1. Statement on guidelines for total parenteral nutrition

   • James V. Sitzmann
   • Henry A. Pitt
   • The Patient Care Committee of The American Gastroenterological Association

   OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 496

2. Recurrent autonomous esophageal peristalsis in patients with chest discomfort

   • Todd E. Nixon
   • Kenneth L. Koch

   Original Articles Pages: 497 - 502

3. Modulation of esophageal contractions by distensionin Vitro

   • J. Ren
   • K. Schulze-Delrieu

   Original Articles Pages: 503 - 508

4. Orocecal transit delay in obese patients

   • G. Basilisco
   • G. Camboni
   • P. A. Bianchi

   Original Articles Pages: 509 - 512

5. Distribution of immunoreactive substance P in opossum esophagus

   • James Christensen
   • Terence H. Williams
   • Thomas M. O'Dorisio

   Original Articles Pages: 513 - 520

6. Sham feeding

   • Robert M. Stern
   • Howard E. Crawford
   • Kenneth L. Koch

   Original Articles Pages: 521 - 527

7. Caloric content of a meal affects duration but not contractile pattern of duodenal motility in man

   • Ann Ouyang
   • Alan G. Sunshine
   • James C. Reynolds

   Original Articles Pages: 528 - 536

8. Effect of duodenal ulcerogens cysteamine, mepirizole, and MPTP on duodenal myoelectric activity in rats

   • J. C. Mangla
   • G. Pihan
   • S. Szabo

   Original Articles Pages: 537 - 542

9. Increased dopamine receptor binding in duodenal mucosa of duodenal ulcer patients

   • Daniel E. Hernandez
   • Cheryl H. Walker
   • George A. Mason

   Original Articles Pages: 543 - 547

10. Effect of dopamine on electrical activity of isolated stomach muscle in cats

    • Yang Hyeok Jo
    • Sang Soo Sim
    • Myung Suk Kim

    Original Articles Pages: 548 - 552

11. Xylose transport in the human jejunum

    • D. D. K. Rolston
    • V. I. Mathan

    Original Articles Pages: 553 - 558

12. Ascorbic acid absorption in Crohn's disease

    • Stephen H. Pettit
    • Jonathon L. Shaffer
    • Miles H. Irving

    Original Articles Pages: 559 - 566

13. Effect of somatostatin analog (SMS 201-995) onin vivo intestinal fluid transport in rats

    • Richard N. Fedorak
    • Sherie L. Allen

    Original Articles Pages: 567 - 572

14. 5-Aminosalicylic acid concentration in mucosal interstitium of cat small and large intestine

    • Matthew B. Grisham
    • D. Neil Granger

    Original Articles Pages: 573 - 578

15. Effect of pacing on small intestinal motor activity and hormonal response in dogs

    • Silvano B. Reiser
    • Hans F. Weiser
    • Jörg R. Siewert

    Original Articles Pages: 579 - 584

16. Oral administration of cyclosporin does not prevent expansion of antigen-specific, gut-associated, and spleen lymphocyte populations duringChlamydia trachomatis proctitis in nonhuman primates

    • Martin Zeitz
    • Thomas C. Quinn
    • Stephen P. James

    Original Articles Pages: 585 - 595

17. Glycoproteins and glycolipids of rat small intestinal microvillus and basolateral membranes

    • Akira Morita
    • Bader Siddiqui
    • Young S. Kim

    Original Articles Pages: 596 - 605

18. Physician visits in the United States for constipation: 1958 to 1986

    • Amnon Sonnenberg
    • Timothy R. Koch

    Original Articles Pages: 606 - 611

19. Intravenous calcitonin gene-related peptide stimulates net water secretion in rat colonin Vivo

    • R. K. Rolston
    • M. A. Ghatei
    • S. R. Bloom

    Original Articles Pages: 612 - 616

20. Stimulation of specificAeromonas antibody secretion in rat intestine by γ-aminobutyric acid

    • Gui -Fang Jin
    • Yan -Shi Guo
    • Clifford W. Houston

    Original Articles Pages: 617 - 622

21. Multiple jejunal perforations secondary to cytomegalovirus in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome

    • Anthony J. DeRiso Jr
    • M. Margaret Kemeny
    • Jorge M. Oliver

    Case Report Pages: 623 - 629

22. Amyloidosis mimics achalasia's effect on lower esophageal sphincter

    • Jeffrey R. Lefkowitz
    • Douglas L. Brand
    • William R. Brugge

    Case Report Pages: 630 - 635

23. Liver abscess due toYersinia enterocolitica: Case report and review of the literature

    • Raman Khanna
    • Hulya Levendoglu

    Case Report Pages: 636 - 639

24. Electron microscopic detection of whipple's bacillus in sarcoidlike periodic acid-Schiff-negative granulomas

    • H. D. M. Spapen
    • O. Segers
    • G. Somers

    Case Report Pages: 640 - 643

25. Severe acute pancreatitis and normal serum amylase activity due to pancreatic isoamylase deficiency

    • A. Borgström
    • M. Bohe

    Case Report Pages: 644 - 646

26. News and notices

    News Pages: 647 - 648