Published in Gastrointest Endosc on June 01, 2006
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Prophylactic administration of somatostatin or gabexate does not prevent pancreatitis after ERCP: an updated meta-analysis. Gastrointest Endosc (2007) 2.62
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Technical performance of colonoscopy: the key role of sedation/analgesia and other quality indicators. Am J Gastroenterol (2008) 2.23
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Advanced age is an independent risk factor for severe infections and mortality in patients given anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy for inflammatory bowel disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2010) 1.81
Mortality from nonulcer bleeding is similar to that of ulcer bleeding in high-risk patients with nonvariceal hemorrhage: a prospective database study in Italy. Gastrointest Endosc (2011) 1.64
Type D personality is associated with the development of stress cardiomyopathy following emotional triggers. Ann Behav Med (2013) 1.61
Combined analysis of genome-wide association studies for Crohn disease and psoriasis identifies seven shared susceptibility loci. Am J Hum Genet (2012) 1.61
Unsedated colonoscopy: an option for some but not for all. Gastrointest Endosc (2012) 1.58
Water-aided colonoscopy: a systematic review. Gastrointest Endosc (2012) 1.56
Experts' opinions on the role of liver biopsy in HCV infection: a Delphi survey by the Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists (A.I.G.O.). J Hepatol (2005) 1.55
A meta-analysis of genome-wide association scans identifies IL18RAP, PTPN2, TAGAP, and PUS10 as shared risk loci for Crohn's disease and celiac disease. PLoS Genet (2011) 1.54
Warm water infusion versus air insufflation for unsedated colonoscopy: a randomized, controlled trial. Gastrointest Endosc (2010) 1.52
Artificial neural networks are able to recognize gastro-oesophageal reflux disease patients solely on the basis of clinical data. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2005) 1.51
Erythrocyte-mediated delivery of dexamethasone in patients with mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis, refractory to mesalamine: a randomized, controlled study. Am J Gastroenterol (2008) 1.47
Beclomethasone dipropionate in Crohn's ileitis: a randomised, double-blind trial. Dig Liver Dis (2011) 1.40
Deep resequencing of GWAS loci identifies rare variants in CARD9, IL23R and RNF186 that are associated with ulcerative colitis. PLoS Genet (2013) 1.34
Predictive factors of mortality from nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a multicenter study. Am J Gastroenterol (2008) 1.34
Genetic variation in myosin IXB is associated with ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology (2006) 1.29
Aberrant DNA methylation in non-neoplastic gastric mucosa of H. Pylori infected patients and effect of eradication. Am J Gastroenterol (2007) 1.28
High-dose senna compared with conventional PEG-ES lavage as bowel preparation for elective colonoscopy: a prospective, randomized, investigator-blinded trial. Am J Gastroenterol (2005) 1.28
Prophylaxis of ERCP-related pancreatitis: a randomized, controlled trial of somatostatin and gabexate mesylate. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2004) 1.20
DMBT1 confers mucosal protection in vivo and a deletion variant is associated with Crohn's disease. Gastroenterology (2007) 1.18
Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data to identify the major determinants of carotid intima-media thickness in a European population: the IMPROVE study. Eur Heart J (2009) 1.17
Is esophageal pH monitoring used appropriately in an open-access system? A prospective multicenter study. Am J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.15
Platelet aggregation and recruitment with aspirin-clopidogrel therapy. Cerebrovasc Dis (2008) 1.13
The impact of narrow band imaging in screening colonoscopy: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2009) 1.10
Associations between genetic polymorphisms in IL-33, IL1R1 and risk for inflammatory bowel disease. PLoS One (2013) 1.10
Use of an Italian version of the telephone interview for cognitive status in Alzheimer's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry (2006) 1.07
Errors and near misses in digestive endoscopy units. Dig Liver Dis (2012) 1.05
Polymorphisms of tumor necrosis factor-alpha but not MDR1 influence response to medical therapy in pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2007) 1.02
Predicting mortality in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeders: validation of the Italian PNED Score and Prospective Comparison with the Rockall Score. Am J Gastroenterol (2010) 1.02
Multivariable network associated with cognitive decline and dementia. Neurobiol Aging (2010) 1.02
Replication of interleukin 23 receptor and autophagy-related 16-like 1 association in adult- and pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease in Italy. World J Gastroenterol (2008) 1.01
Pediatric onset Crohn's colitis is characterized by genotype-dependent age-related susceptibility. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2007) 1.01
An immunohistochemical study of the myenteric plexus in idiopathic achalasia. J Clin Gastroenterol (2010) 1.00
Investigation of multiple susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease in an Italian cohort of patients. PLoS One (2011) 1.00
The metabolic syndrome in treatment-seeking obese persons. Metabolism (2004) 1.00
The semantic connectivity map: an adapting self-organising knowledge discovery method in data bases. Experience in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Int J Data Min Bioinform (2008) 1.00
Haplotype-based association analysis of 56 functional candidate genes in the IBD6 locus on chromosome 19. Eur J Hum Genet (2006) 0.98
Evidence of transmission ratio distortion of DLG5 R30Q variant in general and implication of an association with Crohn disease in men. Hum Genet (2006) 0.98
Adalimumab in active ulcerative colitis: a "real-life" observational study. Dig Liver Dis (2013) 0.98
Is perianal Crohn's disease associated with intestinal fistulization? Am J Gastroenterol (2005) 0.97
Is it possible to automatically distinguish resting EEG data of normal elderly vs. mild cognitive impairment subjects with high degree of accuracy? Clin Neurophysiol (2008) 0.97
Artificial neural networks in the recognition of the presence of thyroid disease in patients with atrophic body gastritis. World J Gastroenterol (2008) 0.96
Variants at the 3p21 locus influence susceptibility and phenotype both in adults and early-onset patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2010) 0.95
Progression of carotid intima-media thickness as predictor of vascular events: results from the IMPROVE study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2013) 0.95
Placental determinants of fetal growth: identification of key factors in the insulin-like growth factor and cytokine systems using artificial neural networks. BMC Pediatr (2008) 0.95
Evaluating the role of the genetic variations of PTPN22, NFKB1, and FcGRIIIA genes in inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2007) 0.93
Carbon dioxide insufflation or warm-water infusion versus standard air insufflation for unsedated colonoscopy: a randomized controlled trial. Dis Colon Rectum (2013) 0.92
Lack of colonic neoplastic lesions in patients under 50 yr of age with hematochezia: a multicenter prospective study. Am J Gastroenterol (2007) 0.92
High resolution melting (HRM) analysis for the detection of ER22/23EK, BclI, and N363S polymorphisms of the glucocorticoid receptor gene. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol (2009) 0.92
Assessment of a new synbiotic preparation in healthy volunteers: survival, persistence of probiotic strains and its effect on the indigenous flora. Nutr J (2003) 0.92
Constipation in the elderly: management strategies. Drugs Aging (2009) 0.91
Maintenance treatment with azathioprine in ulcerative colitis: outcome and predictive factors after drug withdrawal. Am J Gastroenterol (2009) 0.91
The IFAST model, a novel parallel nonlinear EEG analysis technique, distinguishes mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease patients with high degree of accuracy. Artif Intell Med (2007) 0.90
Genome-wide expression profiling identifies an impairment of negative feedback signals in the Crohn's disease-associated NOD2 variant L1007fsinsC. J Immunol (2011) 0.90
Contribution of IBD5 locus to clinical features of IBD patients. Am J Gastroenterol (2006) 0.90
Effects of a diet integration with an oily emulsion of DHA-phospholipids containing melatonin and tryptophan in elderly patients suffering from mild cognitive impairment. Nutr Neurosci (2011) 0.89
Enteropathic spondyloarthropathy: a common genetic background with inflammatory bowel disease? World J Gastroenterol (2009) 0.89
New application of intelligent agents in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies unexpected specific genetic background. BMC Bioinformatics (2008) 0.89
Topical treatment of distal active ulcerative colitis with beclomethasone dipropionate or mesalamine: a single-blind randomized controlled trial. J Clin Gastroenterol (2005) 0.88
Effect of the BioEnterics intragastric balloon on weight, insulin resistance, and liver steatosis in obese patients. Gastrointest Endosc (2009) 0.88
Artificial neural networks accurately predict mortality in patients with nonvariceal upper GI bleeding. Gastrointest Endosc (2011) 0.88
Half doses of PEG-ES and senna vs. high-dose senna for bowel cleansing before colonoscopy: a randomized, investigator-blinded trial. Am J Gastroenterol (2009) 0.88
Clinical trial on the efficacy of a new symbiotic formulation, Flortec, in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a multicenter, randomized study. J Clin Gastroenterol (2008) 0.88
Direct or indirect association in a complex disease: the role of SLC22A4 and SLC22A5 functional variants in Crohn disease. Hum Mutat (2006) 0.88
Anticoagulant or aspirin treatment does not affect the positive predictive value of an immunological fecal occult blood test in patients undergoing colorectal cancer screening: results from a nested in a cohort case-control study. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2011) 0.87
Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei B21060 suppresses human T-cell proliferation. Infect Immun (2007) 0.87
Personality features of obese women in relation to binge eating and night eating. Psychiatry Res (2012) 0.87
Mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease: treatment efficacy and predictive factors. Dig Liver Dis (2013) 0.87
Topical nifedipine with lidocaine ointment versus active control for pain after hemorrhoidectomy: results of a multicentre, prospective, randomized, double-blind study. Can J Surg (2010) 0.86
Use of artificial networks in clinical trials: a pilot study to predict responsiveness to donepezil in Alzheimer's disease. J Am Geriatr Soc (2002) 0.86
CARD15 genotyping in inflammatory bowel disease patients by multiplex pyrosequencing. Clin Chem (2003) 0.86
The implicit function as squashing time model: a novel parallel nonlinear EEG analysis technique distinguishing mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease subjects with high degree of accuracy. Comput Intell Neurosci (2007) 0.86
Artificial neural networks and artificial organisms can predict Alzheimer pathology in individual patients only on the basis of cognitive and functional status. Neuroinformatics (2004) 0.85
Mucosal NOD2 expression and NF-kappaB activation in pediatric Crohn's disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2008) 0.85
Novel NOD2 haplotype strengthens the association between TLR4 Asp299gly and Crohn's disease in an Australian population. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2008) 0.85