1. Effects of epidermal growth factor and insulin on migration and proliferation of primary cultured rabbit gastric epithelial cells

   • Kohei Maehiro
   • Sumio Watanabe
   • Nobuhiro Sato

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 573 - 578

2. Role of acetylcholine and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) in gastrin secretion

   • Makiko Matsuno
   • Teruaki Matsui
   • Yasuyuki Arakawa

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 579 - 586

3. Endoscopic follow-up study of development of gastric antral vascular ectasia associated with liver cirrhosis

   • Masahiro Ikeda
   • Nobuhiko Hayashi
   • Manabu Masuzawa

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 587 - 592

4. Effect of ecabet sodium onHelicobacter pylori adhesion to gastric epithelial cells

   • Shunji Hayashi
   • Toshiro Sugiyama
   • Nobuhiro Fujii

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 593 - 597

5. Intestinal Behçet’s disease—Pathognomonic changes in intramucosal lymphoid tissues and effect of a “rest cure” on intestinal lesions

   • Yoshihiko Takada
   • Yoshikuni Fujita
   • Eio Atari

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 598 - 604

6. Cyclosporine A inhibits interleukin-8 production in a human colon epithelial cell line (HT-29)

   • Osamu Saitoh
   • Ryoichi Matsuse
   • Ken-ichi Katsu

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 605 - 610

7. Association between frequency of amino acid changes in core region of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the presence of precore mutation in Japanese HBV carriers

   • Tatsunobu Karasawa
   • Takuji Shirasawa
   • Gotaro Toda

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 611 - 622

8. Production and secretion of pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor in normal human small intestine

   • Hans Bohe
   • Måns Bohe
   • Kjell Ohlsson

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 623 - 627

9. Gallbladder emptying and cholecystokinin and pancreatic polypeptide responses to a liquid meal in patients with diabetes mellitus

   • Takayoshi Meguro
   • Tooru Shimosegawa
   • Takayoshi Toyota

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 628 - 634

10. Macroscopic and stereomicroscopic diagnosis of superficial flat-type early carcinomas of the gallbladder

    • Shomei Ryozawa
    • Hidenobu Watanabe
    • Kiwamu Okita

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 635 - 642

11. Gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma associated with chronic atrophic gastritis type A

    • Yasuharu Kaizaki
    • Takeshi Fujii
    • Masashi Fukayama

    Case Report Pages: 643 - 649

12. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding arising from metastatic testicular tumor

    • Akiko Nakamura
    • Yusei Ikeda
    • Toru Inoue

    Case Report Pages: 650 - 653

13. Acute lupus peritonitis successfully treated with steroid pulse therapy

    • Akira Andoh
    • Yoshihide Fujiyama
    • Tadao Bamba

    Case Report Pages: 654 - 657

14. Primary adenocarcinoma of appendix, colonic type associated with perforating peritonitis in an elderly patient

    • Takatsugu Yamada
    • Yoshinori Murao
    • Hiroshige Nakano

    Case Report Pages: 658 - 662

15. Crohn’s disease associated with renal amyloidosis successfully treated with an elemental diet

    • Yasuo Horie
    • Mitsuro Chiba
    • Tetsunori Ebina

    Case Report Pages: 663 - 667

16. Acute exacerbation of hepatitis due to reactivation of hepatitis B virus with mutations in the core region after chemotherapy for malignant lymphoma

    • Tsutomu Sato
    • Junji Kato
    • Yoshiro Niitsu

    Case Report Pages: 668 - 671

17. Hepatic actinomycosis: Case report and review of the literature in Japan

    • Shigeo Sugano
    • Tamaki Matuda
    • Kosei Mogami

    Case Report Pages: 672 - 676

18. Usefulness of novel imaging modalities in diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver

    • Yohichi Nishigaki
    • Eiichi Tomita
    • Tetsuta Yamada

    Case Report Pages: 677 - 683

19. Hepatic infarction with portal thrombosis

    • Kentaro Yamashita
    • Hiroyuki Tsukuda
    • Kohzoh Imai

    Case Report Pages: 684 - 688

20. Exacerbated autoimmune hepatitis successfully treated with leukocytapheresis and bilirubin adsorption therapy

    • Koji Sawada
    • Kunio Ohnishi
    • Takashi Shimoyama

    Case Report Pages: 689 - 695

21. Cowden’s disease with a defined genetic alteration—Chromosomal duplication at 15q11–q13

    • Takehisa Suzuki
    • Masao Ichinose
    • Kazumasa Miki

    Case Report Pages: 696 - 699

22. Lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas

    • Hideaki Kazumori
    • Toshihiro Sizuku
    • Shyun Yamamoto

    Case Report Pages: 700 - 703

23. Polypoid adenomyoma of the gallbladder

    • Eizaburo Sasatomi
    • Kohji Miyazaki
    • Osamu Tokunaga

    Case Report Pages: 704 - 707

24. Steroid hormone-dependent overexpression of cytochromes P450 2A in liver tumors of TGFα transgenic male mice

    • Hitoshi Takagi
    • Kaoru Aida
    • Masahiko Negishi

    Rapid Communication Pages: 708 - 711

25. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 712 - 713