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Exfoliated colonocyte DNA levels and clinical features in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a cohort study in patients referred for investigation.
(Wiley, 2012-03)Selection of patients for investigation of suspected colorectal cancer is difficult. One possible improvement may be to measure DNA isolated from exfoliated cells collected from the rectum. -
Faecal calprotectin effectively excludes inflammatory bowel disease in 789 symptomatic young adults with/without alarm symptoms: a prospective UK primary care cohort study.
(Wiley, 2018-04)Primary care faecal calprotectin testing distinguishes inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from functional gut disorder in young patients presenting with abdominal symptoms; however, previous evaluations have excluded patients ... -
Psychosocial interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood
(Wiley, 2017-01-10)This review supersedes the original Cochrane review first published in 2008 (Huertas-Ceballos 2008).Between 4% and 25% of school-aged children complain of recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) severe enough to interfere with their ... -
Molecular Basis of Developmental Anomalies of the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
(Morgan & Claypool, 2015-12-11)Current knowledge of the etiology of congenital malformations of the human gastrointestinal tract is covered in this book, prefaced by some introductory notes on embryological development. Malformations involving the ... -
Predicting response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer with serum biomarkers.
(Royal College of Surgeons, 2017-05)Introduction The aim of this study was to identify patient factors including serum biomarkers that may predict response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer staged on ... -
Subclinical colonic thickening.
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Pharmacological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood.
(Cochrane Library, 2014-02-14)This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To determine the effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for RAP in children of school age. -
Digesting GWAS
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Measuring infliximab and adalimumab drug and antibodies in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
(Clinical Laboratory International, 2015-11-02)The anti-TNF therapies infliximab and adalimumab have revolutionized the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, being very effective in many patients. Some patients experience problems such as loss of response, which is ... -
The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications: joint British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) guidelines.
(BMJ, 2018-08-28)Interest in the therapeutic potential of faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) has been increasing globally in recent years, particularly as a result of randomised studies in which it has been used as an intervention. The ...