Volume 22, No 1 (2009)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Melatonin: A potent antioxidant agent with anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects that might be useful in the treatment of IBD patients PDF
A. Triantafillidis, J.K. Triantafillidis 10 - 12

Reviews

Mutants in the precore, core promoter, and core regions of Hepatitis B virus, and their clinical relevance PDF
Alexandra Alexopoulou 13 - 23
Insights into the pathogenesis of NAFLD: The role of metabolic and pro-inflammatory mediators. PDF
E. Xirouchakis, Penelopi Manousou, Lemonia Tsartsali, S. Georgopoulos, A.K. Burroughs 24 - 33
Is primary biliary cirrhosis a risk factor for hepatic and extrahepatic malignancies? PDF
Melanie Deutsch 34 - 39

Original Articles

Palliation with Previously Gemcitabine in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Treated with the Placement of a Covered Metal Biliary Stent PDF
D. Xinopoulos, D. Dimitroulopoulos, A. Fotopoulou, D. Korkolis, K. Tsamakidis, D. Kypreos, S. Basioukas, S. Patsavela, A. Loukou, E. Paraskevas 40 - 45
Effective intragastric balloon treatment in obese adolescents PDF
T. Karagiozoglou-Lampoudi, P. Papakostas, S. Penna, G. Pyankova, K. Kotzampassi 46 - 51

Case Reports

Synchronous Gastric Carcinoid and Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Plummer-Vinson Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review PDF
N.R. Sawalakhe, S.U. Nistala, M. Sasidharan, R.T. Narendran, A.D. Amrapurkar, R.M. Joshi, P.M. Rathi 52 - 55
Oesophageal varices in a case of compressive goiter PDF
R. Sterpu, A. Bosquet, A. Medjkane, L. Affo, P. Vinceneux, I. Mahé 56 - 59
Crohn’s disease and schistostomiasis: A rare coexistence PDF
N. Viazis, J. Vlachogiannakos, E. Komninou, K. Papaxoinis, D. Georgiadis, M. Rodias, M.E. Kopaka, D.G. Karamanolis 60 - 61
Myocarditis due to mesalamine treatment in a patient with ulcerative colitis: Favorable outcome after Infliximab treatment PDF
J.K. Triantafillidis, P. Cheracakis, M. Mylonaki, F. Georgopoulos, V. Panteris, G. Malgarinos, C. Malli, J. Fouskas 62 - 64


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