Effects of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) on esophageal motor function and gastroesophageal reflux Katsuhiko IwakiriHidenori KanazawaMasafumi Kobayashi Pages: 305 - 309
Electrogastrographic power ratio in humans is not related to changes in antrum-skin distance but to antral motility Yutaka ShimadaMichio WatanabeKatsutoshi Terasawa Pages: 310 - 317
Hydrogen peroxide-induced cellular injury is associated with increase in endogenous fluorescence from rat gastric mucosal epithelial cell culture: A new method for detecting oxidative cellular injury by fluorescence measurement Hirofumi MatsuiYasushi MurataTadao Ohno Pages: 318 - 325
Type IIa early gastric cancer with proliferation of xanthoma cells Akihiro MuraokaItsuo SuehiroKeiji Murakami Pages: 326 - 329
Quantification of Helicobacter pylori infection: Simple and rapid 13C-urea breath test in Taiwan Wen-Ming WangShui-Cheng LeeChang-Yi Chen Pages: 330 - 335
Endoscopic findings in transplanted allo-intestine of rats after discontinuance of immunosuppressive agent Tsuyoshi SaitoEiji KobayashiMichio Miyata Pages: 336 - 342
Telomere shortening in the colonic mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis Yoshitaka KinouchiNobuo HiwatashiTakayoshi Toyota Pages: 343 - 348
Clinical significance of serum levels of CD44 variant exons 8–10 protein in colorectal cancer Akio YamaguchiTakanori GoiKoichi Furukawa Pages: 349 - 353
Detection of circulating anti-MUC1 mucin core protein antibodies in patients with colorectal cancer Hideaki NakamuraYuji HinodaKohzoh Imai Pages: 354 - 361
Altered hepatic hemodynamics and improved liver function following intrahepatic vascular infusion of prostaglandin E1 Takehiro NakaiHiroshi TanimuraTakuya Tamaki Pages: 362 - 367
Reduced expression and rare genomic alteration of nm23-H1in human hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatoma cell lines Yoshinori FujimotoTakaaki OhtakeYutaka Kohgo Pages: 368 - 375
Circulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a possible tumor marker for metastasis in human hepatocellular carcinoma Kenji Jin-noMasahito TanimizuYoshio Okada Pages: 376 - 382
Detection of Ki-ras and p53 gene mutations in tissue and pancreatic juice from pancreatic adenocarcinomas Satoshi KondohMiyuki KainoKiwamu Okita Pages: 390 - 396
Primary cancer of the small intestine and mutational analysis of the K-ras and p53 genes Mitsuo AmanoYasuo ImaiToshihiko Saito Case report Pages: 397 - 401
Pyoderma gangrenosum complicating ulcerative colitis: Successful treatment with methylprednisolone pulse therapy and cyclosporine Hajime FutamiMakoto KodairaEizo Kaneko Case report Pages: 408 - 411
Fulminant hepatitis complicated by small intestine infection and massive hemorrhage Hiroko TamuraSatoyoshi YamashitaFujio Murakami Case report Pages: 412 - 418
Two patients with acute hepatitis B with suspected sexual transmission of hepatitis G virus Eiji TanakaYoshiyuki NakatsujiKendo Kiyosawa Case report Pages: 419 - 423
Use of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration with ethanolamine oleate for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy in a cirrhotic patient with a large spontaneous splenorenal shunt Kazushi NumataKatsuaki TanakaHisahiko Sekihara Case report Pages: 424 - 427
An autopsy case of granulocytic sarcoma of the porta hepatis causing obstructive jaundice Kazuhiro MatsuedaHiroshi YamamotoIsao Doi Case report Pages: 428 - 433
Pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms associated with celiac axis stenosis due to compression by median arcuate ligament and celiac plexus Kaori SuzukiHiromasa KashimuraNaomi Tanaka Case report Pages: 434 - 438
Two synchronous solid and cystic tumors of the pancreas Toshihiko KobayashiTaizo KimuraHaruhiko Sugimura Case report Pages: 439 - 442
Pancreatic pseudocyst associated with eating disorder Tetsuya MoriaiTagui KashiwayaIsao Makino Case report Pages: 443 - 446
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with increased serum CYFRA 21-1 level Takeshi KashiharaAtsushi OhkiKoichi Tamaoka Case report Pages: 447 - 453
Multiple early bile duct carcinoma associated with congenital choledochal cyst Hiroaki YoshikaneSenju HashimotoYoshihiro Kojima Case report Pages: 454 - 457
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease—susceptibility genes and clinical patterns Derek P. Jewell Review Pages: 458 - 462
GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection in autoimmune liver diseases Norio HoriikeKojiro MichitakaMorikazu Onji Letter to the editor Pages: 463 - 464