Endoscopic surveillance of head and neck cancer in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Background and study aims: Multiple squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) frequently arise in the upper aerodigestive tract, referred to as the field cancerization phenomenon.
Minoru Kato+13 more
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Traction-assisted colonic endoscopic submucosal dissection using clip and line: a feasibility study
Background and study aims: Colonic endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a challenging procedure because it is often difficult to maintain good visualization of the submucosal layer.
Yasushi Yamasaki+14 more
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Efficacy of Sovodak in the Management of Patients Co-infected with HIV/HCV [PDF]
Purpose: Sofosbuvir (SOF) and daclatasvir (DOC) are suggested for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients with concomitant HCV and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In 2016, Sovodak tablet a combination of SOF and DOC was introduced.
Mohammad Hossein Somi+3 more
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Histopathology of the gut in rheumatic diseases [PDF]
The gastrointestinal tract regulates the trafficking of macromolecules between the environment and the host through an epithelial barrier mechanism and is an important part of the immune system controlling the equilibrium between tolerance and immunity ...
Ciccia F.+4 more
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Gastrointestinal Disorder Detection with a Transformer Based Approach [PDF]
Accurate disease categorization using endoscopic images is a significant problem in Gastroenterology. This paper describes a technique for assisting medical diagnosis procedures and identifying gastrointestinal tract disorders based on the categorization of characteristics taken from endoscopic pictures using a vision transformer and transfer learning ...
arxiv +1 more source
Cystic fibrosis gene mutations and gastrointestinal diseases [PDF]
Background: This study examined if CF mutation heterozygosity is associated with diseases of gastrointestinal epithelial barrier function. Design and methods: Swedish registers identified 865 patients with a diagnosis of CF between 1968 and 2003 and ...
Askling, J.+4 more
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Cutaneous Manifestations in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases [PDF]
Inflammatory bowel diseases have a high frequency in Europe. They are chronic disorders that evolve with relapses and remissions. Clinical features include the signs of underlying inflammatory bowel disease and also signs of extraintestinal ...
Benea, Vasile+6 more
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Gastrointestinal Diseases of Foals
Few foals escape gastrointestinal disease during the first weeks of life. Diarrhea is an extremely common problem; fortunately, however, it is usually mild and self-limiting. When it is not, the underlying cause is often an infectious agent, such as rotavirus or Salmonella spp.
Jonathan E. Palmer, Jonathan E. Palmer
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Gastrointestinal Disease Classification through Explainable and Cost-Sensitive Deep Neural Networks with Supervised Contrastive Learning [PDF]
Gastrointestinal diseases pose significant healthcare chall-enges as they manifest in diverse ways and can lead to potential complications. Ensuring precise and timely classification of these diseases is pivotal in guiding treatment choices and enhancing patient outcomes.
arxiv
Hypoxia and gastrointestinal disease [PDF]
The gastrointestinal mucosa is a richly perfused vascular bed directly juxtaposed with the anaerobic and nonsterile lumen of the gut. As such, intestinal epithelial cells, which line the mucosa, experience a uniquely steep physiologic oxygen gradient in comparison with other cells of the body.
Sean P. Colgan, Cormac T. Taylor
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