Arq. Gastroenterol. vol.51 número2

Objective - Evaluate a possible correlation of disease activity index with the severity of colonic mucosal damage and increased activity of metalloproteinases in a model of

Objec- tive - Compare the incidence and evaluate the causes of severe postoperative dysphagia in patients undergoing laparoscopic total fundoplication (LTF) without short

In this study evaluated and categorized the VFT and the liver steatosis degree, all measured by US, evaluating the correlation between VFT with NAFLD degree, to determine if

Summing up, the results of this study showed that gastric emptying is eficient, and occurs in up to 2 hours after the intake of a beverage containing either CHO alone or CHO

Methods - From 1 year span records of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding patients that underwent urgent endoscopy: clinical features; rockall score; endoscopic

When capsule based breath test was validated against a gold standard (urease and histology), the sensitivity and the speciicity were high and comparable to previous reports with

Objective - This study was designed to compare the concentration of fecal biidobacteria and pH of patients with celiac disease on gluten-free diet and control subjects in order

Although funnel plot analysis doesn’t suggest a signiicant publication bias when considering studies assess- ing CD risk in subjects with infertility, there is a signiicant