Gastroenterology Gateway

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    Treating ulcerative colitis with GMA

    Certain factors, such as a recent relapse and low white blood cell counts, are predictive of successful treatment of ulcerative colitis using adsorptive granulocyte and monocyte apheresis

    BMC Gastroenterology 2013, 13:27
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    PCR diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis

    Detection of Schistosoma DNA in serum is more sensitive than serology or microscopy, regardless of the endemic region where the infection was contracted, indicating that this is a good method for diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis.

    BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:55
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    Hepatitis C: lessons from a meta-analysis

    Kazuaki Chayama and Nelson Hayes discuss a recent study in BMC Medicine assessing the extent of effects of IL28B polymorphisms in spontaneous and therapy-induced hepatitis C virus clearance.

    Genome Medicine 2013, 5:6
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    Effectiveness of a reduced regimen for zidovudine

    A two week course of oral postnatal zidovudine is effective at reducing mother to child transmission of HIV, suggesting that a shortened zidovudine regimen may be safely used to suppress HIV in at-risk infants.

    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013, 13:22
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    Antibody tests for celiac disease

    A combination of three or four antibody tests, including deamidated gliadin peptides and IgA anti-tTG, can diagnose or exclude celiac disease without the need for intestinal biopsy in a high proportion of patients

    BMC Gastroenterology 2013, 13:19

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Satya Narayan

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and UF Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida.