Monthly Archives: July 2018

Warning issued about email spoofing and phishing attacks

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Unit is issuing a new warning about email spoofing and phishing attacks.
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Value-Based Payments: Bumps in the Road or Road to Nowhere?

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Spencer D. Dorn
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Effects of Organized Colorectal Cancer Screening on Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Large, Community-based Population

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal

Little information is available on the effectiveness of organized colorectal cancer (CRC) screening on screening uptake, incidence, and mortality in community-based populations. Continue reading →

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Interactions Between KIR3DS1 and HLA-F Activate Natural Killer Cells to Control HCV Replication in Cell Culture

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal

Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are transmembrane glycoproteins expressed by natural killer (NK) cells. Binding of KIR3DS1 to its recently discovered ligand, HLA-F, activates NK cells and has been associated with resolution of hepatiti… Continue reading →

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Association Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Proton Density Fat Fraction and Liver Histology Features in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease or Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal

Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or nonalcoholic; steatohepatitis (NASH) often require histologic assessment via liver biopsy. Magnetic; resonance imaging (MRI)-based methods for measuring liver triglycerides based on proton densi… Continue reading →

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A Mysterious Calcified Target Lesion Causing Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal
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An 82 Year-old Man with Vague Abdominal Pain and Weakness

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal
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A middle-aged male with jaundice and a gastric tumor

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal
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“A sweet discovery”

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal
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In God we trust and for all the rest we need pathology

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Gastroenterology Journal
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