Woo Kyu Jeon

..Bovine colostrum may have a beneficial effect in prevention of NSAID induced small intestinal injuries...

..We aimed to evaluate whether 10 day-sequential therapy eradicated H. pylori infection better than the PPI-based triple therapy in Korea...

..Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is regarded as a manifestation of metabolic syndrome in the liver. This investigation was initiated to determine whether NAFLD has a relationship to colorectal adenomatous polyps...

..There has been no study comparing the clinical efficacy of clevudine and entecavir in antiviral-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB)...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate any difference in H. pylori eradication rates between patients with NUD and PUD according to each proton pump inhibitor (PPI)...

..The aim of this study was to characterize the relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and body fat distribution and insulin resistance in a sample of non-diabetic overweight men...

..11-7.35, P<.05) after further adjustment for all metabolic parameters including TNF-α. The serum level of A-FABP was independently associated with NAFLD and showed significant correlation with TNF-α, HOMA-IR, and metabolic syndrome...

..In this study, we evaluated the outcome of a probiotic strain composed of bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus faecium on HP eradication...

..pylori eradication treatment. H. pylori eradication has no effect on metabolic and inflammatory parameters...

..We aimed to compare the cumulative efficacy and resistance of ETV 1.0 mg monotherapy, ADV monotherapy and ADV add-on LAM combination therapy in LAM-refractory patients...

..pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis. In this study, we examined the expression of DNA MMR protein (hMLH1 and hMSH2) in patients with chronic H. pylori infection before and after eradication of the infection...

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..The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential roles of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference on GERD in a Korean population...

..This study was performed with a view toward the future introduction of Herceptin therapy for colorectal cancer patients...

..Additionally, we attempted to identify the underlying cause of MSI in these patients...

..Few studies have compared double-dose new-generation, proton pump inhibitors (PPI) with omeprazole. Therefore, we conducted a randomized, prospective study to evaluate differences in H. pylori eradication rates by PPI type...

..To clarify whether insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for erosive esophagitis...

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..We evaluated the clinical usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for the differential diagnosis of GB wall thickening...

..We aimed to explore the predictive ability of preoperative carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels for assessing tumor resectability (R0 resection) in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma...

..In this study, we investigated the frequency of FEG and other gastric histological abnormalities in Korean patients with CD and UC...

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..The purpose of the present study was to determine the clinical characteristics of subjects with gallbladder polyps and cholelithiasis compared with those with gallbladder polyps only...

..Therefore, we recommend 3 or 4 biopsies from viable tissue in advanced gastrointestinal cancer to make a pathologic diagnosis during endoscopy...

..This study was designed to determine the relationship between NAFLD and the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to predict preclinical diabetes in nondiabetic young male patients (<30 years old)...

..Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and the risk of colorectal adenoma...

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..This study investigated whether low-dose NSBB medication has beneficial effects in patients with liver cirrhosis, especially in terms of overall survival...

..The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of colorectal neoplasm and to evaluate the necessity of colonoscopic surveillance in patients with gastric cancer...

..However, the RDW in IBD patients without anemia has not been investigated...

..CONCLUSIONS: Levofloxacin-azithromycin combined triple therapy should not be recommended as the first-line or second-line H. pylori eradication regimen in Korea...

..boulardii and a mucoprotective agent (DA-9601) coupled with PPI-based triple therapy for HP eradication...

..This study also attempted to determine the independent factors influencing the serum adipokine levels in NAFLD...

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..The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of this detection method for colorectal adenomas and carcinomas using ITGA4, SFRP2 and p16 promoter methylation...

..This study aimed to determine whether MELD score can predict the postoperative outcome of patients with liver cirrhosis in Korea...

..The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting the technical difficulty of a colonoscopic examination and to predict potential difficult patients who will undergo colonoscopy...

..The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of PET-CT in relation to a conventional imaging modality, multidetector row CT (MDCT), for patients with gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma...

..The aims of this study are to evaluate (1) if rectal (large bowel) permeability is increased in IBS-D and (2) if tryptase plays a critical role in the altered permeability...

..We purposed to identify change of intestinal permeability and frequency of endotoxemia in patients with viral liver cirrhosis. Additionally, we studied the relationship between plasma endotoxin levels and failure of gut barrier function...

..There has been no report concerning the predictive capability of each scoring system in determining the development of complications of liver cirrhosis such as variceal bleeding and/or hepatic encephalopathy...

..This study investigated the clinical usefulness of chemical pleurodesis with or without video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for patients with refractory hepatic hydrothorax...

..The pathophysiology of liver injury secondary to intestinal epithelial damage may be different between alcoholic and viral liver diseases...

..pylori infection, Vienna classification for phenotype, medications or EGD findings. CONCLUSIONS: BJL appearance on the gastric body and cardia can be a diagnostic clue to CD...

..CONCLUSIONS: Cirrhotic patients with increased fibrinolytic activity were at higher risk of bleeding. Thus, the measurement of these parameters would be useful to identify patients at higher risk of esophageal variceal bleeding...

..Its potential for clinical use to augment the efficacy of H. pylori eradication may warrant further investigation...

..However, there have been no reports about the relationship between increasing BMI and abnormal upper endoscopic findings such as gastritis or ulcer...

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..The aim of this study was to assess the effects of endoscopy nurse participation on polyp detection rate (PDR) and adenoma detection rate (ADR) of second-year fellows during screening colonoscopies...

..28; 95% CI: 1.67-3.11) per 1 SD (0.63) were independent risk factors for NAFLD. CONCLUSION: Insulin resistance and systemic inflammatory response are of key importance for inducing NAFLD, particularly in apparently healthy non-obese men...

..CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows that hypoadiponectinemia is associated with an ALT elevation in patients with NAFLD. Adiponectin may play an indirect role in the development of NAFLD...

..The aim of this study is to identify the therapeutic effects of silymarin on eNOS/NO-related enzymes and hepatic enzymes in carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced cirrhotic rats...

..Finally, he received a distal esophagectomy. The postoperative pathology revealed SCC at the distal esophagus and esophagogastric junction...

..If HCV is a causal factor for insulin resistance, then clearance of HCV might decrease insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effects of clearance of HCV on insulin resistance...

..Our aim was to verify the relationship between SIBO and small-intestinal permeability in IBS patients...

..5% vs 78.9%). CONCLUSIONS: Tumors with positive HER-2/neu staining showed a tendency for higher rates for nodal metastasis and poor clinical survival rate...

..There has been no report concerning the factors that contribute to the technical difficulty of endoscopic clearance of common bile duct (CBD) stones...

..We sought to evaluate the diagnostic use of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) cholangiography with multiplanar reformation (MPR) for the assessment of patients with biliary obstruction...

..In this study, we evaluated the effect of Sodium Hyaluronate for control of ulcer bleeding...

..This study explored the predictive capacity of IP, endotoxemia and cytokines as prognostic indicators in AP patients...

..Our aim was to investigate whether the dynamic and static compliances differ between patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and normal subjects...

..There is an increasing need for the early detection of emerging mutations in the tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD) motif of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA polymerase with using sensitive molecular methods...

..The aim of this study was to characterize the relationship between the urinary excretion of 51Cr-EDTA and the severity of mucositis, and the effect of OGS on 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin (FU/LV)-induced mucositis/stomatitis...

..CONCLUSIONS: Glutamine may have beneficial effects on NSAID-induced gut damage and bacterial translocation...

..The clinical significance of these diminutive adenomas that can be found only after spraying contrast agent needs to be further investigated...

..CONCLUSIONS: This study suggested that the combined administration of bovine colostrum and glutamine might effectively reduce NSAID-induced gut damage and BT in the rat...