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• AGA Institute descriptors
  • Clinical Practice
  • Esophageal, Gastric, and Duodenal Disorders
  • Intestinal Disorders
  • Pancreatic Disorders
  • Biliary Disorders
  • Gastrointestinal Oncology
  • Motility and Nerve-Gut Interactions
  • Growth, Development, and Aging
  • Immunology, Microbiology, and Inflammatory Disorders
  • Hormones and Receptors
  • Nutrition and Obesity
  • Liver

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AGA Institute descriptors 

Clinical Practice 

01 Clinical Management Strategies

02 Epidemiology

03 Health Policy/Technology Assessment/Health Services Research

04 Practice Management & Quality Assurance

Esophageal, Gastric, and Duodenal Disorders 

05 Secretion: Mechanisms and Regulation

06 Mucosal Repair and Healing

07 Experimental Mucosal Lesions

08 Helicobacter pylori: Epidemiology & Pathogenesis

09 Helicobacter pylori: Diagnosis & Treatment

10 Acid/Peptic (Includes NSAIDs): Epidemiology & Pathogenesis

11 Acid/Peptic (Includes NSAIDs): Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment

12 Reflux Esophagitis

13 Clinical Esophageal Disorders (Nonreflux)

Intestinal Disorders 

14 Pathophysiology of Diarrheal Disorders

15 Malabsorption/Gas

16 Epithelial Nutrient/Salt/Water Transport

17 Regulation of Transport

18 Enterocyte Cell & Molecular Biology

19 Splanchnic Circulation—All Organs

20 Intestinal Bleeding

Pancreatic Disorders 

21 Acinar Cell Function

22 Duct Cell Function

23 Receptors/Receptor Action

24 Neurohormonal Control

25 Experimental Pancreatitis

26 Acute Pancreatitis

27 Chronic Pancreatitis

28 Exocrine/Endocrine Tumors

Biliary Disorders 

29 Biliary Stone Disease: Nonsurgical Therapy

30 Biliary Stone Disease: Surgical & Endoscopic

31 Gallstones: Chemical, Physical, Mechanical, Radiological Properties

32 Biliary Tract Imaging: Biliary Tract Endoscopy

33 Biliary Tract Motility; Sphincter of Oddi

34 Biliary Disease: Other

Gastrointestinal Oncology 

35 Cell & Molecular Biology/Immunology/Genetics

36 Proliferation/Carcinogenesis

37 Screening/Diagnosis/Prognosis

38 Prevention/Treatment/Experimental Therapeutics

39 General Clinical/Epidemiology

Motility and Nerve-Gut Interactions 

40 Receptors/Channels/Intracellular Signals/Contraction/Relaxation

41 Intrinsic & Extrinsic Innervation: Anatomy, Nervous, Physiology, Chemistry

42 Physiology/Pathophysiology/Pharmacology: Esophagus

43 Physiology/Pathophysiology/Pharmacology: Stomach

44 Physiology/Pathophysiology/Pharmacology: Small Bowel

45 Physiology/Pathophysiology/Pharmacology: Colon & Anorectum

46 Functional GI Disorders: Symptoms, Physiology, Behavior, Epidemiology, Treatment

Growth, Development, and Aging 

47 Mucosal Growth Factors and Receptors

48 Cell Signaling

49 Intestinal Proliferation, Cell Cycle Regulation and Apoptosis

50 Biology of Intestinal Growth, Adaptation and Repair

51 Growth and Development of Liver and Pancreas

52 Gastrointestinal Development: Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms

53 Development of Mucosal Defense

54 Development of Enteric Nerves and Muscle

55 Transgenic and Knock out Animals

56 Morphogenesis, Organogenesis and Stem Cells

57 Epithelial-Mesenchyme and -Matrix Interactions

58 Gene Structure, Regulation and Expression

59 Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease

60 Pediatric Liver and Pancreatic Disorders

61 Aging and Gastrointestinal Function: Clinical and Basic

62 Clinical Gastroenterology in the Elderly

Immunology, Microbiology, and Inflammatory Disorders 

63 Mucosal Immunity

64 Host Defense Mechanisms

65 Inflammation

66 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Basic

67 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Therapy

68 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical Investigation and Epidemiology

69 Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Infections/Viruses

70 AIDS (Basic and Clinical)

71 Helicobacter pylori (Basic)

72 Microbial and Immune Mediated Injury/Pathology

Hormones and Receptors 

73 Physiology/Cell Biology/Biochemistry

74 Receptor Characterization/Regulation

75 Molecular Biology

76 Biochemistry

77 Neurobiology, Neurotransmitters and Signaling

78 Biology of Growth/Proliferation/Growth Factors

79 Brain-Gut Axis

80 Clinical Disorders

81 Miscellaneous

Nutrition and Obesity 

82 Short Gut Syndrome and Intestinal Transplantation

83 Malabsorption

84 Nutrients and Gut Function: Clinical

85 Nutritional Support and Nutritional Assessment

86 Milk: Human and Non-Human Substitutes

87 Probiotics and Functional Foods

88 Vitamins, Minerals and Micronutrients: Clinical

89 Intestinal Absorption and Nutrient Transport

90 Nutrient and Gut Function: Basic

91 Nutrient Metabolism and Signaling

92 Obesity and Eating Disorders: Clinical

93 Obesity and Satiety: Basic

Liver 

94 Morphology, Cancer, Regeneration

95 Molecular & Cell Biology, Collagen, Fibrosis

96 Chronic Hepatitis (Nonviral), Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Sclerosing Cholangitis, Immunology

97 Hepatitis

98 Ethanol, Nutrition, Metabolism (Including Genetic Disease)

99 Complications of Cirrhosis: Portal Hypertension, Portal Circulation

100 Complications of Cirrhosis: Ascites, Encephalopathy

101 Hepatic & Biliary Bile Acid and Ion Transport Bile Formation & Cholestasis

102 Bile Acids, Bile Acid Synthesis & Metabolism, Bile Lipids & Proteins, Lipoproteins

103 Gallstones, Formation & Treatment; Pathobiology of Gallbladder & Biliary Tree

104 Cell Injury, Hepatoxicity and Pharmacology

105 Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery