1. Hepatitis B virus

   • Boris Yoffe
   • Christine A. Noonan

   Review Article Pages: 1 - 9

2. Intestinal manometry—Technical advances, clinical limitations

   • Eamonn M. M. Quigley

   Review Article Pages: 10 - 13

3. Maturation of antroduodenal motor activity in preterm and term infants

   • Patricia I. Ittmann
   • Rathna Amarnath
   • Carol Lynn Berseth

   Original Articles Pages: 14 - 19

4. Antroduodenal manometry

   • E. M. M. Quigley
   • J. P. Donovan
   • T. F. Gallagher

   Original Articles Pages: 20 - 28

5. Placebo-controlled trial of oral 5-ASA in relapse prevention of Crohn's disease

   • Corrado Brignola
   • Primiano Iannone
   • Luigi Barbara

   Original Articles Pages: 29 - 32

6. Role of T lymphocytes in intestinal mucosal injury

   • Renata D'Inca
   • Peter Ernst
   • Mary H. Perdue

   Original Articles Pages: 33 - 39

7. Activity distribution of seven digestive enzymes along small intestine in calves during development and weaning

   • Isabelle Le Huerou
   • Paul Guilloteau
   • Antoine Puigserver

   Original Articles Pages: 40 - 46

8. Effect of base precursors on water and electrolyte transport during oral hydration solution perfusion in secreting rat intestine

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

   Original Articles Pages: 47 - 52

9. Jejunal secretion of secretory immunoglobulins and gliadin antibodies in celiac disease

   • Bengt Lavö
   • Folke Knutson
   • Roger Hällgren

   Original Articles Pages: 53 - 59

10. Impaired intestinal electrolyte transport in rats infested with the common parasiteSyphacia muris

    • R. Lübcke
    • F. A. R. Hutcheson
    • G. O. Barbezat

    Original Articles Pages: 60 - 64

11. Hepatitis B virus markers and antibodies to hepatitis C virus in Japanese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Nobukazu Yuki
    • Norio Hayashi
    • Takenobu Kamada

    Original Articles Pages: 65 - 72

12. Functional analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes isolated from patients with chronic hepatitis type B

    • Carmelo García-Monzón
    • Ricardo Moreno-Otero
    • Francisco Sánchez-Madrid

    Original Articles Pages: 73 - 78

13. Dextran administration avoids hemodynamic changes following paracentesis in cirrhotic patients

    • Ruben Terg
    • Julio Berreta
    • Luis Boerr

    Original Articles Pages: 79 - 83

14. Growth-regulatory effects of glucagon, insulin, and epidermal growth factor in cultured hepatocytes

    • Tor-Erik Sand
    • G. Hege Thoresen
    • Thoralf Christoffersen

    Original Articles Pages: 84 - 92

15. Exocrine and endocrine functional reserve in the course of chronic pancreatitis as studied by maximal stimulation tests

    • G. Cavallini
    • P. Bovo
    • L. A. Scuro

    Original Articles Pages: 93 - 96

16. Methyltert-butyl ether in the endoscopic treatment of common bile duct radiolucent stones in elderly patients with nasobiliary tube

    • D. Diaz
    • P. Bories
    • H. Michel

    Original Articles Pages: 97 - 100

17. Effect of selective and nonselective muscarinic blockade on cholecystokinin-induced gallbladder emptying in man

    • Vicente Garrigues
    • Julio Ponce
    • Joaquin Berenguer

    Original Articles Pages: 101 - 104

18. Effect of small doses of somatostatin analog, octreotide, on gallbladder contractility in normal Chinese adults

    • Xian-Feng Zhu
    • Yi-Fan Shi
    • Alan G. Harris

    Original Articles Pages: 105 - 108

19. Altered Na⁺ and Cl⁻ flux during diet-induced mixed gallstone formation in the prairie dog

    • Kimberly D. Saunders
    • Seth D. Strichartz
    • Joel J. Roslyn

    Original Articles Pages: 109 - 115

20. Microscopic examination of bile directly collected during endoscopic cannulation of the papilla

    • Louis Buscail
    • Jean Escourrou
    • André Ribet

    Original Articles Pages: 116 - 120

21. Survival ofLactobacillus species (strain GG) in human gastrointestinal tract

    • Barry R. Goldin
    • Sherwood L. Gorbach
    • Seppo Salminen

    Original Articles Pages: 121 - 128

22. Effect of yogurt on clindamycin-inducedClostridium difficile colitis in hamsters

    • Catherine M. Kotz
    • Lancer R. Peterson
    • Michael D. Levitt

    Original Articles Pages: 129 - 132

23. Cecal inflammatory fibroid polyp presenting with chronic diarrhea

    • Ira S. Merkel
    • Mordechai Rabinovitz
    • Andrew Dekker

    Case Report Pages: 133 - 136

24. Adenocarcinomas arising in tongues or short segments of Barrett's esophagus

    • Thomas G. Schnell
    • Stephen J. Sontag
    • Gregorio Chejfec

    Case Report Pages: 137 - 143

25. Dysphagia lusoria caused by persistent right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery and diverticulum of kommerell

    • Peter R. Mcnally
    • Kevin M. Rak

    Case Report Pages: 144 - 149

26. Granulomatous hepatitis due to combination of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid

    • Christine Silvain
    • Eric Fort
    • Michel Beauchant

    OriginalPaper Pages: 150 - 152

27. Hemoperitoneum in the setting of metastatic cancer to the liver

    • Karen E. Schoedel
    • Andrew Dekker

    Case Report Pages: 153 - 154

28. Nitroglycerinin situ reduces upper anal canal pressure

    • F. Guillemot
    • Y. C. Lone
    • A. Cortot

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 155 - 155

29. Starch digestibilityin vivo andin vitro

    • Stefan Christl
    • Wolfgang Scheppach

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 156 - 156

30. Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies among patients with alcoholic liver disease, supplemented by 4-RIBA

    • P. Laurent-Puig
    • E. Dussaix
    • C. Buffet

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 156 - 157

31. Erratum

    Erratum Pages: 158 - 158

32. News and notices

    News Pages: 159 - 160