1. Regulation of complement C3 synthesis by interleukin-1 and transforming growth factor-β in rat non-transformed intestinal epithelial cell line, IEC-6

   • Akira Andoh
   • Yoshihide Fujiyama
   • Tadao Bamba

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 633 - 638

2. Tissue superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and immunohistochemical staining in acute appendicitis: Correlation with degree of inflammation

   • Akira Satomi
   • Taiju Hashimoto
   • Masaru Sonoda

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 639 - 645

3. Relationship between morphological diversity and AgNORs or cathepsin B expression in colorectal cancers

   • Atsushi Nanashima
   • Yutaka Tagawa
   • Hiroyoshi Ayabe

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 646 - 653

4. Breath hydrogen and methane excretion produced by commercial beverages containing dietary fiber

   • Takaharu Kondo
   • Yasuyuki Nakae

   Alimentary Tract Pages: 654 - 658

5. Amebic liver abscess

   • Tomofumi Fujihara
   • Yuji Nagai
   • Katsusuke Satake

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 659 - 663

6. Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among female prostitutes in Fukuoka, Japan

   • Koya Nakashima
   • Seizaburo Kashiwagi
   • Yoshiaki Maed

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 664 - 668

7. Osteodystrophy in patients with chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis

   • Katsunobu Tsuneoka
   • Yukihiko Tameda
   • Takeshi Nakano

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 669 - 678

8. Effect of ethanol on mouse hepatitis virus-induced cytotoxicity

   • Hidetsugu Saito
   • Tetsuya Masuda
   • Hiromasa Ishii

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 679 - 683

9. Protection by glycine against chemical ischemia produced by cyanide in cultured hepatocytes

   • Isao Sakaida
   • Atsuko Nagatomi
   • Kiwamu Okita

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 684 - 690

10. Effectiveness of glycyrrhizin for oral lichen planus in patients with chronic HCV infection

    • Yumiko Nagao
    • Michio Sata
    • Tadamitsu Kameyama

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 691 - 695

11. Spontaneous hepatitis B surface antigen clearance in a long-term follow-up study of patients with chronic type B hepatitis. Lack of correlation with hepatitis C and D virus superinfection

    • Luiz Caetano Da Silva
    • Carmen Lúcia De Assis Madruga
    • Luiz Carlos Da Costa Gayotto

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 696 - 701

12. Effects of high-dose intraperitoneal aprotinin treatment on complement activation and acute phase response in acute severe pancreatitis

    • Rikard Berling
    • Kjell Ohlsson

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 702 - 709

13. Gastric antral vascular ectasia causing severe anemia

    • Minoru Toyota
    • Yuji Hinoda
    • Kohzoh Imai

    Case Reports Pages: 710 - 713

14. Strangulation ileus resulting from encasement of a loop of the small intestine by the great omentum, caused by abnormal adhesion

    • Hironobu Kimura
    • Mitsuharu Earashi
    • Atsuo Miwa

    Case Reports Pages: 714 - 716

15. Right-sided ulcerative colitis

    • Mitsuo Okada
    • Kazuhiro Maeda
    • Kazuhiro Ohta

    Case Reports Pages: 717 - 722

16. Development of Sjögren's syndrome during treatment with recombinant human interferon-alpha-2b for chronic hepatitis C

    • Hideaki Unoki
    • Atsushi Moriyama
    • Makoto Otsuki

    Case Reports Pages: 723 - 727

17. Pancreatic cancer and hypercalcemia associated with von Recklinghausen's disease

    • Mitsuyoshi Yamamoto
    • Shigekazu Nakano
    • Makoto Otsuki

    Case Reports Pages: 728 - 731

18. Mucinous biliary cystadenoma with mesenchymal stroma: Expressions of CA 19-9 and carcinoembryonic antigen in serum and cystic fluid

    • Jau-Hong Lee
    • Dar-Ren Chen
    • Yih-Shyoung Lai

    Case Reports Pages: 732 - 736

19. Primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with increased peripheral eosinophils and serum IgE

    • Iichiro Shimomura
    • Yasushi Takase
    • Masaru Okuno

    Case Reports Pages: 737 - 741

20. Alpha-fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen, and carbohydrate antigen 19-9-producing gallbladder cancer

    • Tsuyoshi Ono
    • Masafumi Komatsu
    • Osamu Masamune

    Case Reports Pages: 742 - 746

21. Acalculous cholecystitis: Ascariasis as an unusual cause

    • M. Ayhan Kuzu
    • Yunus Öztürk
    • Atilla Soran

    Case Reports Pages: 747 - 749

22. Pseudoaneurysm of the cystic artery associated with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

    • Morio Nakajima
    • Hiroshi Hoshino
    • Katsumoto Kato

    Case Reports Pages: 750 - 754

23. Induction of gastric ulcer and intestinal metaplasia in Mongolian gerbils infected withHelicobacter pylori

    • Fumihiro Hirayama
    • Shiro Takagi
    • Yoshifumi Ikeda

    Rapid Communication Pages: 755 - 757

24. Pyloric antral inhibition of gastrin release

    • Donal F. Magee

    Review Pages: 758 - 763

25. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 764 - 764