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A rare cause of long-segment colitis
A 65-year-old previously well man presented with 3 weeks of generalised abdominal pain and diarrhoea up to three times per ...
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Early-life diet and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a pooled study in two Scandinavian birth cohorts
Objective We assessed whether early-life diet quality and food intake frequencies were associated with subsequent IBD. Design Prospectively recorded 1-year and 3-year questionnaires in children from ...
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Cold snare endoscopic resection for large colon polyps: a randomised trial
Background Complications of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of large colorectal polyps remain a concern. Objective We aimed to compare safety and efficacy of cold EMR (without electrocautery) to ...
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Impairment of spermatogenesis and sperm motility by the high-fat diet-induced dysbiosis of gut microbes
Objective High-fat diet (HFD)-induced metabolic disorders can lead to impaired sperm production. We aim to investigate if HFD-induced gut microbiota dysbiosis can functionally influence ...
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Efficacy of pharmacological therapies in patients with IBS with diarrhoea or mixed stool pattern: systematic review and network meta-analysis
Objective Over half of patients with IBS have either diarrhoea (IBS-D) or a mixed stool pattern (IBS-M). The relative efficacy of licenced pharmacological therapies is unclear in the absence of ...
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Young-onset colorectal cancer risk among individuals with iron-deficiency anaemia and haematochezia
Correspondence to Dr Samir Gupta, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; s1gupta{at}health.ucsd.edu Objective Young-onset ...
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Poly I:C-based rHBVvac therapeutic vaccine eliminates HBV via generation of HBV-specific CD8 + effector memory T cells
Correspondence to Dr Jian Zhang, Institute of Immunopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Shandong, 250012, China; zhangj65{at}sdu.edu.cn Objective Chronic ...
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Fibrosis in IBD: from pathogenesis to therapeutic targets
Background Intestinal fibrosis resulting in stricture formation and obstruction in Crohn’s disease (CD) and increased wall stiffness leading to symptoms in ulcerative colitis (UC) is among the largest ...
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Comparison of the Rome IV criteria with the Rome III criteria for the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome in secondary care
Correspondence to Professor Alexander C Ford, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, West Yorkshire, UK; alexf12399{at}yahoo.com Objectives Despite ...
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Short-duration selective decontamination of the digestive tract infection control does not contribute to increased antimicrobial resistance burden in a pilot cluster randomised ...
Objective Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is a well-studied but hotly contested medical intervention of enhanced infection control. Here, we aim to characterise the changes to ...
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Risk stratification for colorectal cancer in individuals with subtypes of serrated polyps
Correspondence to Dr Dan Li, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA; Dan.X.Li{at}kp.org Objective The longitudinal risk of colorectal cancer ...
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Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of 74 cases of coronavirus-infected disease 2019 (COVID-19) with gastrointestinal symptoms
Correspondence to Dr Yida Yang, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for ...