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Eleven of the OCTOBER-NOVEMBER REVIEW ARTICLES AND META-ANALYSES ARE NOW AVAIALABLE TO DOWNLOAD, FREE OF CHARGE

Systematic Review: Hepatic fibrosis - regression with therapy (p 1175-1187)

Review article: the use of potentially hepatotoxic drugs in patients with liver disease (p 1021-1041)

Systematic review: the evidence base for long-term management of coeliac disease (p 1042-1066)

Meta-analysis: treatment of hepatitis B infection reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (p 1067-1077)

Review article: the therapeutic and prognostic benefit of portal pressure reduction in cirrhosis (p 943-952)

Review article: the evaluation of solitary liver masses (p 953-965)

Review article: new drug formulations, chemical entities and therapeutic approaches for the management of ulcerative colitis (p 815-829)

Review article: the psychoneuroimmunology of irritable bowel syndrome - an exploration of interactions between psychological, neurological and immunological observations (p 830-840)

Systematic review: persistence and severity in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (p 841-853)

Meta-analysis: narrow band imaging for lesion characterization in the colon, oesophagus, duodenal ampulla and lung (p 854-867)

Meta-analysis: high-dose proton pump inhibitors vs. standard dose in triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication (p 868-877)

The top 20 review articles from 2007 are now available to download FREE OF CHARGE: 

Hepatology

• Drug Hepatotoxicity - C. Y. CHANG, T. D. SCHIANO
• The Current Pharmacological Therapies For Hepatic Encephalopathy - N. M. BASS
• the burden of hepatic encephalopathy - F. F. POORDAD
• bacterial flora and pathogenesis in hepatic encephalopathy - R. WILLIAMS
• the genetic basis of haemochromatosis - W. J. H. GRIFFITHS
• medical management of the liver transplant recipient - a primer for non-transplant doctors - A. SETHI, R. T. STRAVITZ
• renal function assessment in cirrhosis - difficulties and alternative measurements - E. CHOLONGITAS, V. SHUSANG, L. MARELLI, D. NAIR, M. THOMAS, D. PATCH, A. BURNS, P. SWENY, A. K. BURROUGHS

Inflamatory Bowel Disease

• Altering The Natural History Of Crohn's Disease - Evidence For And Against Current Therapies - S. VERMEIRE, G. VAN ASSCHE, P. RUTGEERTS
• Biological Activity Markers In Inflammatory Bowel Disease - D. DESAI, W. A. FAUBION, W. J. SANDBORN
• Indeterminate Colitis - Definition, Diagnosis And Management - W. J. TREMAINE
• appropriate use of corticosteroids in Crohn's disease - P. M. IRVING, R. B. GEARRY, M. P. SPARROW, P. R. GIBSON
• steroid resistance in inflammatory bowel disease - mechanisms and therapeutic strategies - T. J. CREED, C. S. J. PROBERT
• reproduction in the patient with inflammatory bowel disease - Z. S. HEETUN, C. BYRNES, P. NEARY, C. O'MORAIN
• the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease in populations with high-risk rates for tuberculosis - D. EPSTEIN, G. WATERMEYER, R. KIRSCH
• increasing the dose of oral mesalazine therapy for active ulcerative colitis does not improve remission rates - A. V. SAFDI, R. D. COHEN

GERD

• the pathophysiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - G. E. E. BOECKXSTAENS
• the role of surgery in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - N. VAKIL
• acidity and volume of the refluxate in the genesis of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms - D. SIFRIM, R. MITTAL, R. FASS, A. SMOUT, D. CASTELL, J. TACK, H. GREGERSEN

Coloproctology

• nutrition, obesity and colorectal cancer - I. T. JOHNSON, E. K. LUND
• bowel preparation for colonoscopy - the importance of adequate hydration - G. R. LICHTENSTEIN, L. B. COHEN, J. URIBARRI