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1 Gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms, oesophagitis and Barrett's oesophagus in the general population: the Loiano-Monghidoro study. Gut 2008 2.79
2 Percutaneous US-guided radio-frequency tissue ablation of liver metastases: treatment and follow-up in 16 patients. Radiology 1997 2.47
3 Gastric mucosal atrophy: interobserver consistency using new criteria for classification and grading. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2002 1.94
4 Comparing laparoscopic antireflux surgery with esomeprazole in the management of patients with chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a 3-year interim analysis of the LOTUS trial. Gut 2008 1.93
5 Genetic pattern, histological structure, and cellular phenotype in early and advanced gastric cancers: evidence for structure-related genetic subsets and for loss of glandular structure during progression of some tumors. Hum Pathol 1998 1.68
6 OLGA staging for gastritis: a tutorial. Dig Liver Dis 2008 1.64
7 Duodenal ulcer relapse after eradication of Helicobacter pylori. Lancet 1991 1.64
8 Long-term safety of proton pump inhibitor therapy assessed under controlled, randomised clinical trial conditions: data from the SOPRAN and LOTUS studies. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2015 1.51
9 Comparison of tests for assessment of Helicobacter pylori eradication: results of a multi-centre study using centralized facility testing. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000 1.41
10 Helicobacter pylori eradication in the healing and recurrence of benign gastric ulcer: a two-year, double-blind, placebo controlled study. Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1997 1.40
11 [Who needs a gastroenterology pathologist?]. Pathologica 1996 1.38
12 Lymphocytic gastritis: a positive relationship with celiac disease. J Pediatr 1994 1.24
13 Mosaic pattern of lactase expression by villous enterocytes in human adult-type hypolactasia. Gastroenterology 1991 1.17
14 Intestinal and diffuse gastric cancers arise in a different background of Helicobacter pylori gastritis through different gene involvement. Am J Surg Pathol 1996 1.15
15 Gastric argyrophil carcinoidosis in patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome due to type 1 multiple endocrine neoplasia. A newly recognized association. Am J Surg Pathol 1990 1.10
16 Gastric endocrine cells: types, function and growth. Regul Pept 2000 1.09
17 Hyperplastic, dysplastic, and neoplastic enterochromaffin-like-cell proliferations of the gastric mucosa. Classification and histogenesis. Am J Surg Pathol 1995 1.08
18 Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin accumulates within the endosomal-vacuolar compartment of cultured gastric cells and potentiates the vacuolating activity of ammonia. J Pathol 1997 1.08
19 Distinct patterns of chronic gastritis associated with carcinoid and cancer and their role in tumorigenesis. Yale J Biol Med 1994 1.07
20 Gastric endocrine cells and gastritis in patients receiving long-term omeprazole treatment. Digestion 1992 1.04
21 Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic gastritis: clinical, serological, and histologic correlations in children treated with amoxicillin and colloidal bismuth subcitrate. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1990 1.03
22 Observer agreement on the grading of gastric atrophy. Histopathology 1999 1.01
23 Effects of eradication of Helicobacter pylori on gastritis in duodenal ulcer patients. Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl 1994 1.01
24 Microsatellite instability in intestinal- and diffuse-type gastric carcinoma. J Pathol 1997 1.00
25 Persistence of Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin and vacuolating potential in cultured gastric epithelial cells. Am J Physiol 1998 0.99
26 Distinct profiles of gastritis in dyspepsia subgroups. Their different clinical responses to gastritis healing after Helicobacter pylori eradication. Scand J Gastroenterol 1994 0.97
27 The role of histological investigation in prognostic evaluation of advanced gastric cancer. Analysis of histological structure and molecular changes compared with invasive pattern and stage. Virchows Arch 2001 0.97
28 Endocrine tumors of the small and large intestine. Pathol Res Pract 1995 0.95
29 Cathepsin E in follicle associated epithelium of intestine and tonsils: localization to M cells and possible role in antigen processing. Histochemistry 1993 0.94
30 Altered intercellular glycoconjugates and dilated intercellular spaces of esophageal epithelium in reflux disease. Virchows Arch 2000 0.93
31 Loss of heterozygosity at 18q21 region in gastric cancer involves a number of cancer-related genes and correlates with stage and histology, but lacks independent prognostic value. J Pathol 2002 0.93
32 Morphology and pathogenesis of endocrine hyperplasias, precarcinoid lesions, and carcinoids arising in chronic atrophic gastritis. Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl 1991 0.91
33 p53 gene mutations and protein nuclear accumulation are early events in intestinal type gastric cancer but late events in diffuse type. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1995 0.91
34 Medical or surgical management of GERD patients with Barrett's esophagus: the LOTUS trial 3-year experience. J Gastrointest Surg 2008 0.91
35 Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 as a marker of gastric enterochromaffin-like cell tumors. Virchows Arch 2000 0.90
36 In vivo bromodeoxyuridine incorporation in human gastric cancer: a study on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded sections. Histochem J 1988 0.90
37 Spontaneous transgenesis of human B lymphocytes. Gene Ther 2004 0.89
38 Omeprazole coupled with two antibiotics for Helicobacter pylori eradication and prevention of ulcer recurrence. Am J Gastroenterol 1996 0.89
39 Localization of bombesin and GRP (gastrin releasing peptide) sequences in gut nerves or endocrine cells. Histochemistry 1982 0.89
40 In vitro polydeoxyribonucleotide effects on human pre-adipocytes. Cell Prolif 2008 0.86
41 Glucagon, glicentin, proglucagon, PYY, PP and proPP-icosapeptide immunoreactivities of rectal carcinoid tumors and related non-tumor cells. Regul Pept 1987 0.85
42 A randomized, double-blind trial of the efficacy and safety of 10 or 20 mg rabeprazole compared with 20 mg omeprazole in the maintenance of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease over 5 years. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003 0.85
43 Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) cells in the PP-rich lobe of the human pancreas are identified ultrastructurally and immunocytochemically as F cells. Histochemistry 1983 0.85
44 The gastroenteropancreatic endocrine system and related tumors. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1989 0.84
45 Early onset of gastric carcinoma and constitutional deletion of 18p. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 1999 0.84
46 Radial distribution of dilated intercellular spaces of the esophageal squamous epithelium in patients with reflux disease exhibiting discrete endoscopic lesions. Dig Dis 2004 0.84
47 Characterization of multipotent cells from human adult hair follicles. Toxicol In Vitro 2006 0.84
48 Non-antigen-specific CD8(+) T suppressor lymphocytes in diseases characterized by chronic immune responses and inflammation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2005 0.83
49 Morphometric assessment of gastric antral atrophy: comparison with visual evaluation. Histopathology 2001 0.83
50 Molecular characterization of an Italian series of sporadic GISTs. Gastric Cancer 2013 0.83
51 Complement-mediated binding of immunoglobulins to some endocrine cells of the pancreas and gut. J Histochem Cytochem 1979 0.83
52 Helicobacter pylori HP(2-20) induces eosinophil activation and accumulation in superficial gastric mucosa and stimulates VEGF-alpha and TGF-beta release by interacting with formyl-peptide receptors. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2013 0.83
53 Morphological evidence of Campylobacter pylori pathogenicity in chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer. Acta Gastroenterol Belg 1990 0.82
54 Analysis of gastroduodenitis and oesophagitis in relation to dyspeptic/reflux symptoms. Digestion 1998 0.82
55 Helicobacter pylori infection is not involved in the pathogenesis of either erosive or non-erosive gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003 0.82
56 K-ras gene mutations: an unfavorable prognostic marker in stage I lung adenocarcinoma. Virchows Arch 1994 0.82
57 Characterization and induction of human pre-adipocytes. Toxicol In Vitro 2006 0.81
58 Complement-mediated unspecific binding of immunoglobulins to some endocrine cells. Histochemistry 1979 0.81
59 Hyperplastic esophagogastric polyps in two children with neurofibromatosis type 1. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1994 0.81
60 The impact of biopsy number and site on the accuracy of intestinal metaplasia detection in the stomach A morphometric study based on virtual biopsies. Dig Liver Dis 2008 0.81
61 Pancreatic polypeptide rich tissue in the annular pancreas. A distinctive feature of ventral primordium derivatives. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol 1983 0.80
62 Cathepsin E in antigen-presenting Langerhans and interdigitating reticulum cells. Its possible role in antigen processing. Eur J Histochem 1993 0.80
63 Effects of permanent eradication or transient clearance of Helicobacter pylori on histology of gastric mucosa using omeprazole with or without antibiotics. Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl 1996 0.80
64 Cell proliferation of squamous epithelium in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: correlations with clinical, endoscopic and morphological data. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007 0.80
65 Significance of ammonia in the genesis of gastric epithelial lesions induced by Helicobacter pylori: an in vitro study with different bacterial strains and urea concentrations. Digestion 1996 0.80
66 The diffuse endocrine-paracrine system of the gut in health and disease: ultrastructural features. Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl 1981 0.80
67 Coexpression of aspartic proteinases and human leukocyte antigen-DR in human transplanted lung. Am J Pathol 1994 0.79
68 Clinicopathological profile as a basis for classification of the endocrine tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic tract. Ann Oncol 1999 0.79
69 Effects of antibacterial treatment of Campylobacter pylori-associated gastritis in children. Gastroenterology 1988 0.79
70 Characterization of four main cell types in gastric cancer: foveolar, mucopeptic, intestinal columnar and goblet cells. An histopathologic, histochemical and ultrastructural study of "early" and "advanced" tumours. Pathol Res Pract 1987 0.79
71 Omeprazole for severe reflux esophagitis in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1997 0.79
72 Aspartic proteinases in normal lung and interstitial pulmonary diseases. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1993 0.79
73 Surgery for colorectal polyps: histological features, current indications, critical points, future perspective and ongoing studies. Colorectal Dis 2015 0.78
74 Risk indicators of organic diseases in uninvestigated dyspepsia: a one-week survey in 246 Italian endoscopy units. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999 0.78
75 Glucagon-, glicentin-, and pancreatic polypeptide-like immunoreativities in rectal carcinoids and related colorectal cells. Am J Pathol 1980 0.78
76 Mosaic differentiation of human villus enterocytes: patchy expression of blood group A antigen in A nonsecretors. Gastroenterology 1993 0.78
77 Proton pump inhibitors, enterochromaffin-like cell growth and Helicobacter pylori gastritis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1993 0.78
78 Na+,K(+)-ATPase of gastric cells. A target of Helicobacter pylori cytotoxic activity. FEBS Lett 1993 0.78
79 Carditis in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: results of a controlled study based on both endoscopy and 24-h oesophageal pH monitoring. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004 0.78
80 Varioliform gastritis and campylobacter-like organisms. Arch Dis Child 1987 0.78
81 [Histopathologic diagnosis in colorectal cancer screening: guidelines]. Pathologica 2006 0.77
82 Flow cytometric analysis of paraffin-embedded material in human gastric cancer. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 1988 0.77
83 Immunocytochemical detection of proliferating cells in the rat tooth germ by monoclonal antibodies against 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine. Arch Oral Biol 1989 0.76
84 Endoscopic biopsies. J Clin Pathol 2003 0.76
85 The pathology of the gastrointestinal endocrine system. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 1993 0.75
86 Screening dyspepsia by serology to Helicobacter pylori in children. Lancet 1991 0.75
87 Respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease: a case report with bronchoalveolar lavage findings. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 1995 0.75
88 Identification, ultrastructure and classification of gut endocrine cells and related growths. Invest Cell Pathol 1980 0.75
89 [Pathogenesis of peptic ulcer: role of Helicobacter pylori gastritis and its course during antibiotic and/or antisecretory treatment]. Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol 1992 0.75
90 The endocrine cells of the chicken proventriculus. Basic Appl Histochem 1983 0.75
91 Barrett's ulcer and Campylobacter-like organisms infection in a child. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1988 0.75
92 Lansoprazole-based triple therapy versus ranitidine bismuth citrate-based dual therapy in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori in patients with duodenal ulcer: a multicenter, randomized, double-dummy study. Clin Ther 2001 0.75
93 Ploidy and proliferative activity of human gastric carcinoma: a cytofluorometric study on fresh and on paraffin embedded material. Basic Appl Histochem 1987 0.75
94 Omeprazole treatment of severe peptic disease associated with antral G cell hyperfunction and hyperpepsinogenemia I in an infant. J Pediatr 1990 0.75
95 A rapid unfavorable outcome of Wegener's granulomatosis in early childhood. Eur J Pediatr 1979 0.75
96 [Biological significance of cortisone in the apical periodontium: hard tissues]. Riv Ital Stomatol 1978 0.75
97 [Vital tissues tolerance of endodontic medication. I. Soft tissues]. Riv Ital Stomatol 1978 0.75
98 The contribution of immunohistochemistry to the diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors. Semin Diagn Pathol 1984 0.75
99 Malignant adenoma: diagnosis, staging, risk factors, lymph node involvement and problems of sampling. Tech Coloproctol 2004 0.75
100 Neuroendocrine cell proliferation associated with primary pulmonary MALT lymphoma. Histopathology 1996 0.75
101 Is there a need for gastrointestinal pathologists? Gruppo Italiano di Patologi dell'Apparato Digerente. Ital J Gastroenterol 1996 0.75
102 Glucagon- and PP-related peptides of intestinal L cells and pancreatic/gastric A or PP cells. Possible interrelationships of peptides and cells during evolution, fetal development and tumor growth. Peptides 1985 0.75
103 The Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. A case with macrophage-neutrophil alveolitis. Eur J Respir Dis 1986 0.75
104 [Helicobacter pylori and gastro-duodenal pathology]. Pathologica 1991 0.75
105 [Chronic gastritis. Guidelines and minimum diagnostic criteria. Italian Digestive System Pathologists Group]. Pathologica 1997 0.75
106 [Ultrastructure of an osteoclastoma (giant cells and macrophages)]. Bull Group Int Rech Sci Stomatol Odontol 1978 0.75
107 [DCC changes and prognosis in colorectal carcinoma]. Pathologica 1998 0.75
108 Prognostic significance of DNA content in large bowel carcinoma: a retrospective flow cytometric study. Cancer Lett 1989 0.75
109 Lansoprazole versus omeprazole for duodenal ulcer healing and prevention of relapse: a randomized, multicenter, double-masked trial. Clin Ther 1999 0.75
110 [Use of cellulose acetate millipore filters for the correct orientation of endoscopic biopsies in digestive diseases]. Pathologica 2003 0.75
111 [Primary melanoma of the central nervous system]. Arch De Vecchi Anat Patol 1977 0.75
112 Campylobacter pylori and antral gastritis in children. Am J Gastroenterol 1988 0.75
113 [Vital tissues tolerance of endodontic medication. II. Hard tissues]. Riv Ital Stomatol 1978 0.75