Wallace Frank Berman

Journal Article J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr · March 2010 We investigated the performance of aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) as a noninvasive marker of fibrosis and cirrhosis in children with chronic viral hepatitis. All of the patients 0 to 20 years old with chronic hepatitis B or C pre ... Full text Link to item Cite

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AST TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX AS A NONINVASIVE MARKER OF FIBROSIS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS

Conference HEPATOLOGY · October 1, 2008 Link to item Cite

Nurse staffing and adverse events in hospitalized children.

Journal Article Policy Polit Nurs Pract · May 2007 This study determined whether the number of hours of care provided by RNs was related to mortality and complications in hospitalized children. Administrative data (1996-2001) were used to examine discharges of 3.65 million pediatric patients in 286 general ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence of factor V G1691A (Leiden), prothrombin G20210A, and methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase C677T thrombophilic mutations in children with inflammatory bowel disease.

Journal Article J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr · November 2002 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have an increased incidence of thromboembolic events. This risk may be caused by an increased frequency of thrombophilic mutations such as factor V Leiden G1691A (FVL), prothrombin G20210A (PT), or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pulmonary hypertension associated with portal hypertension in a child with Williams syndrome--a case report.

Journal Article Pediatr Pathol · 1994 Featured Publication A 14-year-old white female with Williams syndrome and portal hypertension presented in shock; at autopsy she was found to have grade II to VI vascular changes of pulmonary hypertension. This case demonstrates the association of portal hypertension and pulm ... Full text Link to item Cite

Candida albicans cholecystitis.

Journal Article Am J Gastroenterol · October 1993 Featured Publication Link to item Cite

Endoscopic balloon dilation of esophageal strictures in children.

Journal Article Gastrointest Endosc · 1993 Featured Publication A total of 17 patients, ages 3 weeks to 14 1/2 years, had 20 esophageal strictures develop after repair of esophageal atresia (9 strictures); primary gastroesophageal reflux (3 strictures); Nissen fundoplication (4 strictures); epidermolysis bullosa congen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Plasma 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl phosphatidylcholine. Evidence for extensive phospholipase A1 hydrolysis and hepatic metabolism of the products.

Journal Article J Biol Chem · September 25, 1991 1-Palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl phosphatidylcholine (PLPC) labeled in either the choline, glycerol, palmitate, or linoleate component in reconstituted rat high density lipoprotein (rHDL), was administered by vein to rats with bile fistula and taurocholate infusion ... Link to item Cite

Use of azathioprine in nine children with Crohn's disease.

Journal Article Va Med Q · 1991 Link to item Cite

Behavior modification in the treatment of rumination.

Journal Article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · July 1983 Rumination is repeated regurgitation without nausea or associated gastrointestinal illness with concomitant weight loss and malnutrition. This paper describes a ruminating infant who was becoming severely malnourished. Hyperalimentation was used to provide ... Full text Link to item Cite

Colitis cystica profunda: a pediatric case report.

Journal Article J Pediatr Surg · June 1983 A case of colitis cystica profunda in a 14-year-old male is presented. The clinical and pathologic management are reviewed. Differentiation from adenocarcinoma by careful histologic evaluation of the epithelium is fundamental in avoiding overtreatment. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clostridium difficile associated with pseudomembranous colitis. Occurrence in a 12-week-old infant without prior antibiotic therapy.

Journal Article Am J Dis Child · September 1981 In a previously healthy 12-week-old male infant with a two-week history of poor feeding, colic, and bloody stools, pseudomembranous colitis developed. No prior antibiotics were administered although the child had received dicyclomine hydrochloride. Clostri ... Link to item Cite

Management of congenital microgastria with a jejunal reservoir pouch.

Journal Article J Pediatr Surg · December 1980 A 3-mo-old female presented with growth retardation, vomiting, reflux esophagitis, recurrent aspiration pneumonias, and was found to have megaesophagus and microgastria. After the failure of conservative therapy a double-lumen jejunal (Hunt-Lawrence) pouch ... Full text Link to item Cite

Galactose and glucose metabolism in the isolated perfused suckling and adult rat liver.

Journal Article Metabolism · December 1978 The development of the technique for the perfusion of the immature liver has enabled us to characterize metabolic differences in carbohydrate metabolism in the suckling versus adult rat livers. Livers of fasted suckling and adult rats were perfused with 4 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Basal and stimulated serum growth hormone concentrations in inflammatory bowel disease.

Journal Article J Clin Endocrinol Metab · April 1977 Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) manifest growth failure which may antecede abdominal symptoms by some years. Eight of ten children with documented IBD had records of decreasing growth velocities. Investigation of growth hormone reserves show ... Full text Link to item Cite

Metabolism and transport of galactose by rat intestine.

Journal Article Biochim Biophys Acta · November 11, 1976 Intestinal uptake and metabolism of galactose were examined in everted jejunal rings from fasted adult rats using 0.2-28 mM sugar. After 60-min incubations, the total uptake (free tissue plus amount metabolized) of galactose ranged from 1.75 mumol/g at 0.2 ... Full text Link to item Cite