1. EsophagealCandida infection and adherence mechanisms in the nonimmunocompromised rabbit

   • Kazunori Hoshika
   • Mitsuo Iida
   • Hiroko Mine

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 307 - 313

2. Role of endogenous substance P in ethanol-induced mucosal damage in the rat stomach

   • Hiromi Hayashi
   • Kazuo Nishiyama
   • Katsunori Saigenji

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 314 - 322

3. Single oral dose of cisapride accelerates gastric antral emptying in healthy humans: An ultrasonographic study

   • Torahiko Takeda
   • Hiroyuki Konomi
   • Masao Tanaka

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 323 - 328

4. Detection ofHelicobacter pylori by polymerase chain reaction assay using gastric biopsy specimens taken for CLOtest

   • Tin-Tsan Lin
   • Chau-Ting Yeh
   • Pang-Chi Chen

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 329 - 332

5. Gastroduodenal manifestations in patients with skeletal fluorosis

   • Srinivasan Dasarathy
   • Taposh Kumar Das
   • Rakesh Kumar Tandon

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 333 - 337

6. Altered polyamine biosynthesis with aging after massive proximal small bowel resection in rat

   • Kenichiro Sakamoto
   • Yoshihide Fujiyama
   • Tadao Bamba

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 338 - 346

7. Pericholangitis in a rabbit colitis model induced by injection of muramyl dipeptide emulsified with a long-chain fatty acid

   • Kiyoo Kuroe
   • Yoichi Haga
   • Yutaka Yoshida

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 347 - 352

8. Growth factor mRNA expression in normal colorectal mucosa and in uninvolved mucosa from ulcerative colitis patients

   • Aktaruzzaman Chowdhury
   • Ryo Fukuda
   • Shiro Fukumoto

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 353 - 360

9. Determining depth of invasion of advanced colorectal cancer using MRI Short inversion time inversion recovery sequences

   • Eiichi Masuko
   • Hisato Homma
   • Naoki Watanabe

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 361 - 365

10. Effects of calcium antagonists on hepatic and systemic hemodynamics in awake portal hypertensive rats

    • Masamichi Nagasawa
    • Tsunehisa Kawasaki
    • Teruya Yoshimi

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 366 - 372

11. Comparison of the proliferative capacity of adenomatous hyperplasia and well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Aogu Yamashita

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 373 - 378

12. Pathophysiological effect of hepatic ischemia and reperfusion after hepatectomy in dogs with obstructive jaundice, focusing on the effect of coenzyme Q10 and styrene-co-maleic acid superoxide dismutase

    • Yoshifumi Ogura
    • Keisuke Takagi
    • Ryuji Mizumoto

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 379 - 386

13. Evaluation of patient outcome following sclerotherapy for esophageal varices

    • Michihiro Sumino
    • Atsushi Toyonaga
    • Kyuichi Tanikawa

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 387 - 393

14. Therapeutic effect of secretin in patients with jaundice; Double-blind placebo-controlled multicentric trial

    • Yohei Fukumoto
    • Kiwamu Okita
    • Hiroyuki Shirasawa

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 394 - 403

15. Role of endogenous and exogenous cholecystokinin in experimental acute pancreatitis induced in rats by the duodenal loop technique

    • Sin-Soo Ha
    • Katsusuke Satake
    • Akihito Hiura

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 404 - 413

16. Role of endogenous platelet-activating factor in the regulation of pancreatic blood flow during caerulein stimulation

    • Mami Ogura
    • Yoshitsugu Kubota
    • Kyoichi Inoue

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 414 - 419

17. Gastric duplication cyst: Evaluation by endoscopic ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging

    • Takashi Takahara
    • Toshihiko Torigoe
    • Masahisa Ishikawa

    Case Report Pages: 420 - 424

18. Laparoscopically assisted ileocecal resection for Crohn's disease associated with intestinal stenosis and ileovesical fistula

    • Hiroshi Serizawa
    • Toshifumi Hibi
    • Hiromasa Ishii

    Case Report Pages: 425 - 430

19. Coexistence of choriocarcinoma and adenocarcinoma in the rectum: Molecular aspects

    • Mitsuru Tokisue
    • Koichi Yasutake
    • Ryoji Morita

    Case Report Pages: 431 - 436

20. Primary malignant melanoma of the rectum

    • Takai Kuroda
    • Jiro Kusama
    • Toshiaki Saida

    Case Report Pages: 437 - 440

21. Liver cell adenoma in a young man with elevated serum PIVKA-II level

    • Hirofumi Uto
    • Masafumi Shigehira
    • Hirohito Tsubouchi

    Case Report Pages: 441 - 445

22. Ciliated foregut cyst in cirrhotic liver

    • Takamichi Murakami
    • Atsushi Imai
    • Kenichi Wakasa

    Case Report Pages: 446 - 449

23. Hepatocellular carcinoma associated with anabolic steroid therapy: Report of a case and review of the Japanese literature

    • Atsushi Kosaka
    • Hiroaki Takahashi
    • Koji Katsuta

    Case Report Pages: 450 - 454

24. Mucin-producing adenoma associated with pancreas divisum and hepatic hilar carcinoma: An autopsy case

    • Nobuto Origuchi
    • Wataru Kimura
    • Yukiyoshi Esaki

    Case Report Pages: 455 - 459

25. Ampullary somatostatinoma in a patient with von Recklinghausen's disease

    • Osamu Kainuma
    • Yasushi Ito
    • Tsuyoshi Hara

    Case Report Pages: 460 - 464

26. Floating gallbladder associated with histologically distinct double cancers

    • Masao Nakahama
    • Shu Kuramoto
    • Takeshi Oohara

    Case Report Pages: 465 - 469

27. Gallbladder cancer associated with cholesterosis

    • Takayoshi Akiyama
    • Hiroyuki Sahara
    • Hisao Matsunou

    Case Report Pages: 470 - 474

28. Bile secretion-models, mechanisms, and malfunctions. A perspective on the development of modern cellular and molecular concepts of bile secretion and cholestasis

    • James L. Boyer

    Review Pages: 475 - 481

29. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 482 - 483