The American journal of gastroenterology
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Am. J. Gastroenterol. · Jul 2002
ReviewAnabolic-androgenic steroids for alcoholic liver disease: a Cochrane review.
The objectives were to assess the beneficial and harmful effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids for alcoholic liver disease. ⋯ This systematic review could not demonstrate any significant beneficial effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids on any clinically important outcomes of patients with alcoholic liver disease.
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Am. J. Gastroenterol. · Jul 2002
Comparative StudyA new method for the quantification of neutrophil and eosinophil cationic proteins in feces: establishment of normal levels and clinical application in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
The aims of this study were 1) to develop a valid method for the measurement of the eosinophil proteins eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and eosinophil protein X (EPX) and neutrophil proteins myeloperoxidase and human neutrophil lipocalin (HNL) in feces and 2) to investigate their potential role as disease activity markers in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). ⋯ The method described here takes into account the molecular properties of the granule proteins and the heterogeneity in feces consistency, which is a prerequisite for a valid and reproducible measurement of cationic granule proteins. We suggest that EPX and myeloperoxidase, when applied in IBD, are the best eosinophil and neutrophil markers for studying GI inflammation.