1. On drugs and dilators for achalasia

   • Morris Traube

   Editorial Pages: 257 - 259

2. Medical treatment of esophageal achalasia

   • George Triadafilopoulos
   • Michael Aaronson
   • Robert Burakoff

   Original Articles Pages: 260 - 267

3. Management of dysphagia in suspected esophageal motor disorders

   • Nadine Bourgeois
   • Michel Coffernils
   • Michel Cremer

   Original Articles Pages: 268 - 273

4. Reevaluation of manometric criteria for vigorous achalasia

   • J. R. Todorczuk
   • G. Aliperti
   • R. E. Clouse

   Original Articles Pages: 274 - 278

5. Esophageal candidiasis in AIDS

   • Eoin Lalor
   • Linda Rabeneck

   Original Articles Pages: 279 - 281

6. Effect of intraesophageal location and muscarinic blockade on balloon distension-induced chest pain

   • W. G. Paterson
   • M. Selucky
   • T. T. Hynna-Liepert

   Original Articles Pages: 282 - 288

7. Relationship between plasma and hepatic cytosolic levels of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and thymidine kinase (TK) in 70% hepatectomized rats

   • Lorenzo Polimeno
   • Alessandro Azzarone
   • Antonio Francavilla

   Original Articles Pages: 289 - 292

8. Species differences in hepatic pulmonary and upper gastrointestinal tract biotransformation enzymes on long-term feeding of masheri—A pyrolyzed tobacco product

   • Urmila J. Nair
   • N. Ammigan
   • S. V. Bhide

   Original Articles Pages: 293 - 298

9. Natural killer cell activity in patients with liver cirrhosis relative to severity of liver damage

   • Wan-Long Chuang
   • Hong-Wen Liu
   • Liang-Yen Wang

   Original Articles Pages: 299 - 302

10. Demonstration of two distinct subsets of gastric varices

    • Jacob Korula
    • Kenneth Chin
    • Suyenori Yamada

    Original Articles Pages: 303 - 309

11. Bile acids in human plasma interfere with cholecystokinin bioassay using dispersed pancreatic acini

    • Kyoko Miyasaka
    • Akihiro Funakoshi
    • Kenichi Kitani

    Original Articles Pages: 310 - 316

12. Biliary pain in postcholecystectomy patients without biliary obstruction

    • G. Grimon
    • C. Buffet
    • A. Desgrez

    Original Articles Pages: 317 - 320

13. Ulcerative colitis disease activity as subjectively assessed by patient-completed questionnaires following orthotopic liver transplantation for sclerosing cholangitis

    • Judith S. Gavaler
    • Byron Delemos
    • David H. Van Thiel

    Original Articles Pages: 321 - 328

14. Effect of psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid on serum cholesterol in the elderly

    • Ronald B. Stewart
    • William E. Hale
    • Ronald G. Marks

    Original Articles Pages: 329 - 334

15. Epidermal growth factor regulation of DNA synthesis in human colonic lamina propria lymphocytes

    • Yoram Elitsur
    • Adhip P. N. Majumdar
    • Gordon D. Luk

    Original Articles Pages: 335 - 340

16. Human intraepithelial lymphocytes

    • A. I. Roberts
    • A. Panja
    • E. C. Ebert

    Original Articles Pages: 341 - 346

17. Usefulness of fecal α₁-antitrypsin clearance and fecal concentration as early indicator of postoperative asymptomatic recurrence in crohn's disease

    • Monica Boirivant
    • Francesco Pallone
    • Aldo Torsoli

    Original Articles Pages: 347 - 352

18. Endometriosis

    • Felice R. Zwas
    • David T. Lyon

    Review Article Pages: 353 - 364

19. Johanson-Blizzard syndrome

    • Dan R. Trellis
    • Ray E. Clouse

    Case Report Pages: 365 - 369

20. Acute porphyria presenting with hyperamylasemia

    • P. Mark Glencross
    • David D. Ledingham
    • Jeffrey A. Alexander

    Case Report Pages: 370 - 372

21. Severe hemorrhagic radiation proctitis advancing to gradual cessation with hyperbaric oxygen

    • Jacky Charneau
    • Gilles Bouachour
    • Jean Boyer

    Case Report Pages: 373 - 375

22. Ampullary tumor caused by metastatic renal cell carcinoma

    • R. P. Venu
    • P. Rolny
    • R. Ferstenberg

    Case Report Pages: 376 - 378

23. Duodenal-caval fistula

    • Robert Eisdorfer
    • Paul Miskovitz

    Case Report Pages: 379 - 380

24. Palliation for esophageal and cardial cancer

    • Jason Payne-James
    • Duncan Loft
    • Sylvie Naveau

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 381 - 381

25. Amyloidosis complicating inflammatory bowel disease

    • Masato Kusunoki
    • Shinsuke Fujita
    • Joji Utsunomiya

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 381 - 382

26. News and notices

    News Pages: 383 - 384