A More Than One-Hundred-Fold Higher per Capita Rate of Authorship of Five Democratic Nations Versus Their Relatively Undemocratic Neighboring Nations Among 6,437 Articles in 14 Medical Journals: Does Democracy and Civil Liberties Promote Intellectual Creativity and Medical Research? Mitchell S. Cappell Original Article 29 January 2009 Pages: 1609 - 1620
Massive Extra-adrenal Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma: Pre-operative Embolization and Resection James H. RosingR. Brooke JeffreyRalph S. Greco Stanford Multidisciplinary Seminars 30 April 2009 Pages: 1621 - 1624
Alterations in Gastric Mucosal Lineages Before or After Acute Oxyntic Atrophy in Gastrin Receptor and H2 Histamine Receptor-Deficient Mice Susumu AikouYasushi FukushimaSachiyo Nomura Original Article 09 June 2009 Pages: 1625 - 1635
Biomechanical and Histomorphometric Colon Remodelling in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats Jingbo ZhaoToshiya NakaguchiHans Gregersen Original Article 07 November 2008 Pages: 1636 - 1642
Effect of N-acetylcysteine on the Murine Model of Colitis Induced by Dextran Sodium Sulfate Through Up-Regulating PON1 Activity Yu YouJian-Jiang FuYu-Hui Liu Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1643 - 1650
Expression of C-kit Messenger Ribonucleic Acid and C-kit Protein in the Gallbladders in Guinea Pigs of High Cholesterol Diet Wang-Ming HuHe-Sheng LuoLing Wang Original Article 06 November 2008 Pages: 1651 - 1655
Impact of Operator Fatigue on Endoscopy Performance: Implications for Procedure Scheduling Gavin C. HarewoodKristia ChrysostomouWai Ling Leong Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1656 - 1661
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Should We Transfuse Less? John M. Duggan Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1662 - 1666
The Evaluation of Premenopausal Women with Anemia: What Is the Yield of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy? Kristen RobsonAmy BartoRebecca F. Liberman Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1667 - 1671
How Should We Train Capsule Endoscopy? A Pilot Study of Performance Changes During a Structured Capsule Endoscopy Training Program Aymer PostgateAdam HaycockChris Fraser Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1672 - 1679
Hospitalization for Achalasia in the United States 1997–2006 Amnon Sonnenberg Original Article 11 June 2009 Pages: 1680 - 1685
Mechanisms of Excessive Esophageal Acid Exposure in Patients with Reflux Esophagitis Katsuhiko IwakiriNoriyuki KawamiChoitsu Sakamoto Original Article 13 November 2008 Pages: 1686 - 1692
Long-Term Efficacy of Lansoprazole in Preventing Relapse of Erosive Reflux Esophagitis Thomas O. KovacsJames W. FrestonDavid A. Peura Original Article Open access 07 March 2009 Pages: 1693 - 1701
Risk Factors for the Progression of Endoscopic Barrett’s Epithelium in Japan: A Multivariate Analysis Based on the Prague C & M Criteria T. AkiyamaM. InamoriA. Nakajima Original Article 12 November 2008 Pages: 1702 - 1707
Presentation and Prognosis of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Patients Below Age 50 Nikroo HashemiDavid LorenSidney Cohen Original Article 22 November 2008 Pages: 1708 - 1712
Histologic and Manometric Studies on the Esophagus Following Endoscopic Sclerotherapy Peeyush SharmaInga HagerstrandDave Krishan Sharma Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1713 - 1719
Efficacy of the Standard Quadruple Therapy Versus Triple Therapies Containing Proton Pump Inhibitor Plus Amoxicillin and Clarithromycin or Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid and Metronidazole for Helicobacter pylori Eradication in Children Seyed Mohsen DehghaniAsma ErjaeeMahmood Haghighat Original Article 14 November 2008 Pages: 1720 - 1724
Effect of Dietary Turmeric on Breath Hydrogen Akito ShimouchiKazutoshi NoseTakaharu Kondo Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1725 - 1729
Application of the Glucose Hydrogen Breath Test for the Detection of Bacterial Overgrowth in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis––A Reliable Method? Arne R. J. SchneiderStefanie KlueberJuergen Stein Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1730 - 1735
Prevalence of Celiac Disease Among Patients with Behcet’s Disease in Iran Farhad ZamaniFarhad ShahramReza Malekzadeh Original Article 07 November 2008 Pages: 1736 - 1739
Hospitalizations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among US Military Veterans 1975–2006 Amnon SonnenbergPeter A. RichardsonNeena S. Abraham Original Article 04 March 2009 Pages: 1740 - 1745
Predicting Factors of Fistula Healing and Clinical Remission After Infliximab-Based Combined Therapy for Perianal Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease David TougeronGuillaume SavoyeEric Lerebours Original Article 12 November 2008 Pages: 1746 - 1752
Same Day Endoscopy and Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: Safety and Cost-Effectiveness J. Aaron CookStephen A. Harrison Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 1753 - 1757
Usefulness of FibroScan for Detection of Early Compensated Liver Cirrhosis in Chronic Hepatitis B Do Young KimSeung Up KimKwang-Hyub Han Original Article 13 November 2008 Pages: 1758 - 1763
Diagnostic Value of Serum Prolidase Enzyme Activity to Predict the Liver Histological Lesions in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Surrogate Marker to Distinguish Steatohepatitis from Simple Steatosis Huseyin KayadibiMustafa GültepeOzcan Keskin Original Article 07 November 2008 Pages: 1764 - 1771
Influence of Visfatin on Histopathological Changes of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease R. AllerD. A. de LuisJ. M. González Original Article 14 November 2008 Pages: 1772 - 1777
Insulin Resistance Is Common in Patients with Predominantly Genotype 3 Chronic Hepatitis C Ajay DusejaR. K. DhimanAnil Bhansali Original Article 10 June 2009 Pages: 1778 - 1782
The Effectiveness of the Treatment of Octreotide on Chylous Ascites After Liver Cirrhosis Dong Xun ZhouHua Bang ZhouHe Ping Hu Original Article 03 December 2008 Pages: 1783 - 1788
Optimal Administration of Tacrolimus in Reduced-Size Liver Yuji MorineMitsuo ShimadaNaoshi Yamazaki Original Article 12 November 2008 Pages: 1789 - 1793
Access to Liver Transplantation in the MELD Era: Role of Ethnicity and Insurance Nyingi KemmerVictoria ZachariasGuy W. Neff Original Article 03 December 2008 Pages: 1794 - 1797
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography with Single-Balloon Enteroscopy Is Feasible in Patients with a Prior Roux-en-Y Anastomosis Evan S. DellonGeoffrey P. KohnIan S. Grimm Original Article 07 November 2008 Pages: 1798 - 1803
Behavioral Treatment of Habitual Rumination: Case Reports William T. Dalton IIIDanita I. Czyzewski Case Report 04 December 2008 Pages: 1804 - 1807
Argon Plasma Coagulation Versus Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in Patients with Dysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus Jaume BoixVicente Lorenzo-ZúñigaRamón Planas Letter to the Editor 14 November 2008 Pages: 1808 - 1809
Adiponectin in Obesity-Associated Colon Cancer and Its Preventive Implications: Comment on "Association of Visceral Fat Accumulation and Adiponectin Levels with Colorectal Neoplasia" Jiezhong ChenXu-Feng Huang Correspondence 10 June 2009 Pages: 1810 - 1811
Larger Short-Axis Length of Lymph Nodes: Another Predictor for Malignant Involvement Mitsunobu MatsushitaKazushige UchidaKazuichi Okazaki Correspondence 10 June 2009 Pages: 1812 - 1813