1. New therapeutic approaches to hepatitis C virus

   • Naoya Sakamoto
   • Mamoru Watanabe

   Review 21 May 2009 Pages: 643 - 649

   

2. Comparison of gastroesophageal reflux in 100 patients with or without prior gastroesophageal surgery

   • Norihiro Yuasa
   • Tetsuya Abe
   • Ryoji Miyahara

   Original Article—Alimentary Tract 12 May 2009 Pages: 650 - 658

   

3. Prevalence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease in Japan

   • Keiko Asakura
   • Yuji Nishiwaki
   • Toru Takebayashi

   Original Article—Alimentary Tract 08 May 2009 Pages: 659 - 665

   

4. Unbalanced expression of protease-activated receptors-1 and -2 in the colon of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients

   • Zhao Xiang Bian
   • Zhi Li
   • Joseph J. Y. Sung

   Original Article—Alimentary Tract 09 May 2009 Pages: 666 - 674

   

5. Short-term and long-term outcome of endoluminal gastroplication for the treatment of GERD: the first multicenter trial in Japan

   • Soji Ozawa
   • Koichiro Kumai
   • Masaki Kitajima

   Original Article—Alimentary Tract 14 May 2009 Pages: 675 - 684

   

6. Adipocytokine levels in gastric cancer patients: resistin and visfatin as biomarkers of gastric cancer

   • Takako Eguchi Nakajima
   • Yasuhide Yamada
   • Yasuhiro Shimada

   Original Article—Alimentary Tract 09 May 2009 Pages: 685 - 690

7. Detection of anti-CUEC-23 antibodies in serum of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a possible new serum marker for esophageal cancer

   • Hideaki Shimada
   • Akiko Kagaya
   • Takaki Hiwasa

   Original Article—Alimentary Tract 01 May 2009 Pages: 691 - 696

   

8. Randomized, parallel, double-blind comparison of the ulcer-healing effects of ilaprazole and omeprazole in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers

   • Khek Yu Ho
   • Arlene Kuan
   • Hwan Min Yoon

   Original Article—Alimentary Tract 12 May 2009 Pages: 697 - 707

   

9. Acid and non-acid reflux in Japanese patients with non-erosive reflux disease with persistent reflux symptoms, despite taking a double-dose of proton pump inhibitor: a study using combined pH-impedance monitoring

   • Katsuhiko Iwakiri
   • Noriyuki Kawami
   • Choitsu Sakamoto

   Original Article—Alimentary Tract 12 May 2009 Pages: 708 - 712

   

10. Comparison of a monoclonal with a polyclonal antibody-based enzyme immunoassay stool test in diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection after eradication therapy

    • Ryuzo Deguchi
    • Masashi Matsushima
    • Atsushi Takagi

    Original Article—Alimentary Tract 21 May 2009 Pages: 713 - 716

11. The preventive factors for aspirin-induced peptic ulcer: aspirin ulcer and corpus atrophy

    • Akiko Shiotani
    • Takashi Sakakibara
    • Ken Haruma

    Original Article—Alimentary Tract 16 May 2009 Pages: 717 - 725

    

12. Long-term outcome of autoimmune pancreatitis

    • Kazushige Uchida
    • Shujiro Yazumi
    • Kazuichi Okazaki

    Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 25 April 2009 Pages: 726 - 732

    

13. Usefulness of Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison with pathological diagnosis and superparamagnetic iron oxide magnetic resonance images

    • Keiko Korenaga
    • Masaaki Korenaga
    • Isao Sakaida

    Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 23 April 2009 Pages: 733 - 741

    

14. Histological diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis using EUS-guided trucut biopsy: a comparison study with EUS-FNA

    • Nobumasa Mizuno
    • Vikram Bhatia
    • Kenji Yamao

    Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 12 May 2009 Pages: 742 - 750

    

15. The loss of HBeAg without precore mutation results in lower HBV DNA levels and ALT levels in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

    • Naoto Kawabe
    • Senju Hashimoto
    • Kentaro Yoshioka

    Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 09 May 2009 Pages: 751 - 756

16. Nonalcoholic fatty liver is a risk factor for postprandial hyperglycemia, but not for impaired fasting glucose

    • Tomoko Shiga
    • Yuriko Moriyoshi
    • Keiko Shiratori

    Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 02 May 2009 Pages: 757 - 764

    

17. Diagnostic utility of biopsy specimens for autoimmune pancreatitis

    • Kenji Hirano
    • Noriyoshi Fukushima
    • Masao Omata

    Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 09 May 2009 Pages: 765 - 773

    

18. Functional polymorphisms of the cyclooxygenase (PTGS2) gene and risk for gallbladder cancer in a North Indian population

    • Kshitij Srivastava
    • Anvesha Srivastava
    • Balraj Mittal

    Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 20 May 2009 Pages: 774 - 780

19. Clinical efficacy of intravenous ciprofloxacin in patients with biliary tract infection: a randomized controlled trial with carbapenem as comparator

    • Susumu Tazuma
    • Yoshinori Igarashi
    • On behalf of the BTI Therapy Research Group

    Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 23 May 2009 Pages: 781 - 792

    

20. Expression of OATP1B3 determines uptake of Gd-EOB-DTPA in hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Masato Narita
    • Etsuro Hatano
    • Shinji Uemoto

    Rapid Communication 29 April 2009 Pages: 793 - 798

    

21. No significant relation between relapse of autoimmune pancreatitis and substitution of aspartic acid at position 57 of DQβ1

    • Kenji Hirano
    • Yoshinari Asaoka
    • Masao Omata

    Letter to the Editor 26 May 2009 Pages: 799 - 800

22. Notice of erratum

    • Mitsukuni Suenaga
    • Nobuyuki Mizunuma
    • Kiyohiko Hatake

    Erratum 29 May 2009 Pages: 801 - 801