BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common functional gastrointestinal (GI). Diagnosis of IBS is based on the fulfilment of the Rome III criteria. Common GI symptoms are lower abdominal pain, bloating and disturbed defecation, such as urgent diarrhoea and/or episodes of chronic constipation. Many agents have been employed in the management of IBS, although only few have been dem...

OBJECTIVE To examine the outcomes (tolerability, toxicity, and recurrence) of vaginal brachytherapy (VBT) among endometrial cancer (EC) patients treated with small cylinder size. METHODS Patients with EC who received adjuvant VBT between September 2011 and December 2015 were reviewed. Patients were fitted with the largest vaginal cylinder they could comfortably accommodate, from 2.0-3.0 cm di...

We aimed to present our experience on the gastrointestinal (GI) perforations and the factors affecting the outcome. A retrospective study carried out at a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit. A total of 38 neonates with GI perforation managed in our neonatal intensive care unit during 2005 to 2011 were included into the study. The patients were grouped as necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and n...

The composition, half life and hyperglycemic action of the porcine gastrointestinal glucagon-like immunoreactive materials were examined. Glucagon immunoreactivity (GI) measured using specific antiglucagon serum was more abundunt in the extract from the gastric fundus than in the one from the small intestine. When the extract from the gastric fundus was injected in dogs, the half life (T1/2) of...

The prognosis of 142 patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) was clinically investigated. Forty-nine (35%) had clinical remission (CR) and 23 (16%) good improvement (GI), while 70 (49%) remained in poor condition. Favorable clinical factors for CR were the onset of MG before the age of 20 years, a pre-thymectomy period of less than one year, and a post-thymectomy period of six years or more. Singl...

Die Datenbankgemeinde im deutschsprachigen Raum brauchte recht lange, um sich mit ihren Arbeitsgruppen zu organisieren und mit einer allgemein akzeptierten Fachtagung ihr wissenschaftliches Forum zu finden. Wollten DBForscher ihre Ergebnisse in Deutschland einem Fachpublikum vorstellen und sich dabei mit Fachkollegen austauschen, konnten sie ab 1970 zunächst nur die GI-Jahrestagung wählen, wo a...

AIMS We have previously demonstrated the importance of gastric and intestinal phenotypic expression for stomach carcinogenesis. In this study, we focused on Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated stomach cancers, with special attention to Cdx2. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated the expression of gastric and intestinal phenotypic markers by immunohistochemistry in 35 EBV-positive [EBV (+)] and 75 ...

ABSTRACT Purpose: to characterize and compare the reading fluency performance of public- private-school fifth-grade students. Methods: a total 44 elementary-school students both sexes, aged 10 11 years, participated in study were divided into Group I (GI, with 25 public-school students) II (GII, 19 private school students). They submitted Assessment Reading Fluency Performance (ADFLU). The anal...

BACKGROUND The esophageal involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) causes impact in the morbidity and mortality. High resolution manometry assesses esophageal involvement. Our aim was to categorize esophageal motor disorder in patients with SSc by HRM. METHODS We carried out an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. All patients underwent HRM as well as semi-structured interview...