CASE REPORT: Hepatic Decompensation After Gastric Bypass Surgery for Severe Obesity Scott J. CotlerJoseph M. VitelloThomas J. Layden OriginalPaper Pages: 1563 - 1568
Ursodeoxycholic Acid Ameliorates Experimental Ileitis Counteracting Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress Carlos Felipe Bernardes-SilvaAdérson O. M. C. DamiãoAntonio A. Laudanna OriginalPaper Pages: 1569 - 1574
Prevalence of Hepatic Granulomas in Chronic Hepatitis B Veysel TahanResat OzarasNurdan Tozun OriginalPaper Pages: 1575 - 1577
Dietary Composition and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Steven SolgaAmir R. AlkhuraisheThomas Magnuson OriginalPaper Pages: 1578 - 1583
Patients with Autonomic Neuropathy Are More Likely to Develop Hepatic Encephalopathy Anurag MaheshwariAnil ThomasPaul J. Thuluvath OriginalPaper Pages: 1584 - 1588
Effect of Losartan, an Angiotensin II Antagonist, on Hepatic Fibrosis Induced by CCl4 in Rats Yao Hong WeiLi JunChen Ji Qiang OriginalPaper Pages: 1589 - 1594
CASE REPORT: Treatment of Bronchobiliary Fistula Due to an Infected Hydatid Cyst by a Nonsurgical Approach İbrahim ErtugrulSeyfettin KöklüBurhan Şahin BriefCommunication Pages: 1595 - 1597
The Adherent Gastric Mucous Layer Is Composed of Alternating Layers of MUC5AC and MUC6 Mucin Proteins Samuel B. HoKenji TakamuraHiroyoshi Ota OriginalPaper Pages: 1598 - 1606
Proximal Sensor Data from Routine Dual-Sensor Esophageal pH Monitoring Is Often Inaccurate Matt McColloughAbdul JabbarJohn M. Wo OriginalPaper Pages: 1607 - 1611
CASE REPORT: Endoscopic Balloon Catheter Dilation for Treatment of Primary Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction Sergio Zepeda-GómezAldo Montaño LozaMiguel A. Valdovinos OriginalPaper Pages: 1612 - 1614
Atrophic Progression Induced by H. pylori Infection Is Correlated with a Changing Pepsinogen I Value and Associated with the Development of Gastric Cancer Mikio KaritaAyumi NoriyasuSatoru Matsumoto OriginalPaper Pages: 1615 - 1620
Enhanced Cell Surface Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Inhibitors, and Tumor-Induced Host Response in Progression of Human Gastric Carcinoma Shohei Koyama OriginalPaper Pages: 1621 - 1630
Mutation of β-Catenin Does Not Coexist with K-ras Mutation in Colorectal Tumorigenesis Kazuhisa ShitohKoji KoinumaHideo Nagai OriginalPaper Pages: 1631 - 1633
The Effect of H2 Antagonists on Proliferation and Apoptosis in Human Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines Shanmugarajah RajendraHugh MulcahyParveen Kumar OriginalPaper Pages: 1634 - 1640
Premedication with Tramadol in Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study Laurino GrossiGiorgio CappelloLeonardo Marzio OriginalPaper Pages: 1641 - 1645
CASE REPORT: Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus: Long-Term Survival Following Pre- and Postoperative Adjuvant Hormone/Chemotherapy Hirokazu UetsukaYoshio NaomotoNoriaki Tanaka BriefCommunication Pages: 1646 - 1651
CASE REPORT: Persistent CEA Elevation in a Patient with Psoriasis and a History of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with No Evidence of Residual Tumor Gregory D. LeonardDana SachsNancy E. Kemeny OriginalPaper Pages: 1652 - 1653
CASE REPORT: RCAS1, a Useful Serum Marker to Predict the Recurrence of Cancer: Two Cases of Cholangiocarcinoma and Pancreatic Cancer Munechika EnjojiMakoto NakamutaHajime Nawata OriginalPaper Pages: 1654 - 1656
Comparison of Air-Coupled Balloon Esophageal and Anorectal Manometry Catheters with Solid-State Esophageal Manometry and Water-Perfused Anorectal Manometry Catheters John C. FangKristen HildenKathryn A. Peterson OriginalPaper Pages: 1657 - 1663
Taurodeoxycholate Stimulates Intestinal Cell Proliferation and Protects Against Apoptotic Cell Death Through Activation of NF-κB Alexander ToledoJon YamaguchiEric D. Strauch OriginalPaper Pages: 1664 - 1671
Knowledge, Quality of Life, and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Comparison of Chinese and Caucasian Patients Rupert W. L. LeongIan C. LawranceJoseph J. Y. Sung OriginalPaper Pages: 1672 - 1676
CASE REPORT: Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp of the Small Intestine Causing Intussusception: A Report of Two Cases Dimitrios BaysGeorge K. AnagnostopoulosSpyridon Missas OriginalPaper Pages: 1677 - 1680
Does Serum Hexosaminidase Activity Play a Role in the Diagnosis of Strangulated Bowel Obstruction? An Experimental Study M. Tahir OruçM. Mahir ÖzmenFaruk Coşkun OriginalPaper Pages: 1681 - 1686
LETTER: Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Idiopathic Adhesions Ehab A. ElakkaryAmit J. DwivediThanh Phan OriginalPaper Pages: 1687 - 1687
Plasma GLP-2 Levels and Intestinal Markers in the Juvenile Pig During Intestinal Adaptation: Effects of Different Diet Regimens Monique C. ParisPeter J. FullerJulie E. Binesm OriginalPaper Pages: 1688 - 1695
Protective Effect of Lafutidine, a Novel Histamine H2-Receptor Antagonist, on Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colonic Inflammation Through Capsaicin-Sensitive Afferent Neurons in Rats Mitsuaki OkayamaRyoichi TsubouchiKoji Takeuchi OriginalPaper Pages: 1696 - 1704
Prophylactic Administration of Topical Glutamine Enhances the Capability of the Rat Colon to Resist Inflammatory Damage Eran IsraeliEduard BerenshteinEran Goldin OriginalPaper Pages: 1705 - 1712
Stress Increases Susceptibility to Oxidative/Nitrosative Mucosal Damage in an Experimental Model of Colitis in Rats Arturo L. ColónJosé L. M. MadrigalJuan C. Leza OriginalPaper Pages: 1713 - 1721
CASE REPORT: Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Presenting with Ileal Involvement in an Adult Raffi KaragozianChristian TurbideAndrew Szilagyi BriefCommunication Pages: 1722 - 1726
LETTER: Colitic Cancer Developed After Introduction of Azathioprine Jun-Ichi SasakiYutaka J. KawamuraTsutomu Tosha OriginalPaper Pages: 1727 - 1729