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Osmotic Effect of Honey on Growth and Viability of Helicobacterpylori Michael S. OsatoSiddharta G. ReddyDavid Y. Graham OriginalPaper Pages: 462 - 464
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Helicobacterpylori in Dental Plaque (A Comparison of Different PCR Primer Sets) Qunsheng SongBernd HallerGunter Bode OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 484
Relationship of Helicobacterpylori CagA Status to Gastric Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis Theodore RokkasSpiros LadasSotirios Raptis OriginalPaper Pages: 487 - 493
The role of Phospholipase A2 in Calcium-Ionophore-Mediated Injury to Rat Gastric Mucosal Cells B.L. TeppermanB.D. Soper OriginalPaper Pages: 494 - 502
Protective Effect of a Vasopressin-1 Selective Antagonist, OPC-21268, Against Ethanol-Induced Damage of The rat Gastric Wall Izumi SugimotoNorichika NarimiyaTeruji Tanaka OriginalPaper Pages: 503 - 509
Suppression of Ethanol-Induced Apoptotic DNA Fragmentation by Geranylgeranylacetone in Cultured Guinea Pig Gastric Mucosal Cells Tohru MizushimaShinji TsutsumiTomofusa Tsuchiya OriginalPaper Pages: 510 - 514
Luminal Calcium in Regulation of Nitric Oxide Release and Acid Secretion in Rat Stomachs After Damage Koji TakeuchiShinichi KatoYasunari Sugawa OriginalPaper Pages: 515 - 522
Dynamics of Level of Randomness of Electrogastrograms Can Be Indicative of Gastric Electrical Uncoupling in Dogs Claudia P. SanmiguelMartin P. MintchevKenneth L. Bowes OriginalPaper Pages: 523 - 528
Esophageal Swallowing Phase Assessed by Audiosignal Recording (Relationship with Manometry in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Patients) Michele BoironPhilippe RouleauEtienne H. Metman OriginalPaper Pages: 529 - 535
Achalasia (The Usefulness of Manometry for Evaluation of Treatment) P. AlonsoB. Gonzalez-CondeJ. L. Vazquez-Iglesias OriginalPaper Pages: 536 - 541
Bacteribilia and Cholangitis After Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage for Malignant Biliary Obstruction Tatsuya NomuraYoshio ShiraiKatsuyoshi Hatakeyama OriginalPaper Pages: 542 - 546
Case Report: Nonfunctioning Islet Cell Tumor with a Unique Pattern of Tumor Growth Kyoko ShimizuKeiko ShiratoriNaoaki Hayashi OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 551
Letter to the Editor Mitsunobu MatsushitaKiyoshi HajiroHiroshi Takakuwa Letter to the Editor Pages: 552 - 552
Reduction in hMSH2 mRNA Levels by Premature Translation Termination (Implications for Mutation Screening in Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer) Xuede LinJai H. ChoiMarsha L. Frazier OriginalPaper Pages: 553 - 559
Iron Chelator Deferoxamine Reduces Preneoplastic Lesions in Liver Induced by Choline-Deficient L-Amino Acid-Defined Diet in Rats Isao SakaidaKoji HironakaKiwamu Okita OriginalPaper Pages: 560 - 569
Clinical Forms of Human Schistosoma mansoni Infection Are Associated with Differential Activation of T-Cell Subsets and Costimulatory Molecules Olindo Assis Martins-FilhoJose Renan Cunha-MeloRodrigo Correa-Oliveira OriginalPaper Pages: 570 - 577
Clinical Forms of Human Schistosoma mansoni Infection Are Associated with Differential Activation of T-Cell Subsets and Costimulatory Molecules Olindo Assis Martins-FilhoJose Renan Cunha-MeloRodrigo Correa-Oliveira OriginalPaper Pages: 570 - 577
Case Report: A Colon-Derived Inflammatory Pseudotumor Arend G. J. AalbersJohannes H. W. De WiltJohannes N. M. Ijzermans OriginalPaper Pages: 578 - 581
Surgical Correction of Patent Ductus Venosus in Three BroThers Shinji IkedaYasuo YamaguchiMichio Ogawa OriginalPaper Pages: 582 - 589
Microsatellite Instability Is Absent in Liver and Biliary Mucosa of Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis So-Young JinAmy E. NoffsingerCecilia M. Fenoglio-Preiser OriginalPaper Pages: 595 - 601
Oral Nicotine in Treatment of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (A Pilot Study) Paul AnguloAdil E. BharuchaKeith D. Lindor OriginalPaper Pages: 602 - 607
Differences Between Interferon-α and-β Treatment for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Norihiro FurusyoJun HayashiSeizaburo Kashiwagi OriginalPaper Pages: 608 - 617
Clinical Course of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Is Not Influenced by Concurrent Hepatitis G Virus Infection Jun HayashiKumiko UenoSeizaburo Kashiwagi OriginalPaper Pages: 618 - 623
Plasma Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases-1 and -2 (TIMP-1 and TIMP-2) as Noninvasive Markers of Liver Disease in Chronic Hepatitis C Comparison Using ROC Analysis Kevin Michael WalshPeter TimmsAllan John Morris OriginalPaper Pages: 624 - 630
Visceral Algesia in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction, Type III Andrew ChunSteven DesautelsArnold Wald OriginalPaper Pages: 631 - 636
Changes in Bacterial Enzymes and PCR Profiles of Fecal Bacteria from a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis Before and After Antimicrobial Treatments Fatemeh RafiiJohanneke G. H. Ruseler-Van EmbdenL. M. C. Van Lieshout OriginalPaper Pages: 637 - 642
Characterization of Two Novel Proabsorptive Peptide YY Analogs, BIM-43073D and BIM-43004C David A. LitvakHideaki IsekiCourtney M. Townsend OriginalPaper Pages: 643 - 648
Interleukin (IL)-13 and IL-4 Are Potent Inhibitors of IL-8 Secretion by Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells Norbert LugeringTorsten KucharzikWolfram Domschke OriginalPaper Pages: 649 - 655