Comparison of portal pressure with intravascular esophageal variceal pressure (IEVP) directly measured with a flexible indwelling needle Atsushi WatariKunihisa MiyataMasafumi Kobayashi Alimentary Tract Pages: 631 - 637
The effect of acid secretagogues on mucin synthesis using primary monolayer culture of the guinea pig gastric mucous cells Yujiro TakaoChikao ShimamotoSaburo Ohshiba Alimentary Tract Pages: 638 - 646
Expression of cytokeratin subtypes in colorectal mucosa, adenoma, and carcinoma Junko FujisakiTadakazu Shimoda Alimentary Tract Pages: 647 - 656
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity to hepatitis B virus DNA-transfected HepG2 cells in patients with chronic hepatitis B Yuji ItoShinichi KakumuKatsuro Koike Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 657 - 665
Plasma endothelin-1 concentrations are elevated in acute hepatitis and liver cirrhosis but not in chronic hepatitis Yasushi UchidaMakoto Watanabe Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 666 - 672
Alpha-interferon enhances gamma-interferon production of peripheral blood mononuclear cells pre-activated with phytohemagglutinin Kazuhiro KatayamaNorio HayashiTakenobu Kamada Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 673 - 678
Serum pancreatic phospholipase A2 and prophospholipase A2 in acute pancreatitis and after endoscopic retrograde pancreatography Kazuko YamamotoYasuhisa ShinomuraSciichiro Tarui Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 679 - 686
Protease-antiprotease levels and whole-blood chemiluminescence in acute peritonitis Magnus BergenfeldtKjell Ohlsson Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 687 - 698
Retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with scirrhous gastric cancer Kazufumi DohmenYukifusa MizukamiHiromi Ishibashi Case Reports Pages: 699 - 705
Ileal obstruction due to metastatic liposarcoma: A case report Hirokazu NagawaNelson TsunoTetsuichiro Muto Case Reports Pages: 706 - 711
A case of polypoid cavernous hemangioma of the sigmoid colon excised by colonoscopic polypectomy Kazuo AmanoAkira SekoAkihiko Goto Case Reports Pages: 712 - 718
A case of perianal Paget’s disease associated with a sigmoid colon carcinoma Shunji UmemotoShigehito InoueKazumi Nishida Case Reports Pages: 719 - 724
A successful case of intraarterial prednisolone injection therapy in severe ulcerative colitis unresponsive to an intensive intravenous regimen Nobuaki IshiiMitsuro ChibaNobuyuki Kubo Case Reports Pages: 725 - 729
Liver sarcoidosis showing low-density intrahepatic septa on postcontrast computed tomography Tetsuya TsukadaNaoyuki KatayamaNobuyasu Itoh Case Reports Pages: 730 - 732
A case of chronic pancreatitis complicated by massive pericardial and right pleural effusion Yasuo ImaiMakoto TaniguchiTadao Unuma Case Reports Pages: 734 - 738
Expression of transforming growth factor-β receptor type II gene in gastric cancer cell lines Masaru KatohMasaaki Terada Rapid Communication Pages: 739 - 739
Serum concentration of macrophage colony stimulating factor (M -CSF) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease Kazuya MakiyamaMichio TomonagaKohei Hara Rapid Communication Pages: 740 - 740
Cisplatin enhances the metastatic potential of human colon carcinoma Tetsuya SattaMasaji YamauchiHiroshi Takagi Rapid Communication Pages: 741 - 741
Stress induces a 60-kDa heat shock protein in rat colonic mucosa Toshiyuki KuwabaraMichiro OtakaOsamu Masamune Rapid Communication Pages: 742 - 742
Abstracts of selected papers presented at the 34th annual meeting of the japanese society of gastroenterology Koji NakamutaKazuya MakiyamaHiromi Tokumura Selected Abstracts Pages: 743 - 764
Digestive disease week of Japan 1994 and Eightieth Annual Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology April 22–26, 1994, Kobe, Japan Notices Pages: 765 - 765