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Diseases and Disorders
Links pertaining to Digestive System Diseases
 
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Contents:
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli - Alagille Syndrome - Anisakiasis - Anus Diseases - Appendicitis - Barrett Esophagus - Biliary Atresia - Biliary Tract Diseases - Budd-Chiari Syndrome - Caroli Disease - Celiac Disease - Cholangitis - Cholecystitis - Choledochal Cyst - Cholelithiasis - Colitis, Ulcerative - Crohn Disease - Cryptosporidiosis - Cystic Fibrosis - Deglutition Disorders - Dientamoebiasis - Digestive System Diseases - Digestive System Neoplasms - Duodenal Ulcer - Dysentery - Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - Esophageal Achalasia - Esophageal Atresia - Esophageal Diseases - Esophagitis - Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency - Fascioliasis - Fatty Liver - Fecal Incontinence - Gallbladder Diseases - Gastritis - Gastritis, Hypertrophic - Gastroenteritis - Gastroesophageal Reflux - Gastrointestinal Diseases - Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - Gastroparesis - Giardiasis - Hemorrhoids - Hepatitis - Hepatitis, Chronic - Hepatitis, Viral, Human - Hepatolenticular Degeneration - Hirschsprung Disease - Hypertension, Portal - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Insulinoma - Intestinal Diseases - Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - Intestinal Neoplasms - Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia (not on MeSH) - Intestinal Obstruction - Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Lactose Intolerance - Liver Cirrhosis - Liver Diseases - Meckel Diverticulum - Pancreatic Diseases - Pancreatic Neoplasms - Pancreatitis - Peptic Ulcer - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - Proctitis - Proctocolitis - Rectal Diseases - Rectal Neoplasms - Rectal Prolapse - Reye Syndrome - Rift Valley Fever - Short Bowel Syndrome - Tracheoesophageal Fistula - Whipple Disease - Zellweger Syndrome - Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome -


  Digestive System Diseases   
  Pathophysiology of the Digestive System - Colorado State University (US)
  A Clinical Overview of the Gastrointestinal System and topographic anatomy of the abdomen from 'Clinical Methods' by Walker and Hall, 1990, via NLMs Book Shelf
  A collection of Patient Pamphlets from Three Rivers Endoscopy C. (US)
  Documents on Digestive Diseases for patients - NIDDK (US)
  A set of Practice Parameters , and Core Subjects from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
  Notes on Cyber Gastroenterology [JA Murra Saca] and an Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  First Principles of Gastroenterology, 5th ed.
  GastroTrainer [self-study modules; in German] - Medical Tribune
  Societe Nationale Francaise de Gastroenterologie - (FR)
  Atlas of Gastroenterological Endoscopy [A Freytag] - (DE)
  Patient Information Center at the American Gastroenterological Association
  A warning about Colon cleansing - MayoClinic
  On the The Hazards of Swallowing Glass - CORE (UK)
  About Electrogastrography including the Anatomy of the Stomach - Univ. of Alberta (CA)
  Gastroenterology [journal] - Am. Gastroenterological Assoc.

   Biliary Tract Diseases   
   An illustration of the Gall Bladder/Bile Duct - EUS Imaging
   Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction - Wikipedia
   On Bile Reflux - Mayo Clinic

     Biliary Atresia   
     About Biliary Atresia - Adam, via MedlinePlus
     Biliary Atresia [SM Schwarz] - eMedicine
     The Kasai portoenterostomy: when is it too late? [Schoen et al.; abstract only] - J Pediatr Surg, 2001
     Discovery May Dramatically Reduce Liver Transplants in Children (with Biliary Atresia) - Cincinnati Children's Hospital

     Choledochal Cyst   
    See another page

      Caroli Disease   
      Caroli's Disease [Gupta et al.] - Ind J Ped, Mar 2006
      Caroli Disease [W Romano] - eMedicine


     Cholestasis   

      Cholestasis, Intrahepatic   

       Alagille Syndrome   
       The Alagille Syndrome Alliance - (US)
       Alagille Syndrome [J Reichen] - (CH)
       Alagille Syndrome [A Scheimann] - eMedicine
       Alagille Syndrome - Genetics Home Reference, NLM


     Cholangitis   
     About Cholangitis [S Santen] - eMedicine
     About Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Jackson Gastroenterology (US)
     About PSC (Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis) - PSC Support UK
     About Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in children [Gillis and Baldassano] - eMedicine


    Cholelithiasis   
    About Gallstones - NIDDK (US)
    Treatment of Gallstone and Gallbladder Disease [guidelines] - SSAT
    Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal) animation - Nucleus Medical Art
    About Cholecystectomy - FACS (US)
    Cholecystectomy information from YourSurgery.Com
    Gallstones and Laparascopic Cholecystectomy - HSTAT, NLM Consensus Conference 1992 (US)
    More coffee, fewer gallstones [S Gottlieb] - BMJ 1999

    Gallbladder Diseases   
    An illustration of the Gall Bladder/Bile Duct - EUS Imaging
    Gallbladder Disease - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    Gallbladder disease [MC Bateson] - BMJ, 1999
    About Gallstones - MayoClinic, and Gallbladder Attack

     Cholecystitis   
     Acute Cholecystitis - ADAM, via MedlinePlus
     About Cholecystitis - WrongDiagnosis
     Cholecystitis and Biliary Colic [S Santen] - e-Medicine
     Quick reference notes on Acute Cholecystitis and Acalculous Cholecystitis - CHORUS, Med College of Wisconsin
     About Murphy's sign of Cholecystitis - Turner White Comm.
     Gallstone and Acute Cholecystitis [ultrasound images] - Brigham/Harvard (US)
     Acute Cholecystitis [ultrasound images] - Michigan State Univ.


   Digestive System Abnormalities   

    Barrett Esophagus   
    Seattle Barrett's Esophagus - Seattle (US)
    Barrett's Oesophagus - GastroLab (FI)
    Barrett's Esophagus - Jackson Gastroenterology
    Gastroesophageal Reflux/Barrett Esophagus - OMIM (US)
    Brief note about Familial Barrett Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma [Hampel et al., 1999] - FASEB
    Barrett's Esophagus [picture of opened esophagus] - FBS

    Biliary Atresia   
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    Choledochal Cyst   
   See another page

     Caroli Disease   
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    Esophageal Atresia   
    Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula - Univ of Minnesota (US)
    Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula [DC Clarke] - AAFP (US)
    About Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula in Newborns [for parents] - UCSF Med Center (US)
    Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula [Kronemer and Snyder-Warwick] - eMedicine (US)

    Hirschsprung Disease   
    Information material from the Int'l Foundation for Functional Gastrintestinal Disorders
    Hirschsprung's & Motility Disorders Support Network - The Guardian Society
    Failure to Pass Meconium: Diagnosing Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction [Loening-Baucke and Kimura] - AAFP 1999
    About Congenital/Pediatric Colorectal Disorders [Dillon et al.] - American Soc of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
    Hirschsprung's Disease: Diagnosis and Management [J Kessmann] - AAFP, Oct 2006
    About Hirschsprung Disease (1) , Hirschsprung Disease 2 and Hirschsprung Disease 5 - OMIM/NIH

   Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia (not on MeSH)
    Failure to Pass Meconium: Diagnosing Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction [Loening-Baucke and Kimura] - AAFP
    NidKids program at the Paediatric Continence Association (AU)
    About Intestinal Pseudoobstruction Due To Neuronal Disease (IND Type A) , and Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia, Type B - OMIM
    Intestinal neuronal dysplasia: Results of treatment in 33 patients [Gillick et al.; Abstract] - J Pediatr Surg, May 2001/PubMed

    Meckel Diverticulum   
    Meckel's Diverticulum [Martin et al.] - AAFP, 2000
    About Meckel's Diverticulectomy - Adam, via MedlinePlus


   Digestive System Fistula   

    Esophageal Fistula   

     Tracheoesophageal Fistula   
     About Tracheoesophageal Fistula - Wikipedia
     Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula [DC Clarke] - AAFP (US)
     Tracheoesophageal Fistula [S Sharma] - eMedicine
     About Oesophageal Atresia and Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula - Institute of Child Health, London (UK)


   Digestive System Neoplasms   
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    Gastrointestinal Neoplasms   
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     Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors   
    See another page

     Intestinal Neoplasms   
     See under Digestive System Neoplasms [links]

        Adenomatous Polyposis Coli   
        What is Familial Adenomatous Polyposis? - NetDoctor (UK)
        Familial Adenomatous Polyposis - FASCRS (US)
        Familial Polyposis coli; some images - Atlanta South Gastroenterol.
        A Case of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis , and of Gardner's syndrome [images; EC Klatt]
        Gardner Syndrome [Cummins and Singhal] - eMedicine
        Pathology notes on Familial Adenomatous Polyposis of Colon - PathWeb
        The Effect of Celecoxib in FAP [Steinbach et al.] - Nature Jun 2000
        Polyposis, Adenomatous Intestinal - OMIM, NCBI (US)


       Rectal Neoplasms   
      See another page


     Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome   
     About Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome - MayoClinic
     Zollinger Ellison Syndrome - Patient UK
     About Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (medicine) [Roy and Shojamanesh] and Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (pediatrics) [K Radebold] - eMedicine
     About Gastrin - Wikipedia
     A case of Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome - Brigham-Rad/Harvard (US)


    Pancreatic Neoplasms   
    Pancreatic Cancer - Medicine Net (US)
    The Pancreatic Duct [for patients, DL Sterner]
    Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer - Ivanhoe, Jan 2009
    Few improvements in pancreatic cancer treatment in three decades - Reuters Jul 2009, via OncoLink
    New drug (Salirasib) may extend pancreatic cancer survival - via CancerFacts.com, Jul 2009
    About Cancer of the Pancreas - NCI
    Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis and Management [Freelove and Walling] - AAFP, Feb 2006
    Pancreatic Cancer Home Page - Johns Hopkins Med. Inst. (US)
    Pancreatic Cancer articles - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Oct 2008
    The Pancreatic Tumor Study Group at MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
    Pancreatic Cancer Info - RS Hirschberg Pancreatic Cancer Research C.
    Pancreatica.Org - Lorenzen Cancer Foundation
    Pancreatic Cancer Genetics - NCBI/NIH (US)
    A 68-year-old man with a pancreatic mass ... - Baylor Coll. of Medicine/Gastro. (US)
    About Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas [J Norman] - EndocrineWeb
    Islet Cell Carcinoma - Cancer.gov (US)
    A Matter of Life and Death - John Graham's story (Pancreatic Cancer) [M Lutzky]

      Insulinoma   
     See another page


   Gastrointestinal Diseases   
   Exam of the Abdomen [C Goldberg] - School of Medicine, UCSD (US)
   Examination of the Abdomen (1st year course) - Univ of Florida (US) (US)
   Referral guidelines for Abdominal Pain - Univ of Washington, School of Medicine (US)
   Surgical emergencies: Acute Abdominal Pain [Jones, Turner, Handa] - StudentBMJ (UK)
   Imaging patients with acute abdomen [L Granbt et al.] - StudentBMJ, Mar 2009 (UK)
   Acute abdomen in an infant (Intussusception) - StudentBMJ, Feb 2008 (UK)
   Sonographic Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen [S Hagen-Ansert]
   Gastrointestinal Disorders - Merck Manual 17th Ed.
   A Patient Web Book from the Am. College of Gastroenterology and some Patient Brochures from the Am. College of Gastroenterology
   Clinical Guidelines from the British Society for Gastroeneterology (UK)
   Referral Guidelines (for some gastrointestinal conditions) - Univ of Washington, School of Medicine (US)
   Basic (Clinical) Cases in Gastroenterology [, viewed by organ system]- Baylor Colege of Medicine/Gastroenterol. (US)
   GastroLab [H Bjorknäs] - (FI)
   About Peyer's patches - Wikipedia
   Microbiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract [SL Gorbach] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
   The Pyloric Sphincteric Cylinder in Health and Disease [e-book; AD Keet]
   Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Atlanta South Gastroenterology (US)
   IFFGD: Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Index

    Esophageal Diseases   
    About Mallory-Weiss Tear - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    Brief notes on Bleeding Esophageal Varices - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    Esophageal foreign body - Coin ingestion [Carmichael and Cunningham] - MedPix (US)
    About the 'Steakhouse Syndrome' (and Schatzki's Ring ) [R Arai] - iVillageHealth
    Brief definition of Plummer-Vinson Syndrome (Esophageal Web) - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    Cancer of the Esophagus - Three Rivers Endoscopy C.
    Esophagus Pathology images - WebPath
    The Longitudinal Muscle in Esophageal Disease [OA Stiennon]
    See also under Digestive System Neoplasms [links]

     Barrett Esophagus   
    See another location

     Deglutition Disorders   
     About Swallowing, and Swallowing Disorders - Voice and Swallowing Center, NY (US)
     About Swallowing Disorders - Jackson Sinus Care Center/AAO
     Dysphagia Online - Novartis
     Diagnosis & Treatment of Swallowing Disorders in Acute-Care Stroke Patients Summary - HSTAT/AHRQ, 1999, NLM/NIH (US)
     Esophageal Dysphagia [JP Font], 2008 - Dr Quinn's Textbook, UTMB (US)
     A Three-course meal from RJ Wilson's The Non-Chew Cookbook
     See also under Lateral Medullary Syndrome (Wallenberg Syndrome) [links]

       Esophageal Achalasia   
       About Achalasia - Wikipedia
       Brief info about Achalasia - Adam, via medlinePlus
       Achalasia information - UpToDate
       Achalasia , patient care guidelines - SSAT 2006
       Laparoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia

       Gastroesophageal Reflux   
       About Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (G.E.R.D.) [GH Ballantyne]
       Updated Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease [DeVault and Castell] - Am J Gastroenterol, 2005
       About Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease, compared to GERD [SM Kaszuba] - Baylor Coll. of Medicine
       Hirschsprung's & Motility Disorders Support Network - The Guardian Society
       GERD Inform. Resource Center - AstraZeneca
       Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication - Univ of Wahington/Surgery
       Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication [Freeman et al.] - CTSNet
       Laparoscopic anterior fundoplication [A Munro] - J Royal Coll Surg Edinburgh, Apr 2000 (UK)


     Esophageal Atresia   
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     Esophageal Fistula   

      Tracheoesophageal Fistula   
     See another location


     Esophagitis   
     About Esophagitis [L Tsoi] - eMedicine
     Bleeding Esophagitis [video, 1.1 MB] - Three Rivers Endoscopy C. (US)
     Eosinophilic esophagitis: An increasingly recognized cause of dysphagia, food impaction, and refractory heartburn [IT Nonevski et al.] - CCJM, Sep 2008
     About Eosinophilic esophagitis [J Greenman] - Ezine articles
     Systematic Review of PPI and H2A in Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) [Moore & Philips ] - Bandolier (UK)


    Gastroenteritis   
    About Viral Gastroenteritis in Children - University of Cape Town (ZA).
    About Gastroenteritis - Publ Health, Victoria (AU)
    About Viral Gastroenteritis - NDSC (IE)
    About Diarrhea - NIDDK (US)
    About Stomach Flu/Vomiting and Diarrhea/ in Children - HealthSquare (US)
    About Gastroenteritis , in children [VN Reddy] - (US)
    Practice Guidelines for the Management of Infectious Diarrhea [summary] - IDSA 2001, via AAFP (US)
    Diarrhea Self-Care Flowchart - FamilyDoctor
    About Diarrhoea Viruses - MicrobiologyBytes
    Antimicrobial Recommendation for Infectious Diarrhea [N Anaizi] - The Drug Monitor
    About Diarrheal Diseases - American College of Gastroenterology
    Information about Persistent Diarrhea from the Rehydration Project
    About Rotavirus and Diarrhea , and Rotavirus vaccine information - CDC (US)
    Rotavirus information - PATH
    About the Norovirus / Norwalk-like viruses - CDC, and Other Viruses Associated with Gastroenteritis - FDA (US)
    Gastroenteritis, Viral [RW Goodgame] and Gastroenteritis, Bacterial [Frye and Tamer] - eMedicine
    Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis [J "Wedge" ?]

     Appendicitis   
     Symptoms of Appendicitis - eMedicineHealth
     Can we improve diagnosis of acute appendicitis? [editorial] - BMJ, Oct 2000
     Appendicitis in Children - KidsHealth (US)
     Diagnosing Appendicitis in Children With Abdominal Pain [R Sadovsky] - Am Family Physician, Aug 2002
     About Appendicitis - Medicine Net (US)
     Acute Appendicitis [S Craig] - e-medicine/BMP (US)
     Imaging for the Diagnosis of Appendicitis [J Cochrane Miller] - Radiology Rounds, Jan 2006, MGH (US)
     Image of Appendix, acute appendicitis, focal, ulcerating - Urbana Atlas of Pathology (US)
     About Appendectomy [MJ Krob] - aHealthyMe.com
     An Laparoscopic Appendectomy Animation - Nucleus Medical Art

     Colitis   

      Colitis, Ulcerative   
      About Ulcerative Colitis - NIDDK
      The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
      A Case of Toxic Megacolon - Brigham Rad/Harvard (US)
      Surgical Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis - Am Soc of Colon & Rectal Surgeons
      Gastrointestinal parasites: potential therapy for refractory inflammatory bowel diseases [Moreels and Pelckmans; abstract only] - Inflamm Bowel Dis, Feb 2005, via PubMed
      About Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)
      The Culinary Couple's Creative Colitis Cookbook [R & D Weale]

      Proctocolitis   
      About 'Hamburger Disease' (Haemorrhagic Colitis, Proctocolitis)
      Food-induced Eosinophilic Proctocolitis (in infants) [AM Lake; abstract only, via PubMed] - J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2000; 30
      About Proctitis, Enteritis, and Proctocolitis - Practitioner's Handbook, Seattle (US)
      Treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted gastrointestinal syndromes (Proctitis, Proctocolitis, Enteritis) - US Nat'l Guideline Clearinghouse


     Dysentery   
     About Shigellosis - N.Y. State Dept of Health (US)
     About Epidemic Dysentery and Shigellosis - Rehydration Project
     About Dysentery - WHO
     Shigella sonnei [D Kunkel] - Hawaii
     Diarrhea - Parasitic Pathways - CDC (US)
     On Cholera and epidemic-prone diarrhoeal diseases - WHO
     Brainerd Diarrhea and about Food&Water Precautions and Traveler's Diarrhea Prevention - CDC (US)
     Antimicrobial Recommendation for Infectious Diarrhea [N Anaizi] - The Drug Monitor
     About Dukoral (for protection against Enterotoxigenic E. coli, and Cholera) - netdoctor (UK)

     Enterocolitis   

      Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous   
      About Pseudomembranous Colitis - Adam, via MedlinePlus
      Antibiotic-associated Colitis - Merck Manual
      A case of Pseudomembranous Colitis (and Ascites) - Doctor T, and Pseudomembranous Colitis, a breif note + image - Univ of Health Sciences
      Pseudomembranous Colitis pathology etc. [M Nadel] - PathWeb


     Esophagitis   
    See another location

     Gastritis   
     On Gastritis - Jackson Gastroenterology
     About Gastritis - Merck Manual
     On Gastritis and Helicobacter pylori - The Medical House/Hyperlyser
     Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease [P Shayne] - eMedicine

      Gastritis, Hypertrophic   
      About Ménétrier's Disease - NIDDK (US)
      About Menetrier's disease - Madisons Foundation
      Menetrier's disease - PatientPlus (UK)
      A 70 year old man with stomach ache ... (Menetrier's disease) - Univ of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine


     Inflammatory Bowel Diseases   
     About Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Canadian Society of Intestinal Research (US)
     Some images from Atlanta South Gastroenterol.,
     Inflammatory Bowel Disease - ACG (US)
     On the Genetics of IBD - NCBI/NIH (US)

      Colitis, Ulcerative   
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      Crohn Disease   
      About Crohn's Disease - Medicine Net, and some images - Atlanta South Gastroenterol.
      Crohn's Disease - NIDDK (US)
      The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America , and of Canada
      Crohn's Disease information [I Shafran]
      Crohn's Disease FAQs - Johns Hopkins Med Inst/Gastroent.,Hepatol.
      Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pages [B Robertson] - (US)
      Crohn's Disease Activity Center (Paratuberculosis Awareness)
      Crohn's Disease [images] - Dermis (DE)


     Proctitis   
     About Proctitis - NLM (US)
     Proctitis [L Irizarry] - e-Medicine
     Management of Proctitis, Proctocolitis, and Enteritis caused by STI - IUSTI/WHO 2007
     Ulcerative Proctitis [W Finkelstein] - CCFA

      Proctocolitis   
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    Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage   
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    Gastrointestinal Neoplasms   
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     Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors   
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     Intestinal Neoplasms   
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        Adenomatous Polyposis Coli   
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       Rectal Neoplasms   
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     Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome   
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    Intestinal Diseases   
    The Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
    Intestinal diseases death rate, by country - NationMaster.com
    Links to information about various Intestinal Diseases - Health Insite (AU)

      Appendicitis   
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     Colonic Diseases   

      Colitis   

       Colitis, Ulcerative   
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       Proctocolitis   
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      Colonic Diseases, Functional   

       Irritable Bowel Syndrome   
       A video clip about Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Mayo Clinic (US)
       About Irritable Bowel Syndrome (spastic colon; mucous colitis) - MedlinePlus
       About Irritable Bowels - CORE (UK)
       Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Johns Hopkins Gastroenterology (US)
       About Irritable Bowel Syndrome - UpToDate.com
       Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome [Hadley and Gaarder] - AAFP, Dec 2005
       Irritable Bowel Syndrome - ACG (US)
       Recommendations for the management of irritable bowel syndrome in family practice [Paterson et al.] -CMAJ, Jul 1999 (CA)
       About the Barium Enema test - ADAM, via MedlinePlus
       Irritable Bowel Syndrome : Self Help Group WWW Page - (US)
       A brief comment on Irritable Bowel Syndrome [G Mirkin] - (US)


      Colorectal Neoplasms   

       Colonic Neoplasms   

        Adenomatous Polyposis Coli   
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      Megacolon   

       Hirschsprung Disease   
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      Sigmoid Diseases   

       Proctocolitis   
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     Duodenal Diseases   

      Peptic Ulcer   
      The Helicobacter Foundation - Charlottesville, VA (US)
      The Nobel Prize 2005 and Helicobacter Pylori - Nobel Foundation (SE)
      Management of Helicobacter Pylori Infection [Meurer and Bower] - AAFP
      Spiral Bacteria in the Human Stomach [A Dubois] - CDC (US)
      NSAID and Ulcers - MedicineNet
      About Gastrin test - MedlinePlus
      Summary of the Urea Breath Test for H. pylori - Meretek
      About the PY (breath) test - Kimberly-Clark/Ballard, Inc.

       Duodenal Ulcer   
       Peptic and Duodenal Ulcer information - MedlinePlus/Adam
       Duodenal Ulcer - Patient UK
       Peptic/Duodenal Ulcer - Wikipedia
       Duodenal Ulcer images - Jackson Gastroenterology
       Duodenal Ulcers [Devlin and Meddings] - eMedicine


     Dysentery   
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     Enterocolitis   

      Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous   
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     Inflammatory Bowel Diseases   
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      Colitis, Ulcerative   
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      Crohn Disease   
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     Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic   
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      Anisakiasis   
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      Cryptosporidiosis   
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      Dientamoebiasis   
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      Giardiasis   
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     Intestinal Neoplasms   
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        Adenomatous Polyposis Coli   
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       Rectal Neoplasms   
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     Intestinal Obstruction   
     Brief Info about Intestinal Obstruction - Adam, via MedlinePlus
     About Intestinal Volvulus [Hebra and Miller] and Large Bowel Obstruction - e-medicine
     A Case of Cecal Volvulus [ultrasound] - UHrad.com
     Laparoscopic Treatment of Volvulus of the Colon [GH Ballantyne] - LapSurgery.Com
     On Intestinal obstruction repair - Encyclopedia of Surgery
     Failure to Pass Meconium: Diagnosing Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction [Loening-Baucke and Kimura] - AAFP
     A case of Organoaxial Volvulus of the Stomach - BrighamRad (US)

     Intestinal Polyposis   

      Adenomatous Polyposis Coli   
     See another location

      Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome   
      About Peutz Jeghers Syndrome [Amos et al.] - geneReviews
      Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome [D Riegert-Johnson] - Familial Cancer Syndromes/NCBI Bookshelf
      Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome [image + text] - Dermis (DE)
      Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - Jeghers Medical Index
      Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - OMIM (US)


     Malabsorption Syndromes   

      Celiac Disease   
      Celiac Disease Foundation - (US)
      Celiac Disease: More Common Than Once Thought [E Guthrie] - US Pharmacist, Dec 2008
      Testing for Coeliac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity Syndrome [Reeves and Lemmert], 2001 - HAPS (AU)
      Discussions about Gluten Sensitivity/Celiac Disease - BrainTalk Communities
      The Celiac Sprue Association CSA/USA
      A young woman with fatigue (Celiac disease) [KA Teng] - Cleveland Clinic J., Mar 2008
      Celiac Disease & Gluten-Free Diet Support - Celiac.Com
      The Gluten-Free Page [D Wiss] - (US)
      See also under Dermatitis Herpetiformis

      Lactose Intolerance   
      About Lactose Intolerance and Why Does Milk Bother Me? - NIDDK/NIH (US)
      Lactose intolerance - Wikipedia
      About the Hydrogen Breath Test - Medicinet
      Lactose Intolerance - American Gastroenterological Association
      On Lactose Intolerance - Three Rivers Endoscopy C. (US)
      The No Milk Page [D Wiss] - (US)

      Short Bowel Syndrome   
      About Short Bowel Syndrome [MAJ Sawyer] - eMedicine
      About Short Bowel Syndrome in Preterm Infants [D Johnson]
      What's new in the management of short gut syndrome in children [Warner et al.] - J Am Coll Surg, Jun 2000

      Whipple Disease   
      Brief info about Whipple's disease (Intestinal Lipodystrophy) - Adam, vai MedlinePlus
      About Tropheryma Whippelii - Mt Sinai Hosp/Microbiol. (CA)
      A Case of Ophthalmic Whipple's Disease [RY Chan] - Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
      About Whipple's Disease - HealthLine


     Rectal Diseases   
     Brief note about Unusual color of Stool - Pediatric Advisor/Univ of Michigan (US)
     Stool color, shape and texture - AfraidToAsk
     Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (and Rectal Bleeding) [links]

      Anus Diseases   
      About Anal Fissure - American Soc Colon & Rectal Surgeons
      About Anal Fissure, Abscess and Fistula - Jackson Gastroenterology (US)
      Illustrated imperforate anus repair - ADAM, via MedlinePlus

      Colorectal Neoplasms   

       Rectal Neoplasms   
      See another page


      Fecal Incontinence   
      On Fecal Incontinence - Mayo Clinic
      About (Fecal) Incontinence - IFFGD

      Hemorrhoids   
      Hemorrhoids for patients - NIDDK (US)
      Understanding Piles (Haemorrhoids) - CORE (UK)
      Prolapsed Hemorrhoids [image; EC Klatt]
      About Hemorrhoids - Am Soc of Colon & Rectal Surgeons
      Treatment of Hemorrhoids [Barnes et al] and Self-care vs. Physician care [WS Pray] - U.S. Pharmacist
      An interactive tutorial about Hemorrhoid Surgery - Medline Plus, NLM (US)
      Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids , patient care guidelines- SSAT 2004

      Proctitis   
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       Proctocolitis   
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      Rectal Prolapse   
      Rectal Prolapse - ASCRS
      About Rectal Prolapse [LS Poritz] - eMedicine


     Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome   
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    Peptic Ulcer   
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     Duodenal Ulcer   
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     Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome   
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    Stomach Diseases   

     Gastritis   
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      Gastritis, Hypertrophic   
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     Gastroparesis   
     About Gastroparesis - Jackson Gastroenterology
     Gastroparesis - Am. College of Gastroenterology
     About Gastroparesis and Diabetes - Diabetes UK

     Peptic Ulcer   
    See another location

     Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome   
    See another location


   Liver Diseases   
   Normal Structure and Function of the Liver - State Univ. of N.Y./Pathol
   Pathophysiologie der Leber [J Reichen] - Univ. of Berne (CH)
   The American Liver Foundation
   Hepatic Pathology images - WebPath
   AASLD: American Assoc. for the Study of Liver Disease , and a collection of Practice Guidelines
   About some Liver function tests - Wikipedia
   Liver Diseases (for professionals) [J-S Wu] - (TW)
   The Management of Acute Liver Failure - Hepatology, May 2005
   About Paracetamol toxicity and liver failure - Wikipedia
   Alcoholic Liver Disease - Merck Manual
   Children's Liver Disease Foundation - (UK)
   Questions and Answers re Acetaminophen and liver injury - FDA, Jun 2009 (US)
   International Liver Transplantation Society

     Alagille Syndrome   
    See another location


    Fatty Liver   
    About Fatty Liver - Jackson Gastroenterology
    About Alcoholic Fatty Liver [Ismail and Riely] - eMedicine
    Fatty Liver, Cirrhosis, and Related Disorders - Merck Manual

     Reye Syndrome   
    See another page


    Budd-Chiari Syndrome   
    Brief note about Budd-Chiari Syndrome - Wikipedia
    Budd-Chiari Syndrome - Merck
    About Budd-Chiari syndrome [Roy and Nwakakwa] - eMedicine

    Hepatitis   
    Hepatology 2009 [Mauss et al.]
    Viral Hepatitis Information from the Hepatitis Foundation Int'l
    About Viral Hepatitis (scroll down a little bit) [J-S Wu] - (TW)
    Viral Hepatitis - CDC
    The Danish Hepatitis Association [in Danish] - (DK)
    Hepatitis A [Fact Sheet] - New York State Dept. of Health (US).
    Photos of som Hepatitis A patients - CDC (US)
    Hepatitis B Coalition - Immunization Action Coalition, Minnesota (US).
    A professional's Guide to Hepatitis B - British Liver Trust
    About Hepatitis B [S Millinship] - (CH)
    Hepatitis B Foundation, and about Hepatitis B Infections and Liver Cancer [S So]
    About Hepatitis C (disease), and the Hepatitis C virus - Wikipedia
    Hepatitis C: The Facts - Public Health Div, Victoria (AU)
    Hepatitis C Information [German and English; J Reichen] - Berne (CH)
    Hepatitis C Management - The Cleveland Clinic (US)
    A Hepatitis C Primer [E Moreland]
    A professional's Guide to Hepatitis C - British Liver Trust
    Hepatitis C Help - UK Hepatitis Resource Centre
    Hepatitis C Forum [in German] - (DE)
    Die bioptische Diagnostik der Hepatitis C. Histologische kompendium. [V Dries], 2002 - Roche-Pharma AG (DE)
    The Hepatitis (C) Central , including, for instance, information about Rebetron (ribavirin + interferon) [L Shawn]
    On Interferon treatment - Hepatitis Central
    About Hepatitis D(elta) - WHO
    About the Hepatitis E Virus - FDA/CFSAN

       Rift Valley Fever   
      See another page


     Hepatitis, Chronic   
     Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management - NIDDK/NIH
     Chronic Hepatitis - Merck
     Autoimmune Hepatitis - Hepatitis Central
     Colleen's Autoimmune Hepatitis

     Hepatitis, Viral, Human   
    See another page


    Hepatolenticular Degeneration   
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    Hypertension, Portal   
    Portal Hypertension, Part I , Part II , and Other Causes of Parenchymal Liver Disease [Krige and Beckingham] - BMJ, 2001

    Liver Cirrhosis   
    Cirrhosis: Many Causes - American Liver Foundation
    About Liver Cirrhosis - Jackson Gastroenterology, and an image (gross) [EC Klatt]
    Cirrhosis and Chronic Liver Failure: Part I. Diagnosis and Evaluation. and Part II. Complications and Treatment. [Heidelbaugh et al.] - AAFP, Sep 2006
    On the Prevention and Management of Gastroesophageal Varices and Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhosis - AASLD, 2007 (US)
    The PBC Foundation - (UK)
    The PBCers Message Board - PBCers Support Group
    Cirrhosis image - Healthopedia, and picture of a patient suffering from ascites - Cyber Gastroenterology
    Oseophageal Varices in PBC - GastroLab (FI)
    Cirrhosis of the Liver , for patients - NIDDK (US)
    About Portacaval Shunt - ADAM, via MedlinePlus
    Image of Liver, alcoholic cirrhosis, early stage - Urbana Atlas of Pathology (US)
    Image (microscop.) of Liver, alcoholic, cirrhosis - Urbana Atlas of Pathology (US)

    Liver Diseases, Parasitic   

     Fascioliasis   
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    Zellweger Syndrome   
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   Pancreatic Diseases   
   About the Pancreas and the Biliary Tree - Digestive Disease Center/MUSC (US)
   Pancreas Pathology (including diabetes) [E Friedlander] - (US)
   Common diseases of the pancreas - Lab Tests Online[
   Pancreas.Org
   A collection of FAQs (and answers) - US Nat'l Pancreas Foundation
   About the Puestow Procedure , and the Whipple Procedure - Digestive Disease Center/MUSC (US)
   About the Whipple Procedure - Beth Israel Deaconess Med C.
   About Pancreas Transplantation [Kaufman and Koffron] - eMedicine
   A 3 month old baby with Anemia, Neutropenia and Lactic Acidosis [Pearson's Syndrome] - U. of Texas (US)

    Cystic Fibrosis   
   See another page

    Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency   
    Shwachman-Diamond America - (US)
    Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Intl. - (US)
    Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome [Spoto-Cannons and Kumar] - eMedicine
    Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Canada
    About Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome - OMIM, NCBI (US)

    Pancreatic Neoplasms   
   See another location

      Insulinoma   
     See another page


    Pancreatitis   
    Pancreatitis, Acute and Chronic - NDDIC (US)
    Symptoms of Acute Pancreatitis eMedicineHealth
    Pancreatitis - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    Acute Pancreatitis: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment [Carroll et al.] - AAFP, May 2007, and a Letter to the Editor [MK Walsh] - AAFP, Mar 2008
    About Acute Pancreatitis , and Chronic Pancreatitis - Digestive Diseases center, MUSC
    Image of Calcifications in the Pancreas (Chronic Pancreatitis) - Urbana Atlas of Pathology (US)
    Chronic Pancreatitis [Nair et al.] - AAFP, Dec 2007
    Operative Treatment for Chronic Pancreatitis , patient care guideline - SSAT 2004
    On Gallstone Pancreatitis [H Lin] - (US)
    The Pancreatitis Supporters Network - (UK)

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