1. The role of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the pathogenesis of water-immersion stress in rats—inhibition of TRH release from the stomach by atropine, ranitidine or omeprazole—

   • Kiyoshi Uchida
   • Terunori Mitsuma
   • Yoshiaki Maeda

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 1 - 9

2. An animal model of longitudinal ulcers in the small intestine induced by intracolonically administered indomethacin in rats

   • Takayuki Matsumoto
   • Mitsuo Iida
   • Masatoshi Fujishima

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 10 - 17

3. Interleukin 6 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and primary biliary cirrhosis

   • Shinichi Kakumu
   • Tadashi Shinagawa
   • Nobuo Ida

   Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Pages: 18 - 24

4. Clinical significance of low or negative titer of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen during the course of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in adolescents

   • Kazuharu Matsuura
   • Kazuo Tobe
   • Takao Tsuji

   Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Pages: 25 - 33

5. Glutathione S-transferases in primary cultured rat hepatocytes

   • Ichiro Asakura
   • Motonobu Sugimoto
   • Kinji Ito

   Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Pages: 34 - 45

6. Localization of a new enteric non-A, non-B [HEV] virus in target organ liver

   • Hema Gupta
   • Bhanu Iyenger
   • Badri Nath Tandon

   Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Pages: 46 - 50

7. Elevated serum thymidine kinase activity in patients with acute viral hepatitis

   • Katsuaki Tanaka
   • Toshihiro Sishido
   • Makoto Masumura

   Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Pages: 51 - 55

8. Development of a specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the hepatitis C virus antibody using clone 14

   • Makoto Oketani
   • Hideki Kawabata
   • Terukatsu Arima

   Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Pages: 56 - 63

9. The therapeutic effect of a new synthetic protease inhibitor (E-3123) on hemodynamic changes during experimental acute pancreatitis in dogs

   • Katsusuke Satake
   • Sin-Soo Ha
   • Hideki Nishiwaki

   Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Pages: 64 - 71

10. Nucleolar and dispersed nucleolar organiser regions (NORs) in differentiating neoplastic from atypical non-neoplastic lesions of the pancreas

    • Masahiro Sato
    • Hidenobu Watanabe
    • Yoshihiro Sakai

    Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Pages: 72 - 80

11. A case of spontaneous intramural hematoma of the esophagus

    • Hiroyoshi Furukawa
    • Tsuyoshi Hara
    • Osamu Tetsu

    Case Reports Pages: 81 - 87

12. Cytomegalovirus mononucleosis-associated gastric ulcers in normal host

    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita
    • Masahide Tojo
    • Tsutomu Chiba

    Case Reports Pages: 88 - 94

13. A case report of resected primary duodenal carcinoma associated with early gastric cancer and cumulative results at 21 institutions in Japan

    • Hironobu Kimura
    • Masahiro Kanno
    • Seiichi Kanno

    Case Reports Pages: 95 - 101

14. A case of appendiceal mucocele showing massive mucous production with concomitant colonic cancer

    • Yoshikazu Yonei
    • Takashi Kameda
    • Yorio Nakagawa

    Case Reports Pages: 102 - 109

15. An autopsy case of ulcerative colitis associated with Takayasu’s disease with a review of 13 Japanese cases

    • Hidemasa Ishikawa
    • Yuichiro Kondo
    • Toshimitsu Suzuki

    Case Reports Pages: 110 - 117

16. Carcinoma of duodenal bulb arising from the Brunner’s gland

    • Minoru Itsuno
    • Kazuya Makiyama
    • Hidenobu Watanabe

    Case Reports Pages: 118 - 125

17. Reversibility of hepatopulmonary syndrome evidenced by serial pulmonary perfusion scan

    • Hiroshi Shijo
    • Haruka Sasaki
    • Makoto Okumura

    Case Reports Pages: 126 - 131

18. Sustained intragastric hyperacidity during.total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD)

    • Toshiyuki Matsui
    • Akira Motomura
    • Tuneyoshi Yao

    Rapid Communication Pages: 132 - 132

19. Increased expression of laminin receptor in hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Ichinosuke Hyodo
    • Kenji Jinno
    • Shousuke Moriwaki

    Rapid Communication Pages: 133 - 133

20. Aberration of the p53 gene in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas

    • Satoshi Kondoh
    • Masaaki Nakamura
    • Kiwamu Okita

    Rapid Communication Pages: 134 - 134

21. Anticancer effect of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dB-cAMP) on human pancreatic cancer xenografted into nude mice

    • Akiko Umezawa
    • Jun-ichi Tanaka
    • Kenji Koyama

    Rapid Communication Pages: 135 - 135

22. Inhibitory effect of sarcophytol a (SaA) on tumor growth of transplanted human pancreatic cancer cell (MIA paca-2) in nude mice

    • Hideaki Yokomatsu
    • Katsusuke Satake
    • Hirota Fujiki

    Rapid Communication Pages: 136 - 136

23. Characteristic features of alcoholic liver disease in Japan: A review

    • Akira Takada
    • Shujiro Takase
    • Mikihiro Tsutsumi

    Review Pages: 137 - 148

24. Abstracts of selected papers presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology

    • Tomonobu Hasuo
    • Tohzo Hosoi
    • Takanori Hattori

    Abstract Pages: 149 - 184

25. First Digestive Disease Week of Japan and Thirty-Fifth Annual Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology September 20–24, 1993, Kobe, Japan

    Notices Pages: 185 - 186