1. Anismus as a marker of sexual abuse

   • Anne-Marie Leroi
   • Isabelle Berkelmans
   • Ghislain Devroede

   Motility, Nerve-Gut Interactions, Hormones, and Receptors Pages: 1411 - 1416

2. Opioid and nonopioid analgesic drug effects on colon contractions in monkeys

   • Alvaro A. B. Ferraz
   • Verne E. Cowles
   • William J. Schulte

   Motility, Nerve-Gut Interactions, Hormones, and Receptors Pages: 1417 - 1419

3. Dermatoglyphic patterns in children with chronic constipation

   • Robert A. Drongowski
   • Arnold G. Coran

   Motility, Nerve-Gut Interactions, Hormones, and Receptors Pages: 1420 - 1422

4. Simultaneous two-level esophageal 24-hour pH monitoring in patients with mild and severe esophagitis

   • Antonio Ruiz-De-León
   • Concepción Sevilla-Mantilla
   • Manuel Díaz Rubio

   Esophageal, Gastric, and Duodenal Disorders Pages: 1423 - 1427

5. Gastric emptying and myoelectrical activity in children with nonulcer dyspepsia

   • Giuseppe Riezzo
   • Salvatore Cucchiara
   • Italo Giorgio

   Esophageal, Gastric, and Duodenal Disorders Pages: 1428 - 1434

6. Chronic effects of misoprostol in combination with the NSAID, diclofenac, on gastrointestinal tract of pigs

   • K. D. Rainsford
   • W. E. Perkins
   • P. I. Stetsko

   Esophageal, Gastric, and Duodenal Disorders Pages: 1435 - 1444

7. Electrogastrography in healthy subjects

   • Boris Pfaffenbach
   • Romuald Joachim Adamek
   • Martin Wegener

   Esophageal, Gastric, and Duodenal Disorders Pages: 1445 - 1450

8. Effect of basic fibroblast growth factor on reinnervation of gastric microvessels

   • Masahiko Nakamura
   • Masaya Oda
   • Hiromasa Ishii

   Esophageal, Gastric, and Duodenal Disorders Pages: 1451 - 1458

9. Diagnostic considerations in evaluation of patients presenting with melena and nondiagnostic esophagogastroduodenoscopy

   • Michael B. Ibach
   • Jonathan F. Grier
   • Charles F. Gholson

   Esophageal, Gastric, and Duodenal Disorders Pages: 1459 - 1462

10. Gastrospirillum Hominis in asymptomatic healthy individuals

    • Luca Mazzucchelli

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 1463 - 1463

11. Consensus statement: Octreotide dose titration in secretory diarrhea

    • A. G. Harris
    • T. M. O'Dorisio
    • J. S. Redfern

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1464 - 1473

12. Fecal bile acids, short-chain fatty acids, and bacteria after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis do not differ in patients with pouchitis

    • William J. Sandborn
    • William J. Tremaine
    • Sidney F. Phillips

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1474 - 1483

13. Transferrin is not involved in initial uptake process of iron in rat duodenal mucosa

    • Hirofumi Miyoshi
    • Kiyoshi Ashida
    • Tsuguya Naitoh

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1484 - 1490

14. Regional variation in canine intestinal muscle mass and function

    • B. L. Nguyen
    • J. S. Thompson
    • E. M. M. Quigley

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1491 - 1497

15. Adequacy of mucosal biopsies for evaluation of intestinal cytokine-specific mRNA

    • Kouhei Fukushima
    • Gail West
    • Claudio Fiocchi

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1498 - 1505

16. Lactose maldigestion and recurrent abdominal pain in children

    • Rebecca B. Webster
    • Jack A. DiPalma
    • David A. Gremse

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1506 - 1510

17. Daily gastrointestinal symptoms in women with and without a diagnosis of IBS

    • Margaret M. Heitkemper
    • Monica Jarrett
    • Linda Lewis

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1511 - 1519

18. Rectal bleeding in patients less than 50 years of age

    • Anna M. Korkis
    • Carl J. McDougall

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1520 - 1523

19. Antiphospholipid antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease

    • Joan Carles Souto
    • Montserrat Borrell
    • Jean-Pierre Cazenave

    Intestinal Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Immunology, and Microbiology Pages: 1524 - 1525

20. Omeprazole inhibits growth of cancer cell line of colonic origin

    • Martin Tobi
    • Sreenivas Chintalapani
    • Gordon Luk

    Gastrointestinal Oncology Pages: 1526 - 1530

21. Urinary organ specific neoantigen

    • Martin Tobi
    • Elizabeth Darmon
    • Zvi Bentwich

    Gastrointestinal Oncology Pages: 1531 - 1537

22. Natural killer cell activity in patients with pernicious anemia

    • J. A. Vargas
    • M. Alvarez-Mon
    • A. Durántez

    Gastrointestinal Oncology Pages: 1538 - 1541

23. Molecular genetics of major histocompatibility complex class II genes in hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Philip Kam-Tao Li
    • Nancy Wai-Yee Leung
    • Kar Neng Lai

    Gastrointestinal Oncology Pages: 1542 - 1546

24. Intravenous contrast medium does not increase the severity of acute necrotizing pancreatitis in the opossum

    • Andreas M. Kaiser
    • Terrance Grady
    • Michael L. Steer

    Pancreatic and Biliary Disorders Pages: 1547 - 1553

25. Pancreatic enlargement in obstructive jaundice

    • Toru Muranaka
    • Tokugen Ro
    • Yoshihiko Oshiumi

    Pancreatic and Biliary Disorders Pages: 1554 - 1560

26. Chronic pancreatitis caused by an autoimmune abnormality

    • Kenji Yoshida
    • Fumitake Toki
    • Naoaki Hayashi

    Pancreatic and Biliary Disorders Pages: 1561 - 1568

27. Role of omeprazole in prevention and treatment of postendoscopic variceal sclerotherapy esophageal complications

    • Pramod K. Garg
    • Sandeep S. Sidhu
    • Dinesh K. Bhargava

    Liver: Cirrhosis, Fibrosis, Portal Hypertension, and Transplantation Pages: 1569 - 1574

28. Course of thrombocytopenia of chronic liver disease after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS)

    • Steven P. Lawrence
    • Dennis C. Lezotte
    • Bahri M. Bilir

    Liver: Cirrhosis, Fibrosis, Portal Hypertension, and Transplantation Pages: 1575 - 1580

29. Reliability of aminopyrine breath test using a single breath collection

    • Y. Horsmans
    • A. P. Geubel
    • S. Pauwels

    Liver: Cirrhosis, Fibrosis, Portal Hypertension, and Transplantation Pages: 1581 - 1581

30. Diagnostic yield of abscess drainage

    • Carlo Filice
    • Enrico Brunetti
    • Stefano Dughetti

    Liver: Cirrhosis, Fibrosis, Portal Hypertension, and Transplantation Pages: 1582 - 1582

31. Suppression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication by hepatitis D virus (HDV) in HIV-infected hemophiliacs with chronic hepatitis B and C

    • M. Elaine Eyster
    • Jeffrey C. Sanders
    • Adrian M. Di Bisceglie

    Liver: Infectious, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Disorders Pages: 1583 - 1588

32. Non-HLA-linked hemochromatosis in a Chinese woman

    • Matt Oliver
    • Linda Scully
    • Paul C. Adams

    Liver: Infectious, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Disorders Pages: 1589 - 1591

33. Effect ofS-adenosyl-l-methionine on ethanol cholestasis and hepatotoxicity in isolated perfused rat liver

    • D. Alvaro
    • A. Gigliozzi
    • L. Capocaccia

    Liver: Infectious, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Disorders Pages: 1592 - 1600

34. Book reviews

    • Mark Meeks
    • Jerome H. Siegel
    • D. W. Powell

    BookReview Pages: 1601 - 1604

35. News and notices

    News Pages: 1605 - 1606