World journal of gastroenterology

World J Gastroenterol · ISSN (e) 2219-2840 · 130 papers in corpus
other 2005
doi:10.3748/wjg.v11.i23.3591 ·PMID:15962382

AIM: To investigate if CD44v6 could be used as a molecular marker of cancer progression and metastasis through the detection of CD44v6 gene expression in normal human peripheral blood. METHODS: RNA was extracted from the peripheral blood m…

case-report 2005
doi:10.3748/wjg.v11.i15.2367 ·PMID:15818757

A 49-year-old woman, who had undergone hysterectomy for low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) 3 years ago, presented with a 2-wk history of lower abdominal pain. Barium enema and sigmoidoscopy disclosed a polypoid submucosal tumor. Hi…

observational 2005
doi:10.3748/wjg.v11.i31.4886 ·PMID:16097065

AIM: To determine whether there was an association between inter-cellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) gene polymorphism and biliary atresia (BA), and to investigate the relationship between serum soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) and clinical outco…

review 2004
doi:10.3748/wjg.v10.i17.2609 ·PMID:15300920

Cystic dystrophy of the duodenal wall is a rare condition characterized by the development of cysts in heterotopic pancreatic tissue localized in the duodenal wall. A 38-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for abdominal pain and vomit…

case-report 2001
doi:10.3748/wjg.v7.i4.547 ·PMID:11819826

AIM: To study the pathogenicity of hepatitis G virus (HGV) and observe the genesis and pathological process of hepatitis G. METHODS: HGV-RNA in serum was detected by RT-PCR assay. The immunohistochemical assays of liver tissue were perform…