Significance ofHelicobacter pylori infection as a risk factor in gastric cancer: Serological and histological studies R. Barreto-ZuñigaMasakazu MaruyamaSahagun F. Bernal Alimentary Tract Pages: 289 - 294
Strain differences in the induction of intestinal metaplasia byX-irradiation in rats Hiromitsu WatanabeNariaki FujimotoAkihiro Ito Alimentary Tract Pages: 295 - 299
Trophic effects of glicentin on rat small-intestinal mucosa in vivo and in vitro Satoshi MyojoTomoyuki TsujikawaTadao Bamba Alimentary Tract Pages: 300 - 305
Analysis of bile acids in colon residual liquid or fecal material in patients with colorectal neoplasia and control subjects Teruyuki KishidaFumihiko TaguchiMasafumi Kobayashi Alimentary Tract Pages: 306 - 311
Estimation of serum β-2-microglobulin in children with malabsorption disorders syndrome Aleksandra Kochańska-DziurowiczCelina Bukowska Alimentary Tract Pages: 312 - 317
Red cell survival in patients with nonalcoholic liver cirrhosis before and after distal splenorenal shunt Manabu NishiwakiHiroshi AshidaJoji Utsunomiya Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 318 - 323
Immunological evaluation in oral lichen planus with chronic hepatitis C Yumiko NagaoMichio SataTadamitsu Kameyama Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 324 - 329
Wild-typep53 gene-induced morphological changes and growth suppression in hepatoma cells Shuji TeraiTakafumi NomaKiwamu Okita Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 330 - 337
Serum concentrations of soluble HLA-class I and CD8 forms in patients with viral hepatic disorders Masao HagiharaTatsuo ShimuraKimiyoshi Tsuji Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 338 - 343
Establishment of a primary culture ofEchinococcus multilocularis germinal cells Kenichiro YamashitaJunichi UchinoTsutomu Namieno Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 344 - 350
Contribution of mass screening system to resectability of hepatic lesions involvingEchinococcus multilocularis Naoki SatoTsutomu NamienoKiyoshige Suzuki Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 351 - 354
Noninvasive determination of liver collagen content in chronic hepatitis. Multivariate regression modeling with blood chemical parameters as variables Seigo TakamatsuHitomi NakabayashiHiroshi Nakano Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 355 - 360
Radiofrequency capacitive hyperthermia for unresectable hepatic cancers Keizo YamamotoYoshimasa Tanaka Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 361 - 366
Biosynthesis and secretion of MHC class III gene products (complement C4 and factor B) in the exocrine pancreas Ken-ichi SumiyoshiAkira AndohTadao Bamba Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 367 - 373
Effect of oral protease inhibitor administration on gallbladder motility in patients with mild chronic pancreatitis Masanori SugiyamaYutaka AtomiTetsuichiro Muto Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 374 - 379
Effect of peripherally and centrally administered calcitonin on gallbladder emptying in dogs Krzysztof JonderkoLionel Buéno Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Pages: 380 - 388
Multiple early esophageal cancers arising from Barrett's esophagus, and a review of cases of early adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus in Japan Tomoko ItatsuHiroto MiwaNobuhiro Sato Case Report Pages: 389 - 395
Gastric cancer associated with overexpression of parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) and PTH/PTHrP receptor in relation to tumor progression Masahiro ItoMasahiro NakashimaIchiro Sekine Case Report Pages: 396 - 400
Three cases of familial ulcerative colitis—in a mother and two of her sons Atsushi KamataMitsuro ChibaOsamu Masamune Case Report Pages: 401 - 404
Transcatheter arterial embolization-induced bilious pleuritis in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma Takeshi IchikawaToshihiko YamadaMasatomo Mori Case Report Pages: 405 - 409
Prolonged intrahepatic cholestasis in acute-onset, severe autoimmune hepatitis Yoshiharu MotooNorio SawabuYasuni Nakanuma Case Report Pages: 410 - 413
Molecular mechanisms of hepatic fibrosis and principles of therapy Scott L. Friedman Review Pages: 424 - 430
Group II phospholipase A2 is not a major modifier of colonic adenomatous polyps in humans Takeshi MinamiShuji KanayamaYuji Matsuzawa Letter to the Editor Pages: 431 - 432