Christopher E. McGowan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
15 Papers
11 Citations
Christopher E. McGowan is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Burden of Gastrointestinal Disease in the United States: 2012 Update
Anne F. Peery,Evan S. Dellon,Jennifer L. Lund,Seth D. Crockett,Christopher E. McGowan,William J. Bulsiewicz,Lisa M. Gangarosa,Michelle T. Thiny,Karyn Stizenberg,Douglas R. Morgan,Yehuda Ringel,Hannah P. Kim,Marco Dacosta Dibonaventura,Charlotte F. Carroll,Jeffery K. Allen,Suzanne F. Cook,Robert S. Sandler,Michael D. Kappelman,Nicholas J. Shaheen +18 more
TL;DR: The burden of GI disease in the United States is estimated and the most common GI symptom is abdominal pain, while the total cost for outpatient GI endoscopy examinations was $32.4 billion.
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Barriers to hepatitis C treatment
TL;DR: Barriers arising at multiple levels, from diagnosis to specialist referral, may impede the delivery of hepatitis C care and each needs to be addressed if wider implementation of antiviral therapy is to be achieved.
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Changing shape of disease: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Crohn's disease—A case series and review of the literature
TL;DR: NAFLD is increasing in incidence and prevalence among the general population and is likely increasing among the CD population as well, and clinicians need to consider NAFLD when evaluating an IBD patient with abnormal LFTs.
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Gastroenterology Consultations in Pregnancy
TL;DR: GI consultation in pregnancy is sought more frequently for the evaluation and management of GI disorders not unique to pregnancy than for pregnancy-unique disorders and gastroenterologists should be familiar with the most common indications for consultation inregnancy.