1. Barrett's esophagus

   • Akira Terano
   • Katsuo Morita
   • Takahiro Fujimori

   Review Pages: 685 - 690

2. Numerical chromosomal abnormality in gastric MALT lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

   • Ikuo Watanobe
   • Shigeru Takamori
   • Shu Hirai

   Pages: 691 - 696

3. Ambulatory intraesophageal bilirubin monitoring in Japanese patients with gastroesophageal reflux

   • Harushi Osugi
   • Masayuki Higashino
   • Hiroaki Kinoshita

   Pages: 697 - 702

4. Comparative evaluation of urine-based and other minimally invasive methods for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

   • Kyoichi Adachi
   • Akira Kawamura
   • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

   Pages: 703 - 708

5. Absence of specific symptoms in chronic hepatitis C

   • Motoki Iwasaki
   • Daisuke Kanda
   • Shosuke Suzuki

   Pages: 709 - 716

6. Long-term cold liver storage induces endothelin-1 release and a time-dependent increase in portal pressure at reperfusion in the rat

   • Christine A. Charrueau
   • Alain Carayon
   • Ronald G. Thurman

   Pages: 717 - 725

7. Bacterial translocation and peptidoglycan translocation by acute ethanol administration

   • Takahisa Tabata
   • Tohru Tani
   • Kazuyoshi Hanasawa

   Pages: 726 - 731

8. High rate of sustained response to consensus interferon plus ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients resistant to alpha-interferon and ribavirin: a pilot study

   • Luiz Caetano da Silva
   • Leda Bassit
   • Flair José Carrilho

   Pages: 732 - 736

9. Extensive hemorrhagic erosive gastritis associated with acute pancreatitis successfully treated with a somatostatin analog

   • Kiyotaka Yabuki
   • Takeo Maekawa
   • Eizaburo Aoki

   Case report Pages: 737 - 741

10. Unusual type of left paraduodenal hernia caused by a separated peritoneal membrane

    • Toshirou Nishida
    • Tunekazu Mizushima
    • Hikaru Matsuda

    Case report Pages: 742 - 744

11. A child with simple ulcer of the colon effectively treated with the combination of prednisolone, azathioprine, and pentoxifylline

    • Etsuo Kasahara
    • Naoko Yamagishi
    • Kurato Yashiro

    Case report Pages: 745 - 749

12. Four immunohistochemically different primary liver cancers in one patient

    • Shun-ichi Ariizumi
    • Ken Takasaki
    • Masayuki Nakano

    Case report Pages: 750 - 754

13. Simple liver cyst with spontaneous regression

    • Hirotaka Arai
    • Takeaki Nagamine
    • Masatomo Mori

    Case report Pages: 755 - 757

14. Successful elimination of Ascaris lumbricoides from the gallbladder by conservative medical therapy

    • Dong Youb Cha
    • In Kwan Song
    • Gye Sung Lee

    Case report Pages: 758 - 760

15. A rare association between ulcerative colitis (UC), celiac disease (CD), membranous glomerulonephritis, leg venous thrombosis, and heterozygosity for factor V Leiden

    • Giovanni Casella
    • Daniele Perego
    • Carmelo Antonio Buda

    Letter to the editor Pages: 761 - 762

16. The role of endothelin-1 in hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury

    • Maeng Bong Jin
    • Satoru Todo

    Editorial Pages: 763 - 765

17. Aspects of the future of therapy for patients infected with a high viral load and interferon-resistant subtype of HCV

    • Akihiro Matsumoto
    • Kendo Kiyosawa

    Editorial Pages: 766 - 768