Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

Background & aimsEndoscopic Barrett's esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) detection is invasive and expensive. Nonendoscopic BE/EAC detection tools are guideline-endorsed alternatives. We previously described a 5-methylated D…

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting 10%-15% of women, with symptoms including abdominopelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and menorrhagia. Up to 90% experience gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms including constipation, bloating, an…

Dyspareunia, defined as genital pain that occurs before, during, or after sexual intercourse, is the most commonly diagnosed form of female sexual dysfunction. As high as 43% of women experience some form of sexual dysfunction, but the etio…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a pain disorder classified by bowel habits, disregarding other factors that may influence the clinical course. The aim of this study was to determine if IBS patients can be clustered ba…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Constipation can be an important symptom in some patients with gastroparesis. The aims were to: 1) Determine prevalence of constipation and delayed colonic transit in patients with symptoms of gastroparesis; 2) Correlate …

The Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium is a multicenter coalition created and funded by the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders, with a mission to advance understanding of the pathophysiology of gastro…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Gastroenterologic symptoms often are reported by adults with endometriosis, leading to unnecessary diagnostic tests or complicated treatment. We investigated associations between endometriosis and irritable bowel syndrome…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) affect 200-400 people per 100,000 in the United States, about half of whom are women. We aimed to define the prevalence of vulvovaginal symptoms and association with IBD activity in a lar…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: A high proportion of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) respond to placebo in clinical trials (estimated at about 40%). We aimed to identify factors that contribute to the high placebo response rate using data f…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: It is a challenge to predict how patients with small bowel Crohn's disease (CD) will respond to intensified medical therapy. We aimed to identify factors that predicted surgery within 2 years of hospitalization for CD, to…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects women of reproductive age, so there are concerns about its effects on fertility. We investigated the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in patients with IBD compared with the …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Endoscopic therapy (ET) frequently is used to treat patients with painful chronic pancreatitis (CP), but little is known about outcomes of patients for whom ET was not successful who then underwent surgery, or outcomes af…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Gastroparesis can be diabetic or idiopathic, yet little is known about differences in their presentation. We compared clinical characteristics, symptoms, and gastric emptying in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetic (DG…

Acute pancreatitis is a common inflammatory disorder of the pancreas resulting in considerable morbidity and a mortality rate of approximately 5%. Although there are no pharmacologic treatments known to improve important outcomes, aggressiv…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Nonoperative methods for diagnosis of pancreas cysts often lack sufficient accuracy. Accurate diagnosis is needed to determine prognosis and guide clinical management. The aim of this study was to determine whether the ti…