The histopathology of rectosigmoid biosies from 20 patients with bloody diarrhea resulting
from verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection is reported. The biopsies displayed a …

Neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas can secrete numerous peptides, leading to various
recognizable clinical syndromes. The secretion of pancreatic polypeptide has been used …

Genetic anticipation, associated elsewhere with monogenic neurological disorders, has
been hypothesized to be present in familial forms of Crohn's disease. Usually, with studies of …

Immune complexes may be important in the pathogenesis of the liver disease associated
with idiopathic ulcerative colitis. In the present study, we documented Fc receptor‐mediated …

A historical cohort was used to assess the ability of clinical features and laboratory values
recorded at the time of initial diagnostic investigations to predict nondiagnostic hospital …

In a Canadian multicenter trial, a new dosing regimen of cimetidine (Tagamet)—600 mg given
twice a day—was compared with the standard regimen of 300 mg four times a day in 118 …

An 81-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a dysphagia and
suspected food bolus obstruction. She described a long history of chronic, nonprogressive solid …

placing me during my infrequent absences, for she will see on my shelves elderly texts such
as the last edition of Jeffcoate’s Gynaecology. I also have the 1982 edition of a book first …

At the Focal Point... colon was normal. Colonoscopy revealed no abnormality except for a
small, white, moving wormlike object attached to the cecum (A). Microscopy of biopsy …

Oral sodium phosphate solutions (Fleet Mcneil Consumer Healthcare, Guelph, Ontario,
Canada) are commonly used as bowel cleansing agents in preparation for colonoscopic exams; …