1. Role of Na+-Glucose Cotransport in Jejunal Meal-Induced Absorption

   • Oscar J. Hines
   • Edward E. Whang
   • Stanley W. Ashley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

2. Cytokine mRNA Expression in Mucosal Biopsies from German Shepherd Dogs with Small Intestinal Enteropathies

   • A.J. German
   • C.R. Helps
   • M.J. Day

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 17

3. Improved Screening for Intestinal Villous Atrophy by d-Xylose Breath Test

   • F. Casellas
   • I. de Torres
   • J.-R. Malagelada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 18 - 22

4. Prevalence of Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic Abnormalities in Ambulatory Ischemic Colitis

   • Thierry Collet
   • Christian Even
   • Jean-Claude Verwaerde

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 25

5. REVIEW: Concerns of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

   • Josee Casati
   • Brenda B. Toner
   • Robert G. Maunder

   ReviewPaper Pages: 26 - 31

6. LETTER: Role of Psychological Stress On IBD Onset

   • Nobuo Okabe
   • Ataru Kuroiwa
   • Ariaki Nagayama

   Letter Pages: 32 - 33

7. Does Fasting Serum Gastrin Predict Gastric Acid Suppression in Patients on Proton-Pump Inhibitors?

   • Eugene S. Bonapace
   • Robert S. Fisher
   • Henry P. Parkman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 39

8. Use of a Novel Monoclonal Antibody in Diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus

   • Louis H. Griffel
   • Peter S. Amenta
   • Kiron M. Das

   OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 48

9. Recurrence of Gastric Ulcer Dependent Upon Strain Differences of Helicobacter pylori in Urease B Gene

   • Hidetaka Matsui
   • Yoshikazu Kubo
   • Morikazu Onji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 54

10. Coexpression of Interleukin-8 and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Gastric Mucosa Infected with cagA+ Helicobacter pylori

    • Chun-Qi Li
    • Brigitte Pignatelli
    • Hiroshi Ohshima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 62

11. Factors that May Affect Treatment Outcome of Triple Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy with Omeprazole, Amoxicillin, and Clarithromycin

    • Sotirios D. Georgopoulos
    • Spiros D. Ladas
    • Sotirios A. Raptis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 67

12. Effect of Pretreatment Antibiotic Resistance to Metronidazole and Clarithromycin on Outcome of Helicobacter pylori Therapy

    • Maria Pina Dore
    • Gioacchino Leandro
    • David Yates Graham

    OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 76

13. Efficacy of Reduced Dosage of Rabeprazole in PPI/AC Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Infection

    • Hiroto Miwa
    • Toshio Yamada
    • Nobuhiro Sato

    OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 82

14. Helicobacter pylori Water-Soluble Surface Proteins Activate Human Neutrophils and Up-Regulate Expression of CXC Chemokines

    • Joo Sung Kim
    • Hyun Chae Jung
    • Chung Yong Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 92

15. Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide in Gastric Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats

    • Masakazu Ishii
    • Shunichi Shimizu
    • Toshinori Yamamoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 98

16. Topical Prostaglandin E2 Protects Isolated Gastric Mucosa Against Acidified Taurocholate-, but Not Ethanol- or Aspirin-Induced Injury

    • Tuula Ranta-Knuuttila
    • Harri Mustonen
    • Eero Kivilaakso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 104

17. Protection by Intragastric Polyethylene Glycol 400 in Rat Stomach Against Ethanol Damage Involves α2-Adrenoceptors

    • Candido A. Gutiérrez-Cabano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 109

18. CASE REPORT: GERD Progressing to Diffuse Esophageal Spasm and Then to Achalasia

    • Kristen Robson
    • Stanley Rosenberg
    • Tony Lembo

    Legacy Pages: 110 - 113

19. Expression of Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in Gastric Cancer

    • Young Eun Joo
    • Kang Seok Seo
    • Sei Jong Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 114 - 121

20. Circulating p53 Antibody in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

    • Goshi Shiota
    • Masato Ishida
    • Hironaka Kawasaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 122 - 128

21. Distension-Induced Myoelectrical Dysrhythmia and Effect of Intestinal Pacing in Dogs

    • Masaki Abo
    • Jie Liang
    • J.D.Z. Chen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 135

22. New Method for Evaluating Intestinal Contractions in Guinea Pig by Curve Fitting

    • Shiho Sugimori
    • Makoto Kadowaki
    • Miyako Takaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 136 - 144

23. Prevention of Biliary Stent Occlusion by Ursodeoxycholic Acid plus Norfloxacin

    • V. de Lédinghen
    • B. Person
    • M. Beauchant

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 150

24. Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta in Spontaneous Chronic Pancreatitis in the WBN/Kob Rat

    • Shi-Bing Su
    • Yoshiharu Motoo
    • Norio Sawabu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 159

25. CASE REPORT: Vanishing Bile Duct Syndrome Associated with Chronic EBV Infection

    • Kentaro Kikuchi
    • Hiroshi Miyakawa
    • Makoto Kako

    Legacy Pages: 160 - 165

26. LETTER: Fecal Elastase 1 Is Not the Indirect Pancreatic Function Test we Have Been Waiting For

    • Iris Schmidt

    Letter Pages: 166 - 167

27. CASE REPORT: Giant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Liver with Metastasis to the Skeletal System Successfully Treated with Trisegmentectomy

    • Sezai Yilmaz
    • Vedat Kirimlioglu
    • Bulent Mizrak

    Legacy Pages: 168 - 174

28. Quantitation of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Plasma and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis Treated with Interferon-α

    • Pascale Trimoulet
    • Pierre-Henri Bernard
    • Herve Fleury

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 181

29. Correlation of Genotypes and Route of Transmission with Histologic Activity and Disease Stage in Chronic Hepatitis C

    • Fernando Ramalho
    • Adília Costa
    • M. Carneiro De Moura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 182 - 187

30. Lower Hepatitis G Virus Infection Prevalence Compared to Hepatitis B and C Virus Infection Prevalences

    • Norihiro Furusyo
    • Jun Hayashi
    • Seizaburo Kashiwagi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 188 - 195

31. Spleen Enlargement in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

    • Yoshito Tsushima
    • Keigo Endo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 200

32. Calcium-Channel Blocker Attenuates Kupffer Cell Production of Cytokine-Induced Neutrophil Chemoattractant Following Ischemia–Reperfusion in Rat Liver

    • Jian Liang
    • Yasuo Yamaguchi
    • Michio Ogawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 209

33. CASE REPORT: Hepatic Injury Due to Troglitazone

    • Arshad H. Malik
    • Priyajit Prasad
    • Peter F. Malet

    Legacy Pages: 210 - 214

34. News and Notices

    News Pages: 215 - 215