REVIEW: The Use of Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders Frank FriedenbergSatya GollamudiHenry P. Parkman ReviewPaper Pages: 165 - 175
Gastric Dysrhythmias and Transient Sleep Impairment in Healthy Subjects Chien-Lin ChenHans Hsienhong Lin OriginalPaper Pages: 176 - 179
Functional Mechanism Underlying COX-2 Expression Following Administration of Indomethacin in Rat Stomachs: Importance of Gastric Hypermotility Koji TakeuchiAkiko TanakaYoshiaki Kubo OriginalPaper Pages: 180 - 187
Correlation of Gastric Liquid Emptying with Various Thresholds of Sensation in Healthy Controls and Patients with Functional Dyspepsia Xiao-Hua HouQixiang LiJ. D. Z. Chen OriginalPaper Pages: 188 - 195
A Nitrergic Secretomotor Neurotransmitter in the Chloride Secretory Response to Serotonin Brian N. KingMichael C. StonerJohn M. Kellum OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 201
Rebamipide Activates Genes Encoding Angiogenic Growth Factors and Cox2 and Stimulates Angiogenesis: A Key to Its Ulcer Healing Action? A. S. TarnawskiJ. ChaiS.-K. Chiou OriginalPaper Pages: 202 - 209
Adaptive Cytoprotection Induced by Pretreatment with Ethanol Protects Against Gastric Cell Damage by NSAIDs Ken-Ichiro TanakaKiyo NishimotoTohru Mizushima OriginalPaper Pages: 210 - 217
Analysis of Promoter Region of X-Linked pgk-1 Gene Polymorphisms: Evidence for Polyclonality of Adult Mouse Gastric Glands Sachiyo NomuraMichio KaminishiHiroyasu Esumi OriginalPaper Pages: 218 - 223
CASE REPORT: Laparoscopic Radiofrequency Ablation of Solitary Hepatic Gastrinoma Metastases Eldo Ermenegildo Frezza OriginalPaper Pages: 224 - 227
Esophageal Bacteria and Barrett's Esophagus: A Preliminary Report Glenn L. OsiasMatthew Q. BromerRobert S. Fisher OriginalPaper Pages: 228 - 236
Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Endoscopic Esophagitis and Barrett's Esophagus: The Long and Short of It All Shanmugarajah RajendraKannan KuttyNorain Karim OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 242
Relationship Between Hiatal Hernia and Inguinal Hernia Leonardo De LucaPietro Di GiorgioJoseph A. Murray OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 247
Esophageal Function and Sjögren's Syndrome Françoise VolterOlivier FainMichel Thomas OriginalPaper Pages: 248 - 253
A Comparison Study of Gastric Cancer Risk in Patients with Duodenal and Gastric Ulcer: Roles of Gastric Mucosal Histology and p53 Codon 72 Polymorphism Zun-Wu ZhangPaul NewcombJeff Holly OriginalPaper Pages: 254 - 259
CASE REPORT: Early Gastric Cancer Development in a Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patient Shouji ShimoyamaFumio AokiMichio Kaminishi OriginalPaper Pages: 260 - 265
Do Cholecystokinin Antagonists Increase Cytosolic Calcium in Pancreatic Acinar Cells and Thereby Promote Pancreatitis? Claus Niederau OriginalPaper Pages: 266 - 269
CASE REPORT: Successful Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Ruptured Gastric Fundal Varices in a Patient with Child–Pugh C Cirrhosis: Case Report and Literature Review Yasuji KomorizonoKatsumi SakoKunio Fujisaki OriginalPaper Pages: 270 - 274
High Ascitic Fluid Leptin Levels in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis and Sterile Ascites: Relationship with TNF-α Levels Edoardo GianniniPaola RomagnoliRoberto Testa OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 280
Effect of Acute Self-Limited Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Superinfection on Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-Related Cirrhosis. Virological Features of HBV–HCV Dual Infection Norio AkutaFumitaka SuzukiHiromitsu Kumada OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 288
Natural Interferon α Treatment and Interferon α Receptor 2 Levels in Acute Hepatitis C Kazuyuki OhataKoji YanoMichitami Yano OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 294
Influence of Age, Sex, and Degree of Liver Fibrosis on the Association Between Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Levels and Liver Inflammation in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Hidenori ToyodaTakashi KumadaTeiji Kuzuya OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 299
CASE REPORT: Adefovir Dipivoxil as a Treatment for Hepatic Failure Caused by Lamivudine-Resistant HBV Strains Reiichiro KuwaharaRyukichi KumashiroMichio Sata BriefCommunication Pages: 300 - 303
CASE REPORT: Amebic Liver Abscess, Mirizzi Syndrome, and Acute Hepatic Failure C. SeveriM. ZippiR. Caprilli OriginalPaper Pages: 304 - 307
CASE REPORT: Omental Mass Secondary to Metastatic Breast Cancer Ehab ElakkaryAmit DwivediShivana Prakash OriginalPaper Pages: 308 - 311
Rectal Hypersensitivity Reduced by Acupoint TENS in Patients with Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Pilot Study Wen-Bin XiaoYu-Lan Liu OriginalPaper Pages: 312 - 319
Modulation of the Effect of Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Acute Colitis by the Administration of Different Probiotic Strains of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium Nadia OsmanDiya AdawiGöran Molin OriginalPaper Pages: 320 - 327
Effect of Anti-TNF Therapy and Vitamin D Derivatives on the Proliferation of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Crohn's Disease Maria StioCristina TrevesAndrea G. Bonanomi OriginalPaper Pages: 328 - 335
CASE REPORT: Prolonged Remission of Severe Crohn's Disease After Fever and Leukopenia Caused by 6-Mercaptopurine Efrat Z. LobelBurton I. KorelitzGeorgia Panagopoulos ReviewPaper Pages: 336 - 338
The Chronic Colitis Developed by HLA-B27 Transgenic Rats Is Associated with Altered In Vivo Mucin Synthesis M. FaureD. MoënnozJ. Boza OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 346
CASE REPORT: Primary Epiploic Appendagitis: An Underappreciated Diagnosis. A Case Series and Review of the Literature Simren SanghaJorge A. SotoFrancis A. Farraye BriefCommunication Pages: 347 - 350
LETTER: Invagination of the Appendix: Diagnostic Laparoscopy? F. J. VogelaarI. Q. MolenaarP. Steenvoorde BriefCommunication Pages: 351 - 352
