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Review Article | 10.36959/621/636 Volume 7 Issue 1

Current and Future Treatments, Prevention, Diagnosis on Peptic Ulcer

Authors: Ashwin Singh Chouhan and Manohar Lal

Peptic ulcer was one of the most common diseases that affect the sub mucosal layer in the stomach and duodenum. They are mainly of two types acute and chronic. Certain factors also affect peptic ulcer... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/635 Volume 6 Issue 2

Postpolypectomy Syndrome Presenting with Small Bowel Obstruction

Authors: Casey Huckabee, Benjamin Yglesias and Penelope Mashburn

Postpolypectomy syndrome (PPS) results from an electrical current that is applied during a polypectomy that extends past the superficial mucosa, into the muscularis propria and serosa, resulting in a ... Read more

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Short Note | 10.36959/621/634 Volume 6 Issue 2

Post Hepatitis B Vaccination Sero-Conversion among Health Care Workers in a Referral Hospital Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study

Authors: Gembe A, Bilaro E, Mrosso L, Mhina S, Komba P, Jumanne J, Nzota L, Mwelela A, Joseph J, Mashiku L and Sikira B

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) vaccine is known to offer protection against transmission of HBV infection. Health care workers are required to have this vaccination as part of their occupational health safet... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/633 Volume 6 Issue 2

Research Progress of Mirna Related to Liver Fibrosis

Authors: Lu Huang, Meng-yuan Liu, Jiang-feng Wu and Yi-ran Ni

Liver fibrosis (LF) is an abnormal deposition of fibrous connective tissue in the Liver caused by a variety of pathologic insults. In the pathological process of LF, hepatocye necrosis, inflammatory r... Read more

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Short Note | 10.36959/621/632 Volume 6 Issue 1

Racial Differences in Incidence and Mortality from Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Nationwide Time Trend Analysis, 2008-2018

Authors: Umer Farooq, Zahid Ijaz Tarar, Muddasir Ashraf, Veysel Tahan and Ebubekir Daglilar

Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (NVUGIH) is a common reason for hospital admissions and carries 2-10% mortality. Mortality trends from NVUGIB over the last two decades were shown to be ... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/621/631 Volume 6 Issue 1

Information Needs of Punjabi Patients with Coeliac Disease

Authors: Afifa Farrukh, LLM, PhD, FRCP, Humayun Muhammad, MPH, PhD, FRCP and John F Mayberry, DSc, MD, FRCP

Ten NHS trusts, which served significant Punjabi populations, were sent Freedom of Information Requests and asked to provide details and/or samples of Punjabi literature on coeliac disease. They were ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/630 Volume 6 Issue 1

Unsuspected Radiological Diagnosis in a Child with Recurring Abdominal Pain

Authors: Maria Teresa Garzon Guiteria, Sara Marquez Batalla, Pilar Garzon Guiteria, Jose Maria Garrido Pedraz, Piedad Arias Rodriguez and Sara de la mano Gonzalez

A 5-year-old boy with a 4-month history of recurrent epigastric pain lasting several hours that disappears when vomiting undigested food. It appears sporadically, at any time of the day, interferes wi... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/629 Volume 6 Issue 1

Primary and Secondary Factors in Hypertriglyceridemia Induced Acute Pancreatitis: A Case-Based Focus Review

Authors: Pankaj Agrawal, MD

Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a known cause of pancreatitis. We described a case of severe hypertriglyceridemia (likely familial) causing the first episode of pancreatitis in this patient. A 21-year-o... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/628 Volume 6 Issue 1

Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Congenital Duodenal Web

Authors: Mª Teresa Garzón Guiteria, Sara Marquez Batalla, Pilar Garzón Guiteria, José Mª Garrido Pedraz, Piedad Arias Rodríguez and Sara de la mano González

The duodenum at 30-60 days of gestation is a solid tube that is later recanalized. When this process is interrupted, there may be a total absence of recanalization leading to duodenal atresia (50% of ... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/627 Volume 6 Issue 1

A Comparison of Single Bite and Double Bite Biopsy Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Scoping Review

Authors: Humayun Muhammad, Seemeen Umar, Saqib Ahmad and John F Mayberry

Endoscopic biopsies may be taken as single or double bite. In the former method intubation time may be proportionately prolonged depending upon the number of biopsies. In contrast to this, in the latt... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/626 Volume 5 Issue 2

Trials of Meridian Therapies, Such as Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Hijama and Marma, in the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Review of the Limitations

Authors: Affifa Farrukh, MB MSc, LLM MRCP, FRCP FRCPI

This review considers the role of meridian therapies, such as acupuncture, moxibustion, marma and hijama, in treatment of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and the difficulties of designing... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/621/625 Volume 5 Issue 2

The Identification of Stomach Cancer with Semi- Automatic Region Growing Segmentation Method

Authors: Ali YASAR, Ismail SARITAS and Huseyin KORKMAZ

This study was conducted so as to identify the cancerous area in the stomach in a semi automatic way using image processing techniques. The aim was to identify the area suspected of being cancerous by... Read more

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Letter to the Editor | 10.36959/621/624 Volume 5 Issue 2

All Autoimmune Gastritis Are Not Created the Same

Authors: Massimo RUGGE, Robert M GENTA, Ludovica BRICCA and Edoardo SAVARINO

The increased risk of gastric cancer (GC) in Lynch syndrome is well established. In their manuscript Saulino, et al. further support the hypothesis, previously put forward by Adar, et al. of a causati... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/621/622 Volume 5 Issue 2

Cholangitis after Hemobilia: A Brief Overview

Authors: Daisuke Muroya, Koji Okuda, Shoichiro Arai, Masanori Akashi, Yoriko Nomura, Yuichi Goto, Toshihiro Sato, Hisamune Sakai, Yoshinobu Okabe, Toru Hisaka, Yoshito Akagi, Satoshi Taniwaki, Hironobu Sou and Tetsuo Imamura

Hemobilia, defined as the hemorrhage into the biliary tract and blood clots in the bile duct is an uncommon cause of severe cholangitis. The majority of hemobilia are caused by iatrogenic and trauma, ... Read more

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Clinical Image | 10.36959/621/621 Volume 5 Issue 2

An Unusual Finding on Rectal Retroflexion

Authors: Manar Shmais MD, Fadi F Francis, MD and Jana G Hashash MD, MSc

A 66-year-old male patient with hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented for a screening colonoscopy. He had no gastrointestinal complaints, namely no abdominal pain, change in bowel habits, recta... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/620 Volume 5 Issue 1

Relationship between Biliary Lithiasis and Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Myth or Truth?

Authors: Salem Bouomrani, Nour Elhouda Ayadi and Fahd Saadaoui

With an average prevalence in the general population at 4-15% and more than 20% in the elderly, subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is the most common thyroid dysfunction. The clinical and biological imp... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/621/619 Volume 5 Issue 1

Beneficial Effect of a Juice-Based Probiotic for Colon Health

Authors: Howard F Robins and A Reza Kamarei

The colon is considered “unhealthy” when chronic diseases, conditions and disorders (e.g., Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease such as Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) ar... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/618 Volume 5 Issue 1

Intestinal Metastasis of Primary Lung Tumour as a Cause of Intestinal Wall Thickening: A Case Report

Authors: Edgar Lorente, Carmen Bodlak, Andrea Manrique and Tomás Ripollés

We describe the case of a 73-year-old male patient with personal history of pulmonary malignancy, who in a follow up scan, presented multiple areas of nodular wall thickening of small bowel loops. Ult... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/617 Volume 5 Issue 1

Abscessed Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST): A Case Report

Authors: Sonia Yáñez Castaño, Patricia Carreño Morán, Piedad Arias Rodríguez, Sara De la mano González, Blanca Prieto García, Andrea Verdú Seguí, Antonio Ignacio Sagredo Barra, Fátima Cano Mateos, Mª Carmen Maciá Fernández and Juan Emmanuel Sánchez Lara

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Although GISTs can appear at any gastrointestinal tract location, they are usually found i... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/616 Volume 5 Issue 1

Acute Mesenteric Ischemia, a Troublesome Diagnosis

Authors: Blanca Prieto García, Piedad Arias Rodríguez, Fátima Cano Mateos, José Francisco Asensio Calle and Sonia Yáñez Castaño

Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is an infrequent cause of acute hospital admission with a reported mortality rate of 50- 90% that requires early diagnosis and treatment. If untreated, AMI can cause me... Read more

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Original Research | 10.36959/621/615 Volume 5 Issue 1

Impact of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalizations with Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Authors: Savan Kabaria, MD, Augustine Tawadros, MD, Laura Rotundo, MD, Kalpesh G Patel, MD, Pavan Patel, MD and Sushil Ahlawat, MD

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a commonly occurring comorbidity in hospitalized patients. Our objective was to identify the role of AKI in relation to the morbidity and mortality in Non-Variceal Upper G... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/614 Volume 5 Issue 1

Virtual Reality Technology and 3D Reconstruction in Hepatectomy

Authors: Cheng-Gang Li and Zhi-Peng Zhou

Three dimensional (3D) reconstruction can realize the accurate preoperative diagnosis of liver and intrahepatic tumors, and can also help to complete the preoperative operation planning. 3D visual sur... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/621/613 Volume 5 Issue 1

Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein, Albumin and Previous Antiviral Treatment, Can Predict Non-Response to Direct Antiviral Therapy in Egyptian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis-C

Authors: Hend Ibrahim Shousha, Yasmin Saad, Doa'a A Saleh, Hosam Dabes and Mohamed Said

Direct acting antiviral therapies (DAAs), are currently the state of the art therapy of chronic Hepatitis C (CHC) giving hope particularly to patients with liver cirrhosis. The aim of the study was to... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/612 Volume 5 Issue 1

Complicated Morgagni Hernia, Cardiac Tamponade, a Series of Unfortunate Events in the Same Patient: Case Report

Authors: Juan Emmanuel Sánchez Lara, Omar Abdel-lah Fernandez, Maria Lourdes Hernandez Cosido, Sixto Carrero García, Isidro de Jesus Jimenez Vaquero, Teresa Rubio Sánchez, Pedro Antonio Montalban Valverde, Raquel Rodríguez García, Luis Muñoz Bellvis and Felipe Carlos Parreño Manchado

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia of Morgagni-Larrey is an uncommon entity that usually presents on the right side. It accounts for only 3% of all diaphragmatic hernias. These hernias, occurring in the ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/611 Volume 4 Issue 1

Liver Abscess Secondary to Ingestion of Chicken Bone

Authors: Garzón Guiteria P, Garzón Guiteria MT, Arias Rodriguez P and Garrido Pedraz JM

Ingestion of foreign bodies is very common in routine clinical practice. They are usually secreted spontaneously, but in a small percentage they cause complications such as gastrointestinal perforatio... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/610 Volume 4 Issue 1

Intestinal Malrotation as a Cause of Chronic Recurring Abdominal Pain in Adult with Caudal Regression Syndrome

Authors: Piedad Arias Rodríguez, María Teresa Garzón Guiteria, Andrea Verdu Segui, Patricia Carreño Morán, Sara de la Mano González and Pilar Garzón Guiteria

During embryological development, the midgut undergoes a process of growth and lengthening, which begins at week 5 of gestation and ends shortly after birth and also includes herniation in the umbilic... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/609 Volume 4 Issue 1

Systemic Disseminated Tuberculosis Mimicking Malignancy

Authors: Cai-Hong Wen, Bo-Juan Lang and Wei Liu

A 35-year-old man presented to the outpatient department with a 1-month history of diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss. He had no documented medical history. Physical examination was unremarkable... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/621/607 Volume 4 Issue 1

Epidemiology of Intussusception among Children Under-Two Years of Age from 2010-2017 in Odisha, India

Authors: Pradeep Kumar Jena, Rachita Sarangi, Narendra Behera, Subrat Kumar Sahoo, Arun Kumar Dash, Bikasha Bihary Tripathy, Satya Sundar G Mohapatra, Bini Gupta, Narendra Kumar Arora and Manoja Kumar Das

Intussusception is an adverse event associated with rotavirus vaccines (RVV). RVV was introduced phase-wise in India since April 2016. Background intussusception rates are needed to document changes w... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/608 Volume 4 Issue 1

Mucocele of the Appendix: A Case Report

Authors: Blanca Prieto García, Sara de la Mano González, Sonia Yáñez Castaño, Piedad Arias Rodríguez and Patricia Carreño Morán

Appendicular mucocele is an infrequent entity that constitutes a descriptive term to define an enlarged cecal appendix with accumulation of mucus in its interior, which can be due to both neoplastic a... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/606 Volume 4 Issue 1

Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women

Authors: Maria del Rosario Herrero-Maceda, Alicia S Ojeda-Yuren, Eira Cerda-Reyes and Graciela Castro-Narro

The chronic infection HBV is a worldwide public health trouble with high morbidity and mortality. The vertical transmission (pregnancy) has consequences for mother and baby. During pregnancy, cell-med... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/605 Volume 4 Issue 1

The Design of Clinical Trials in Irritable Bowel Syndrome using Acupuncture and Related Meridian Therapies

Authors: Affifa Farrukh

Current allopathic treatments for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are of limited efficacy. Complementary therapies, such as acupuncture, moxibustion, massage and cupping, including hijama, are frequent... Read more

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Retrospective Study | 10.36959/621/604 Volume 4 Issue 1

Identification of High-Risk Individuals for Bleeding from Post-Endoscopic Variceal Band Ligation Ulceration

Authors: Rohita Reji, MBBS (Hons), Niamh Siobhan Buckley, MB, BCh and BAO*#, Justin Chin, MBBS, FRACP and Simon Hazeldine, BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FRACP

Endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVBL) plays an important role in management of esophageal varices for both primary prophylaxis and acute hemorrhage. However, life-threatening bleeding secondary to ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/603 Volume 4 Issue 1

Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis with Tongue Ulcer

Authors: Ai-Chao Shi, Meng-Ting Li and Wei Liu

We describe our experience with a 69-year-old gentleman who presented with phlegmonous acute cholecystitis affecting a left-sided gallbladder. The cholecystectomy was successfully completed by a total... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/602 Volume 4 Issue 1

Acute Cholecystitis in a True Left-Sided Gallbladder - A Case Report

Authors: Savio G Barreto, Dominic Parker and Peter Shin

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/601 Volume 4 Issue 1

Colon Mass and Liver Lesions: What Else Could it be?

Authors: Suha Jabak, MD, Reem Abdallah, MD, Fadi F Francis, MD, Hala M Kfoury, MD and Jana G Hashash, MD, MSc

Choriocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of trophoblastic cells that usually occurs after molar and nonmolar pregnancies. It most commonly arises in the placenta, but other primary sites have been de... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/621/600 Volume 4 Issue 1

Complete Inhibition of Clostridium difficile with a Probiotic Juice Beverage

Authors: Howard F Robins and A Reza Kamarei

For optimum profile of probiotics, we considered positive results from specific strains in the published literature and commercially-available probiotic bacteria from credible global suppliers. As a r... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/599 Volume 3 Issue 1

Five Anabolic Steroids in the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Authors: Edward M Lichten, MD

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), the constituents of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), are the most destructive benign diseases of young adults. Two-hundred thousand young men and wo... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/621/598 Volume 3 Issue 1

Evaluation of Patients Suspected Gastric Cancer with Multidedector Computed Tomography

Authors: Cihad Hamidi, Mahmut Corapli and Murat Pekgoz

Endoscopic biopsy results and abdominal CT findings of patients admitted at the endoscopy unit of Gastroenterology Department between September 2008 and December 2014 with a working diagnosis of gastr... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/621/597 Volume 2 Issue 1

Is there a Linkage between Celiac Disease and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes?

Authors: Nicoletta Di Simone, Matteo Gratta and Giovanni Scambia

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that occurs in genetically predisposed people in which the ingestion of gluten leads to a damage in the small intestine that clinically presents with malabsorp... Read more

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Clinical Image | 10.36959/621/596 Volume 2 Issue 1

An Uncommon Cause of a Refractory Gastric Ulcer

Authors: Jiten P Kothadia, Wuttiporn Manatsathit and Virkam Jala

A 29-year-old female with a history of bipolar disorder presented to the emergency department (ED) with worsening epigastric pain. Two years ago, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) showed a 1.5-cm benig... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/621/595 Volume 2 Issue 1

Prognostic Value of Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Authors: Deenaz Zaidi, Hien Q Huynh, Matthew W Carroll and Eytan Wine

The incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is increasing in children. We recently demonstrated increased epithelial gaps in the non-i... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/594 Volume 1 Issue 2

Pill-Induced Esophagitis with Mucosal Dissection: A Case Report

Authors: Marcelia Brandelli Vieira dos Santos, Fernanda de Quadros Onofrio and Jeronimo Conto de Oliveira

Pill-induced esophageal injury was first described in 1970. It occurs when a caustic medicinal pill dissolves in the esophagus and releases its noxious content, particularly if transit is delayed. Inj... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/621/593 Volume 1 Issue 2

Factors Associated with Adverse Outcomes after Surgical Repair of Bile Duct Injury

Authors: Gustavo Martinez Mier, Juan Pablo Medina Granados, Horacio Enriquez De los Santos, Hector J Luna Ortiz, Nicolas Hernandez Herrera, Stefan Zilli Hernandez, Francisco A Lajud Barquin and Lhisty M Vazquez Ramirez

Bile duct injury management requires skill of experienced surgeons at referral centers. Multiple factors may alter their outcomes.... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/592 Volume 1 Issue 2

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Encountered during Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Two Case Reports and Discussion

Authors: Pulimuttil James Zachariah, Wei Jei Lee and Kong-Han Ser

Recent epidemiological data demonstrate a rise in the prevalence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in obesity and diabetes.... Read more

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Original Research | 10.36959/621/591 Volume 1 Issue 2

Helicobacter Pylori IgG Sero-Prevalence Study in Two Adjacent Regions of Contrasting Gastric Cancer Rates and Bracken Fern Frequency in Western Venezuela

Authors: Marisabel Avendano-Meza, Cesar I Perez-Maldonado and Miguel E Alonso-Amelot

As Human Gastric Cancer Death Rates (HGCDR) is unevenly distributed in western Venezuela, we explored possible risk factors, among which Helicobacter Pylori (Hp) infection alongside bracken fern invas... Read more

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Prospective | 10.36959/621/590 Volume 1 Issue 2

Colitis from an Artist's Prospective

Authors: Jamie E Ehrenpreis, Rachel Harper, Benjamin Z Ehrenpreis and Eli D Ehrenpreis

It is widely understood that art expresses human experience to an audience. The viewer is provided with a unique form of insight when art is created by individuals depicting their own disease.... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/589 Volume 1 Issue 1

Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Treated with the Oral Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Imatinib: A Case Report

Authors: Jeng-Nian Yuan, Anna Fen-Yau Li and Chih-Yen Chen

Tumor lysis syndrome in hematological malignancy is more common than in solid tumors. Little literature has been published on tumor lysis syndrome in solid tumors.... Read more

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Clinical Image | 10.36959/621/588 Volume 1 Issue 1

Duodenal-Type Follicular Lymphoma Mimic Follicular Hyperplasia

Authors: Yutaka Shimazu and Kazuyo Fujimura

A 56-year-old Japanese woman with no notable medical history was admitted to our clinic because of abnormal changes in upper gastrointestinal series for regular checkup. An upper gastrointestinal endo... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/621/587 Volume 1 Issue 1

Codeine-Induced Pancreatitis in a Patient with Previous Cholecystectomy

Authors: Alexandra May Limmer and Zackariah Clement

Codeine is a rare precipitant of acute pancreatitis. The hypothesised mechanism is transient codeine-induced sphincter of Oddi spasm. This case report describes an 80-year-old woman with previous chol... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/586 Volume 1 Issue 1

Plant Histaminase as Bioactive Agent to Lower the Histamine Level: A Mini-Review

Authors: Mircea Alexandru Mateescu, Mireille Djatougbevi Koudoufio, Armelle Tchoumi Neree and Bruno Mondovi

Histamine is a biogenic amine originating endogenously or exogenously from Histidine by enzymatic decarboxylation. Endogenous histamine is mostly generated by basophils and mast cells that, when activ... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/585 Volume 1 Issue 1

Impact of Genetic Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency

Authors: Lombardo Rachel C, Hopkin Robert and Abu-El-Haija Maisam

The proband was of Arabic descent and evaluated for intractable diarrhea and poor growth. Molecular testing identified a nonsense mutation in the sucrase-isomaltase (SI) gene consistent with a diagnos... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/621/584 Volume 1 Issue 1

Food Safety and Climate Change: Seasonality and Emerging Food Borne Pathogens

Authors: Ahmet Koluman, Abdullah DİKİCİ, Tolga Kahraman and Gökhan Kürşad İNCİLİ

The future consequences of climate change and its impact on food safety is still not clear due to many variations and uncertanities. It is obvious that seasonal distribution and incidence of campyloba... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/621/583 Volume 1 Issue 1

Vero-Toxigenic Escherichia Coli (VTEC): To Sum up all we know

Authors: Basak Unver Koluman and Ahmet Koluman

Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli renamed after detection of production ability of cytotoxin which kills Vero cells, a continuous cell line derived from the kidney of the African green monkey (Chlorocebu... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/621/582 Volume 1 Issue 1

Clinicopathological and Prognostic Features of Extragastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of the Omentum: A Review

Authors: Giuseppe Angelico, Saveria Spadola and Claudia Trombatore

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the digestive tract. A small percentage of GISTs form extragastrointestinal masses in the omentum, mesenteries, retr... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/621/581 Volume 1 Issue 1

Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Disorders Among Iraqi Americans in Southeast Michigan, United States

Authors: Laith H Jamil, Fahad K Alobaidi, Faris Lami, Neiveen Peter and Hikmet J Jamil

To study the prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders, understand the compliance to treatment among Iraqi Arabs and Iraqi Chaldeans, and predict risk factors for gastrointestinal disorders. 350 random... Read more

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