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