Antonietta Gerarda Gravina

Antonietta Gerarda Gravina
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · Department of Precision Medicine

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In managing ulcerative colitis (UC), anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) agents are among the primary choices. Evidence suggests anti-TNF does not significantly increase malignancy risk (apart from lymphoma and melanoma), though uncertainties persist due to inconsistent long-term data. Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), induced by human herpesvirus type-8 (HHV-8...
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Water-assisted colonoscopy (WAC) application in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) endoscopy offers significant technical opportunities. Traditional gas-aided insufflation colonoscopy increases patient discomfort, presenting challenges in the frequent and detailed mucosal assessments required for IBD endoscopy. WAC techniques, including water immers...
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Inflammatory cap polyps (ICP) are an extremely rare finding during digestive endoscopy, typically presenting as multiple polyps in the form of cap polyposis. Among the few reported cases of ICP, some have been associated with multiple polyposis forms, showing a clinical presentation similar to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which was subsequentl...
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Background: Ustekinumab (UST) is an interleukin-12/interleukin-23 receptor antagonist approved for the treatment of Crohn’s disease (CD). Only limited real-life data on the long-term outcomes of CD patients treated with UST are available. This study assessed UST’s long-term effectiveness and safety in a large population-based cohort of moderate to...
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Immunotherapy, a primary anti-neoplastic treatment, exploits the patient’s immune system to kill neoplastic cells by modulating immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 and programmed cell death 1. Despite an apparent anti-neoplastic efficacy, immunotherapeutic agents are often accompanied by multiorgan toxicity, including gastro...
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Background: Ustekinumab and vedolizumab represent both valid therapeutic options in patients with Crohn’s Disease. Data comparing the safety and efficacy of these drugs are indirect, with conflicting results reported. We aim to conduct a systematic review and metanalysis to assess the safety and effectiveness profile of ustekinumab and vedolizumab...
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Background/objectives:To date, no studies have evaluated Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) as a large language model chatbot in optical applications for digestive endoscopy images. This study aimed to weigh the performance of ChatGPT-4 in assessing bowel preparation (BP) quality for colonoscopy. Methods: ChatGPT-4 analysed 663 anony...
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Background: Regular physical activity (PA) is desirable, regardless of age, even in patients with chronic conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Aims: This study aims to assess PA levels and related barriers/facilitators in IBD patients, stratifying them into age groups (with a threshold of 50 years). Methods: The International PA Que...
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Background Dietary factors and chronic gastrointestinal diseases are frequent determinants of sexual dysfunctions (SD). Whether inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are associated with SD is not well known as well as the role of diet and quality of life (QoL). Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of SD in a cohort of IBD patients and assess the role...
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The recent study, “Predicting short-term major postoperative complications in intestinal resection for Crohn’s disease: A machine learning-based study” investigated the predictive efficacy of a machine learning model for major postoperative complications within 30 days of surgery in Crohn’s disease (CD) patients. Employing a random forest analysis...
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This article discusses a recently published case report on a rare instance of type IV appendiceal intussusception with a concurrent mucinous adenocarcinoma of the cecum in a young individual. The report highlights challenges in diagnosing appendiceal intussusception, emphasizing the importance of endoscopic expertise in preventing impulsive decisio...
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This article discusses a recently published case report on a rare instance of type IV appendiceal intussusception with a concurrent mucinous adenocarcinoma of the cecum in a young individual. The report highlights challenges in diagnosing appendiceal intussusception, emphasizing the importance of endoscopic expertise in preventing impulsive decisio...
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Ulcerative colitis (UC) management encompasses conventional and advanced treatments, including biological therapy and small molecules. Surgery, particularly in the form of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA), is indicated in cases of refractory/severe disease. IPAA can lead to acute complications (e.g., acute pouchitis) as well as late complication...
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Bibliometric analyses are increasing in the field of gastric cancer. This letter discusses a recently published analysis that focused on the bidirectional relationship between depression and gastric cancer and evaluated the types of papers published in this field and the changes in the direction of research. There is an increasing need for new, cli...
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Mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis (UC) management is centred on 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) derivatives. Whether supplementing 5-ASA with nutraceuticals can provide real advantages in UC-relevant outcomes is unclear. This retrospective multicentre study compared clinical remission, response rates, and faecal calprotectin levels in a two-arm des...
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Helicobacter pylori infection has significant epidemiological relevance due to the carcinogenic nature of this bacterium, which is potentially associated with cancer. When detected, it should ideally be eradicated using a treatment that currently involves a combination of gastric acid suppressors and multiple antibiotics. However, this treatment ra...
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Background: Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp (IFP), also known as Vanek's tumour, is a rare mesenchymal gastrointestinal tumour, potentially causing a wide range of clinical manifestations (even though it can be completely asymptomatic) primarily related to the location of the formation. The available evidence suggests a fundamentally non-neoplastic beh...
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Ulcerative colitis (UC), an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), may increase the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) by activating chronic proinflammatory pathways. The goal of this study was to find serum prediction biomarkers in UC to CRC development by combining low-density miRNA microarray and biocomputational approaches. The UC and CRC miRNA express...
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Introduction: Normal quality of life is an ultimate target in the therapeutic approach to inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), encompassing Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) in the context of which regular physical activity (PA) is often a chimeric parameter that is not standardized in terms of quality/quantity. The study aimed to pro...
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Introduction The pathogenesis of post-COVID interstitial lung disease, marked by lung tissue scarring and functional decline, remains largely unknown. Objectives We aimed to elucidate the temporal cytokine/chemokine changes in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from patients with post-COVID interstitial lung disease to uncover potential immune drivers o...
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Background Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a challenging condition that involves different physicians, such as general practitioners (GPs), gastroenterologists, and ears, nose and throat (ENT) specialists. A common approach consists of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) administration. Adjunctive pharmacological treatment may have a role in th...
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Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a challenging condition that involves different physicians, such as general practitioners (GPs), gastroenterologists, and ears, nose and throat (ENT) specialists. A common approach consists of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) administration. Adjunctive pharmacological treatment may have a role in t...
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BACKGROUND Melanocortin 3 and 5 receptors (i.e., MC3R and MC5R) belong to the melanocortin family. However, data regarding their role in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are currently unavailable. AIM This study aims to ascertain their expression profiles in the colonic mucosa of Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), aligning them with...
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Background and aims Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) receiving immunosuppressive drugs are at substantial risk of colectomy. We aimed to assess the risk of post-operative complications of tofacitinib exposure before colectomy in comparison with biologics. Methods A multicentre, retrospective, observational study was conducted in patients with...
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Simple Summary Clinical management of some cancers requires immunotherapy using immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). ICI, however, can result in severe gastrointestinal toxicity, including ICI colitis. The main guidelines recommend the use of corticosteroids or some biologic drugs such as infliximab or vedolizumab. However, little space is given to...
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Background: Ustekinumab (UST) is an interleukin-12/interleukin-23 receptor antagonist recently approved for treating ulcerative colitis (UC) but with limited real-world data. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness and safety of UST in patients with UC in a real-world setting. Research design and methods: This is a multicenter, retrospective,...
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Artificial intelligence is increasingly entering everyday healthcare. Large language model (LLM) systems such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) have become potentially accessible to everyone, including patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). However, significant ethical issues and pitfalls exist in innovative LLM tools....
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Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) require repeated endoscopic evaluations over time by colonoscopy to weigh disease activity but also for different and additional indications (e.g. , evaluation of postoperative recurrence, colorectal cancer surveillance). Colonoscopy, however, requires adequate bowel preparation to be of quality. The...
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BACKGROUND The place regular physical activity (PA) should occupy in managing patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is unclear. AIM To assess PA levels and barriers in a southern Italian IBD population. METHODS IBD patients with non-severe disease activity [assessed with partial Mayo score for ulcerative colitis (UC) and Harvey-Bradshaw...
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The documentation of psychological trauma is obviously a challenge to clinicians while they are diving deep into remote events related to their clients or patients. The potential role of psychological trauma in the early developmental stages, and even the existence of adverse childhood experiences, is important to prove, yet it is difficult to do s...
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Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), often elderly with various comorbidities, may require a continuous intestinal infusion of carbidopa/levodopa gel by the placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) with a jejunal tube (PEG-J) to improve their motor outcome and quality of life. However, it is unclear what is the best procedural se...
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Approximately 20% of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) develop acute severe UC (ASUC), for which intravenous systemic steroid therapy and possibly infliximab-based rescue therapy are generally imposed. However, there are no significant guideline recommendations on ASUC regarding vedolizumab as an alternative in this setting. A case report was p...
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The melanocortin system is a complex set of molecular mediators and receptors involved in many physiological and homeostatic processes. These include the regulation of melanogenesis, steroidogenesis, neuromodulation and the modulation of inflammatory processes. In the latter context, the system has assumed importance in conditions of chronic digest...
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Hericium erinaceus, berberine, and quercetin are effective in experimental colitis. It is unknown whether they can ameliorate inflammatory bowel diseases in humans. This ex vivo study aimed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory potential of a nutraceutical compound of HBQ-Complex® (H. erinaceus, berberine, and quercetin), biotin, and niacin in inflamma...
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Synchronous tumors of the rectum and anus are sporadic. Most cases in the literature are rectal adenocarcinomas with concomitant anal squamous cell carcinoma. To date, only two cases of concomitant squamous cell carcinomas of the rectum and anus are reported, and both were treated with up-front surgery and received abdominoperineal resection with c...
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Hericium erinaceus is an edible and medicinal mushroom commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Several studies have highlighted its therapeutic potential for gastrointestinal disorders such as gastritis and inflammatory bowel diseases. In addition, some components of this mushroom appear to possess strong antineoplastic capabil...
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Background: The increased prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among medical and nursing students is a global challenge. Unfortunately, data on the Italian medical and nurse student population are scarce. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the prevalence of IBS in this setting and to evaluate the demographic, university, Mediterr...
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An adequate bowel preparation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a prerequisite for successful colonoscopy for screening, diagnosis, and surveillance. Several bowel preparation formulations are available, both high- and low-volume based on polyethylene glycol. Generally, low-volume formulations are also based on several compounds...
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Purpose Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) are disorders intensively studied in the literature as a model of gut-brain interactions within the so-called gut-brain axis. A non-negligible proportion of patients with IBD have psychological and psychiatric comorbidities and show non-low levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms. The remitting-recurrent...
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Background: Urotensin-II receptor (UTR) related pathway exerts a key-role in promoting inflammation. The aim was to assess the relationship between UTR expression and clinical, endoscopic, and biochemical severity of ulcerative colitis (UC), exploring its predictivity of intravenous (iv) steroid administration therapeutic outcome. Methods: One-h...
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Background and aims: The optimal management of naïve and not naïve Helicobacter pylori patients remains unclear. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate whether the actual clinical practice mirrors the indications suggested by the guidelines. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and the safety of the empirical first- and second-line treatme...
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Patient: Female, 60-year-old Final Diagnosis: Cholangitis • Crohn’s disease Symptoms: Asthenia • diarrhea • pruritus Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Endoscopy • MRI Specialty: Gastroenterology and Hepatology Objective Unusual clinical course Background There is a recognized association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and hepatobiliary...
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Objectives : Patients with inflammatory bowel disease were excluded from trials that led to the approval of anti-COVID-19 vaccines and are worthy of real-life studies providing information on the safety of these vaccines in this clinical setting. Methods : A prospective observational study was performed to estimate BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine l...
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Background Diabetes Mellitus (DM) may occur in IBD and influence the disease progression. Aim To compare disease course and treatment outcomes in IBD patients with and without DM. Methods This is a systematic review with meta-analysis comparing patients with IBD plus DM with patients with IBD only. Primary endpoints: need for surgery, IBD-related...
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Helicobacter pylori infection is very common and affects more than one-third of adults in Italy. Helicobacter pylori causes several gastro-duodenal diseases, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric malignancy, and extra-gastric diseases. The eradication of the bacteria is becoming complex to achieve due to increasing antimicrobial resistance. T...
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Background and Aim: Fonte Essenziale® water is a bicarbonate–sulfate–calcium–magnesium water, low in sodium, recognized by the Italian health care system in hydropinotherapy and hepatobiliary dyspepsia therapy. We wanted to explore its effects on the gut–liver axis and microbiota in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients. Patients and Methods:...
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Background The international health emergency caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which, at the end of 2019, hit the world, forced the governments of all countries to adopt stringent restrictive measures to contain the spread of the virus. Several studies have revealed worsening levels of anxiety, depression a...
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Background Patients affected by gastrointestinal disorders often experience sexual dysfunction (SD). This creates stress and anxiety which impact on patients’ and/or their partners’ quality of life. A multidisciplinary approach to SD is often advisable in these patients. This survey assessed if gastroenterologists routinely discuss SD with their pa...
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Gut microbiota is involved in immune modulation and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) efficacy. Single‐arm phase II CAVE‐mCRC and CAVE‐LUNG clinical trials investigated cetuximab + avelumab combination in RAS wild‐type (WT) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and chemo‐refractory nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, respectively. A compreh...
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Introduction: Sexual function is often impaired in patients with chronic illnesses. Several patients with chronic gastrointestinal and liver disorders have been shown to suffer from sexual dysfunction, and celiac disease (CD) is a highly prevalent gastroenterological disorder. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the sexual function inc...
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Background During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, decisions were taken adopting restrictive legislative measures, such as the first half of 2020 lockdown. In those months, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have experienced social isolation and reduced access to health care. Objective Our aim was to evaluate, in this condition, the presence...
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Metabolic bone disorders are one of the most frequent extra-intestinal manifestations in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that might result in an increase of skeletal fragility and risk of fracture. These disorders are a consequence of bone–gut crosstalk alterations, particularly due to inflammation, which involves the RANK-RANKL-Ost...
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OBJECTIVE To compare the timing of serum anti-drug antibodies in adult and pediatric age groups, males and females, treated for inflammatory bowel disease or arthritis with adalimumab or infliximab by retrospectively combining data collected during a 2-year therapeutic drug monitoring period. METHODS Four hundred thirty sera were divided in groups...
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Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy and Hepatology have faced significant improvements in terms of diagnosis and therapy in the last decades. However, many fields still remain poorly explored, and many questions unanswered. Moreover, basic-science, as well as translational and clinical discoveries, together with technology advancement will determ...
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Background: Clinical features of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection seem to differ in children compared to that in adults. It has been hypothesized that the lower clinical severity in children could be influenced by differential expression of the main host functional receptor to SARS-CoV-2, the angiotensin-conver...
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Metabolic- (dysfunction) associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) represents the predominant hepatopathy and one of the most important systemic, metabolic-related disorders all over the world associated with severe medical and socio-economic repercussions due to its growing prevalence, clinical course (steatohepatitis and/or hepatocellular-carcinoma)...
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Various bi-directional associations exist between oral health and gastro-intestinal diseases. The oral microbiome plays a role in the gastro-intestinal carcinogenesis and fusobacteria are the most investigated bacteria involved. This paper aims to review the current knowledge and report the preliminary data on salivary levels of Fusobacterium nucle...
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Background There has been resurgence in the use of bismuth quadruple therapy (proton pump inhibitor, bismuth, tetracycline and metronidazole) for treating Helicobacter pylori infection thanks to a three-in-one single-capsule formulation. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the single-capsule bismuth quadruple therapy. Methods Da...
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BACKGROUND Italy has been one of the first western countries seriously involved in the COVID-19 pandemic in the first months of 2020 and so that the national government was forced to impose a long lockdown period, stopping all the people aggregation outdoor and indoor activities. From a social point of view this period of domestic confinement resul...
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Background In accordance with the scientific literature heavy alcohol consumption (>50g per day) represents a risk factor for several diseases development, including cancer. However, the oncogenic role of light alcohol drinking (<12,5g per day) is still unknown. Objective To assess the scientific knowledge about light alcohol consumption and the r...
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:Introduction: Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure has been correlated to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) development and progression. We investigated, in a clinical model, the effects of the administration of 303 mg of silybin phospholipids complex, 10 g of vitamin D, and 15 mg of vitamin E (RealSIL, 100D, IBI-Lorenzini, Aprilia, Italy) in male N...
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Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic multifactorial diseases characterized by partially unclear pathogenic mechanisms including changes in intestinal microbiota. Despite the microbiota, alteration is well established in IBD patients, as reported by 16RNA sequencing analysis, an important goal is to define if it is just a consequence of the...
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Background Bismuth quadruple (BQT) and non‐bismuth quadruple (N‐BQT) therapies are the recommended first‐line treatments for Helicobacter (H.) pylori infection. Objective To compare the efficacy of BQT and N‐BQT in clinical practice in an area with high clarithromycin resistance, choosing the regimen on the basis of previous exposure to clarithrom...
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Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome represents one of the most difficult gastroenterological diseases to treat, that usually induces the patients to follow different drug therapies, often not useful in symptom control. In this scenario low FODMAP diet could have positive effects in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, even because this type...