Effect of body position on lower esophageal sphincter pressure Katsuhiko IwakiriToshiaki SugiuraMasafumi Kobayashi Pages: 305 - 309
Azygos venous blood flow while fasting, postprandially, and after endoscopic variceal ligation, measured by magnetic resonance imaging Shigeo SuganoKunihiro YamamotoKunihiko Ishii Pages: 310 - 314
Anatomical location of enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells, parietal cells, and chief cells in the stomach demonstrated by immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy Sachiko KamoshidaEiichi SaitoYasuyuki Arakawa Pages: 315 - 320
Evaluation of magnetic resonance angiography in detection of gastric varices Takahiro SatoKatsu YamazakiToshihiro Suga Pages: 321 - 326
Functional expression of β1 and β2 integrins on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in colorectal cancer Joji KitayamaHirokazu NagawaTetsuichiro Muto Pages: 327 - 333
Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of early colorectal cancer with liver metastases Keiichi OkanoTadakazu ShimodaYasuhiro Matsumura Pages: 334 - 340
Rectal cancer in a 13-year-old boy without a detectable germline mutation in FAP and HNPCC genes Hiroshi KashiwagiSingo SenbaKyotaro Kanazawa Pages: 341 - 344
Fibrogenesis serum markers in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with α-IFN Paolo FabrisFranco MarranconiFausto de Lalla Pages: 345 - 350
Interferon-alpha modulates resistance to cisplatin in three human hepatoma cell lines Aki TakeuchiShuichi KanekoKenichi Kobayashi Pages: 351 - 358
Upright posture blunts postprandial splanchnic hyperemia in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension Tadashi IwaoKazuhiko OhoAtsushi Toyonaga Pages: 359 - 365
The ability of anti-carbonic anhydrase II antibody to distinguish autoimmune cholangitis from primary biliary cirrhosis in Japanese patients Naoaki AkisawaIsao NishimoriSaburo Onishi Pages: 366 - 371
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in gallstone patients with acute cholecystitis Norio IsodaKenichi IdoKentaro Sugano Pages: 372 - 375
Prolyl 4-hydroxylase inhibitor (HOE 077) prevents TIMP-1 gene expression in rat liver fibrosis Isao SakaidaKoichi UchidaKiwamu Okita Short communication Pages: 376 - 377
Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus with achalasia in a patient in whom pro-gastrin-releasing peptide and neuron-specific enolase levels reflected the clinical course during chemotherapy Hiroyuki SuzukiShigekazu TakayanagiEizo Kaneko Case report Pages: 378 - 382
Gastric enterochromaffin-like-cell tumor with liver and splenic metastases Naofumi EriguchiShigeaki AoyagiMasayoshi Kage Pages: 383 - 386
Mesenteric venous thrombosis associated with protein C deficiency Masami MitaniYoshiyuki KuwabaraYoshitaka Fujii Pages: 387 - 389
Severe complications of ulcerative colitis after high-dose prednisolone and azathioprine treatment Keiji MatsudaToshiaki WatanabeTetsuichiro Muto Pages: 390 - 394
A patient who survived total colonic type ulcerative colitis complicated by toxic megacolon, disseminated intravascular coagulation, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and bilateral femoral phlebothrombosis Hajime AraiHiroyuki HanaiHaruhiko Sugimura Pages: 395 - 399
Perforation of the sigmoid colon with ischemic change due to polyarteritis nodosa Masaki OkadaFumio KonishiYasuharu Kaizaki Pages: 400 - 404
Erythropoietic protoporphyria with fatal liver failure Akiko IshibashiRiko OgataKyuichi Tanikawa Pages: 405 - 409
Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma Kazuhito MisawaYosinobu HataFumio Sano Pages: 410 - 414
Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with type A gastritis and chronic thyroiditis Tokio WakabayashiHideki OhnoNorio Sawabu Pages: 415 - 419
Common bile duct blood clot: an unusual cause of ductal filling defects for calculi Hideaki ShimojiMasayuki ShiraishiYoshihiro Muto Pages: 420 - 423
Is the function of chief cells closely influenced by ECL cells? Tsutomu Chiba Editorial Pages: 424 - 425
Recumbent posture may lead to esophageal variceal bleeding in postprandial phase Makoto Hashizume Pages: 428 - 430
In what types of diseases does anti-carbonic anhydrase II antibody-positivity have clinical significance? Morikazu Onji Pages: 431 - 432
