Correspondence to Dr G Nicholas Verne, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699, USA; gverne{at}tulane.edu Background More effective treatments are ...

Objective There are altered mucosal functions in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D); ~30% of patients with IBS-D have abnormal bile acid (BA) metabolism (ABAM) and diarrhoea (summarised ...

1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2 Department of Gastroenterology, ...

Subepithelial lesions (SLEs) are often detected incidentally during endoscopic examination. They represent a heterogeneous ...

Background About 10% of patients with IBS report the start of the syndrome after infectious enteritis. The clinical features of postinfectious IBS (PI-IBS) resemble those of diarrhoea-predominant IBS ...

Histopathology Unit, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Royal College of Surgeons, London. Diet is of fundamental importance in the healthy functioning of alimentary epithelium, or during the disease ...

Correspondence to Professor Rohit Loomba, NAFLD Research Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA; ...

Correspondence to: Mr C D Johnson University Surgical Unit, F Level, Centre Block (816), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; c.d.johnsonsoton.ac.uk Background: In predicted severe ...

Background—Recent studies indicate that gastric emptying may be influenced by patterns of previous nutrient intake. Endogenous cholecystokinin (CCK), whose synthesis and release can be affected by ...

Correspondence to: Professor J Dent Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and General Medicine, Level 7, North Wing, North Terrace, Royal Adelaide Hospital ...

Dr P Kubes, Immunology Research Group, University of Calgary, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1. Email: pkubes{at}ucalgary.ca The established dogma ...

Correspondence to Dr Hein M Tun, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; heinmtun{at}hku.hk; Professor Francis ...