1 Intestinal Disease Research Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada, and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany 2 Department of Molecular ...

We would like to offer some critical observations regarding the recent article published on the environmental impact of ...

Background Existing scales for assessing faecal incontinence have not been validated against clinical assessment, or with regard to reproducibility. They also fail to take into account faecal urgency, ...

We report the cases of two renal transplant recipients suffering from idopathic portal hypertension, a condition characterised by increased portal venous pressure in the absence of both histological ...

Correspondence to Dr Noel F C C de Miranda, Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; N.F.de_Miranda{at}lumc.nl Objective A comprehensive understanding of anticancer immune ...

Professor M Trevisan, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 270 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14214–3000, USA. Email: trevisan{at ...

In 1989, hepatitis C virus (HCV) was first identified as the infectious agent responsible for human non-A, non-B hepatitis.1 Two decades later, HCV remains a global public health problem with a ...

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Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is the acute deterioration of alcohol-related liver disease (ArLD) with rapid onset or worsening of jaundice, which, in severe cases, may transition to ...

Functional dyspepsia is a symptom complex characterised by postprandial upper abdominal discomfort or pain, early satiety, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, bloating, and anorexia in the absence ...

Objective Integration of nutritional, microbial and inflammatory events along the gut-brain axis can alter bowel physiology and organism behaviour. Colonic sensory neurons activate reflex pathways and ...