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Acute leukemic infiltration of the small bowel diagnosed by suction biopsy
A case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting with abdominal symptoms is reported. Diffuse leukemic infiltration of the small bowel was suggested by the small-bowel X-rays and confirmed through jejunal bio...
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Interrelation of ileal wall compliance and vascular resistance
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Intestinal compliance
A method for measuring intestinal compliance is reported in this paper. The method is simple and, with care, may be used in man. From changes in compliance the contractile state (tension or tonus) of the intes...
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Local factors involved in the development of experimental hemorrhagic enteropathy
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Intestinal polyps in American negroes and Nigerian africans
Forty Africans from Nigeria and 89 American negroes with colorectal polyps were analysed by age, sex and type of polyp. The Nigerians were much the younger group (mostly under 20 years of age, whereas most of ...
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Bile acid stimulation of colonic adenylate cyclase and secretion in the rabbit
In vitro studies have suggested that the cyclic AMP system may be the mediator of bile acid-induced colonic secretion. The aims of our experiments were to quantify thein vivo effect of various doses of deoxychol...
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Effect of sodium taurocholate and ethanol on hydrogen ion absorption in rabbit esophagus
The effect of sodium taurocholate (NaTC) (5 mM) and ethanol (5%) on H+ absorption by the esophagus was studied duringin vivo perfusion of rabbit esophagus with solutions of graded concentration of H+ containing e...
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Feasibility of low-dose and intermittent chenodeoxycholic acid therapy of gallstones
Chenodeoxycholic acid, by reducing the concentration of biliary cholesterol relative to that of bile acid and phospholipid, dissolves cholesterol gallstones. This bile acid, however, has potential dose-related...
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Gallstone prevalence and biliary lipid composition in inflammatory bowel disease
Biliary cholesterol saturation has been correlated with disease variables that might effect bile acid loss in ileitis patients with (N=9) or without (N=8) intestinal resection having a defined prevalence of galls...
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Comparison of the effects of pentagastrin and meal-stimulated gastrin on plasma calcitonin in normal man
We compared the effects of exogenous pentagastrin and meal-stimulated gastrin on plasma immunoreactive calcitonin (iCT) in various studies of 13 normal adult men. Bolus intravenous injection of pentagastrin (0...
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Perforation of peptic ulcers related to fiberoptic endoscopy
Three cases of perforation of peptic ulcers related to either fiberoptic endoscopy or esophageal dilation are presented. A correct preoperative diagnosis can be made by recognising the onset of acute abdominal...
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A non-transferrin-bound serum iron in idiopathic hemochromatosis
The nature of iron in the serum of patients with idiopathic hemochromatosis has been studied utilizing an isotope labeling method and results have been compared with those from normal individuals and patients ...
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The antineoplastic effect of Corynebacterium parvum modified by lysozyme treatment
The study was conducted to evaluate the possibility that host factors may modulate the antitumor effect of C. parvum (CP). Heat-killed CP after being subjected to limited digestion by lysozyme (L-CP) produced ...
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Pathogenesis of the “Courvoisier gallbladder”
To investigate the pathophysiological basis of Courvoisier's law, the gallbladder size and pliability were measured in chronic calculous cholecystitis with (7 patients) or without (25 patients) common duct obs...
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Ultrasound contribution to diagnosis of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
The ultrasonographic finding of small bowel polyps is reported in a 16-year-old girl, referred for evaluation of abdominal pain. The sonographic study was of particular value in also excluding pregnancy and in...
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Loop colostomy with the intraluminal stapler (ILS)
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Meal reduces sensitivity of the stomach to pharmacologically induced dysrhythmia
The aim of this study was to determine whether food ingestion causes a change in the susceptibility of the stomach to dysrhythmia or in the characteristics of gastric dysrhythmia. The susceptibility of the sto...
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Effect of gastric dysrhythmias on postcibal motor activity of the stomach
The effect of electrical dysrhythmias on the mechanical activity of the fed stomach was investigated in 5 conscious dogs implanted with Ag-AgCl electrodes and strain gauge force transducers. Each dog was fed 1...
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The measurement of serum immunoreactive pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor in gastrointestinal cancer and pancreatic disease
The clinical usefulness of serum pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (PSTI) in pancreatic disease and gastric and colorectal cancer has been examined.
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Phase II study of mitoxantrone in unresectable primary hepatocellular carcinoma following hepatitis B infection
A total of 20 patients with histologically proven primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) received mitoxantrone IV at a dose of 10–16 mg/m2 every 3 weeks. All patients had previous hepatitis B infection. None unde...
