1. Effects of Sildenafil on Esophageal Motility of Normal Subjects

   • Mauro Bortolotti
   • Cristina Mari
   • Mario Miglioli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2301 - 2306

2. Pyloric Relaxation Regulated Via Intramural Neural Pathway of the Antrum

   • Erito Mochiki
   • Hiroyuki Kuwano
   • Takayuki Asao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2307 - 2313

3. Inhibition of β-Catenin Translocation in Rodent Colorectal Tumors: A Novel Explanation for the Protective Effect of Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs in Colorectal Cancer

   • Wendy A. Brown
   • Stewart A. Skinner
   • Paul E. O'brien

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2314 - 2321

4. Palliative Treatment of Malignant Obstruction of Gastric Outlet Using an Endoscopically Placed Enteral Wallstent

   • Jesus Espinel
   • Santiago Vivas
   • Jose Luis Olcoz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2322 - 2324

5. Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and Extracolonic Cancer

   • Henry T. Lynch
   • Alan G. Thorson
   • Jane F. Lynch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2325 - 2332

6. CASE REPORT: Cardiac Tamponade as the First Manifestation of Gastric Cancer and Remission After Chemotherapy

   • N. Varvarigos
   • H. Kamaradou
   • C. Galanis

   BriefCommunication Pages: 2333 - 2335

7. Changes of Colonic Mucosal Microcirculation and Histology in Two Colitis Models: An Experimental Study Using Intravital Microscopy and a New Histological Scoring System

   • Martin Kruschewski
   • Thomas Foitzik
   • Heinz Johannes Buhr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2336 - 2343

8. CASE REPORT: Mesenteric Arterial Thrombosis as a Complication of Crohn's Disease

   • Premal Sanghavi
   • Anil Paramesh
   • Thanh Phan

   BriefCommunication Pages: 2344 - 2346

9. Nutritional and Metabolic Considerations in the Etiology of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

   • Vandana Nehra
   • Paul Angulo
   • Keith D. Lindor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2347 - 2352

10. Congestion of Superior Mesenteric Veins and Small Bowel Mucosal Injury After Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices in Patients with Portal Hypertension

    • Hidenori Toyoda
    • Makoto Nakao
    • Hiroshi Nakano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2353 - 2359

11. Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Interleukin-6, and Nitric Oxide in Sterile Ascitic Fluid and Serum from Patients with Cirrhosis Who Subsequently Develop Ascitic Fluid Infection

    • José Such
    • Donald J. Hillebrand
    • Bruce A. Runyon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2360 - 2366

12. Effects of Octreotide on Intestinal Transit and Bacterial Translocation in Conscious Rats with Portal Hypertension and Liver Fibrosis

    • Nary Veal
    • Hélène Auduberteau
    • Paul Calès

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2367 - 2373

13. Progesterone Receptor in Patients with Hepatolithiasis

    • Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen
    • Hsin-Tsung Ho
    • Fong-Fu Chou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2374 - 2377

14. Immunologic Influences of Hyperthermia in a Rat Model of Obstructive Jaundice

    • Bahadir M. Gũllũoğlu
    • Ali Bekrakı
    • A. Õzdemir Aktan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2378 - 2384

15. CASE REPORT: Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Cholestatic Hepatitis

    • Michael S. Morelli
    • Francis X. O'Brien

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2385 - 2388

16. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA Determination After Two Weeks of Induction Interferon Treatment Is an Accurate Predictor of Nonresponse: Comparison of Two Treatment Schedules

    • Angelo Rossini
    • Marco Artini
    • Elisabetta Cariani

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2389 - 2395

17. High-Dose Interferon-α2b Plus Ribavirin for Retreatment of Interferon-Nonresponsive Patients Infected with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus

    • Maria Buti
    • Sergio Morral
    • R. Esteban

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2396 - 2400

18. Prevalence and Genotypic Variability of TTV in HIV-Infected Patients

    • Kenneth E. Sherman
    • Susan D. Rouster
    • Judith Feinberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2401 - 2407

19. Previous or Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Without Hepatic Fibrosis

    • Shoji Kubo
    • Akihiro Tamori
    • Hiroaki Kinoshita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2408 - 2414

20. LETTER: Cirrhosis and Cholelithiasis

    • R. Mokeba
    • D. Friedel

    Letter Pages: 2415 - 2415

21. Health-Related Quality-of-Life and Quality-Days Incrementally Gained in Symptomatic Nonerosive GERD Patients Treated with Lansoprazole or Ranitidine

    • Susan D. Mathias
    • Hilary H. Colwell
    • Joshua J. Ofman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2416 - 2423

22. Does Carditis Have Two Different Etiologies?

    • Claudia Wolf
    • Cornelis A. Seldenrijk
    • André J.P.M. Smout

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2424 - 2432

23. Paradoxical Role of Helicobacter pylori Infection: Protective Effect Against Ethanol-Induced Gastric Mucosal Injury in Mongolian Gerbils

    • Atsushi Sugiyama
    • Tatsuo Ikeno
    • Tsutomu Katsuyama†

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2433 - 2439

24. Accuracy of Stool Antigen Test in Posteradication Assessment of Helicobacter pylori Infection

    • Gianpiero Manes
    • Antonio Balzano
    • Dino Vaira

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2440 - 2444

25. Clarithromycin Resistance, but Not CYP2C-19 Polymorphism, Has a Major Impact on Treatment Success in 7-Day Treatment Regimen for Cure of H. pylori Infection: A Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis

    • Hiroto Miwa
    • Hanako Misawa
    • Nobuhiro Sato

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2445 - 2450

26. CASE REPORT: Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Patient with Relapsing Confusional Syndrome

    • Juan Cordoba
    • Carmen Hinojosa
    • Jaume Guardia

    BriefCommunication Pages: 2451 - 2455

27. LETTER: Complication of Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Drainage

    • Kirien T. Kjossev
    • Julian E. Losanoff

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2456 - 2456

28. Cannulation of the Aorta in Organ Donors with Infrarenal Aortic Pathologies

    • Ernesto P. Molmenti
    • Hebe Molmenti
    • Goran B. Klintmalm

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2457 - 2459

29. Area Postrema Lesion Alters the Effects of Peptide YY on 2-DG-Stimulated Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion

    • Xiaoying Deng
    • Dulce R. Guarita
    • David C. Whitcomb

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2460 - 2469

30. Acute Pancreatitis: Does Gender Matter?

    • Paul Georg Lankisch
    • Christine Assmus
    • Albert B. Lowenfels

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2470 - 2474

31. CASE REPORT: Choledochoduodenal Fistula Due to Duodenal Peptic Ulcer

    • Sakhri Jaballah
    • Youssef Sabri
    • Skandrani Karim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2475 - 2479

32. CASE REPORT: Metastatic Gas Gangrene of the Leg Due to Acute Emphysematous Cholecystitis

    • Takeshi Ito
    • Katsuya Shiraki
    • Takeshi Nakano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2480 - 2483

33. Inflammatory Mediators in Patients Receiving Long-Term Home Parenteral Nutrition

    • Pei-Ra Ling
    • Lalita Khaodhiar
    • Nicholas Tawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2484 - 2489

34. Spermine-Induced Alteration of Small Intestine in Suckling Rat: Involvement of Apoptosis or Zn2+ Enzymes?

    • Olivier Peulen
    • Ghislaine Denis
    • Guy Dandrifosse

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2490 - 2498

35. Somatostatin Enhances cAMP-Dependant Short-Circuit Current in Human Colon via Somatostatin Receptor Subtype-2

    • N. Hope
    • G. Butt
    • G.O. Barbezat

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2499 - 2503

36. Basal and Fat-Stimulated Plasma Peptide YY Levels in Celiac Disease

    • Peter J. Wahab
    • Wim P.M. Hopman
    • Jan B.M.J. Jansen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2504 - 2509

37. Diagnostic Approach to a Patient with Suspected Celiac Disease: A Cost Analysis

    • Gavin C. Harewood
    • Joseph A. Murray

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2510 - 2514

38. Ozone Enema: A Model of Microscopic Colitis in Rats

    • Rami Eliakim
    • Fanny Karmeli
    • Ari Zimran

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2515 - 2520

39. Genetic Determinants of IL-6 Expression Levels Do Not Influence Bone Loss in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    • Claudia M.S. Schulte
    • Harald Goebell
    • Klaus-Martin Schulte

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2521 - 2528

40. High Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Intestinal Mucosal Biopsies from Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Controls

    • Wangxue Chen
    • Dong Li
    • Vinton S. Chadwick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2529 - 2535

41. Nitric Oxide Inhibitors Ameliorate Indomethacin-Induced Enteropathy in Rats

    • G. Parasher
    • L. Frenklakh
    • R.A. Levine

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2536 - 2541

42. Pain Hypersensitivity in Patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Gastrointestinal-Specific Defect or a General Systemic Condition?

    • M. Bouin
    • P. Meunier
    • P. Poitras

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2542 - 2548

43. CASE REPORT: Lactulose-Induced Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Pneumoperitoneum

    • Robert A. Goodman
    • Thomas R. Riley III

    BriefCommunication Pages: 2549 - 2553

44. Errata

    Erratum Pages: 2554 - 2554