1. Biliary colic treatment and acute cholecystitis prevention by prostaglandin inhibitor

   • G. Goldman
   • P. J. Kahn
   • T. Wiznitzer

   Original Articles Pages: 809 - 811

2. Contractile response of canine gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi to substance P and related peptidesin vitro

   • Yan -Shi Guo
   • Pomila Singh
   • James C. Thompson

   Original Articles Pages: 812 - 817

3. Estradiol and testosterone levels in patients undergoing partial hepatectomy

   • A. Francavilla
   • J. S. Gavaler
   • T. E. Starzl

   Original Articles Pages: 818 - 822

4. Lactitol in prevention of recurrent episodes of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients with portal-systemic shunt

   • Oliviero Riggio
   • Genoveffa Balducci
   • Livio Capocaccia

   Original Articles Pages: 823 - 829

5. Detection of biliary origin of acute pancreatitis

   • Jürgen Schölmerich
   • Volker Gross
   • Eduard Heinrich Farthmann

   Original Articles Pages: 830 - 833

6. Impaired response of main pancreatic duct to secretin stimulation in early chronic pancreatitis

   • Luigi Bolondi
   • Silvia Li Bassi
   • Luigi Barbara

   Original Articles Pages: 834 - 840

7. Aging and pancreatic exocrine function

   • Kyoko Miyasaka
   • Kenichi Kitani

   Original Articles Pages: 841 - 848

8. CCK receptors in release of pancreatic polypeptide (PP) in dogs

   • Stanislaw J. Konturek
   • Piotr Konturek
   • Krystyna Szewczyk

   Original Articles Pages: 849 - 856

9. Loxiglumide

   • Makoto Otsuki
   • Masatoshi Fujii
   • Shigeaki Baba

   Original Articles Pages: 857 - 864

10. Effect of feeding on motor activity of Canine Stomach

    • Richard C. Gill
    • Marie -Anne Pilot
    • David L. Wingate

    Original Articles Pages: 865 - 872

11. Relaxatory responses of canine proximal stomach to esophageal and duodenal distension

    • Fabrizio De Ponti
    • Fernando Azpiroz
    • Juan -R. Malagelada

    Original Articles Pages: 873 - 881

12. Serious systemic toxicity resulting from use of tetracaine for pharyngeal anesthesia in upper endoscopic procedures

    • Dilip Patel
    • Sanjiv Chopra
    • Marvin D. Berman

    Original Articles Pages: 882 - 884

13. Endoscopic biopsy is diagnostic in gastric antral vascular ectasia

    • John H. Gilliam III
    • Kim R. Geisinger
    • Joel E. Richter

    Original Articles Pages: 885 - 888

14. Clinicopathological features and natural history of gastric hamartomatous polyps

    • Hiroyasu Iishi
    • Masaharu Tatsuta
    • Sigeru Okuda

    Original Articles Pages: 890 - 894

15. Characterization ofin vivo acid secretory responses of rabbit with comparison to dog and rat

    • Sean J. Mulvihill
    • Theodore N. Pappas
    • Haile T. Debas

    Original Articles Pages: 895 - 904

16. Detection of esophageal motor disorders by radionuclide transit studies

    • Richard H. Holloway
    • Robert C. Lange
    • Richard W. McCallum

    Original Articles Pages: 905 - 912

17. Esophageal tamponade in the management of acute variceal hemorrhage

    • Graham Haddock
    • O. James Garden
    • David C. Carter

    Original Articles Pages: 913 - 918

18. Reproducible lactulose hydrogen breath test as a measure of mouth-to-cecum transit time

    • Spiros D. Ladas
    • Christos Latoufis
    • Sotos A. Raptis

    Original Articles Pages: 919 - 924

19. Preliminary report on isolation of mycobacteria from patients with Crohn's disease

    • Gary Gitnick
    • Judith Collins
    • Mary Palieschesky

    Original Articles Pages: 925 - 932

20. Causes and consequences of hypochlorhydria in the elderly

    • Peter R. Holt
    • Irwin H. Rosenberg
    • Robert M. Russell

    Conference Report Pages: 933 - 937

21. Micronodular cirrhosis after thiabendazole

    • Michael A. Roy
    • F. Warren Nugent
    • H. Thomas Aretz

    Case Report Pages: 938 - 941

22. Lymphoma predominantly involving the pancreas

    • Mitchell S. Cappell
    • Francis Yao
    • Constantine A. Axiotis

    Case Report Pages: 942 - 947

23. Incomplete tubular duplication of esophagus with heterotopic gastric mucosa

    • Eizo Kaneko
    • Akashi Kohda
    • Isamu Kino

    Case Report Pages: 948 - 951

24. Cholangiocarcinoma associated with multiple bile-duct hamartomas of the liver

    • Andrew Dekker
    • Fiebo J. W. Ten Kate
    • Onno T. Terpstra

    Case Report Pages: 952 - 958

25. Sucralfate effects

    • Alan Sandberg
    • Simmy Bank
    • Victoria Kranz

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 959 - 960

26. Normal serum amylase in acute pancreatitis

    • Stastna Ruzena

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 960 - 961

27. Acute pancreatitis associated withCampylobacter enteritis

    • L. Castilla-Higuero
    • M. Castro-Fernandez
    • P. Guerrero-Jimenez

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 961 - 962

28. Meaning of measurement of bound sialic acid output in human gastric juice

    • J. Vatier
    • C. Poitevin
    • M. Mignon

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 962 - 963

29. Des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin in hepatocellular carcinoma after vitamin K₁ injection

    • C. Buffet
    • E. Bismuth
    • J. P. Etienne

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 963 - 964

30. Ascitic cholesterol: Accurate parameter to the differential diagnosis of ascites?

    • J. E. Pina-Cabral
    • M. Correia-Leitão
    • J. Gouveia-Monteiro

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 964 - 964

31. Macroamylasemia disappearance after gluten withdrawal

    • A. Van Gossum
    • Michel Cremer

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 964 - 966

32. Book reviews

    • David H. Van Thiel

    BookReview Pages: 967 - 968

33. Abstracts of the international Symposium on Brain-Gut interactions

    Abstract Pages: 969 - 990

34. News and notices

    News Pages: 991 - 992