Indian Journal of Gastroenterology
Contents – March 2007
Editorial
Is there a role for glutamine in critical illness? Pravin Amin
Original Articles
57
Effect of liver disease on maternal and fetal outcome – a prospective study
Umang Rathi, Mukta Bapat, Pravin Rathi, Philip Abraham
59
Laparoscopic management of duodenal ulcer perforation: is it advantageous?
C Palanivelu, Kalpesh Jani, P Senthilnathan
64
Role of magnification endoscopy in the diagnosis and evaluation of suspected celiac
disease:
correlation with histology R Banerjee, A Shekharan, C Ramji, S R Puli, R Kalapala,
M Ramachandani, R Gupta, S Lakhtakia, M Tandan, G V Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy
67
Effect of oral glutamine administration on oxidative stress, morbidity and mortality in
critically ill
surgical patients Sunil Kumar, Ritesh Kumar, Suman Bala Sharma, Bhupendra Kumar
Jain
70
Evaluation of relationship between clinical and colonoscopic features in patients with
active ulcerative colitis Sahar Mirpour, Rouzbeh Rabie, Koorosh Mirpour, Ali
Gholamrezanezhad
Review Article
74
Changing profile of Budd Chiari syndrome in India
C E Eapen, Thomas Mammen, Vinu Moses, Shyamkumar NK
Clinico-pathology Conference
77
Fever, jaundice, altered sensorium, with multiple systemic manifestations
Kim Vaiphei, Vikash Suri, Ashish Bhalla
Case Snippets
82
Congenital intrahepatic porto-systemic venous shunt with galactosemia
Kushaljit Singh Sodhi , Babu Ram Thapa, Anuj Walia, N Khandelwal
87
Reversal of severe hepato-pulmonary syndrome in congenital hepatic fibrosis after livingrelated
liver transplantation Aabha Nagral, Fazal Nabi, Abhi Humar,* Sanjay Nagral, Nilesh
Doctor,
S R Khubchandani, Y K Amdekar
88
Wegener’s granulomatosis – an etiology of acute pancreatitis
Vismit P Joshipura, Sanjiv P Haribhakti, Sapan C Pandya, Harshad N Soni, Nitin R
Patel
89
Hepatic calcification following dengue virus-induced fulminant hepatic failure
N Saikia, R Talukdar, D K Singal, D Chaudhary, S S Bhullar, R K Tandon
90
Non-resolving liver abscess with Echinococcus cross-reactivity in a non-endemic region
K Das, P Sakuja, A Aggarwal, A S Puri, M Tatke
92
Pancreatic epidermoid cyst Kausalya Kumari Sahu, Radha R Pai, Hema Kini, Vasudeva
Somayaji
93
Portal hypertension associated with sickle cell disease Sunil Kumar, R Joshi, A P Jain
Letters
Folic acid protects hepatobiliary function in ischemic reperfusion injury of rat liver
P Chattopadhyay, A K Sharma, A K Wahi
Efficacy and safety of Rigiflex pneumatic dilation of achalasia under direct endoscopy
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Kareem Harish, R Harikumar, Sunil Kumar, Varghese Thomas
96
Glutathione-S-transferase M1, T1 and P1 gene polymorphisms in type I autoimmune
hepatitis:
a case-control study Leila Alidoust, Maryam Zafarghandi, Mohammadreza Agah,
Hossein Sendi,
Seyed Moayed Alavian, Mohammad Reza Zali
97
Feasibility of reusing negative rapid urease test (CLOtest) kit
Vui Heng Chong, Aza Zetty Feroena Jamaludin, Alexander Philip Jacob, Anand Jalihal
99
Comparative study of proton pump inhibitors for triple therapy in H. pylori eradication
Rajesh Kumar, Vishal R Tandon, G Bano, B Kapoor, Sunil Sharma, Yudhvir Gupta
100
Use of spiral CT to demonstrate esophageal lumen in corrosive strictures
N Ananthakrishnan, Parthasarathy G, Vikram Kate
101
Repeated gastrointestinal malignancies in a victim of sulfur mustard gas attack
Shahrokh Iravani, Mohammad Rahnavardi, Farzam Gorouhi, Fariborz Gorouhi
102
Acute viral hepatitis E and Japanese encephalitis: an unusual co-occurrence
Gunjan G Joshi, Shohini Sircar, Ajay K Jain, Bhagwan S Thakur, Rachana Joshi, JS
Kathpal
102
Acute pancreatitis and its association with hyperhomocysteinemia
Shohini Sircar, Gunjan G Joshi, Bhagwan S Thakur, Rachana Joshi, Ajay K Jain,
Girish Naik
103
Spontaneous remission of autoimmune hepatitis in pregnancy and postpartum flare
Christoph Elsing, Wolfgang Stremmel, Thomas Herrmann
Gastroenterology Elsewhere
India Elsewhere
Announcements
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106
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology J Mitra Memorial Award
58
News and Notices
86
Index to Advertiser
86
Instructions to Contributors
107