Monthly Archives: December 2016

Exam 1: SLC25A22 Promotes Proliferation and Survival of Colorectal Cancer Cells With KRAS Mutations and Xenograft Tumor Progression in Mice via Intracellular Synthesis of Aspartate

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Exam 2: A Rare Endoscopic Clue to a Common Clinical Condition

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Exam 2: A Rare Endoscopic Clue to a Common Clinical Condition

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Exam 3: Isocaloric Diets High in Animal or Plant Protein Reduce Liver Fat and Inflammation in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes

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Is Chromoendoscopy Superior to Standard Colonoscopy for Long-term Surveillance of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Marion JF, Waye JD, Israel Y, et al; Chromoendoscopy Study Group at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Chromoendoscopy is more effective than standard colonoscopy in detecting dysplasia during long-term surveillance of patients with colitis. Clin Gastroe… Continue reading

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Is Chromoendoscopy Superior to Standard Colonoscopy for Long-term Surveillance of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Marion JF, Waye JD, Israel Y, et al; Chromoendoscopy Study Group at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Chromoendoscopy is more effective than standard colonoscopy in detecting dysplasia during long-term surveillance of patients with colitis. Clin Gastroe… Continue reading

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Gastroenterology 2016-12-28 23:00:00

When I was a first year GI fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, I quickly discovered that the world of gastroenterology was divided into 2 camps: people who relied on Yamada’s “Textbook of Gastroenterology” and those who leaned towa… Continue reading

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Collaboration, Not Competition: The Role of Magnetic Resonance, Transient Elastography, and Liver Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

The global obesity pandemic necessitates characterization of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in an extremely large and growing number of patients. This disease subsumes hepatic fat, inflammation, and fibrosis. Fibrosis is of particular interes… Continue reading

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Collaboration, Not Competition: The Role of Magnetic Resonance, Transient Elastography, and Liver Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

The global obesity pandemic necessitates characterization of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in an extremely large and growing number of patients. This disease subsumes hepatic fat, inflammation, and fibrosis. Fibrosis is of particular interes… Continue reading

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Evaluating the Safety of Endoscopy During Pregnancy: The Robust Statistical Power vs Limitations of a National Registry Study

From 1957 to 1962, an epidemic of about 4000 cases of phocomelia, a severe, congenital malformation of deformed or rudimentary limbs, occurred from in utero fetal exposure to thalidomide1 after its administration to pregnant mothers to treat nausea an… Continue reading

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