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ABSTRACT Payment reforms in healthcare can have spillover effects on the care experienced by non‐targeted patients treated by the same provider. Few empirical studies have quantitatively investigated the mechanisms behind these effects. We formulate theory‐driven hypotheses to investigate the spillover mechanisms of a regional payment reform in the ...
Philip Britteon+4 more
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The Nottingham Test Meal is a simple, practical, and well‐tolerated test meal for clinical assessment of gastric emptying in patients with dyspepsia. A range of abnormal gastric emptying patterns for a typical cohort of patients using this meal are presented in this graphical abstract.
Peter D. Hay+4 more
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Treatment of a duodenal-caval fistula secondary to peptic ulcer disease
We have reported the case of a duodenal-caval fistula in a 46-year-old man with peptic ulcer disease. He had previously undergone an open Graham patch repair for a perforated anterior duodenal ulcer and had presented 1 month after surgery with an upper ...
Ezra Y. Koh, MD+4 more
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Determination of Alpha-i Antitrypsin Genetic Deficiency in Duodenal Ulcer by Polymerase Chain Reaction [PDF]
Objective: To confirm alpha-I-AT deficiency status in duodenal ulcer using a combination of PCR and restricted enzyme digestion. Methods: Fifty patients with endoscopically proven duodenal ulcer and hundred controls with no signs of the disease were ...
Qureshi, H+5 more
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Patients with Helicobacter pylori positive and negative duodenal ulcers have distinct clinical characteristics [PDF]
Aim: To assess the clinical characteristics of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) negative duodenal ulcer. Methods: Patients with an endoscopic diagnosis of duodenal ulcer between 1996 and 2002 were included in the present study.
Chu, KM, Kwok, KF, Law, S, Wong, KH
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What's New? Although small intestinal adenocarcinoma (SIA) shares certain similarities with colorectal cancer, its etiology and predisposing conditions presumably are distinct. Due to the rarity of SIA, however, detailed information on predisposing factors is lacking.
Jasmijn D. G. Linssen+8 more
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Seasonal variation in the incidence of endoscopically diagnosed duodenal ulcer in Sudan
The seasonal pattern of endoscopically diagnosed duodenal ulcer disease in an endoscopy unit in Suba University Hospital and Ibn Sina Hospital, Sudan, was evaluated retrospectively for the period 1980-1988. We reviewed all the 12443 endoscopy records and
Kheir Musa+2 more
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What's New? Novel immunomodulatory insights derived from experimental models and clinical samples reveal the cancer‐preventive potential of intermittent low‐dose erlotinib plus sulindac (ERL + SUL). This study shows that ERL + SUL treatment upregulates MHC class I and II expression and remodels the immune cell niche, with significant tumor suppression ...
Chakrapani Tripathi+17 more
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Neratinib-Induced Duodenal Ulcer: A Case Report
We report a case of a 37-year-old woman who developed a duodenal ulcer while receiving adjuvant neratinib for HER2 positive breast cancer. The clinical course of abdominal pain was strongly correlated with the use of neratinib.
Bahar Moftakhar+5 more
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Differential inflammatory response to Helicobacter pylori infection: etiology and clinical outcomes [PDF]
The bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori commonly colonizes the human gastric mucosa during early childhood and persists throughout life. The organism has evolved multiple mechanisms for evading clearance by the immune system and, despite inducing ...
Robinson, K, White, JR, Winter, JA
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