Gastroenterology Archives - Page 8 of 8

Epidemiology and hospital resources use in the treatment of ulcerative colitis at gastroenterology units in Spain (EPICURE study)

Ignacio Marín-Jiménez MD, PhD, Cristina Saro MD, Verónica Díaz PhD, Manuel Barreiro-de Acosta MD, PhD, María Gómez-García MD, PhD, Ana Gutiérrez Casbas PhD, on behalf of the working group of EPICURE study

Article Type

Original Research

Published

06 Mar 2018

This article aims to assess the epidemiology of ulcerative colitis at hospital gastroenterology units and the use of hospital resources for the management of ulcerative colitis in Spain.

Synchronous GISTs associated with multiple sporadic tumors: a case report

Danila Comandini, Azzurra Damiani, Alessandro Pastorino

Article Type

Case Report

Published

04 Aug 2017

The authors report a case of primary prostate and lung tumors associated with gastric and small bowel GISTs, unrelated to any known hereditary syndrome.

Efficacy of telbivudine with conditional tenofovir intensification in patients with chronic hepatitis B: results from the 2-year roadmap strategy

Teerha Piratvisuth, Piyawat Komolmit, Henry LY Chan, Tawesak Tanwandee, Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroen, Mário G Pessoa, Eduardo Fassio, Suzane K Ono, Fernando Bessone, Jorge Daruich, Stefan Zeuzem, Michael Manns, Alkaz Uddin, Yuhong Dong, Aldo Trylesinski

Article Type

Case Report

Published

22 Apr 2016

Using data from a 2-year roadmap study, the authors concluded that telbivudine with add-on tenofovir was effective and well tolerated in patients with chronic hepatitis B, and that telbivudine was associated with an improvement in estimated glomerular filtration rate from baseline.