We read with great interest the recent article by Tseng et al evaluating hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels as a ...

8 European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure (EF CLIF), Barcelona, Spain Background Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) of various aetiologies is a complex syndrome with high ...

Objective Studies reported a significant association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, whether this risk changes with ...

Background and aims: Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic multifactorial inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) with unknown aetiology, but a deregulated mucosal immune response to ...

Liver fibrosis and cirrhosis result from the majority of chronic liver insults and represent a common and difficult clinical challenge of worldwide importance. At present, the only curative treatment ...

BACKGROUND The pharmacological inhibition of exocrine pancreatic secretion with the somatostatin analogue octreotide has been advocated as a specific treatment of acute pancreatitis. AIM To ...

Background Anti-tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) therapy effectively induces and maintains remission in Crohn's disease (CD). Up to 40% of patients, however, fail to respond to anti-TNFα. Objective To ...

Objectives Perforation is the most serious complication associated with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). We propose a new classification for the appearance and integrity of the muscularis propria ...