1. Changes in physician visits for gastric and duodenal ulcer in the United States during 1958–1984 as shown by National Disease and Therapeutic Index (NDTI)

   • Amnon Sonnenberg

   Original Articles Pages: 1 - 7

2. Nutritional absorption in short bowel syndrome

   • Graham M. Woolf
   • Cindy Miller
   • Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy

   Original Articles Pages: 8 - 15

3. Surgical myotomy in patients with high-amplitude peristaltic esophageal contractions

   • Morris Traube
   • Vijayaprasad Tummala
   • Richard W. McCallum

   Original Articles Pages: 16 - 21

4. Changes in distal esophageal function in response to cooling

   • Michael D. Kaye
   • Alan E. Kilby
   • Phillip C. Harper

   Original Articles Pages: 22 - 27

5. Effect of renal failure or portacaval shunt on release of neurotensin in man

   • E. R. Eaves
   • J. Hansky

   Original Articles Pages: 28 - 32

6. Absence of significant role of bile acids in diarrhea of a heterogeneous group of postcholecystectomy patients

   • Hans Fromm
   • Anand K. Tunuguntla
   • Susan Ceryak

   Original Articles Pages: 33 - 44

7. Elemental diet stimulates gallbaldder contraction and secretion of cholecystokinin and pancreatic polypeptide in man

   • Wim P. M. Hopman
   • Alphons J. L. de Jong
   • Cornelis B. H. W. Lamers

   Original Articles Pages: 45 - 49

8. Serum immunoreactive elastase in diagnosis of pancreatic diseases

   • Hirotsugu Hamano
   • Tetsuo Hayakawa
   • Takaharu Kondo

   Original Articles Pages: 50 - 56

9. Effect of chronic feeding of ethanol diet of “average” fat content on rat pancreas

   • Manjit Singh

   Original Articles Pages: 57 - 64

10. Effect of neurotensin on amylase secretion from rat pancreasin vivo andin vitro

    • Manjit Singh
    • Madhukar S. Bandisode

    Original Articles Pages: 65 - 70

11. Evidence that PGE₂ stimulates intestinal epithelial cell adenylate cyclase by a receptor-mediated mechanism

    • Geoffrey Smith
    • Geoffrey Warhurst
    • Leslie Turnberg

    Original Articles Pages: 71 - 75

12. Assessment of the neural defect in a dog with idiopathic megaesophagus

    • B. J. K. Tan
    • N. E. Diamant

    Original Articles Pages: 76 - 85

13. Certain aspects of normal and abnormal motility of sphincter of Oddi

    • Julio C. U. Coelho
    • Frank G. Moody

    Review Article Pages: 86 - 94

14. Surgical myotomy for nutcracker esophagus

    • Joel E. Richter
    • Donald O. Castell

    Editorial Pages: 95 - 96

15. Phlegmonous gastritis andHemophilus influenzae peritonitis in a patient with alcoholic liver disease

    • Lawrence M. Tierney Jr
    • Gretchen Gooding
    • Faith T. Fitzgerald

    Case Report Pages: 97 - 101

16. Chronic recurrent pancreatitis secondary to a submucosal ampullary tumor in a patient with neurofibromatosis

    • P. J. Kahrilas
    • W. J. Hogan
    • R. C. Arndorfer

    Case Report Pages: 102 - 107

17. Pancreatitis and large bowel obstruction

    • W. K. J. Huizinga
    • E. Reddy
    • A. E. Simjee

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 108 - 109

18. Cronkhite-Canada syndrome

    • C. P. Li

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 109 - 109

19. Adenoma laser therapy

    • T. Patrice
    • P. Jutel
    • L. Le Bodic

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 109 - 110

20. Book reviews

    • Frank P. Brooks

    BookReview Pages: 111 - 111

21. News and notices

    News Pages: 112 - 112