1. Mucosal repair and growth factors: recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor as an innovative therapy for inflammatory bowel disease

   • Akio Ido
   • Masatsugu Numata
   • Hirohito Tsubouchi

   Review Pages: 925 - 931

2. Self-expandable metallic stent placement for palliation in gastric outlet obstructions caused by gastric cancer: a comparison with surgical gastrojejunostomy

   • Iruru Maetani
   • Sotaro Akatsuka
   • Yoshihiro Sakai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 932 - 937

3. Serum pepsinogen concentrations as a measure of gastric acid secretion in Helicobacter pylori-negative and -positive Japanese subjects

   • Katsunori Iijima
   • Hitoshi Sekine
   • Tooru Shimosegawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 938 - 944

4. A novel apoptosis-inducing monoclonal antibody (anti-LHK) against a cell surface antigen on colon cancer cells

   • Hidehiko Matsukawa
   • Takanori Kanai
   • Toshifumi Hibi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 945 - 955

5. Identification and characterization of novel gut-associated lymphoid tissues in rat small intestine

   • Osamu Hitotsumatsu
   • Hiromasa Hamada
   • Hiromichi Ishikawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 956 - 963

6. Emergency balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric varices

   • Hirotaka Arai
   • Takehiko Abe
   • Masatomo Mori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 964 - 971

7. Prognostic effects of causative virus in hepatocellular carcinoma according to the Japan integrated staging (JIS) score

   • Shoji Kubo
   • Hiromu Tanaka
   • Kazuhiro Hirohashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 972 - 979

8. Hyperbaric oxygen-induced changes in bacterial translocation and acinar ultrastructure in rat acute necrotizing pancreatitis

   • Nuket Mas
   • Ahmet Turan Isik
   • Nuran Yener

   OriginalPaper Pages: 980 - 986

9. Cytomegalovirus cholangitis and pancreatitis in an immunocompetent patient

   • Takatomi Oku
   • Masahiro Maeda
   • Yoshiro Niitsu

   Case report Pages: 987 - 992

10. Primary undifferentiated spindle-cell carcinoma of the gallbladder presenting as a liver tumor

    • Tomotaka Akatsu
    • Masakazu Ueda
    • Masaki Kitajima

    Case report Pages: 993 - 998

11. Gastric myoelectrical activity and serum albumin level in Japanese patients on hemodialysis

    • Takatsugu Yamamoto
    • Masaki Saito
    • Yasushi Kuyama

    Letters to the editor Pages: 999 - 1000

12. Cancer in the anal canal, and in an anal fistula, that developed during a longstanding course of Crohn's disease

    • Shinsuke Kazama
    • Takeyuki Hiramatsu
    • Ken Kuriki

    Letters to the editor Pages: 1000 - 1001

13. Budd-Chiari syndrome after in vitro fertilization in a patient with latent thrombophilia

    • Alexandra Alexopoulou
    • Demosthenes Mantzoukis
    • Spyros P. Dourakis

    Letters to the editor Pages: 1001 - 1002

14. Budd-Chiari syndrome with underlying homozygous factor V Leiden and heterozygous methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutations

    • Kassem A. Barada
    • Cecilio R. Azar
    • Ali T. Taher

    Letters to the editor Pages: 1002 - 1003

15. Metastasis of hepatic angiosarcoma to the stomach

    • Tae-Oh Kim
    • Gwang-Ha Kim
    • Mong Cho

    Letters to the editor Pages: 1003 - 1004

16. ¹⁸F-FDG PET for hepatocellular carcinoma presenting with portal vein tumor thrombus

    • Kazuyuki Hanajiri
    • Hiroshi Mitsui
    • Keiichi Nakagawa

    Letters to the editor Pages: 1005 - 1006

17. Metallic stent placement or gastroenterostomy for gastric outlet obstruction caused by gastric cancer?

    • Kazuhiro Tsukada

    Editorial Pages: 1007 - 1008

18. Current status of monoclonal antibodies as therapeutic agents for solid cancer

    • Chiaki Okuse
    • Fumio Itoh

    Editorial Pages: 1009 - 1011