Detection ofHelicobacter pylori DNA in gastric juice by the polymerase chain reaction: Comparison with findings in bacterial culture and the detection of tissue IgA and serum IgG antibodies againstHelicobacter pylori Norio MatsukuraMasahiko OndaMaya Ohbayashi Alimentary Tract Pages: 689 - 695
Purification and characterization of aminopeptidase M from muscle and mucosa of the pig intestine H. TerashimaN. W. Bunnett Alimentary Tract Pages: 696 - 704
Low density lipoprotein receptors and polyamine levels in human colorectal adenocarcinoma Maria NotarnicolaMichele LinsalataAlfredo Di Leo Alimentary Tract Pages: 705 - 709
Endoscopic treatment of submucosal invasive colorectal carcinoma with special reference to risk factors for lymph node metastasis Shinji TanakaKen HarumaFumio Shimamoto Alimentary Tract Pages: 710 - 717
The order of ward rounds influences nosocomial infection. A 2-year study in gastroenterologic surgery patients Junichi YoshidaSyoji KurokiMasao Tanaka Alimentary Tract Pages: 718 - 724
Identification of apoptotic hepatocytes in situ in rat liver after lead nitrate administration Tomoki NakajimaTakeshi DeguchiTsukasa Ashihara Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 725 - 730
Action of endothelins on hepatic stellate cells Norifumi KawadaTetsuo KurokiKarl Decker Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 731 - 738
Effects of chenodeoxycholic and ursodeoxycholic acids on interferon-γ production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis Rieko SaekiHidero OginoKenichi Kobayashi Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 739 - 744
Hypogonadism is not related to the etiology of liver cirrhosis Sabahattin KaymakoĝluAtilla ÖktenSüleyman Yalçin Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 745 - 750
Autoantibody against a 78 kDa membrane protein of HepG2 cell in the sera of patients with alcoholic liver diseases Takaaki NumataJunji KatoYoshiro Niitsu Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 751 - 757
Possible role of hepatic bile mucus glycoprotein in development of intrahepatic gallstones Setsuo AkaishiSyuichi YoshiharaMitsuru Konn Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 758 - 763
Effect of gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) on guinea pig gallbladder contrction in vitro Feng LiuSatoru NaruseYasushi Toda Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 764 - 767
Repeated piezoelectric lithotripsy for gallstones with and without ursodeoxycholic acid dissolution: A multicenter study Yukihiro TsuchiyaFumitake IshiharaHideki Wakamatsu Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 768 - 774
Proton-pump inhibition and gastric giardiasis: A causal or casual association? Hendrik ReynaertEdrissi FernandesGhislain Devis Case Reports Pages: 775 - 778
Mucinous cystadenoma of appendix concomitant with perityphlic granuloma Takafumi SatoTadashi UedaHitoshi Kotanagi Case Reports Pages: 779 - 782
Asymptomatic membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava forming intrahepatic collateral pathways Masayuki KambaSeiko OchiYuji Suto Case Reports Pages: 783 - 785
Porto-hepatic venous shunt via portal vein aneurysm with splenomegaly Fumika HanatateHiroaki MatsuokaTatsuya Kitamura Case Reports Pages: 786 - 789
Primary biliary cirrhosis complicated by severe hypoxemia Susumu ShiomiTetsuo KurokiHironobu Ochi Case Reports Pages: 790 - 794
Hemolytic anemia provoked by recombinant alpha-interferon Koujirou TakaseTakeshi NakanoYukihiko Tameda Case Reports Pages: 795 - 797
Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas Kazuya MakiyamaKazuhiko TakumaNobuhisa Yonemitsu Case Reports Pages: 798 - 802
HLA B44-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to the peptides of HCV nucleoprotein residues 81–100 in patients with chronic hepatitis C Hiroto KitaTakashi MoriyamaMichio Imawari Rapid Communications Pages: 809 - 812
Apoptosis of acinar cells in rat pancreatic duct ligation Michihiko WadaRyuichiro DoiMasayuki Imamura Rapid Communications Pages: 813 - 814