1. Effect of Intranasal Sumatriptan on Gastric Tone and Sensitivity to Distension

   • Giovanni Sarnelli
   • Jozef Janssens
   • Jan Tack

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1591 - 1595

2. Gastric Neuropeptides and Gastric Motor Abnormality in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

   • Yoshihiro Miyamoto
   • Masashi Yoneda
   • Isao Makino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1596 - 1603

3. Gastric Emptying and Gastrointestinal Transit of Liquid Throughout the First Month After Thoracic Spinal Cord Transection in Awake Rats

   • Cleonisio Leite Rodrigues
   • Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim
   • Francisco Hélio Rola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1604 - 1609

4. Occurrence of Esophageal Granular Cell Tumors in The Netherlands Between 1988 and 1994

   • Jan Henk Voskuil
   • Martin M. van Dijk
   • Piet A.M. van Hees

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1610 - 1614

5. Relationship Between Grade of Microsatellite Instability and Target Genes of Mismatch Repair Pathways in Sporadic Colorectal Carcinoma

   • Goichi Togo
   • Yasushi Shiratori
   • Masao Omata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1615 - 1622

6. Prognostic Factors in Hepatic Metastases of Colorectal Carcinoma

   • Atsushi Nanashima
   • Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
   • Hiroyoshi Ayabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1623 - 1628

7. CASE REPORT: Expression of Embryonic-Form Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chain in a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Greater Omentum

   • Katsushi Tajima
   • Shigemi Fuyama
   • Takeo Kato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1629 - 1632

8. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Is Upregulated and Associated with Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis

   • Zhao-Wen Zhu
   • Helmut Friess
   • Markus W. Bũchler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1633 - 1639

9. p8 Expression Is Induced in Acinar Cells During Chronic Pancreatitis

   • Yoshiharu Motoo
   • Juan Lucio Iovanna
   • Norio Sawabu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1640 - 1646

10. Cytokine mRNA Levels and Lymphocyte Infiltration in Pancreatic Tissue During Experimental Chronic Pancreatitis Induced by Dibutyltin Dichloride

    • Gisela Sparmann
    • Stefan Behrend
    • Jõrg Emmrich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1647 - 1656

11. Hyperbaric Oxygen Prevents Bacterial Translocation in Rats with Obstructive Jaundice

    • Mehmet L. Akin
    • Cengiz Erenoglu
    • Ahmet Batkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1657 - 1662

12. Effect of Ischemia–Reperfusion on Bile Canalicular F-Actin Microfilaments in Hepatocytes of Human Liver Allograft

    • Liliane Benkoël
    • Frank Dodero
    • Albert Chamlian

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1663 - 1667

13. Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Their Inhibitors During the Course of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

    • Claudio Rodríguez-Ramos
    • Fátima Galán
    • José A. Girón-González

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1668 - 1676

14. Serum HCV RNA Levels Correlate with Histological Liver Damage and Concur with Steatosis in Progression of Chronic Hepatitis C

    • Luigi E. Adinolfi
    • Riccardo Utili
    • Giuseppe Ruggiero

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1677 - 1683

15. α-Interferon Improves Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C

    • Fátima Serejo
    • Adilia Costa
    • Miguel Carneiro De Moura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1684 - 1689

16. Low Gastric Toxicity of Nitric Oxide-Releasing Aspirin, NCX-4016, in Rats with Cirrhosis and Arthritis

    • Shinichi Kato
    • Keizo Suzuki
    • Koji Takeuchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1690 - 1699

17. A Fulminant Hepatic Failure Model in the Rat

    • Masaya Shito
    • Ulysses J. Balis
    • Mehmet Toner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1700 - 1708

18. Clinical Significance of Elevated α-Fetoprotein in Adults and Children

    • Randeep Kashyap
    • Ashok Jain
    • John Fung

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1709 - 1713

19. CASE REPORT: Terbinafine-Induced Hepatitis and Pancytopenia

    • Geetha Conjeevaram
    • Verapan Vongthavaravat
    • Raymond S. Koff

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1714 - 1716

20. Effects of Current Cigarette Smoking on Clinical Course of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    • H.S. Odes
    • A. Fich
    • T. Gilat

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1717 - 1721

21. Hydrogen Sulfide and Colonic Epithelial Metabolism

    • Jimmy Jørgensen
    • Per Brøbech Mortensen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1722 - 1732

22. LETTER: SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY ESOPHAGEAL CROHN's DISEASE WITH INFLIXIMAB

    • David S. Fefferman
    • Samir A. Shah
    • Richard J. Farrell

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 1733 - 1735

23. CASE REPORT: Crohn's Disease Involving the Lung

    • Arkan I. Alrashid
    • Russell D. Brown
    • Rama P. Venu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1736 - 1739

24. EGF and TGF Stimulate Proabsorption of Glucose and Electrolytes by Na+/Glucose Cotransporter in Awake Canine Model

    • Anthony J. Rongione
    • Amy M. Kusske
    • David W. McFadden

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1740 - 1747

25. A Spontaneous Nitric Oxide Donor Ameliorates Small Bowel Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Dogs

    • Kiyoshi Kawata
    • Izumi Takeyoshi
    • Yasuo Morishita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1748 - 1756

26. Coordinated Muc2 and Muc3 Mucin Gene Expression in Trichinella spiralis Infection in Wild-Type and Cytokine-Deficient Mice

    • Laurie L. Shekels
    • Ruth E. Anway
    • Samuel B. Ho

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1757 - 1764

27. Dynamic Involvement of the Inducible Type of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Acid-Induced Duodenal Mucosal Alkaline Secretion in the Rat

    • Mathias Holm
    • Theresa Powell
    • Lars Fãndriks

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1765 - 1771

28. Clinical Significance of Oral Urease in Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection by [13C]Urea Breath Test

    • Nan-Jing Peng
    • Kwok-Hung Lai
    • Ping-I Hsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1772 - 1778

29. Bile Acid Reflux and Possible Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Subjects Without Gastric Surgery

    • Yukinobu Kawai
    • Susumu Tazuma
    • Masaki Inoue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1779 - 1783

30. CASE REPORT: Coexistence of Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis and Helicobacter pylori Gastritis

    • Melinda J. Muller
    • Geoffrey S. Sewell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1784 - 1786

31. CASE REPORT: Use of Montelukast as Steroid-Sparing Agent for Recurrent Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis

    • D.A. Schwartz
    • D.S. Pardi
    • J.A. Murray

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1787 - 1790

32. Comparison of Quality of Life and Nutritional Parameters After Total Gastrectomy and a New Type of Pouch Construction with Simple Roux-en-Y Reconstruction

    • Katalin Kalmár
    • László Cseke
    • Õrs Péter Horváth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1791 - 1796

33. Protective Effect of Amtolmetin Guacyl versus Placebo Diclofenac and Misoprostol in Healthy Volunteers Evaluated as Gastric Electrical Activity in Alcohol-Induced Stomach Damage

    • G. Riezzo
    • M. Chiloiro
    • S. Montanaro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1797 - 1804

34. Lack of Gastric Toxicity of Nitric Oxide-Releasing Indomethacin, NCX-530, in Experimental Animals

    • Koji Takeuchi
    • Hiroyuki Mizoguchi
    • Keizo Suzuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1805 - 1818

35. Book Reviews

    BookReview Pages: 1819 - 1820