1. A longitudinal survey of self-reported bowel habits in the United States

   • James E. Everhart
   • Vay Liang W. Go
   • Lon R. White

   Original Articles Pages: 1153 - 1162

2. Pressure response of human colon to intraluminal distension

   • David J. Waldron
   • Richard C. Gill
   • Kenneth L. Bowes

   Original Articles Pages: 1163 - 1167

3. Determination of total and segmental colonic transit time in constipated patients

   • Stanislas Chaussade
   • Abdallah Khyari
   • Jean Guerre

   Original Articles Pages: 1168 - 1172

4. Colonic slow-wave analysis

   • Alan G. Sunshine
   • Richard Perry
   • Ann Ouyang

   Original Articles Pages: 1173 - 1179

5. Interdigestive myoelectric complex in germ-free rats

   • Ph. Caenepeel
   • J. Janssens
   • G. Coremans

   Original Articles Pages: 1180 - 1184

6. Cyclic motility in canine colon: Responses to feeding and perfusion

   • Bernard Flourie
   • Sidney Phillips
   • Fernando Azpiroz

   Original Articles Pages: 1185 - 1192

7. Regional differences in concentrations of regulatory peptides in human colon mucosal biopsy

   • J. Calam
   • M. A. Ghatei
   • S. R. Bloom

   Original Articles Pages: 1193 - 1198

8. Gastrointestinal motility and gastric emptying after Billroth II gastrectomy in dogs

   • Hans-Jörg Ehrlein
   • Sabine Wulschke
   • Volker Schumpelick

   Original Articles Pages: 1199 - 1210

9. Augmentation of cysteamine-induced ulceration of rat duodenum by systemically administered γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

   • Anthony Krantis
   • Michelle Nicholson

   Original Articles Pages: 1211 - 1216

10. Neuropeptides in the human appendix

    • E. Ekblad
    • E. Arnbjörnsson
    • F. Sundler

    Original Articles Pages: 1217 - 1230

11. Motor abnormalities of digestive and urinary tracts in patients on ventilator for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Guy Bonmarchand
    • Philippe Denis
    • Jacques Leroy

    Original Articles Pages: 1231 - 1237

12. Absence of luminal intrinsic factor after gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity

    • S. P. Marcuard
    • D. R. Sinar
    • J. S. Levine

    Original Articles Pages: 1238 - 1242

13. Increase in pancreatic lipase and trypsin activity and their mRNA levels in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

    • Rui-Dong Duan
    • Julia Poensgen
    • Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson

    Original Articles Pages: 1243 - 1248

14. Effect of a new cholinergic agonist, aclatonium napadisilate, on exocrine and endocrine rat pancreas

    • Makoto Otsuki
    • Takahiko Nakamura
    • Shigeaki Baba

    Original Articles Pages: 1249 - 1256

15. Computer analysis of orally propagated contractions in canine small intestine after Billroth-II gastrectomy

    • Hans-Jörg Ehrlein
    • Sabine Wulschke
    • Hani Sahyoun

    Original Articles Pages: 1257 - 1264

16. Midazolam versus diazepam for combined esophogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy

    • Douglas E. Brouillette
    • Robert Leventhal
    • D. H. Van Thiel

    Original Articles Pages: 1265 - 1271

17. Definition and investigation of dyspepsia

    • L. Barbara
    • M. Camilleri
    • M. Wienbeck

    Review Article Pages: 1272 - 1276

18. Hiccups and gastroesophageal reflux: Cause and effect?

    • Michael J. Fisher
    • Ravinder K. Mittal

    Case Report Pages: 1277 - 1280

19. Esophageal tuberculosis

    • Manuel T. Rosario
    • Carl L. Raso
    • Gail M. Comer

    Case Report Pages: 1281 - 1284

20. Esophageal achalasia secondary to mesothelioma

    • Markus Goldschmiedt
    • Walter L. Peterson
    • Mark Feldman

    Case Report Pages: 1285 - 1289

21. Amoxycillin/clavulanic acid (augmentin)-induced intrahepatic cholestasis

    • J. F. Dowsett
    • T. Gillow
    • R. C. G. Russell

    Case Report Pages: 1290 - 1293

22. Autoimmune chronic active hepatitis developing after acute type B hepatitis

    • Tomasz Laskus
    • Janusz Slusarczyk

    Case Report Pages: 1294 - 1297

23. Cardiolipin-fluorescent (M1) antimitochondrial antibody and cholestatic hepatitis in secondary syphilis

    • Gail M. Comer
    • Shanker Mukherjee
    • David J. Clain

    Case Report Pages: 1298 - 1302

24. Exaggerated cholestasis and hepatic fibrosis following simultaneous administration of chlorpromazine and sodium valproate

    • Nancy Bach
    • Swan N. Thung
    • Hillel Tobias

    Case Report Pages: 1303 - 1307

25. Book review

    • David H. Van Thiel

    BookReview Pages: 1308 - 1308

26. Acute gastric volvulus

    • Majeed Hameed Alwan
    • Bassem Ahmed Said

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 1309 - 1309

27. Comparative analysis between early and late postoperative gastric emptying

    • Alcino Lazaro da Silva
    • Andy Petroianu

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 1309 - 1310

28. Abstracts of the Hans Selye Symposium on Neuroendocrinology and Stress

    • Hassan Amjad
    • H. A. Jafary
    • J. M. Rojo-Ortega

    Abstract Pages: 1311 - 1323

29. News and notices

    News Pages: 1324 - 1327