong Zhang, Rebecca Zarin-Pass, Toralf Bernig, Fan-Chen Tseng, Nianqing Xiao, Meredith Yeager, Brian R Edlin, Stephen J Chanock, Thomas R O'Brien BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :57 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cholestatic hepatitis as a possible new side-effect of oxycodone: a case report Vincent Ho, Maxwell Stewart, Peter Boyd Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :140 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Clinicopathologic significance of HIF-1 alpha, p53, and VEGF expression and preoperative serum VEGF level in gastric cancer Sung Yong Oh, Hyuk-Chan Kwon, Sung-Hyun Kim, Jin Seok Jang, Min Chan Kim, Kyeong Hee Kim, Jin-Yeong Han, Chung Ock Kim, Su-Jin Kim, Jin-sook Jeong, Hyo-Jin Kim BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :123 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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