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Gastroenterology: The medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the digestive system.
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Scientists at the Gastroenterology Unit, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol came up with similar results(3). 33 patients with refractory irritable bowel syndrome were treated with four 40-minute sessions of hypnotherapy over a period of 7 weeks.
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Gastroenterology 1990;98(Suppl):A475.
Hawthorne AB, Daneshmend TK, Hawkey CJ, et al. Fish oil in ulcerative colitis: final results of a controlled clinical trial [abstract]. Gastroenterology 1990;98(5 pt 2):A174.
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An endoscope as used in the field of gastroenterology (the medical study of the stomach and intestines) is a thin, flexible tube that uses a lens or miniature camera to view various areas of the gastrointestinal tract.
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American Journal of Gastroenterology, 93(12): 2330"2338.
Laine L, et al. (1998).
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Your child's lactose tolerance test has previously been scheduled while you were in the Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic. The staff supplied you with written instructions for the test.
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Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, and Elizabeth Hait, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children´s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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The study, published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal, analysed five patients with inherited precancerous polyps (growths that can turn cancerous) in their lower bowels.
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Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, and Timothy Cruz, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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Most people who develop polyps do so after age 50, so the American College of Gastroenterology (the digestive specialists) recommends screening examinations every 5 years for early detection and removal of these cancer-causing growths after that age.
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Peter Banks, MD
Director of the Clinical Gastroenterology Sevice at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Jamie S. Barkin, MD
University of Miami and Mt. Sinai Medical Center ...
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Non-emergent, uncomplicated procedures are performed using conscious sedation in our Gastroenterology procedures unit, which consists of two procedure rooms, a recovery room, and full-time nursing staff who assist for both pulmonary and GI procedures; ...
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Grendell, James H., Kenneth R. McQuaid, and Scott L. Friedman, eds. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Gastroenterology. Stamford: Appleton & Lange, 1996.
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This test is called endoscopy or esophogogastroduodenoscopy, and it usually is done by a gastroenterology specialist. If necessary, during endoscopy, your doctor can take a small sample of tissue (biopsy) to be examined in a laboratory.
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Wilson BC. Photodynamic therapy for cancer: Principles. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology 2002;16(6):393-396.
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and Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by Andrew J. Muir, M.D., M.H.S., Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (4/29/2003).
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Hercules Nd:YAG laser system Nd:YAG laser system provides both pulsed and continuous laser energy for tissue ablation in numerous specialty applications, including ENT, gastroenterology, gynecology, thoracoscopy and urology.
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