1 Dietetics, Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTFT), London, UK 2 Upper GI Surgery, Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTFT), London, UK Introduction Weight loss is a predictor of ...

Objective Developing a small animal model that accurately delineates the natural history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and immunopathophysiology is necessary to clarify the mechanisms of ...

Professor J P Galmiche, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, CRI INSERM 95-08, CHU, Hôtel Dieu, Place A Ricordeau, 44035 Nantes cedex 01, France. Email:galmiche{at}easynet.fr BACKGROUND/AIM ...

Correspondence to Wouter J den Hollander, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; w.j.denhollander{at}gmail.com Objective ...

Objective Microscopic colitis (MC) is a common cause of chronic diarrhoea, often with additional symptoms. No validated instruments exist to assess disease activity in MC, making it difficult to ...

Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Background and aims: Infliximab is an effective treatment for ulcerative colitis with over ...

4 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and General Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Correspondence to Dr Hashem B El-Serag, Section of Gastroenterology and ...

a Department of Gastroenterology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10, UK, b Department of Cystic Fibrosis, The Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 Dr D ...

Objective Chronic alcohol consumption is an important cause of liver-related deaths. Specific intestinal microbiota profiles are associated with susceptibility or resistance to alcoholic liver disease ...

The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Correspondence to Christine A Iacobuzio-Donahue, Associate Professor of Pathology, ...

Correspondence to Dr Richard C Pollok, Gastroenterology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London SW17 0QT, UK; richard.pollok{at}nhs.net Objective Depression is a potential risk ...

1 State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health & School of Life Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China 2 National Institute of Diagnostics and ...