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Optimal preparation for video capsule endoscopy: a prospective, randomized, single-blind study by van Tuyl, S A C, den Ouden, H, Stolk, M F J, Kuipers, E J

“…Visualization of the small bowel by video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is frequently impaired by intestinal contents. Different bowel preparations have been studied…”
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Results of videocapsule endoscopy in 250 patients with suspected small bowel pathology by VAN TUYL, S. A. C, VAN NOORDEN, J. Tenthof, KUIPERS, E. J, STOLK, M. F. J

“…We aimed to assess technical feasibility, clinical applicability, and diagnostic yield of videocapsule endoscopy (VCE) in a large group of unselected patients…”
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Motilin induces gall bladder emptying and antral contractions in the fasted state in humans by Luiking, Y C, Peeters, T L, Stolk, M F J, Nieuwenhuijs, V B, Portincasa, P, Depoortere, I, van Berge Henegouwen, G P, Akkermans, L M A

“…Background—Animal studies have shown that motilin affects gall bladder motility. In humans, no effect has been shown, but erythromycin, a motilin receptor…”
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Optimal resource allocation in colonoscopy: timing of follow-up colonoscopies in relation to adenoma detection rates by Sint Nicolaas, J, de Jonge, V, van Baalen, O, Kubben, F J G M, Moolenaar, W, Stolk, M F J, Kuipers, E J, van Leerdam, M E

“…The assessment of indications for follow-up colonoscopy may help to improve the allocation of available endoscopy resources. The aim of this study was to…”
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Severe impairment of postprandial cholecystokinin release and gall‐bladder emptying and high risk of gallstone formation in acromegalic patients during Sandostatin LAR by Moschetta, A., Stolk, M. F. J., Rehfeld, J. F., Portincasa, P., Slee, P. H. TH. J., Koppeschaar, H. P. F., Van Erpecum, K. J., Vanberge‐Henegouwen, G. P.

“…Background: Acromegalic patients treated three times daily with subcutaneous injections of the somatostatin analogue octreotide frequently develop gallstones,…”
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Clinical application of video capsule endoscopy by van Tuyl, S A C, Stolk, M F J, Timmer, R

“…Non-invasive imaging of the complete small bowel has become possible with the recently available video capsule endoscopy technique. The aim of this study was…”
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Interdigestive gallbladder emptying, antroduodenal motility, and motilin release patterns are altered in cholesterol gallstone patients by STOLK, M. F. J, VAN ERPECUM, K. J, PEETERS, T. L, SAMSOM, T. M, SMOUT, A. J. P. M, AKKERMANS, L. M. A, VANBERGE-HENEGOUWEN, G. P

“…The role of interdigestive gallbladder emptying in gallstone formation is unknown. In fasting healthy subjects, gallbladder emptying is associated with antral…”
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Video capsule endoscopy: procedure, indications and diagnostic yield by VAN TUYL, S. A. C, KUIPERS, E. J, TIMMER, R, STOLK, M. F. J

“…Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is a new noninvasive imaging technique for the complete small bowel. It provides good to excellent visualisation of the mucosa of…”
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Symptomatic gallbladder stones : cost-effectiveness of treatment with extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy, conventional and laparoscopic cholecystectomy by GO, P. M. N. Y. H, STOLK, M. F. J, OBERTOP, H, DIRKSEN, C, VAN DER ELST, D. H, AMENT, A, VAN ERPECUM, K. J, VAN BERGE HENEGOUWEN, G. P, GOUMA, D. J

“…In order to strike the most favorable balance between health benefits and costs, three treatment modalities for symptomatic cholelithiasis were compared in a…”
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Effects of bile salt and phospholipid hydrophobicity on lithogenicity of human gallbladder bile by van Erpecum, K J, Portincasa, P, Stolk, M F, van de Heijning, B J, van der Zaag, E S, van den Broek, A M, van Berge Henegouwen, G P, Renooij, W

“…Increased biliary bile salt and phospholipid hydrophobicity may promote nucleation of cholesterol crystals and gallstone formation. We therefore compared bile…”
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Bile concentration promotes nucleation of cholesterol monohydrate crystals by increasing the cholesterol concentration in the vesicles by Van Erpecum, K J, Stolk, M F, van den Broek, A M, Renooij, W, van de Heijning, B J, van Berge Henegouwen, G P

“…Cholesterol in bile is solubilized in mixed micelles and cholesterol-phospholipid vesicles. Biliary cholesterol supersaturation and increased concentration of…”
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Cholesterol and pigment gallstone disease: comparison of the reliability of three bile tests for differentiation between the two stone types by van Erpecum, K J, van Berge Henegouwen, G P, Stoelwinder, B, Stolk, M F, Eggink, W F, Govaert, W H

“…Gallbladder biles and stones were obtained at 116 cholecystectomies for symptomatic gallstone disease. All 33 patients younger than 50 years had cholesterol…”
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Gallbladder volume and contraction measured by sum-of-cylinders method compared with ellipsoid and area-length methods by Stolk, M F, van Erpecum, K J, van Berge Henegouwen, G P, Kesselring, O F, Hopman, W P

“…Gallbladder volume, determined by ultrasonography (US) using the sum-of-cylinders (SOC) method, is tedious and time-consuming. We therefore examined whether…”
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Occult gastrointestinal bleeding due to a Dieulafoy lesion in the terminal ileum by Wegdam, J A, Hofker, H S, Dijkstra, G, Stolk, M F J, Jacobs, M A J M, Suurmeijer, A J H

“…A 50-year-old man awaiting liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis developed iron-deficiency anaemia. Repeated occult gastrointestinal…”
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Gallbladder emptying in vivo, bile composition, and nucleation of cholesterol crystals in patients with cholesterol gallstones by Stolk, M F, van Erpecum, K J, Renooij, W, Portincasa, P, van de Heijning, B J, vanBerge-Henegouwen, G P

“…Impaired postprandial gallbladder emptying may provide time for progressive bile concentration with formation of instable cholesterol-rich vesicles and fast…”
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The effects of the 3-hydroxy, 3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor pravastatin on bile composition and nucleation of cholesterol crystals in cholesterol gallstone disease by Smit, J W, van Erpecum, K J, Renooij, W, Stolk, M F, Edgar, P, Doornewaard, H, Vanberge-Henegouwen, G P

“…3-hydroxy,3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors reduce biliary cholesterol saturation index (CSI) in duodenal bile in hypercholesterolemic…”
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Fasting gallbladder volume, postprandial emptying and cholecystokinin release in gallstone patients and normal subjects by van Erpecum, K J, van Berge Henegouwen, G P, Stolk, M F, Hopman, W P, Jansen, J B, Lamers, C B

“…Since abnormal gallbladder emptying may be a contributing factor in the development of gallstone disease, we determined fasting gallbladder volume and…”
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Effects of ursodeoxycholic acid on gallbladder contraction and cholecystokinin release in gallstone patients and normal subjects by van Erpecum, K J, van Berge Henegouwen, G P, Stolk, M F, Hopman, W P, Jansen, J B, Lamers, C B

“…It has been previously suggested that treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid leads to decreased gallbladder emptying. The proposed mechanism is decreased release…”
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Cholesterol gallstone formation in man and potential treatments of the gallbladder motility defect by Portincasa, P, Stolk, M F, van Erpecum, K J, Palasciano, G, van Berge-Henegouwen, G P

“…Cholelithiasis affects 10-15% of the adult population in Western society, and about 75% of gallstones are of cholesterol type. Hepatic hypersecretion of…”
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The effect of bile acid hydrophobicity on nucleation of several types of cholesterol crystals from model bile vesicles by Stolk, M F, van de Heijning, B J, van Erpecum, K J, van den Broek, A M, Renooij, W, van Berge-Henegouwen, G P

“…Nucleation of cholesterol crystals is thought to occur from cholesterol-phospholipid vesicles. We tested the hypothesis that bile acids are necessary for…”
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