1. Gastric secretion of acid and pepsin in patients with esophageal stricture and appropriate controls

   • Basil I. Hirschowitz

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2115 - 2122

2. Health-related quality of life of patients with acute erosive reflux esophagitis

   • Susan D. Mathias
   • Donald O. Castell
   • Melissa L. Matosian

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2123 - 2129

3. Effects of transdermal nicotine on lower esophageal sphincter and esophageal motility

   • Shailesh C. Kadakia
   • Henry Renom De la Baume
   • Richard T. Shaffer

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2130 - 2134

4. Individual prediction of response to pneumatic dilation in patients with achalasia

   • Julio Ponce
   • Vicente Garrigues
   • Joaquin Berenguer

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2135 - 2141

5. A newly developed PCR assay ofH. pylori in gastric biopsy, saliva, and feces

   • Chuanfu Li
   • Tuanzhu Ha
   • Eapen Thomas

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2142 - 2149

6. Impact ofHelicobacter pylori colonization on immunoreactive epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-α in gastric juice

   • Marek Marcinkiewicz
   • Brian van der Linden
   • Jerzy Sarosiek

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2150 - 2155

7. Reversion by histamine H₂-receptor antagonists of plasma membrane alterations in ethanol-induced gastritis

   • Rolando Hernández-Muñoz
   • Francisco Montiel-Ruíz

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2156 - 2165

8. Duodenogastric reflux causes growth stimulation of foregut mucosa potentiated by gastric acid blockade

   • Gerold J. Wetscher
   • Ronald A. Hinder
   • Thomas E. Adrian

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2166 - 2173

9. Intraduodenal lipid does not inhibit acid secretion in OLETF rats not expressing CCK-A receptor gene

   • Etsuro Shoji
   • Toshikatsu Okumura
   • Yutaka Kohgo

   Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2174 - 2179

10. Mechanisms of bombesin on growth of gastrinoma (PT)in vivo

    • Kyo U. Chu
    • Jin Ishizuka
    • James C. Thompson

    Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2180 - 2186

11. Role of Na⁺-H⁺-antiport in restitution of isolated guinea pig gastric epithelium after superficial injury

    • Teemu Joutsi
    • Hannu Paimela
    • Eero Kivilaakso

    Esophageal, Gastric, And Duodenal Disorders Pages: 2187 - 2194

12. Analysis of fasting antroduodenal manometry in children

    • Takeshi Tomomasa
    • Carlo DiLorenzo
    • Paul E. Hyman

    Motility: Nerve-Gut Interactions, Hormones, And Receptors Pages: 2195 - 2203

13. Effect of ethanol on adenosine triphosphate, cytosolic free calcium, and cell injury in rat hepatocytes

    • Antonio Gasbarrini
    • André B. Borle
    • David H. van Thiel

    Liver: Cirrhosis, Fibrosis, And Portal Hypertension Pages: 2204 - 2212

14. Correlation between serum HCV RNA and aminotransferase levels in patients with chronic HCV infection

    • M. G. Ghany
    • T. M. Chan
    • A. S. F. Lok

    Liver: Infectious, Inflammatory, And Netabolic Disorders Pages: 2213 - 2218

15. Flutamide-induced toxic hepatitis

    • Camilla Cicognani
    • Mauro Malavolti
    • Luigi Barbara

    Case Report Pages: 2219 - 2221

16. Prevalence of gallbladder disease in diabetes mellitus

    • Bruce A. Chapman
    • Ian R. Wilson
    • Richard B. Allan

    Pancreatic And Biliary Disorders Pages: 2222 - 2228

17. Transient healing of TIPS-induced biliovenous fistula by PTFE-covered stent graft

    • L. Spahr
    • A. Sahai
    • G. Pomier-Layrargues

    Case Report Pages: 2229 - 2232

18. Refractory constipation and megacolon in MEN 2b

    • Thomas Dunzendorfer
    • Victor W. Lee
    • Stuart Chipkin

    Case Report Pages: 2233 - 2237

19. Abnormalities of epithelial apoptosis in multistep colorectal neoplasia demonstrated by terminal deoxyuridine nick end labeling

    • Steven F. Moss
    • John V. Scholes
    • Peter R. Holt

    Gastrointestinal Oncology Pages: 2238 - 2247

20. Impact of irritable bowel syndrome on quality of life

    • William E. Whitehead
    • Charles K. Burnett
    • Edward Taub

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, And Microbiology Pages: 2248 - 2253

21. Treatment of distal ulcerative colitis with short-chain fatty acid enemas a placebo-controlled trial

    • Wolfgang Scheppach
    • German-Austrian Scfa Study Group

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, And Microbiology Pages: 2254 - 2259

22. Increased numbers of macrophages in noninflamed gastroduodenal mucosa of patients with Crohn's disease

    • K. Yao
    • A. Iwashita
    • K. Aoyagi

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, And Microbiology Pages: 2260 - 2267

23. Angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in stools of healthy subjects and patients with celiac disease

    • C. Letizia
    • A. Picarelli
    • D. Scavo

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, And Microbiology Pages: 2268 - 2271

24. Pneumatosis intestinalis

    • R. Michael Boerner
    • Daniel B. Fried
    • Kim Isaacs

    Case Report Pages: 2272 - 2285

25. Diagnosis ofCryptosporidium parvum in patients with severe diarrhea and AIDS

    • Paul D. Greenberg
    • Johannes Koch
    • John P. Cello

    Intestinal Pisorders, Inflammatory Bowel Pisease, Immunology, And Microbiology Pages: 2286 - 2290

26. Letter to the editor

    • A. Demols
    • A. Van Gossum
    • C. Liesnard

    Letter Pages: 2291 - 2291

27. News and notices

    News Pages: 2292 - 2292