1. What Can Be Measured from Surface Electrogastrography (Computer Simulations)

   • Jie Liang
   • J.D.Z. Chen

   ReviewPaper Pages: 1331 - 1343

2. Chest Pain at Rest in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease (Myocardial Ischemia, Esophageal Dysfunction, or Panic Disorder?)

   • Emilio Ros
   • Xavier Armengol
   • Gines Sanz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1344 - 1353

3. Gastroesophageal Reflux in Achalasia (When Is Reflux Really Reflux?)

   • Peter F. Crookes
   • Sue Corkill
   • Tom R. Demeester

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1354 - 1361

4. Esophagoprotective Potential of Cisapride (An Additional Benefit for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)

   • George F. Goldin
   • Marek Marcinkiewicz
   • J. Sarosiek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1362 - 1369

5. Acute Ulcer Bleeding (A Prospective Randomized Trial to Compare Doppler and Forrest Classifications in Endoscopic Diagnosis and Therapy)

   • Bernd Kohler
   • Matthias Maier
   • Jurgen F. Riemann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1370 - 1374

6. Gastric Mucosal Injury Induced by Local Ischemia-Reperfusion in Rats (Role of Endogenous Endothelin-1 and Free Radical)

   • Mahmudul Hassan
   • Hiromasa Kashimura
   • Hisayuki Fukutomi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1375 - 1380

7. Letter to the Editor

   Letter to the Editor Pages: 1381 - 1382

8. Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Cancer (A Nested Case-Control Study in a Rural Area of Japan)

   • Yoshiyuki Watanabe
   • John H. Kurata
   • Keiichi Kawai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1383 - 1387

9. Gain of Chromosome 20 Is a Frequent Aberration in Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancers

   • Atsushi Nanashima
   • Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
   • Hiroyoshi Ayabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1388 - 1393

10. Ammonia Inhibits Proliferation and Cell Cycle Progression at S-Phase in Human Gastric Cells

    • Takayoshi Matsui
    • Yoshizumi Matsukawa
    • Keiichi Kawai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1394 - 1399

11. Case Report: Acute Liver Failure Due to Hepatic Involvement by Hematologic Malignancy

    • Thomas M. Shehab
    • Mark S. Kaminski
    • Anna S. F. Lok

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1400 - 1405

12. Case Report: Hepatobiliary Cystadenocarcinoma Without Ovarian Stroma and Normal CA 19-9 Levels (Unusually Prolonged Evolution)

    • Yves Horsmans
    • Andoni Laka
    • Andre P. Geubel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1406 - 1408

13. Potential Effect of Cyclosporin A in Formation of Cholesterol Gallstones in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients

    • Sean Cao
    • Kenneth Cox
    • Carlos O. Esquivel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1409 - 1415

14. Enhanced Urinary Excretion of cGMP in Liver Cirrhosis (Relationship to Hemodynamic Changes, Neurohormonal Activation, and Urinary Sodium Excretion)

    • C. M. Fernandez-Rodriguez
    • J. Prieto
    • C. Rodriguez-Ortigosa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1416 - 1420

15. Depression in Patients with Cirrhosis (Impact on Outcome)

    • Nina Singh
    • Timothy Gayowski
    • Ignazio R. Marino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1421 - 1427

16. Liver Involvement in Obese Children (Ultrasonography and Liver Enzyme Levels at Diagnosis and During Follow-up in an Italian Population)

    • Maria Carmela Saviano
    • Francesco Brunetti
    • Maria Pina Iannucci

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1428 - 1432

17. Methimazole Slows Hepatocyte Streaming in Rats

    • Ran Oren
    • Gershom Zajicek
    • Nadir Arber

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1433 - 1437

18. Long-Term Efficacy of Interferon-alpha and Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Treatment of Chronic Type C Hepatitis

    • Hakan Senturk
    • Ozden Uzunalimoglu
    • Nurdan Tozum

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1438 - 1444

19. Case Report: Granulomatous Hepatitis in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C Treated with Interferon-α

    • Manjakkollai P. Veerabagu
    • Sydney D. Finkelstein
    • Mordechai Rabinovitz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1445 - 1448

20. Sclerotherapy in Noncirrhotic Portal Fibrosis

    • Y. K. Chawla
    • J. B. Dilawari
    • U. Kaur

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1449 - 1453

21. Use of Oral GoLytely Solution in Relief of Refractory Fecal Impaction

    • Felix P. Tiongco
    • Tat-Kin Tsang
    • Joann Pollack

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1454 - 1457

22. Autoimmune Pancreatitis as a New Clinical Entity (Three Cases of Autoimmune Pancreatitis with Effective Steroid Therapy)

    • Tetsuhide Ito
    • Itsuro Nakano
    • Hajime Nawata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1458 - 1468

23. Serum Interleukin-10 in Human Acute Pancreatitis

    • Raffaele Pezzilli
    • Paola Billi
    • Bahjat Barakat

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1469 - 1472

24. Differential Induction of HSP60 and HSP72 by Different Stress Situations in Rats (Correlation with Cerulein-Induced Pancreatitis)

    • Michiro Otaka
    • Atsushi Okuyama
    • Osamu Masamune

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1473 - 1479

25. Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone (GRH)-Producing Pancreatic Tumor with No Evidence of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1

    • S. Kawa
    • T. Ueno
    • H. Katakami

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1480 - 1485

26. Case Report: Terbinafine-Induced Prolonged Cholestasis with Reduction of Interlobular Bile Ducts

    • Ariane Mallat
    • Elie Serge Zafrani
    • Daniel Dhumeaux

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1486 - 1488

27. Neurogenic Inflammation in Cholecystitis

    • Jay B. Prystowsky
    • Robert V. Rege

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1489 - 1494

28. Effect of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy on Gallbladder Motility

    • D. K. Agarwal
    • B. C. Sharma
    • V. A. Saraswat

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1495 - 1500

29. Discordance of Pressure Recordings from Biliary and Pancreatic Duct Segments in Patients with Suspected Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction

    • Yiu-Kay Chan
    • Peter R. Evans
    • Caro-Anne Badcock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1501 - 1506

30. Small Bowel Dysmotility in Patients with Postcholecystectomy Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction

    • Peter R. Evans
    • Young-Tae Bak
    • John E. Kellow

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1507 - 1512

31. Obstructive Ileus of Large Bowel Is Associated with Low Tissue Levels of Neuropeptides in Prestenotic Bowel Segment

    • Rupert Prommegger
    • Josef Marksteiner
    • Ernst Bodner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1513 - 1518

32. Effect of Solid and Liquid Diet on Uptake of Large Particulates Across Intestinal Epithelium in Rats

    • Leonora Simon
    • Iain Warren
    • Anthony D. Dayan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1519 - 1523

33. Tachykinins Stimulate Lipid Peroxidation Mediated by Free Radicals in Gastrointestinal Tract of Rat

    • Mikael Lordal
    • Olof Soder
    • Per M. Hellstrom

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1524 - 1529

34. Dietary Supplementation of Nucleotides and Arginine Promotes Healing of Small Bowel Ulcers in Experimental Ulcerative Ileitis

    • Prabha Sukumar
    • Alice Loo
    • Robert A. Levine

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1530 - 1536

35. Spectrum of Ischemic Colitis in Cocaine Users

    • Masooma Niazi
    • Ashok Kondru
    • Alan A. Bloom

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1537 - 1541

36. Interleukin-2 Fusion Protein (DAB389IL- 2) Selectively Targets Activated Human Peripheral Blood and Lamina Propria Lymphocytes

    • Athos Bousvaros
    • A. Christopher Stevens
    • J. Thomas Lamont

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1542 - 1548

37. 99mTc-HMPAO Granulocyte Scintigraphy in the Early Detection of Postoperative Asymptomatic Recurrence in Crohn's Disease

    • Livia Biancone
    • Francesco Scopinaro
    • Francesco Pallone

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1549 - 1556

38. Quantitative PCR Analysis of TNF-α and IL-1β mRNA Levels in Pediatric IBD Mucosal Biopsies

    • S. Dionne
    • J. Hiscott
    • E.G. Seidman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1557 - 1566

39. Role of Appendectomy and Tonsillectomy in Pathogenesis of Ulcerative Colitis

    • Anil Minocha
    • Carl A. Raczkowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1567 - 1569

40. News and Notices

    News Pages: 1570 - 1570