1. Cytokine gene expression in the gastric mucosa: Its role in chronic gastritis

   • Shunji Ishihara
   • Ryo Fukuda
   • Shiro Fukumoto

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 485 - 490

2. Reduction of gap junction protein connexin 32 in rat atrophic gastric mucosa as an early event in carcinogenesis

   • Akihito Nagahara
   • Sumio Watanabe
   • Nobuhiro Sato

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 491 - 497

3. Effects of growth factors and gut hormones on proliferation of primary cultured gastric mucous cells of guinea pig

   • Kohei Matsuda
   • Choitsu Sakamoto
   • Masato Kasuga

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 498 - 504

4. Chromosome spreading techniques for primary gastrointestinal tumors

   • Kazuhiko Sasai
   • Rikuo Tanaka
   • Hiroshi Fujimura

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 505 - 511

5. Hemodynamics in the colonic mucosa of rats with dextran sulfate-induced colitis in the early phase

   • Ken Satoyoshi
   • Yasushi Akita
   • Keiji Mitamura

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 512 - 517

6. Factors that influence bleeding in superficial-type colorectal tumors: Study of endoscopic and histologic correlates

   • Kazuhito Hirano
   • Yoshiharu Uno
   • Yutaka Yoshida

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 518 - 524

7. Abnormal neuropeptide concentration in rectal mucosa of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

   • Hitoshi Yamamoto
   • Kimitomo Morise
   • Hiroshi Nagura

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 525 - 532

8. Causes of chronic diarrhea in patients with AIDS in Thailand: A prospective clinical and microbiological study

   • Sathaporn Manatsathit
   • Somsit Tansupasawasdikul
   • Udom Kachintorn

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 533 - 537

9. Increased expression of cytokines in liver and serum in patients with extrahepatic diseases

   • Hiroki Fukuma
   • Syed Ahmed Morshed
   • Mikio Nishioka

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 538 - 545

10. Protein-Restricted diet alters concentration of plasma membrane glycoproteins in rat liver

    • Shimon Reif
    • Mamdouh El-Bendary
    • Emanuel Lebenthal

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 546 - 551

11. Multivariate analysis of risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus-related liver cirrhosis

    • Toshiya Chiba
    • Yasushi Matsuzaki
    • Toshiaki Osuga

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 552 - 558

12. A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of natural interferon-β therapy for e-antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B patients with abnormal transaminase levels

    • Yasuji Arase
    • Kazuaki Chayama
    • Hiroshi Suzuki

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 559 - 564

13. Morphological identification of and collagen synthesis by periacinar fibroblastoid cells cultured from isolated rat pancreatic acini

    • Yoichi Kato
    • Hisayuki Inoue
    • Tadao Bamba

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 565 - 571

14. Effects of intravenous infusion of amino acids on cholecystokinin release and gallbladder contraction in humans

    • Hisashi Shirohara
    • Akinari Tabaru
    • Makoto Otsuki

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 572 - 577

15. Effect of a cholecystokinin receptor antagonist (loxiglumide) on gallbladder contractile function in guinea pigs

    • Katsuro Tsubo
    • Makoto Arai
    • Keiji Mitamura

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 578 - 581

16. Ischemic colitis during interferon-alpha treatment for chronic active hepatitis C

    • Hisashi Tada
    • Shoichi Saitoh
    • Kei Kashima

    Case Report Pages: 582 - 584

17. Ulcerative colitis complicated by gastroduodenal lesions

    • Masaya Sasaki
    • Katsuji Okada
    • Tadao Bamba

    Case Report Pages: 585 - 589

18. Rheumatoid arthritis associated with ulcerative colitis

    • Yasushi Adachi
    • Yuji Hinoda
    • Kohzoh Imai

    Case Report Pages: 590 - 595

19. Pneumatosis intestinalis and necrotizing enterocolitis associated with liver cirrhosis

    • Yukihiko Tameda
    • Minoru Hamada
    • Koujirou Takase

    Case Report Pages: 596 - 598

20. Simultaneous development of Crohn's disease and myelodysplastic syndrome progressing to acute myelocytic leukemia in a patient with a normal karyotype

    • Tatsuo Tani
    • Yasuo Sakai
    • Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

    Case Report Pages: 599 - 602

21. Ileocolic intussusception in adult due to malignant lymphoma in the cecum with intramural metatasis

    • Nobuhiro Takiguchi
    • Hiromi Sarashina
    • Atsuo Mikata

    Case Report Pages: 603 - 606

22. Amyloidosis localized in the sigmoid colon

    • Hidetaka Matsui
    • Tetsuya Kato
    • Morikazu Onji

    Case Report Pages: 607 - 611

23. Severe acute hepatitis A associated with acute pure red cell aplasia

    • Shinji Tomida
    • Yasushi Matsuzaki
    • Tsukasa Abe

    Case Report Pages: 612 - 617

24. Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome in which venous hum disappeared following endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy

    • Osamu Yamakawa
    • Hideki Ohta
    • Norio Sawabu

    Case Report Pages: 618 - 622

25. Acute pancreatitis with diabetic ketoacidosis associated with hypermyoglobinemia, acute renal failure, and DIC

    • Shigekazu Nakano
    • Masatoshi Mugikura
    • Makoto Otsuki

    Case Report Pages: 623 - 626

26. Pilot trial of nicotine patches as an alternative to corticosteroids in ulcerative colitis

    • Mario Guslandi
    • Alberto Tittobello

    Clinical Trial Pages: 627 - 629

27. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 630 - 631