1. Ambulatory Intestinal Manometry (A Consensus Report on Its Clinical Role)

   • Eamonn M.M. Quigley
   • Pierre H. Deprez
   • David L.W. Wingate

   ReviewPaper Pages: 2395 - 2400

2. Letters to the Editor

   Letter to the Editor Pages: 2401 - 2401

3. Response

   Letter to the Editor Pages: 2401 - 2402

4. Effects of Ethyl Alcohol on Canine Jejunal Circular Smooth Muscle

   • Gang Lu
   • Michael G. Sarr
   • Joseph H. Szurszewski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2403 - 2410

5. Effects of Giardia lamblia Infection on Gastrointestinal Transit and Contractility in Mongolian Gerbils

   • L. P. Deselliers
   • D. T. M. Tan
   • M. E. Olson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2411 - 2419

6. Identification of Diaphragmatic Crural Component of Gastroesophageal Barrier in the Rat

   • Carmen Soto
   • Baoquan Qi
   • Juan A. Tovar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2420 - 2425

7. Relationship Among Acid Secretion, Antral Distension, and Liquid Gastric Emptying in Active and Healed Duodenal Ulcer

   • Giovanni Maconi
   • Guendalina Manzionna
   • Gabriele Bianchi Porro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2426 - 2431

8. Nocturnal Antral pH Rises Are Related to Duodenal Phase III Retroperistalsis

   • Einar S. Bjornsson
   • Hasse Abrahamsson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2432 - 2438

9. Anal Ultra Slow Waves (A Smooth Muscle Phenomenon Associated with Dyschezia)

   • Volker F. Eckardt
   • Thomas Schmitt
   • Gudrun Bernhard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2439 - 2445

10. Codon 201Arg/Gly Polymorphism of DCC (Deleted in Colorectal Carcinoma) Gene in Flat- and Polypoid-Type Colorectal Tumors

    • Rieko Minami
    • Nobuo Aoyama
    • Sakan Maeda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2446 - 2452

11. Expression of p53, PCNA, and C-erbB-2 in Barrett's Metaplasia and Adenocarcinoma

    • Michelle A. Young
    • Michelle M. Vanbibber
    • James C. Reynolds

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2453 - 2462

12. p53 Expression in Gastric Cancer (Clinicopathological Correlation and Prognostic Significance)

    • S.P. Monig
    • S. Eidt
    • H. Pichlmaier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2463 - 2467

13. Cavernous Colorectal Hemangioma (A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and a Review of the Literature)

    • Marie L. Borum

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2468 - 2470

14. Fas Antigen Expression of Hepatocytes and Its Modification by Immunosuppressants

    • Takaaki Kobayashi
    • Masataka Negita
    • Shuji Hayashi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2471 - 2475

15. Correlation Between Relative Number of Circulating Low-Density Hepatitis C Virus Particles and Disease Activity in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

    • Keisuke Hino
    • Kaori Fujii
    • Kiwamu Okita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2476 - 2481

16. Effect of Interferon-α Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C on Health-Related Quality of Life

    • Christine M. Hunt
    • Jason A. Dominitz
    • Diane M. Williams

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2482 - 2486

17. Activation of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α System in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    • David R. Nelson
    • Herbert L. Lim
    • Johnson Y. N. Lau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2487 - 2494

18. Phenotyping of Intrahepatic and Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

    • Jean-Louis Bernard
    • Jean Gugenheim
    • Sylvia Benzaken

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2495 - 2500

19. Case Report: Multiple Liver Abscesses Caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in a Patient Receiving Long-Term Transfusion Therapy for Osteomyelosclerosis

    • Marcus Schuchmann
    • Alexander L. Gerbes
    • Gerd Sauter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2501 - 2504

20. Common Pathogenetic Mechanisms in Symptomatic, Uncomplicated Gallstone Disease and Functional Dyspepsia (Volume Measurement of Gallbladder and Antrum Using Three-Dimensional Ultrasonography)

    • Trygve Hausken
    • Karl Sondenaa
    • Arnold Berstad

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2505 - 2512

21. Case Report: α-Fetoprotein Producing Mucin-Producing Carcinoma of the Pancreas (A Case Report with Immunohistochemical Study and Lectin-Affinity Profile)

    • Satoshi Tanno
    • Takeshi Obara
    • Yutaka Kohgo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2513 - 2518

22. Case Report: A Unique Presentation of Multiseptate Gallbladder

    • Michael L. Paciorek
    • David Lackner
    • Gail Sekas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2519 - 2523

23. One-Week Antibiotics versus Maintenance Acid Suppression Therapy for Helicobacter pylori-Associated Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

    • Joseph J. Y. Sung
    • W. K. Leung
    • S. C. Sydney Chung

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2524 - 2528

24. Prevention of Duodenal Ulcer Recurrence with 15 mg Lansoprazole (A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study)

    • Frank Lanza
    • John Goff
    • Pamela Greski-Rose

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2529 - 2536

25. Pharmacologic Characteristics of Rabbit Esophageal Muscularis Mucosae In Vitro

    • W. H. Percy
    • A. J. Miller
    • J. T. Brunz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2537 - 2546

26. Effect of Gastrin-17 on Lower Esophageal Sphincter Characteristics in Man

    • J. W. A. Straathof
    • C. B. H. W. Lamers
    • A. A. M. Masclee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2547 - 2551

27. Central Administration of PACAP Stimulates Gastric Secretion Mediated Through the Vagal Pathway in Anesthetized Rats

    • Makoto Ozawa
    • Mitsuru Aono
    • Minoru Okuma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2552 - 2559

28. Subcutaneous Loperamide Prevents Gastric Lesions Induced by Necrotizing Agents in Rats

    • Yoshifumi Hatakeyama
    • Ms Masaaki Tomoi
    • Phd Kyoichi Shimomura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2560 - 2565

29. Effects of Rebamipide, a Novel Anti-Ulcer Agent, on Gastric Mucosal Injury Induced by Platelet-Activating Factor in Rats

    • Satoshi Kokura
    • Toshikazu Yoshikawa
    • Motoharu Kondo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2566 - 2571

30. Effects of Pregnancy in Rats on Cysteamine-Induced Peptic Ulcers (Role of Progesterone)

    • Corrado Montoneri
    • Filippo Drago

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2572 - 2575

31. Letter to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 2576 - 2576

32. Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria in Diversion Colitis (A Clue to Inflammation?)

    • Christel Neut
    • Francois Guillemot
    • Jean Frederic Colombel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2577 - 2580

33. Effect of Intraoperative Nutritional Solutions on Perianastomotic Colonic Mucosa in Experimental Large Bowel Obstruction

    • Robert T. Mathie
    • Robin C.N. Williamson
    • Joaquim P. Oliveira-Neto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2581 - 2584

34. Differences Between Individuals with Self-Reported Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and IBS-Like Symptoms

    • B. A. Hahn
    • William B. Saunders
    • William C. Maier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2585 - 2590

35. Fructose and Sorbitol Malabsorption in Ambulatory Patients with Functional Dyspepsia Comparison with Lactose Maldigestion/Malabsorption

    • Daniel Mishkin Leon Sablauskas
    • Morty Yalovsky
    • Seymour Mishkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2591 - 2598

36. Urinary Recovery of Lactulose Compared to D-xylose Absorption Kinetics in HIV Patients with Diarrhea and Weight Loss

    • Stephen J. Carlson
    • Cecile Webster
    • Robert M. Craig

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2599 - 2602

37. Case Report: Cytomegalovirus Infection Causing an Enterocutaneous Fistula in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

    • Marie L. Borum

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2603 - 2605

38. Intracolonic Release of Nitric Oxide During Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid Rat Colitis

    • Maurizio Ferretti
    • Paolo Gionchetti
    • Massimo Campieri

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2606 - 2611

39. News and Notices

    News Pages: 2612 - 2612

40. Thank You to Reviewers

    Dedication Pages: 2613 - 2616

41. Author Index to Volume 42

    Authors Index Pages: 2617 - 2629

42. Subject Index to Volume 42

    Subject Index Pages: 2631 - 2648