1. Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure

   • David H. Van Thiel
   • John Brems
   • Steven Edelstein

   Review Pages: 1 - 4

2. Antibacterial action of tryptanthrin and kaempferol, isolated from the indigo plant (Polygonum tinctorium Lour.), against Helicobacter pylori-infected Mongolian gerbils

   • Mari Kataoka
   • Kyoko Hirata
   • Masashi Kurimoto

   Pages: 5 - 9

3. Real-time display of the stomach slow wave and its parameters in a newly designed electrogastrographic system

   • Full-Young Chang
   • Ching-Liang Lu
   • Te-Son Kuo

   Pages: 10 - 17

4. Distribution and molecular forms of adrenomedullin and proadrenomedullin N-terminal 20 peptide in the porcine gastrointestinal tract

   • Akihiko Kiyomizu
   • Kazuo Kitamura
   • Tanenao Eto

   Pages: 18 - 23

5. Expression patterns of cell cycle-related proteins in a rat cirrhotic model induced by CCl₄ or thioacetamide

   • Da-Hee Jeong
   • Ja-June Jang
   • Yun-Sil Lee

   Pages: 24 - 32

6. High sensitivity of a novel ELISA for anti-M2 in primary biliary cirrhosis

   • Hiroshi Miyakawa
   • Kentaro Kikuchi
   • Hiroshi Maekubo

   Pages: 33 - 38

7. Jejunal carcinoid tumor mimicking leiomyosarcoma: preoperative diagnosis by endoscopic biopsy

   • Yukinari Yoshida
   • Takao Endo
   • Kohzoh Imai

   Case report Pages: 39 - 43

8. Nonrotation of the midgut with appendiceal mucocele in an adult

   • Kousaku Kawashima
   • Shunji Ishihara
   • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

   Case report Pages: 44 - 47

9. Superficial depressed early carcinoma that developed into protuberant advanced carcinoma in the transverse colon

   • Naoyuki Umetani
   • Tetsuichiro Muto
   • Hirokazu Nagawa

   Case report Pages: 48 - 51

10. Hepatic adenomas treated with percutaneous ethanol injection in a patient with glycogen storage disease type Ia

    • Masahide Yoshikawa
    • Kenichi Fukui
    • Masahiro Tsutsumi

    Case report Pages: 52 - 61

11. What is the role of adrenomedullin and proadrenomedullin N-terminal 20 peptide produced in the gastrointestinal tract?

    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita
    • Shunji Ishihara

    Editorial Pages: 62 - 64

12. Hepatocellular adenoma in type Ia glycogen storage disease

    • Masatoshi Kudo

    Editorial Pages: 65 - 66

13. High amoxycillin resistance in Helicobacter pylori isolated from gastritis and peptic ulcer patients in western Nigeria

    • Stella Ifeanyi Smith
    • Kola Solomon Oyedeji
    • Akitoye Olusegun Coker

    Letter to the editor Pages: 67 - 68

14. Hemochromatosis: Genetics, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment Edited by James C. Barton and Corwin Q. Edwards. 600 pp. £110.00 (US$ 215.00) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2000. ISBN 0-521-59380-8

    Book review Pages: 69 - 69