AbstractObjective: Assess if the addition of rituximab to a dose-dense chemotherapy regimen in patients with primary gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (PGL) in early stage, but associated with worse prognostic factors.
Patients and methods: Patients wit.....
AbstractGI tumors until now remain the major health problem in the world. The numerous risk factors are related to the development of GI tumors. Vitamin D is a multifunctional hormone with functions including immunomodulation or antioxidants to several intra.....
AbstractThis study describes the development of a cost-effective, multiplex Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) method for detection of toxigenic Clostridioides difficile from diarrheal stools and presumptive identification of the NAP-1 strain. The.....
AbstractAnimal studies have shown that dietary probiotics can modify host stress response viathe gut-brain axis. A few studies with healthy human subjects have indicated that single strain fermented milk probiotic products can alter stress response. The aim .....
AbstractHemorrhagic rectocolitis (UC) belongs to the family of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). It is an inflammatory bowel disease affecting the rectum and sometimes all or part of the colon. This chronic disease evolves in relapses, alternating w.....
AbstractA 46-year-old obese woman presented to the Gastroenterology clinic with symptoms of dysphagia, odynophagia, regurgitation and vomiting. She had a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band in situ for a period of 10 years and this was believed to be causin.....
AbstractA 43-year-old woman was admitted to the gastroenterology clinic because of a 1-year history of epigastric pain. She had no documented medical history. Her physical examination and Helicobacter pylori antigen detection revealed no remarkable abnormali.....
AbstractProduction of acid in the upper gastrointestinal tract was developed in primitive fishes and has been preserved during evolution. Together with enzymes, the proteolytic enzyme pepsin, and a lipase, both being active at the extreme acidic condition in.....
AbstractAbdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening disease associated with chronic inflammation in the vascular wall while its specific pathogenesis is not fully understood. Recently, a growing number of studies have indicated that pyroptosis, whi.....