1. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis

   • Robyn Domsic
   • Kenneth Fasanella
   • Klaus Bielefeldt

   Review Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1163 - 1174

   

2. Barrett’s Columnar-Lined Oesophagus: Demographic and Lifestyle Associations and Adenocarcinoma Risk

   • P. A. C. Gatenby
   • C. P. J. Caygill
   • A. Watson

   Original Paper 16 October 2007 Pages: 1175 - 1185

3. Effect of Cholecystectomy on Gastric and Esophageal Bile Reflux in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms

   • Martin Fein
   • Marco Bueter
   • Karl-Herrmann Fuchs

   Original Paper 16 October 2007 Pages: 1186 - 1191

   

4. Empiric Dilation in Non-obstructive Dysphagia

   • Jeffrey S. Olson
   • David A. Lieberman
   • Amnon Sonnenberg

   Original Paper 12 October 2007 Pages: 1192 - 1197

5. Influence of Bolus Consistency and Position on Esophageal High-Resolution Manometry Findings

   • Anita Bernhard
   • Daniel Pohl
   • Radu Tutuian

   Original Paper 12 October 2007 Pages: 1198 - 1205

   

6. Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antagonist Suppress Angiogenesis and Growth of Gastric Cancer Xenografts

   • Wei Huang
   • Yun-Lin Wu
   • Li-Fen Yu

   Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1206 - 1210

   

7. Helicobacter pylori Recurrence and Infection Rate in Israeli Adults

   • Yaron Niv
   • Rachel Hazazi
   • Karin Achiel

   Original Paper 16 October 2007 Pages: 1211 - 1214

8. Frequency of Helicobacter pylori and CagA Antibody in Patients with Gastric Neoplasms and Controls: The Indian Enigma

   • Uday C. Ghoshal
   • Shridhar Tiwari
   • Archana Ayyagari

   Original Paper 20 March 2008 Pages: 1215 - 1222

   

9. Lack of Relationship Between Chronic Upper Abdominal Symptoms and Gastric Function in Functional Dyspepsia

   • Niels van Lelyveld
   • Maria Schipper
   • Melvin Samsom

   Original Paper Open access 12 October 2007 Pages: 1223 - 1230

   

10. Oral Insulin Up-regulates Toll-like Receptor 4 Expression and Enhances Intestinal Recovery Following Lipopolysaccharide-induced Gut Injury in a Rat

    • Igor Sukhotnik
    • Naim Shehadeh
    • Raanan Shamir

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1231 - 1239

    

11. Bone Mineralization in Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Screening-identified Evidence of Celiac Disease

    • Daniel R. Diniz-Santos
    • Flávia Brandão
    • Luciana R. Silva

    Original Paper 16 October 2007 Pages: 1240 - 1245

12. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Patients with Interstitial Cystitis and Gastrointestinal Symptoms

    • Leonard B. Weinstock
    • Carl G. Klutke
    • Henry C. Lin

    Original Paper 12 October 2007 Pages: 1246 - 1251

13. Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Response to Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Therapy

    • Leonard B. Weinstock
    • Steve E. Fern
    • Stephen P. Duntley

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1252 - 1256

14. Endoscopic Visualization of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitor-induced Small Bowel Angioedema as a Cause of Relapsing Abdominal Pain using Double-balloon Enteroscopy

    • Thomas Werner Spahn
    • Wolfram Grosse-Thie
    • Michael K. Mueller

    Original Paper 05 March 2008 Pages: 1257 - 1260

    

15. Gene Delivery to Intestinal Epithelial Cells In vitro and In vivo with Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Types 1, 2 and 5

    • Steven Polyak
    • Cathryn Mah
    • John F. Valentine

    Basic Research 13 October 2007 Pages: 1261 - 1270

    

16. Daily Intake of High Dietary Fiber Slows Accelerated Colonic Transit Induced by Restrain Stress in Rats

    • Toku Takahashi
    • Yukiomi Nakade
    • Theodore. N. Pappas

    Original Paper 12 March 2008 Pages: 1271 - 1277

    

17. On the Benefit of Probiotics in the Management of Pouchitis in Patients Underwent Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis: A Meta-analysis of Controlled Clinical Trials

    • Behzad Elahi
    • Shekoufeh Nikfar
    • Mohammad Abdollahi

    Original Paper 17 October 2007 Pages: 1278 - 1284

    

18. Colonoscopy and Colonoscopic Polypectomy Using Side-viewing Endoscope: a Useful, Effective and Safe Procedure

    • Sri Prakash Misra
    • Manisha Dwivedi

    Original Paper 19 October 2007 Pages: 1285 - 1288

    

19. Prognostic and Predictive Value of Thymidylate Synthase Expression in Colon Cancer

    • Gerasimos Tsourouflis
    • Stamatios E. Theocharis
    • Gregory Kouraklis

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1289 - 1296

    

20. Endoscopic Treatment of Colorectal Neoplasms: A Simple and Safe Procedure to Lower the Incidence of Colorectal Cancers

    • Ming-Yao Su
    • Chen-Ming Hsu
    • Shui-Yi Tung

    Original Paper 25 March 2008 Pages: 1297 - 1302

    

21. Comparative Effects of Several Therapatic Agents on Hepatic Damage Induced by Acute Experimental Pancreatitis

    • Mukaddes Eşrefoğlu
    • Mehmet Gül
    • Fahri Turan

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1303 - 1310

    

22. Effect of Acetaldehyde Upon Cathepsin G and Chymase. NRAS Implications

    • Arthur S. Brecher
    • Rachel Dubord

    Original Paper 12 October 2007 Pages: 1311 - 1315

    

23. A Role of Cell Apoptosis in Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced Nonlethal Liver Injury in d-galactosamine (d-GalN)-sensitized Rats

    • Liang-Ming Liu
    • Ji-Xiang Zhang
    • Sui-Lin Sun

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1316 - 1324

    

24. Alterations in the Content of Metal Elements and Fatty Acids in Hepatic Ischaemia–Reperfusion: Induction of Apoptotic and Necrotic Cell Death

    • László Váli
    • Éva Stefanovits-Bányai
    • Anna Blázovics

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1325 - 1333

    

25. Captopril and Lisinopril Decrease Acetaldehyde Effects upon the Prothrombin Time

    • Arthur S. Brecher
    • Rachel Dubord

    Original Paper 12 October 2007 Pages: 1334 - 1338

    

26. Ethnic Variations in Chronic Liver Diseases

    • Nyingi Kemmer
    • Guy W. Neff

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1339 - 1344

27. Mcp-1, eNOS, tPA and PAI-1 Gene Polymorphism and Correlation of Genotypes and Phenotypes in Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

    • Gokhan Tumgor
    • Afig Berdeli
    • Sema Aydogdu

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1345 - 1351

28. Evaluation of Metabolic Syndrome Frequency and Carotid Artery Intima-media Thickness as Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    • Cem Aygun
    • Orhan Kocaman
    • Sadettin Hulagu

    Original Paper 16 October 2007 Pages: 1352 - 1357

29. Ethnicity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in an Obesity Clinic: The Impact of Triglycerides

    • Eric R. Kallwitz
    • Mrudula Kumar
    • Scott J. Cotler

    Original Paper 18 March 2008 Pages: 1358 - 1363

    

30. Comparative Studies on Expression of α-Smooth Muscle Actin in Hepatic Stellate Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B and C

    • Chia-Ming Chu
    • Wei-Chue Shyu
    • Yun-Fan Liaw

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1364 - 1369

    

31. Serologic and Molecular Profile of Anti-HBc-Positive Blood Bank Donors in an Area of Low Endemicity for HBV

    • Carlos Kupski
    • Felipe R. Träsel
    • Virgínia M. Schmitt

    Original Paper 12 October 2007 Pages: 1370 - 1374

32. The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Abnormal Liver Enzymes in HIV-Positive Patients without Hepatitis B or C Coinfections

    • Richard K. Sterling
    • Steven Chiu
    • Daniel Nixon

    Original Paper 16 October 2007 Pages: 1375 - 1382

33. Hepatitis-G Virus Infection in Multi-transfused Patients and Intravenous Drug Abusers: New Delhi Experience

    • Mohammad Asim
    • Sai Kiran Potukuchi
    • P. Kar

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1383 - 1389

    

34. Hepatic Iron Quantitation and Its Relationship with Disease Measures and Histologically Assessed Iron Content

    • Shabbar Sajjad
    • Moises Garcia
    • David H. Van Thiel

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1390 - 1394

    

35. Expressional and Mutational Analysis of Pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 Member PUMA in Hepatocellular Carcinomas

    • Chang H. Ahn
    • Eun G. Jeong
    • Sug Hyung Lee

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1395 - 1399

    

36. Chemo-embolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Different Sizes of Embolization Particles

    • Nikhil B. Amesur
    • Albert B. Zajko
    • Brian I. Carr

    Original Paper 29 November 2007 Pages: 1400 - 1404

    

37. Continuous Post-operative Blood Glucose Monitoring and Control Using a Closed-loop System in Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection

    • Takehiro Okabayashi
    • Kazuhiro Hnazaki
    • Koichi Yamashita

    Original Paper 13 October 2007 Pages: 1405 - 1410

    

38. High Serum Bile Acids Cause Hyperthyroidism and Goiter

    • Ken-ichi Mukaisho
    • Yoshio Araki
    • Takanori Hattori

    Original Paper 12 October 2007 Pages: 1411 - 1416

    

39. CYP1B1 Polymorphisms and K-ras Mutations in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    • Marta Crous-Bou
    • Immaculata De Vivo
    • For the PANKRAS II Study Group

    Original Paper 18 March 2008 Pages: 1417 - 1421

40. Wireless Endoscopy Capsule Remaining Safely for a Long Time

    • Zeynel Mungan
    • Binnur Pınarbaşı
    • Ali Akyüz

    Case Report 15 March 2008 Pages: 1422 - 1423

    

41. Management of De novo Hepatocellular Carcinoma Developing in a Transplanted Liver

    • Yoshiaki Kita
    • Katsuhiko Yanaga

    Letter 13 December 2007 Pages: 1424 - 1425

42. Lack of Reversal of Carditis by PPI Therapy Only Means That Acid in Refluxate is Not Responsible for Carditis

    • Parakrama T. Chandrasoma

    Letter to the Editor 30 January 2008 Pages: 1426 - 1427

43. Atypical Presentation and Etiology of Left-sided Portal Hypertension

    • Reza Maleknai
    • Abdul Nadir

    Letter 13 October 2007 Pages: 1428 - 1429

    

44. Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma Presented with Nausea and Epigastric Pain

    • Evangelos Cholongitas
    • Chrysoula Pipili
    • Maria Dasenaki

    Letter 13 October 2007 Pages: 1430 - 1431

45. Endoscopic/Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgical Management of Choledocholithiasis

    • Joseph C. Yarze
    • Kevin J. Herlihy

    Letter 30 January 2008 Pages: 1432 - 1432

46. Is Rotavirus a Hepatotropic Virus?

    • Giacomo Zanelli
    • Giacinta Tordini

    Letter to the Editor 09 February 2008 Pages: 1433 - 1433

47. Clonidine Therapy for Pancreatitis

    • Fuad Lechin
    • Bertha van der Dijs
    • Gerardo Hernandez-Adrian

    Letter to the Editor 05 March 2008 Pages: 1434 - 1435