Correspondence to: Dr M Prince, Centre for Liver Research, 4th Floor William Leech Building, Newcastle University Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle NE2 4HH, UK; Martin.prince{at}ncl.ac.uk ...
Background—The aetiology and pathology of both idiopathic megarectum and idiopathic megacolon are unknown. In particular, it is unknown whether there are abnormalities involving enteric nerves or ...
2 Microbiology and Tumour Biology Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 4 Microbiology and Tumour ...
Introduction Etrasimod (ETR), a once-daily (QD), oral, selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator in clinical development for immune-mediated inflammatory disorders, is a substrate of ...
Background Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have higher pancreatic cancer (PC) risk. While aspirin has chemopreventive effects on digestive cancers, its effect on PC among patients with ...
Department of Medical Physics, Bristol and Weston Health Authority. The volume flow rate of blood in the portal vein was measured using a duplex ultrasound system. The many errors inherent in the ...
Functional dyspepsia is a symptom complex characterised by postprandial upper abdominal discomfort or pain, early satiety, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, bloating, and anorexia in the absence ...
Correspondence to Dr G Nicholas Verne, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699, USA; gverne{at}tulane.edu Background More effective treatments are ...
Background The immune suppression mechanisms in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remain unknown, but preclinical ...
Three patients who had idiopathic steatorrhoea associated with reticulosarcoma of either the jejunum or the ileum are described. Previously reported cases with these features are reviewed and the ...
Background The majority of endoscopic antireflux procedures for GERD are cumbersome to use and randomised long-term data are sparse. We conducted such a trial to determine the efficacy and safety of a ...
Dr V V Smith, Histopathology, Camelia Botnar Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK. Three infants, who presented with intestinal obstruction due to ...