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Alfred Health research outcomes are published in a wide range of peer reviewed journals. 

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Improved survival trend of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at an Australian tertiary hospital between 1995-2009

Wong N, Haydon A, Kemp W, Wijeratne P, Roberts S

(2013), Intern Med J, 43(2), 197-203

Biologic therapy of Crohn’s disease: natalizumab, vedolizumab, CCX282-B

Chung A, Gibson PR

(2012), In: Baumgart DC (ed) Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Springer, New York, Chapter 35, 441-52

SINGLE-01: a randomized, controlled trial comparing the efficacy and depth of insertion of single- and double-balloon enteroscopy by using a novel method to determine insertion depth

Efthymiou M, Desmond PV, Brown G, La Nauze R, Kaffes A, Chua TJ, Taylor AC

(2012), Gastrointest Endosc, 76(5), 972-80

Dietary management of infantile colic: a systematic review

Iacovou M, Ralston RA, Muir J, Walker KZ, Truby H

(2012), Matern Child Health J, 16(6), 1319-31

Systemic mastocytosis: a gastroenterologists perspective

Philpott H, Crowley P, Gow P, Douglass J, Nandurkar S, Gibson P

(2012), Frontline Gastroenterol, 3, 5-9

Effects of methylnaltrexone in patients with narcotic bowel syndrome: a pilot observational study

Gibson PR, Morrison G

(2012), Intern Med J, 42(8), 907-12

New treatments for hepatitis C: the protease inhibitors

Kitson MT, Roberts SK

(2012), Med Today, 13(11), 73-75

D-livering the message: the importance of vitamin D status in chronic liver disease

Kitson MT, Roberts SK

(2012), J Hepatol, 57(4), 897-909

Feasibility and performance of the FibroScan XL probe

Kemp W, Roberts S

(2012), Hepatology, 55(4), 1308-9

Safety of peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin in a large multinational cohort of chronic hepatitis C patients

Lee SS, Roberts SK, Berak H, Dusheiko GM, Harley HA, Gane EJ, Husa P, Horsmans YJ, Hadziyannis SJ, Jenny Heathcote E, Messinger D, Tatsch F, Han KH, Ferenci P

(2012), Liver Int, 32(8), 1270-7

Early on-treatment viral load and baseline METAVIR score: improved prediction of sustained virological response in HCV genotype 1 patients

Crawford DH, Dore GJ, Sievert W, Cheng WS, Weltman M, McCaughan G, Rawlinson W, Marks PS, Yoshihara M, Rizkalla B, Roberts SK; CHARIOT Study Group

(2012), Antivir Ther, 17(5), 849-54

Safety profile of standard- vs. high-dose peginterferon alfa-2a plus standard-dose ribavirin in HCV genotype 1/4 patients: pooled analysis from 5 randomized studies

Marcellin P, Roberts SK, Reddy KR, Harrison SA, Jensen DM, Hadziyannis S, Diago M, Weltman M, Messinger D, Tatsch F, Rizzetto M

(2012), Expert Opin Drug Saf, 11(6), 901-9

Effect of IL28B genotype on early viral kinetics during interferon-free treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C

Chu TW, Kulkarni R, Gane EJ, Roberts SK, Stedman C, Angus PW, Ritchie B, Lu XY, Ipe D, Lopatin U, Germer S, Iglesias VA, Elston R, Smith PF, Shulman NS

(2012), Gastroenterology, 142(4), 790-5

Why thiopurine metabolites are relevant

Friedman AB, Sparrow MP, Gibson PR

(2012), Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 35(3), 400-1

Manipulating dietary intake of poorly absorbed and fermentable short-chain carbohydrates (FODMAPs): implications for laxation and gastrointestinal health

Muir JG, Shepherd SJ, Barrett JS, Mitchell SB, Ong DK, Rose R, Rosella O, Yao CK, Halmos EP, Biesiekierski JR, Gibson PR

(2012), In: Cho SS, Almeida N (eds). Dietary Fiber and Health. CRC Press, Florida, USA, Chapter 15, 197-208

For celiac disease, diagnosis is not enough

Gibson PR, Shepherd SJ, Tye-Din JA

(2012), Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 10(8), 900-1

Food choice as a key management strategy for functional gastrointestinal symptoms

Gibson PR, Shepherd SJ

(2012), Am J Gastroenterol, 107(5), 657-66

Review article: vitamin D and inflammatory bowel disease--established concepts and future directions

Garg M, Lubel JS, Sparrow MP, Holt SG, Gibson PR

(2012), Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 36(4), 324-44

Review article: the pathophysiological roles of the renin-angiotensin system in the gastrointestinal tract

Garg M, Angus PW, Burrell LM, Herath C, Gibson PR, Lubel JS

(2012), Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 35(4), 414-28

Fructose and lactose testing

Barrett JS, Gibson PR

(2012), Aust Fam Physician, 41(5), 293-6