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ONGOING RESEARCH
  • Inflammatory cytokines levels and their mRNA expression in the small intestine in experimental models of ulcerative colitis and the role of the enteric nervous system
  • Establishing a new experimental model of ulcerative colitis induced by electrocautery
  • Importance of different proton pump inhibitors on mucous and prostaglandin secretion in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)-induced gastric injury
  • The genetic profile of inflammatory bowel diseases in Lebanon
  • Predictive factors of sleep apnea during endoscopic conscious sedation
  • Screening colonoscopy: clinical risk factors for colon polyps and colorectal cancer in the average risk-Lebanese population
  • An open-label trial of Rituximab (anti-CD 20) in steroid-dependant moderately severe ulcerative colitis
  • A randomized trial of standard vs. low-dose Rabeprazole, Clarithromycin, and Amoxicillin in the treatment of Helicobacter Pylori Infection
  • Outcome of asymptomatic patients with HBeAg-negative chronic HBV and persistently normal aminotransferases: a long-term prospective cohort study
  • A Markov analysis of the optimal long-term treatment for HBeAg-negative chronic HBV
  • The effect of gastric acid and pepsin on Clostridium difficile growth in vitro
  • Small intestinal adaptation to diabetes
  • Extrinsic and intrinsic neural regulation of small intestinal nutrient transport
  • Taurine intestinal absorption and renal excretion in experimental and human diabetes
  • Cytokine expression in animal models of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Effect of experimental colitis on small intestinal nutrient and fluid absorption and its neural mechanisms
  • Correlation between genotypes and phenotypes in Wilson’s Disease
  • Celiac disease in patients coming for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: a clinical, endoscopic, serologic, and histopathologic study
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding in the setting of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy
  • The role or endoscopic ultrasonography in the evaluation of large rectal polyps
  • Monitoring using capnography during gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): assessment of hemodynamic profile and bacterial load in a porcine model
  • EUS for the evaluation of pancreatic pseudotumors
  • The value of Infliximab in the management of acute pancreatitis: a prospective, randomized trial
  • Posterior lingual lidocaine swab as single agent anesthesia in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
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