Comparison of the clinical characteristics of patients with small bowel and gastric anisakiasis in jeju island.

Background/aims: Anisakiasis is frequent in Jeju Island because of the people's habit of ingesting raw fish. This study evaluated the clinical characteristics of patients with small bowel anisakiasis and compared them with those of patients with gastric anisakiasis.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 109 patients diagnosed with anisakiasis between May 2003 and November 2011.

Diagnostic value of clinical T staging assessed by endoscopy and stomach protocol computed tomography in gastric cancer: the experience of a low-volume institute.

Purpose: Clinical staging of gastric cancer appears to be important more and more for tailored therapy. This study aimed to verify the accuracy of clinical T staging in a low-volume institute.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed prospectively collected data of gastric cancer patients who underwent resection.

A Comparison between Discrimination Indices and Item-Response Theory Using the Rasch Model in a Clinical Course Written Examination of a Medical School.

Purpose: The reliability of test is determined by each items' characteristics. Item analysis is achieved by classical test theory and item response theory. The purpose of the study was to compare the discrimination indices with item response theory using the Rasch model.

Partial characterization of a 29 kDa cysteine protease purified from Taenia solium metacestodes.

A 29 kDa cysteine protease of Taenia solium metacestodes was purified by Mono Q anion-exchanger and Superose 6 HR gel filtration chromatography. The enzyme was effectively inhibited by cysteine protease inhibitors, such as iodoacetic acid (IAA) and trans-epoxy-succinyl-L-leucyl-amido (4-guanidino) butane (E-64) while inhibitors acting on serine- or metallo-proteases did not affect the enzyme activity. The purified enzyme degraded human immunoglobulin G (IgG), collagen and bovine serum albumin (BSA), but human IgG was more susceptible for proteolysis by the enzyme.