The Effect of Antisecretory The ...
Background Conventional catheter-based and wireless pH monitoring continue to be widely used for the evaluation of GERD symptoms despite the emergen ...
Long-Term Effect of Interferon ...
Introduction Several studies have reported that interferon therapy increases elimination rate of HBeAg and anti-HBe seroconversion in chronic hepati ...
Clinicopathological Characteris ...
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with bile duct tumor thrombi (BDTT) is a rare type of primary liver cancer, and its clinical and pathologi ...
Idiopathic Noncirrhotic Intrahe ...
Background ADAMTS13 deficiency leading to excess ultralarge vonWillebrand factor (VWF) multimers and platelet clumping is typically found in thrombo ...
Drug-Induced Autoimmune-Like He ...
The clinical phenotype of classical autoimmune hepatitis can be mimicked by idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury, and differentiation can be diff ...
Predictors of Colorectal Cancer ...
Background The incidence of colorectal cancer following a normal colonoscopy in the Medicare population is not known. Methods A 5% national sample ...
In PSC with Colitis Treated wit ...
Background Patients with PSC and IBD have a high incidence of colonic carcinomas (CRC), and the annual incidence of CRC increases with duration of d ...
Risk of Functional Gastrointest ...
Introduction Military personnel are frequently deployed to regions of the world with high travelers’ diarrhea (TD) rates. Pathogens associated with ...
Effects of Bifidobacterium infa ...
Background Irritable bowel syndrome patients have abnormal visceral perception. Probiotic organisms may produce beneficial effects in these patients ...
Influence of Chin-down Posture ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of chin-down posture and bolus size on tongue pressure during swallowing. Eleven healthy ...
Peak Morphology and Scalp Topog ...
The initiation of the pharyngeal stage of swallowing is dependent upon sensory input to the brainstem and cortex. The event-related evoked potential ...
A Prospective Investigation of ...
Altered fractionation radiotherapy for head and neck cancer has been associated with improved locoregional control, overall survival, and heightened ...
Parathyroid Hemangioma: A Case ...
Hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors that are most commonly found superficially in the head and neck. Cavernous hemangiomas are located in deeper ...
The effect of sleep restriction ...
Objective The effect of a severely stressful situation (sleep restriction and psychological load) on the diurnal changes in novel tryptamine-related ...
Gender differences in clinicopa ...
Background We investigated the clinicopathologic features and long-term outcomes after surgery of Japanese women with esophageal cancer in compariso ...
A case report of giant esophage ...
This report concerns a 68-year-old man with an esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) surgically resected after preoperative treatment. En ...
Gastropericardial fistula resul ...
Gastropericardial fistulae are rare and may cause fatal complications such as acute purulent carditis and cardiac tamponade. The present report desc ...
Endoscopic ultrasonography find ...
Aim Patients with achalasia may have a thicker muscularis propria layer than normal subjects. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence o ...
Risk of nasal septal perforatio ...
Nasal septal perforation (NSP) is an uncomfortable condition that usually has a negative effect on the quality of life and is frequently seen as a c ...
Prospective, observational stud ...
The role of proton pump inhibitor in the treatment of laryngopharygneal reflux disease (LPRD) has been advocated, but there has been few reports dea ...
Laryngeal eVects of nasal aller ...
In spite of our recent insight into nasobronchial interaction mechanisms in allergic airway disease, the association between allergic rhinitis and v ...
new tool measuring oral malodor ...
A valid measure of oral malodor (halitosis) and associated quality of life is required for the complete assessment of treatment effectiveness. The p ...
Acute audiovestibular deficit w ...
A patient presenting with vertical diplopia along with ocular tilt reaction (OTR) due to peripheral vestibular dysfunction is a rare occurrence. OTR ...
Listening to the diagnosis: a p ...
Successful approach to tinnitus begins by differentiating objective from subjective tinnitus [1]. One of the authors experienced objective pulsatile ...
Less known non-infectious and n ...
Pain syndromes of neuromusculoskeletal origin are not well-known by most of the clinicians working on head and neck area. As a result, most of the p ...