Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology (ISSN-1319-3767) is published quarterly in the last weeks of March, June, September and December by the Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA). The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles covering all the aspects of digestive diseases, including the prevention, diagnosis and management and related genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology as relevant to gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders.

The journal provides immediate free access to its scientific contents and does not charge the authors fee for submission, processing or publication of the manuscripts. Manuscripts could be submitted online from www.journalonweb.com/sjg.

All correspondences, subscription and advertising information should be addressed to The Editors, The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy Unit, King Khalid University Hospital, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia Tel: +966-1-4671215, Fax +966-1-4671217 Or sent electronically to editor@saudijgastro.com.

All articles published represent the opinion of the authors and not reflect the official policy of the Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology. Similarly, advertisements appearing in this journal do not neither mean endorsement nor approval of the quality or the value of the product by the Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology. All rights are reserved to the journal. No part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the editors. 

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The journal is indexed with Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases, CAB Abstracts, Caspur, DOAJ, EBSCO Publishing’s Electronic Databases, EMR Index Medicus, Excerpta Medica / EMBASE, Expanded Academic ASAP, Genamics JournalSeek, Global Health, Google Scholar, Health & Wellness Research Center, Health Reference Center Academic, Hinari, Index Copernicus, MEDLINE/Index Medicus, OpenJGate, Pubmed Central, Scimago Journal Ranking, SCOLOAR, SCOPUS, SIIC databases, SNEMB, Ulrich’s International Periodical Directory

Editorial Board - 2009

EDITORS

• IBRAHIM A AL MOFLEH

Editorial Assistant

• Sajid M Imam

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

• AHMAD M. ZUBAIDI
• AYMAN A ABDO
• FAISAL M SANAI

EDITORIAL BOARD

• ABDULLAH S. AL GHAMDI
• ABDULRAHMAN A. AL HUSSAINI
• ABDULRAHMAN M. AL JEBREEN
• ABDULRAHMAN S. AL MULHIM
• AHMAD M AL AKWAA
• AHMAD S. AL MALKI
• AHMED HELMY
• AHMED O. AL OMAIR
• ALI M. AL BINALI
• FAISAL BATWA
• HAIDER A AL-SHURAFA
• HAMAD I AL ASHGAR
• MOHAMED A. BABATIN
• MOHAMMED A. AL ZOGHAIBI
• NIZAR A AL-NAKSHABANDI
• YOUSEF A. QARI 

ADVISORY BOARD

• ABDULAZIZ A AL QURAIN (KSA)
• ABDULKARIM A AL ASKA (KSA)
• ALA U TOUKAN (JORDAN)
• DAVID Y GRAHAM (USA)
• ECKHART G HAHN (GERMANY)
• FALEH Z AL FALEH (KSA)
• FAYEZ SANDOUK (SYRIA)
• FIRAS H AL KAWAS (USA)
• GRAEME P YOUNG (AUSTRALIA)
• HARLAND S WINTER (USA)
• HAWARD M SPIRO (USA)
• HUSSEIN M AL FREIHI (KSA)
• MARIO RIZZETTO (ITALY)
• MEINHARD M CLASSEN (GERMANY)
• MOHAMMAD A AL MOFARREH (KSA)
• MOHAMMED I AL SEBAYEL (KSA)
• MOHAMMED S HUNTER (EGYPT)
• NAJAH R ZAYYANI (BAHRAIN)
• PETER MALFERTHEINER (GERMANY)
• OSAMA A SHOBOKSHI (KSA)
• ROGER G KEITH (CANADA)
• ROY E POUNDER (UK)
• SHERIF ABDEL FATAH (EGYPT)
• SULEIMAN S FEDAIL (SUDAN)
• THIERRY POYNARD (FRANCE)
• YOUSUF M AL GINDAN KSA)

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