Indian Journal of Gastroenterology
Contents – March 2007
Editorial
Is there a role for glutamine in critical illness? Pravin Amin57
Original Articles
Effect of liver disease on maternal and fetal outcome – a prospective study
Umang Rathi, Mukta Bapat, Pravin Rathi, Philip Abraham59
Laparoscopic management of duodenal ulcer perforation: is it advantageous?
C Palanivelu, Kalpesh Jani, P Senthilnathan64
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 Reddy67
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 Jain70
Evaluation of relationship between clinical and colonoscopic features in patients with active ulcerative colitis Sahar Mirpour, Rouzbeh Rabie, Koorosh Mirpour, Ali Gholamrezanezhad 74
Review Article
Changing profile of Budd Chiari syndrome in India
C E Eapen, Thomas Mammen, Vinu Moses, Shyamkumar NK77
Clinico-pathology Conference
Fever, jaundice, altered sensorium, with multiple systemic manifestations
Kim Vaiphei, Vikash Suri, Ashish Bhalla82
Case Snippets
Congenital intrahepatic porto-systemic venous shunt with galactosemia
Kushaljit Singh Sodhi , Babu Ram Thapa, Anuj Walia, N Khandelwal87
Reversal of severe hepato-pulmonary syndrome in congenital hepatic fibrosis after living-related
liver transplantation Aabha Nagral, Fazal Nabi, Abhi Humar,* Sanjay Nagral, Nilesh Doctor,
S R Khubchandani, Y K Amdekar88
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 Tandon90
Non-resolving liver abscess with Echinococcus cross-reactivity in a non-endemic region
K Das, P Sakuja, A Aggarwal, A S Puri, M Tatke92
Pancreatic epidermoid cyst Kausalya Kumari Sahu, Radha R Pai, Hema Kini, Vasudeva Somayaji93
Portal hypertension associated with sickle cell disease Sunil Kumar, R Joshi, A P Jain94
Letters
Folic acid protects hepatobiliary function in ischemic reperfusion injury of rat liver
P Chattopadhyay, A K Sharma, A K Wahi95
Efficacy and safety of Rigiflex pneumatic dilation of achalasia under direct endoscopy
Kareem Harish, R Harikumar, Sunil Kumar, Varghese Thomas96
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 Zali97
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 Gupta100
Use of spiral CT to demonstrate esophageal lumen in corrosive strictures
N Ananthakrishnan, Parthasarathy G, Vikram Kate101
Repeated gastrointestinal malignancies in a victim of sulfur mustard gas attack
Shahrokh Iravani,Mohammad Rahnavardi, Farzam Gorouhi,Fariborz Gorouhi102
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 Kathpal102
Acute pancreatitis and its association with hyperhomocysteinemia
Shohini Sircar, Gunjan G Joshi, Bhagwan S Thakur, Rachana Joshi, Ajay K Jain, Girish Naik103
Spontaneous remission of autoimmune hepatitis in pregnancy and postpartum flare
Christoph Elsing, Wolfgang Stremmel, Thomas Herrmann104
Gastroenterology Elsewhere105
India Elsewhere106
Announcements
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology J Mitra Memorial Award58
News and Notices86
Index to Advertiser86
Instructions to Contributors107