1. REVIEW: Ambulatory Esophageal pH Monitoring: Technique, Interpretations, and Clinical Indications

   • Radha K. Dhiman
   • Vivek A. Saraswat
   • Subhash R. Naik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 250

2. Slow Fluid Infusion Alters Esophageal Tone Before Onset of Esophageal Contraction in Humans

   • Motoyasu Kusano
   • Masaki Maeda
   • Masatomo Mori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 255

3. Hiatal Hernia and Acid Reflux Frequency Predict Presence and Length of Barrett's Esophagus

   • Benjamin Avidan
   • Amnon Sonnenberg
   • Stephen J. Sontag

   OriginalPaper Pages: 256 - 264

4. Control of Nocturnal Gastric Acidity: A Role for Low Dose Bedtime Ranitidine to Supplement Daily Omeprazole

   • Malcolm Robinson
   • Sheila Rodriguez-Stanley
   • Jerry D. Gardner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 273

5. Stem Cell Factor Expressed in Human Gastric Mucosa in Relation to Mast Cell Increase in Helicobacter pylori-Infected Gastritis

   • Nobumichi Bamba
   • Shigemi Nakajima
   • Takanori Hattori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 274 - 282

6. Effect of Rebamipide in Treatment of Helicobacter pylori-Associated Duodenal Ulcer: Attenuation of Chemokine Expression and Nitrosative Damage

   • K.W. Choi
   • Y.C. Lee
   • J.H. Kim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 291

7. Seroprevalence of H. pylori Infection and Symptoms of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Disease in Two Groups of Health-Care Workers

   • Terence L. Angtuaco
   • Virender K. Sharma
   • Colin W. Howden

   OriginalPaper Pages: 292 - 297

8. [14C]Urea Breath Test Is Not Sensitive for Detection of Acute Helicobacter pylori Infection in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

   • Jay V. Solnick
   • Lori M. Hansen
   • Don R. Canfield

   OriginalPaper Pages: 298 - 303

9. CASE REPORT: Unusual Duodenal Duplication Cyst Associated with Partial Gastric Diverticulum in a Middle-Aged Woman: Are They Congenital or Acquired?

   • Pedro Moreno
   • María D. Lazo
   • Eduardo Franquelo

   BriefCommunication Pages: 304 - 308

10. Synchronous Proximal Polyps and Cancer in Patients with Polyps Detected at Sigmoidoscopy: Results of a Single, Rural-Based Sigmoidoscopy Clinic

    • Thomas J. McGarrity
    • Ahsan M. Bhatti
    • Nicholas Inverso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 316

11. Colorectal Cancer Risk: The Impact of Evidence of a Field Effect of Carcinogenesis on Blinded Diagnosis Using an Anti-Adenoma Antibody Test Performed on Colonoscopic Effluent

    • Martin Tobi
    • Shivkumar Prabhu
    • Michael J. Lawson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 321

12. Prognostic Value of Expression of Sialosyl-Tn Antigen in Colorectal Carcinoma and Transitional Mucosa

    • Tohru Nakagoe
    • Terumitsu Sawai
    • Yutaka Tagawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 322 - 330

13. Neoplastic Changes in Saccharide Sequence of Dermatan Sulfate Chains Derived from Human Colon Cancer

    • Kouichi Daidouji
    • Keiichi Takagaki
    • Masahiko Endo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 337

14. CASE REPORT: Bile Duct Infarction Following Intraarterial Hepatic Chemotherapy Mimicking Multiple Liver Metastasis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

    • Shailesh Shrikhande
    • Helmut Friess
    • Markus W. Büchler

    BriefCommunication Pages: 338 - 344

15. Distal Colonic Motor Activity in Four Subgroups of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    • S.J. Cole
    • H.D. Duncan
    • D.B.A. Silk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 355

16. Types of Adrenoreceptors Mediating Responses of Rabbit Gastric Muscularis Mucosae

    • William H. Percy
    • Julie M. Kittelsrud
    • James T. Brunz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 356 - 364

17. Is There a One-to-One Correlation Between Gastric Emptying of Liquids and Gastric Myoelectrical or Motor Activity in Dogs?

    • Xiaohong Xu
    • Zhishun Wang
    • J.D.Z. Chen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 372

18. Conjunctival Edema: A Marker of Increased Mortality in Patients with Advanced Hepatic Encephalopathy and Hepatocellular Failure

    • Abbasi J. Akhtar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 375

19. Effects of Microwave Irradiation on Rat Hepatic Tissue Evaluated by Enzyme Histochemistry for Acid Phosphatase

    • Ken-ichi Mukaisho
    • Hiroyuki Sugihara
    • Takanori Hattori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 376 - 379

20. Helicobacter pylori Seroprevalence in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis

    • Marilena Durazzo
    • Rinaldo Pellicano
    • Mario Rizzetto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 380 - 383

21. Implementation of Vaccination in Patients with Cirrhosis

    • Miguel R. Arguedas
    • Brendan M. McGuire
    • Michael B. Fallon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 384 - 387

22. Complications of Partial Splenic Embolization in Cirrhotic Patients

    • Takahisa Sakai
    • Katsuya Shiraki
    • Takeshi Nakano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 388 - 391

23. Dopaminergic Control of Renal Tubular Function in Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis

    • Giovanni Sansoè
    • Alberto Ferrari
    • Federico Manenti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 392 - 400

24. Efficacy of Irbesartan, a Receptor Selective Antagonist of Angiotensin II, in Reducing Portal Hypertension

    • Wilma Debernardi-Venon
    • Claudio Barletti
    • Mario Rizzetto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 401 - 404

25. Long-Term Clinical Remission Induced by Corticosteroid Withdrawal Therapy (CSWT) in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial—CSWT with and Without Follow-Up Interferon-α Therapy

    • Norio Akuta
    • Fumitaka Suzuki
    • Hiromitsu Kumada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 405 - 414

26. CASE REPORT: Reappearance of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Immunocompromised Individuals: Reinfection or Reactivation?

    • Keisuke Hino
    • Ashraf A. Basuni
    • William F. Carman

    BriefCommunication Pages: 415 - 418

27. Porphyria Cutanea Tarda: Multiplicity of Risk Factors Including HFE Mutations, Hepatitis C, and Inherited Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase Deficiency

    • Norman G. Egger
    • Douglas E. Goeger
    • Karl E. Anderson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 419 - 426

28. Human Leukocyte Interferon-α Treatment for Chronic HCV-Related Hepatitis in Hemophilic Patients Previously Intolerant to Other Interferons-α

    • Luca Dughera
    • Edda Battaglia
    • Giorgio Emanuelli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 431

29. Prevalence and Significance of Hepatitis GB Virus-C/Hepatitis G Virus Viremia in a Large Cohort of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection, with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection, and on Renal Replacement Therapy in Hong Kong

    • Man-Fung Yuen
    • Tak-Mao Chan
    • Ching-Lung Lai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 432 - 437

30. Amantadine's Viral Kinetics in Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

    • Juliana Chan
    • Kenneth O'Riordan
    • Thelma E. Wiley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 438 - 442

31. CASE REPORT: Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia of the Liver and Focal Global Glomerulosclerosis Associated with Sickle Cell Anemia

    • Khalid A. Al-Mukhaizeem
    • Esther Lamoureux
    • Averell H. Sherker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 447

32. Rapid Temporary Portosystemic Bypass

    • Ernesto P. Molmenti
    • J. Wallis Marsh
    • F. Adrian Casavilla

    OriginalPaper Pages: 448 - 449

33. Outcome of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Patients with Hepatitis C

    • Seung W. Paik
    • Henkie P. Tan
    • Paul J. Thuluvath

    OriginalPaper Pages: 450 - 455

34. Abdominal Wall Endometriomas

    • Amit J. Dwivedi
    • Sunita N. Agrawal
    • Yvan J. Silva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 456 - 461

35. Interaction of Fibronectin and Aggregation Substance Promotes Adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to Human Colon

    • R. Isenmann
    • M. Schwarz
    • H.G. Beger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 462 - 468

36. LETTER: Lack of Evidence for Fibrosing Colonopathy by 5-ASA in Humans

    • Marie T. Bakowski
    • Philip Prescott

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 469 - 469

37. Book Reviews

    • Paul D. Webster III

    BookReview Pages: 470 - 470