The prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis in adults varies considerably based on the study sampling frame, finds a study in the latest Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Researchers, in the latest Annals of Internal Medicine, find that patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infect receive suboptimal health care quality.
A study in the latest British Journal of Surgery finds that patients with steatosis have an increased risk of postoperative complications and death when undergoing major hepatic resection.
Patients with acute hepatitis A and acute renal failure have a poorer prognosis than those with acute hepatitis A alone, but recover with proper treatment, finds a study in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis.
The latest issue of Inflammatory Bowel Disease investigates the outcome after surveillance of low-grade and indefinite dysplasia in patients with ulcerative colitis.
BRAF mutations, microsatellite instability status and cyclin D1 expression predict metastatic colorectal patients' outcome, finds the latest issue of the British Journal of Cancer.
Cognitive factors affect treatment response to medical and psychological treatments in functional bowel disorders, reports this month's issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
A study in the latest issue of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases investigates the impact of prior irregular infliximab dosing on performance of long-term infliximab maintenance therapy in Crohn's disease.
A study in the latest issue of Transplantation investigates the long-term outcome of antiviral treatments on renal transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
This month's American Journal of Gastroenterology investigates endoscopic resection for Barrett's high-grade dysplasia and early esophageal adenocarcinoma.