Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

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• Opioid Medication Use in Patients With Gastrointestinal Diagnoses vs Unexplained Gastrointestinal Symptoms in the US Veterans Health Administration
  How does the opioid prescription rate compare between patients with unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms and those with structural diagnoses?

  April 19, 2018

• Postoperative Outcomes in Vedolizumab-treated Crohn's Disease Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Operations
  Biologic therapies are known to increase infection risk. How does vedolizumab impact the incidence of postoperative infectious complications among Crohn's disease patients?

  April 17, 2018

• Long-term Efficacy and Safety of Ustekinumab in 122 Refractory Crohn's Disease Patients
  This study evaluated the long-term efficacy and safety of ustekinumab in anti-TNF refractory Crohn's disease patients.

  April 12, 2018

• Phenotype and Natural History of Elderly Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  What are the phenotypic characteristics of elderly-onset inflammatory bowel disease? Should management differ from that of younger persons?

  April 10, 2018

• Coeliac Disease in Later Life Must Not Be Missed
  Celiac disease may manifest at any age. How prevalent is it in older persons, and how might symptoms present?

  April 05, 2018

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2018 - 47 (8)

• Editorial: first among Equals-not for either infliximab or adalimumab in Crohn's disease-yet. 

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• Editorial: diabetes, obesity and clinical inertia-the recipe for advanced NASH. Authors' reply. 

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• Editorial: use of beta-blockers and band ligation in preventing first and recurrent variceal bleeding-"real life" vs evidence-based decisions. Authors' reply. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Editorial: is proton pump inhibitor use associated with worse outcomes in patients with liver abscesses? 

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• Editorial: use of beta-blockers and of band ligation in preventing first and recurrent variceal bleeding-"real life" vs evidence-based decisions. 

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• Letter: the role of direct-acting anti-virals in determining the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with hepatitis C virus-induced cirrhosis-Authors' reply. 

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• Editorial: diabetes, obesity and clinical inertia-the recipe for advanced NASH. 

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• Letter: the role of direct-acting anti-virals in determining the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with hepatitis C virus-induced cirrhosis. 

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• Editorial: is proton pump inhibitor use associated with worse outcomes in patients with liver abscesses? Authors' reply. 

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• Bariatric surgery is associated with increased risk of new-onset inflammatory bowel disease: case series and national database study. 

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• Systematic review: adrenal insufficiency secondary to swallowed topical corticosteroids in eosinophilic oesophagitis. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Faecal calprotectin effectively excludes inflammatory bowel disease in 789 symptomatic young adults with/without alarm symptoms: a prospective UK primary care cohort study. 

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• Proton pump inhibitor use and risk of hip fractures among community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease-a nested case-control study. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Stopping nucleos(t)ide analogue treatment in Caucasian hepatitis B patients after HBeAg seroconversion is associated with high relapse rates and fatal outcomes. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Carvedilol for reducing portal pressure in primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding: a dose-response study. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Predictors of failure to detect early hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B who received regular surveillance. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Quantification of the duodenal eosinophil content in adults: a necessary step for an evidence-based diagnosis of duodenal eosinophilia. 

  April 01, 2018

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• An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Low risk of hepatotoxicity from rifampicin when used for cholestatic pruritus: a cross-disease cohort study. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Randomised clinical trial: efficacy, safety and dosage of adjunctive allopurinol in azathioprine/mercaptopurine nonresponders (AAA Study). 

  April 01, 2018

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• Systematic review: non A-E, seronegative or indeterminate hepatitis; what is this deadly disease? 

  April 01, 2018

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• Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms - an updated evidence-based international consensus. 

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• Microvesicles in hepatic and peripheral vein can predict nonresponse to corticosteroid therapy in severe alcoholic hepatitis. 

  April 01, 2018

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• Safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of vedolizumab in patients with simultaneous exposure to an anti-tumour necrosis factor. 

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