Gene expression of interstitial collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase 1) in gastrointestinal tract cancers Yoshihide OtaniIsao OkazakiMasaharu Tsuchiya OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 397
Serum gastrin levels following administration of omeprazole alone or in combination with pirenzepine Ariyoshi IwasakiKoji MiyazawaYutaka Matsuo OriginalPaper Pages: 398 - 402
Detection of serum IgG antibody againstHelicobacter pylori from childhood in a Japanese population Norio MatsukuraMasahiko OndaKiyohiko Yamashita OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 405
Clinical course and long-term prognosis of Crohn's disease in Japan Mitsuo OkadaToshihiro SakuraiKensaburo Imamura OriginalPaper Pages: 406 - 414
T cell cytotoxicity of autologous and allogeneic lymphocytes in a patient with Crohn's disease Kazuichi OkazakiYuichi YokoyamaTakuro Ogata OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 422
Serum levels of cytokines in patients with colorectal cancer: Possible involvement of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in hematogenous metastasis Takashi UedaEtsuji ShimadaTomoaki Urakawa OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 429
Morphological analysis of acute ulcerative colitis experimentally induced by dextran sulfate sodium in the guinea pig: Some possible mechanisms of cecal ulceration Toshihiko IwanagaOsamu HoshiTsuneo Fujita OriginalPaper Pages: 430 - 438
Bile flow in a mutant Sprague-Dawley rat with defective biliary excretion of glutathione Haruhiko YoshidaKen-ichi OkanoMakoto Iijima OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 442
Immunohistochemical expression of manganese superoxide dismutase in hepatocellular carcinoma, using a specific monoclonal antibody Yoshi AidaShiro MaeyamaNaoyuki Taniguchi OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 449
Evaluation of hepatic proliferative activity in chronic liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinomas by proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunohistochemical staining of methanol-fixed tissues Tomoki NakajimaKeizo KagawaTsukasa Ashihara OriginalPaper Pages: 450 - 454
Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in serum in chronic hepatitis B and C Norio HoriikeMorikazu OnjiToshikazu Masumoto OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 459
Hemodynamic effects of combined treatment with somatostatin analogue (SMS 201-995) and low-dose isosorbide dinitrate on portal hypertension in conscious cirrhotic rats Naoki HoriTakeshi OkanoueKei Kashima OriginalPaper Pages: 460 - 468
Precore region mutation in hepatitis B virus genome in early stage of infection: A study in hepatitis B e antigen-positive young carriers Xuan-Thanh NguyenRyo FukudaShiro Fukumoto OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 473
Sclerotherapy for esophageal variceal bleeding in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: An 8-year experience in Taiwan Chi-Yin ChengGran-Hum ChenPao-Fu Hsieh OriginalPaper Pages: 474 - 478
High-Dose intraperitoneal aprotinin treatment of acute severe pancreatitis: A double-blind randomized multi-center trial Rikard BerlingSven GenellKjell Ohlsson OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 485
Direct dissolution of gallstones with methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) via endoscopic transpapillary catheterization in the gallbladder (ETCG) Naohito UchidaToshiaki NakatsuMikio Nishioka OriginalPaper Pages: 486 - 494
A case of metastatic chondrosarcoma of the stomach Hideyuki KonishiKazushi IsetaniKei Kashima OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 500
A case of toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis associated with cytomegalovirus infection Hitoshi KotanagiTakemi FukuokaMasahiro Saito OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 505
A case of Behçet's disease with occlusion of both caval veins and “downhill” esophageal varices Hiroshi OrikasaYutaka EjiriReiji Kasukawa OriginalPaper Pages: 506 - 510
A case report of MR imaging of traumatic hemobilia Fumio YamamotoYonglin PuHiroshi Yamamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 513
Induction of interstitial pneumonitis during interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C Kyoji MoriyaKiyomi YasudaShiro Iino OriginalPaper Pages: 514 - 517
Adult mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver mimicking bile duct cystadenoma Masayuki YamamotoHideyuki HagiharaYoshiro Matsumoto OriginalPaper Pages: 518 - 524
An autopsy case of pseudosarcoma of the common bile duct Akihiko KagamiTakashi NikaidouHiroaki Suzuki OriginalPaper Pages: 525 - 530
Induction of a 60-kDa heat shock protein in rat gastric mucosa by restraint and water-immersion stress Shusei FujimoriMichiro OtakaOsamu Masamune Rapid communication Pages: 544 - 546
Simultaneous measurement of colonic ion transport and muscle contraction Masaya HosokawaMasayuki TominagaMinoru Okuma Rapid Communications Pages: 547 - 549