1. Emerging concepts for the mechanism of alcoholic pancreatitis from experimental models

   • Stephen J. Pandol
   • Ilya Gukovsky
   • Anna S. Gukovskaya

   Review Pages: 623 - 628

2. Comparison of gastric peristalsis inhibition by scopolamine butylbromide and glucagon: evaluation by electrogastrography and analysis of heart rate variability

   • Kansei Katoh
   • Masahiro Nomura
   • Susumu Ito

   Pages: 629 - 635

3. Differential expression of EGF receptor in the pig duodenum during the transition phase from maternal milk to solid food

   • Markus Schweiger
   • Martin Steffl
   • Werner M. Amselgruber

   Pages: 636 - 642

4. Elucidation of cytomegalovirus disease recurrence in an HIV-1-positive patient

   • Christina Kottaridi
   • Georgios Ploumidis
   • George Nasioulas

   Pages: 643 - 646

5. Clinical features and pattern of indeterminate colitis: Crohn's disease with ulcerative colitis-like clinical presentation

   • Toshiyuki Matsui
   • Tsuneyoshi Yao
   • Sino Kamachi

   Pages: 647 - 655

6. Clinical features of hepatitis B virus genotype A in Japanese patients

   • Mariko Kobayashi
   • Yasuji Arase
   • Hiromitsu Kumada

   Pages: 656 - 662

7. Abnormalities of tumor suppressor gene p16in pancreatic carcinoma: immunohistochemical and genetic findings compared with clinicopathological parameters

   • Koushiro Ohtsubo
   • Hiroyuki Watanabe
   • Norio Sawabu

   Pages: 663 - 671

8. Pancreatic regeneration after ethionine-induced acute pancreatitis in rats lacking pancreatic CCK-A receptor gene expression

   • Takaya Sato
   • Junichi Niikawa
   • Keiji Mitamura

   Pages: 672 - 680

9. Hemorrhagic rectal ulcer caused by a deformity of the coccyx complicated by normal delivery

   • Toshimichi Kaneki
   • Shigeru Koyama
   • Keishi Kubo

   Case report Pages: 681 - 683

10. Poorly controlled ulcerative colitis treated by colectomy during remission induced by extracorporeal leukocyte removal therapy

    • Ken Fukunaga
    • Yoshihiro Fukuda
    • Takashi Shimoyama

    Case report Pages: 684 - 689

11. Effect of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571 in a patient with hepatic metastases from a duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumor

    • Akira Sawaki
    • Kazuhiko Ohashi
    • Ryuzo Ohno

    Case report Pages: 690 - 694

12. Scintigraphic study of regenerative nodules due to fulminant hepatic failure

    • Tomohiro Watanabe
    • Masahiko Kondo
    • Masatoshi Kudo

    Case report Pages: 695 - 699

13. Varicose bleeding after liver transplantation in a patient with severe portosystemic shunts

    • Toshihisa Nosaka
    • Kenichi Teramoto
    • Koichi Tanaka

    Case report Pages: 700 - 703

14. Early gallbladder carcinoma associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis

    • Takatsugu Yamamoto
    • Kiyoko Uki
    • Yasushi Kuyama

    Case report Pages: 704 - 706

15. Improvement of overexpression of endothelin B receptor in human cirrhotic liver by interferon therapy

    • Hiroaki Yokomori
    • Masaya Oda
    • Hiromasa Ishii

    Letter to the editor Pages: 707 - 709

16. Expression of EGF receptor in duodenum at weaning

    • Akifumi Ootani
    • Kazuma Fujimoto

    Editorial Pages: 710 - 711

17. The management of gastrointestinal infections caused by cytomegalovirus

    • Tadao Ishida
    • Kohzoh Imai

    Editorial Pages: 712 - 713

18. The treatment of huge spontaneous portasystemic shunts in liver transplantation

    • Koichi Hirata

    Editorial Pages: 714 - 715