List of works by Alastair Forbes

A Lactobacillus casei Shirota probiotic drink reduces antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in patients with spinal cord injuries: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

A Nonsynonymous SNP in ATG16L1 Predisposes to Ileal Crohn’s Disease and Is Independent of CARD15 and IBD5

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A double-blind, randomized, controlled crossover trial of glutamine supplementation in home parenteral nutrition.

scientific article published on 18 April 2007

A general autoimmunity gene (PTPN22) is not associated with inflammatory bowel disease in a British population

scientific article published in October 2005

A novel prion disease associated with diarrhea and autonomic neuropathy

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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of lenalidomide in the treatment of moderately severe active Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

A simple enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for sex hormone-binding globulin

scientific article published on 01 May 1988

A simple scoring system to diagnose Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in high-risk individuals

scientific article published on 01 March 1992

Abdominal pain in HIV infection

scientific article published on 01 March 1991

Abdominal pain of psychotic origin

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Abnormal thymic stromal lymphopoietin expression in the duodenal mucosa of patients with coeliac disease

scientific article published on 04 September 2015

Acid secretion from a Meckel's diverticulum: the unsuspected mimic of Crohn's disease?

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: a blinded placebo-controlled trial.

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Acute intestinal failure: International multicenter point-of-prevalence study

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Adherence to Mediterranean diet in Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 20 April 2019

Alterations in classical cadherins associated with progression in ulcerative and Crohn's colitis

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

An analysis of cyclosporine efficacy and toxicity after liver transplantation

scientific article published on 01 March 1988

An analysis of predictive factors for healing and mortality in patients with enterocutaneous fistulas.

scientific article published on 30 July 2008

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for fetal steroid binding protein of human serum

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

An international study of the quality of life of adult patients treated with home parenteral nutrition

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Anorexia nervosa in gastrointestinal practice.

scientific article published in November 2004

Anti-inflammatory effect of elemental diets with different fat composition in experimental colitis.

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Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha-loaded microspheres as a prospective novel treatment for Crohn's disease fistulae

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Antibodies to glycoprotein 2 (GP2) in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases from UK

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

Antioxidative Efficacy of a Supplement and Its Effect on the Plasma Amino Acid Profile in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

Antithrombin III supplementation reduces heparin requirement and platelet loss during hemodialysis of patients with fulminant hepatic failure

scientific article published on 01 August 1991

Assessing fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease: comparison of three fatigue scales

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

Assessment of antimicrobial microspheres as a prospective novel treatment targeted towards the repair of perianal fistulae.

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Assessment of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis in a UK tertiary referral centre

scientific article published on 8 June 2010

Assessment of polyglycolic acid mesh and bioactive glass for soft-tissue engineering scaffolds.

scientific article published on December 2004

Assessment of polymer/bioactive glass-composite microporous spheres for tissue regeneration applications.

scientific article published in July 2009

Association between Meckel's diverticulum and Crohn's disease: a retrospective review

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Association between insertion mutation in NOD2 gene and Crohn's disease in German and British populations

scientific article published in The Lancet

Association of DLG5 R30Q variant with inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article (publication date: July 2005)

Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

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Associations of allelic variants of the multidrug resistance gene (ABCB1 or MDR1) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease and their effects on disease behavior: A case-control and meta-analysis study

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Bacterial community diversity in cultures derived from healthy and inflamed ileal pouches after restorative proctocolectomy

scientific article published in December 2009

Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)-derived phase angle (PA) is a practical aid to nutritional assessment in hospital in-patients

scientific article published on 17 August 2018

Budd-Chiari syndrome in association with polycystic disease of the liver and kidneys

scientific article published on 01 May 1992

CD44 is associated with proliferation in normal and neoplastic human colorectal epithelial cells.

scientific article published in January 1993

CMV colitis in an immunocompetent adult.

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Calcipotriol inhibits rectal epithelial cell proliferation in ulcerative proctocolitis

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Cancer surveillance in longstanding ulcerative colitis: endoscopic appearances help predict cancer risk.

scientific article published on December 2004

Candidates for intestinal transplantation: a multicenter survey in Europe

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Cantharidin blisters: a technique for investigating leukocyte trafficking and cytokine production at sites of inflammation in humans

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Carotenoid deficiency in chronic pancreatitis: the effect of an increase in tomato consumption

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Changes in the expression of syndecan-1 in the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence.

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Citrulline as a marker of intestinal function and absorption in clinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Citrulline in health and disease. Review on human studies

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Clinical, microbiological, and immunological effects of fructo-oligosaccharide in patients with Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 14 September 2005

Clonidine in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal in the intensive care unit

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Colon polyps in patients with short bowel syndrome before and after teduglutide: Post hoc analysis of the STEPS study series

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

Colonic obstruction caused by endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Colorectal tumorigenesis.

scientific article published in May 1995

Controlled trial of antithrombin III supplementation in fulminant hepatic failure

scientific article published on 01 March 1993

Corrigendum to "ESPEN guideline: Clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease" [Clinical Nutrition 36 (2017) 321-347]

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

Current Approaches to the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

scientific article published on 2 January 2017

Defining malnutrition: A plea to rethink

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Detection of muramyl dipeptide-sensing pathway defects in patients with Crohnʼs disease

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Development and psychometric testing of inflammatory bowel disease fatigue (IBD-F) patient self-assessment scale

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Development and validation of the disease-specific Short Bowel Syndrome-Quality of Life (SBS-QoL™) scale.

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Diagnostic and clinical significance of Crohn's disease-specific anti-MZGP2 pancreatic antibodies by a novel ELISA.

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Dietary intake of inulin-type fructans in active and inactive Crohn's disease and healthy controls: a case-control study.

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Differential expression of cell adhesion molecules within inflamed ileal pouch mucosa: relationship to recruited cell subtypes.

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Differential immunohistochemical expression of syndecan-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in colonic mucosa of patients with Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Direct or indirect association in a complex disease: the role ofSLC22A4 andSLC22A5 functional variants in Crohn disease

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Diverse effects of the CARD15 and IBD5 loci on clinical phenotype in 630 patients with Crohn's disease

scientific article published in January 2008

Does cross-reactivity between mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis and human intestinal antigens characterize Crohn's disease?

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

ESPEN endorsed recommendations. Definition and classification of intestinal failure in adults.

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ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Economy matters to fight against malnutrition: Results from a multicenter survey.

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

Effect of cirrhosis on accuracy of 99Tcm-tin colloid scintigraphy and ultrasound scanning in diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 December 1987

Effect of communicating DNA based risk assessments for Crohn's disease on smoking cessation: randomised controlled trial

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Effect of fat composition in enteral nutrition for Crohn's disease in adults: A systematic review.

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Endoscopic stenting for long-term treatment of large bile duct stones: 2- to 5-year follow-up

scientific article published on 01 December 1987

Enhanced attachment, growth and migration of smooth muscle cells on microcarriers produced using thermally induced phase separation

scientific article published on 25 December 2010

Estimating risks of common complex diseases across genetic and environmental factors: the example of Crohn disease.

scientific article published on 27 July 2007

Evaluation of Crohn's disease activity: initial validation of a magnetic resonance enterography global score (MEGS) against faecal calprotectin

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Expression of syndecan-1 in inflammatory bowel disease and a possible mechanism of heparin therapy

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Extraintestinal manifestations of ulcerative colitis following restorative proctocolectomy.

scientific article published on September 1999

FOXE1 and SYNE1 genes hypermethylation panel as promising biomarker in colitis-associated colorectal neoplasia.

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Faecal calprotectin: a noninvasive diagnostic tool and marker of severity in pouchitis.

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Fecal incontinence in systemic sclerosis is secondary to neuropathy

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

Foetal steroid binding protein and malignancy.

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Functional symptoms in inflammatory bowel disease and their potential influence in misclassification of clinical status.

scientific article published on January 2005

Genetic Variation at the Chromosome 16 Chemokine Gene Cluster: Development of a Strategy for Association Studies in Complex Disease

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Genetic determinants of ulcerative colitis include the ECM1 locus and five loci implicated in Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 27 April 2008

Genetic evidence for interaction of the 5q31 cytokine locus and the CARD15 gene in Crohn disease.

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Genetic variation in myosin IXB is associated with ulcerative colitis

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Genetic variation in the IGSF6 gene and lack of association with inflammatory bowel disease.

scientific article published in June 2003

Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

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Gorlin's syndrome

scientific article published on 01 March 1985

Guidelines for the investigation of chronic diarrhoea in adults: British Society of Gastroenterology, 3rd edition.

scientific article published on 13 April 2018

Home parenteral nutrition provision modalities for chronic intestinal failure in adult patients: An international survey

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Home parenteral nutrition with an omega-3-fatty-acid-enriched MCT/LCT lipid emulsion in patients with chronic intestinal failure (the HOME study): study protocol for a randomized, controlled, multicenter, international clinical trial

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

How do spinal cord injury centres manage malnutrition? A cross-sectional survey of 12 regional centres in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

scientific article published on 18 October 2011

Human atrial natriuretic factor and renin-aldosterone in paracetamol induced fulminant hepatic failure

scientific article published on January 1, 1991

Hypermanganesemia in long-term intravenous nutrition and chronic liver disease

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Hypnotherapy and therapeutic audiotape: effective in previously unsuccessfully treated irritable bowel syndrome?

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IL23R variation determines susceptibility but not disease phenotype in inflammatory bowel disease

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Idiopathic sclerosing peritonitis

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Ileal inflammation may trigger the development of GP2-specific pancreatic autoantibodies in patients with Crohn's disease.

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Impaired neutrophil chemotaxis in Crohn's disease relates to reduced production of chemokines and can be augmented by granulocyte-colony stimulating factor.

scientific article published on August 2006

Increasing age--an important adverse prognostic factor in hepatitis A virus infection.

scientific article published in October 1988

Independent and population-specific association of risk variants at the IRGM locus with Crohn's disease

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Infliximab for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial.

scientific article published on 27 September 2005

Infliximab in moderately severe glucocorticoid resistant ulcerative colitis: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on July 2003

Infliximab use in Crohn's disease: impact on health care resources in the UK.

scientific article published in October 2005

Interactions of foetal steroid binding protein with other binding proteins in human serum

scientific article published on 01 November 1987

Interleukin 10 (Tenovil) in the prevention of postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease

scientific article published in July 2001

Internal anal sphincter atrophy in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 18 April 2011

Intestinal failure in adults: Recommendations from the ESPEN expert groups

scientific article published on 18 August 2018

Intestinal growth in parenterally-fed rats induced by the combined effects of glucagon-like peptide 2 and epidermal growth factor

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Intra-abdominal and pelvic abscess in Crohn's disease: results of noninvasive and surgical management

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Intravenous supplementation type and volume are associated with 1-year outcome and major complications in patients with chronic intestinal failure

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

Investigation of association of the DLG5 gene with phenotypes of inflammatory bowel disease in the British population

scientific article published on 31 May 2006

Investigation of upper gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with AIDS

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Is undernutrition risk associated with an adverse clinical outcome in spinal cord-injured patients admitted to a spinal centre?

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Jejunal water and electrolyte transport in human cryptosporidiosis

scientific article published on 01 October 1996

Joint symptoms after restorative proctocolectomy in ulcerative colitis and familial polyposis coli

scientific article published on 01 July 1996

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical staff towards obesity management in patients with spinal cord injuries: an International survey of four western European countries.

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Lipomatosis of the ileocaecal valve simulating Crohn's disease

scientific article published on June 1, 1992

Low dose interferon gamma for refractory Crohn's disease.

scientific article published in October 1997

Low molecular weight heparin (tinzaparin) vs. placebo in the treatment of mild to moderately active ulcerative colitis.

scientific article published on April 2004

Management of acute intestinal failure: A position paper from the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) Special Interest Group

scientific article published on 19 April 2016

Meal provision in a UK National Spinal Injury Centre: a qualitative audit of service users and stakeholders.

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Medical management of patients with ileal pouch anal anastomosis after restorative procto-colectomy

scientific article published on January 2009

Morbid obesity after spinal cord injury: an ailment not to be treated?

scientific article published on 17 July 2013

Most dysplasia in ulcerative colitis is visible at colonoscopy.

scientific article published in September 2004

Mural Crohn disease: correlation of dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging findings with angiogenesis and inflammation at histologic examination--pilot study.

scientific article published on 10 March 2009

Natural history of AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis: a study of 20 cases.

scientific article published on January 1993

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

scientific article published on 31 July 2018

Nutrition and the gastrointestinal tract

scientific article published on 01 September 2015

Nutritional supplement usage in patients admitted to a spinal cord injury center

scientific article published on 12 April 2013

Omega-3 fatty acids in the maintenance of ulcerative colitis.

scientific article published on 30 June 2010

Oral Adjuvant Curcumin Therapy for Attaining Clinical Remission in Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

scientific article published on 12 November 2018

Pancolonic indigo carmine dye spraying for the detection of dysplasia in ulcerative colitis.

scientific article published on February 2004

Pancreatic-specific autoantibodies to glycoprotein 2 mirror disease location and behaviour in younger patients with Crohn's disease.

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Peculiar antibody reactivity to human connexin 37 and its microbial mimics in patients with Crohn's disease.

scientific article published on 3 December 2010

Perianal fistulae in Crohn's Disease: current and future approaches to treatment.

scientific article published on May 2010

Plasma citrulline as a quantitative biomarker of HIV-associated villous atrophy in a tropical enteropathy population.

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Plasma citrulline concentration: a reliable marker of small bowel absorptive capacity independent of intestinal inflammation.

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

Plasma free amino acid profile in quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients orally administered with Mastiha (Pistacia lentiscus); a randomised clinical trial

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

Pneumatosis coli: a proposed pathogenesis based on study of 25 cases and review of the literature.

scientific article published on January 1996

Preponderance of serum and intra-hepatic 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone in males with hepatocellular carcinoma despite low circulating androgen levels

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

Quality of life in patients with short bowel syndrome treated with the new glucagon-like peptide-2 analogue teduglutide--analyses from a randomised, placebo-controlled study

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Radiation-induced bowel injury: the impact of radiotherapy on survivorship after treatment for gynaecological cancers

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Radiological and pathological features of AIDS-related polypoid cholangitis.

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Randomised controlled trial of CDP571 antibody to tumour necrosis factor-alpha in Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 01 February 1997

Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of fructo-oligosaccharides in active Crohn's disease.

scientific article published on 24 January 2011

Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of gastric acid-lowering therapy on duodenal polyposis and relative adduct labeling in familial adenomatous polyposis.

scientific article published in November 2001

Recombinant human gamma-interferon in primary hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 October 1985

Recruiting first-degree relatives for prevention research: a comparison of clinician and proband-led methods of contact in Crohn's disease

Regulation of epithelial syndecan-1 expression by inflammatory cytokines

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Regulation of faecal biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease patients treated with oral mastiha (Pistacia lentiscus) supplement: A double-blind and placebo-controlled randomised trial

scientific article published on 18 November 2018

Relationship between human intestinal dendritic cells, gut microbiota, and disease activity in Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 22 December 2010

Release of angiogenic growth factors from cells encapsulated in alginate beads with bioactive glass.

scientific article published on July 2005

Resolution of salmonella carriage after duodenoscopic treatment for a common bile duct stone

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Respiratory symptoms in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and the impact of dietary salicylates

scientific article published on 18 September 2006

Response to cyproterone acetate treatment in primary hepatocellular carcinoma is related to fall in free 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone

scientific article published on 01 November 1987

Safety of alcohol after viral hepatitis

scientific article published on 01 May 1991

Semiautomatic Assessment of the Terminal Ileum and Colon in Patients with Crohn Disease Using MRI (the VIGOR++ Project).

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Sensitivity and specificity of magnetic resonance enterography in the clinical management of fistulizing Crohn's disease

scientific article published in August 2013

Sequence variants in the autophagy gene IRGM and multiple other replicating loci contribute to Crohn's disease susceptibility

scientific article (publication date: July 2007)

Sequence variation, linkage disequilibrium and association with Crohn's disease on chromosome 5q31

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Severity of inflammation is a risk factor for colorectal neoplasia in ulcerative colitis.

scientific article published in February 2004

Sex stratification of an inflammatory bowel disease genome search shows male-specific linkage to the HLA region of chromosome 6

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Small bowel strictures in Crohn's disease: a quantitative investigation of intestinal motility using MR enterography

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Smokers with active Crohn's disease have a clinically relevant dysbiosis of the gastrointestinal microbiota.

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Technical report: per-oral image-guided insertion of a jejunostomy feeding tube

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Teduglutide reduces need for parenteral support among patients with short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

The effects of withdrawing tegaserod treatment in comparison with continuous treatment in irritable bowel syndrome patients with abdominal pain/discomfort, bloating and constipation: a clinical study.

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The management of enterocutaneous fistula in a regional unit in the United kingdom: a prospective study.

scientific article published in February 2010

The prevalence of malnutrition in spinal cord injuries patients: a UK multicentre study

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The role of ultrasound scanning in management after liver transplantation

scientific article published on 01 September 1988

The value of barium enema and colonoscopy in patients infected with HIV

scientific article published on 01 July 1990

Therapeutic action of ketogenic enteral nutrition in obese and overweight patients: a retrospective interventional study

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Thiopental infusion in the treatment of intracranial hypertension complicating fulminant hepatic failure.

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Thirty-year analysis of a colonoscopic surveillance program for neoplasia in ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Thrombin-antithrombin III complex in fulminant hepatic failure: evidence for disseminated intravascular coagulation and relationship to outcome

scientific article published on 01 December 1990

Trial Protocol: Communicating DNA-based risk assessments for Crohn's disease: a randomised controlled trial assessing impact upon stopping smoking

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Tumour recurrence is associated with Jass grouping but not with differences in E-cadherin expression in moderately differentiated Dukes' B colorectal cancers.

scientific article published on March 1997

Understanding patients' adherence-related beliefs about medicines prescribed for long-term conditions: a meta-analytic review of the Necessity-Concerns Framework

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Validation of the Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics (STAMP) in patients with spinal cord injuries (SCIs).

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Validation of the spinal nutrition screening tool (SNST) in patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI): result from a multicentre study.

scientific article published on 14 December 2011

Wheelchair use: a physical sign in gastroenterological practice

scientific article published on 01 September 1996