1. Understanding the hypercarcinogenic state in chronic hepatitis: a clue to the prevention of human hepatocellular carcinoma

   • Okio Hino
   • Kazunori Kajino
   • Yasuo Arakawa

   Review Pages: 883 - 887

2. Influence of mosapride citrate on gastric motility and autonomic nervous function: evaluation by spectral analyses of heart rate and blood pressure variabilities, and by electrogastrography

   • Junko Endo
   • Masahiro Nomura
   • Yutaka Nakaya

   Pages: 888 - 895

3. Effects of etodolac, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, on the expression of E-cadherin-catenin complexes in gastrointestinal cell lines

   • Masao Noda
   • Yoichi Tatsumi
   • Takanori Hattori

   Pages: 896 - 904

4. Immunohistochemical analysis of cell cycle-regulating-protein (p21, p27, and Ki-67) expression in gastroesophageal reflux disease

   • Yorihiro Nishiyama
   • Shigeki Koyama
   • Tadao Bamba

   Pages: 905 - 911

5. Long-term results of seton drainage on complex anal fistulae in patients with Crohn's disease

   • Yoshio Takesue
   • Hiroki Ohge
   • Taijiro Sueda

   Pages: 912 - 915

6. Accurate prediction of fulminant hepatic failure in severe acute viral hepatitis: multicenter study

   • Makoto Yoshiba
   • Kazuhiko Sekiyama
   • Akitaka Shibuya

   Pages: 916 - 921

7. Interferon for treatment of breakthrough infection with hepatitis B virus mutants developing during long-term lamivudine therapy

   • Fumitaka Suzuki
   • Akihito Tsubota
   • Hiromitsu Kumada

   Pages: 922 - 927

8. Functional analysis of recombinant pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor protein with amino-acid substitution

   • Kinuko Kuwata
   • Masahiko Hirota
   • Michio Ogawa

   Pages: 928 - 934

9. Significance of measurement of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in acute pancreatitis

   • Tsunao Imamura
   • Shigeki Tanaka
   • Keiji Mitamura

   Short communication Pages: 935 - 938

10. Primary CD56+ T/NK cell lymphoma of the colon

    • Hyun Soo Kim
    • Dong Ki Lee
    • Young Hye Ko

    Case report Pages: 939 - 946

11. Somatostatinoma of the papilla of Vater with multiple gastrointestinal stromal tumors in a patient with von Recklinghausen's disease

    • Masanobu Usui
    • Shinsuke Matsuda
    • Taizo Shiraishi

    Case report Pages: 947 - 953

12. Small-bowel hemorrhage caused by cytomegalovirus vasculitis following fulminant hepatitis

    • Kaku Omori
    • Kiyoshi Hasegawa
    • Naoaki Hayashi

    Case report Pages: 954 - 960

13. Congenital anomalous connection between the left intrahepatic bile duct and the stomach

    • Young-Eun Joo
    • Hyun-Soo Kim
    • Sei-Jong Kim

    Case report Pages: 961 - 965

14. Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder with chondroid differentiation

    • Tetsuo Ajiki
    • Takeshi Nakamura
    • Chiho Ohbayashi

    Case report Pages: 966 - 971

15. Solid cystic tumor of the pancreas: report of six cases and a review of the Japanese literature

    • Kiyoshi Uchimi
    • Naotaka Fujita
    • Osamu Takazawa

    Case report Pages: 972 - 980

16. Management of adenocarcinoma of the appendix

    • Yutaka J. Kawamura

    Letter to the editor Pages: 981 - 981

17. Initial transformed cells of colorectal adenoma: do they occur at the top of the crypt?

    • Takahiro Fujimori
    • Shigehiko Fujii
    • Yasushi Sano

    Letter to the editor Pages: 982 - 984

18. Gastrointestinal reflux disease and cell cycle-regulating proteins

    • Yuko Ono
    • Takahiro Fujimori

    Editorial Pages: 985 - 987

19. Remission of breakthrough hepatitis in chronic hepatitis B patients on lamivudine

    • Kazuhiko Koike

    Editorial Pages: 988 - 990