Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies in Japanese patients with inflammatory bowel disease: diagnostic accuracy and clinical value Takashi HisabeToshiyuki MatsuiAkinori Iwashita Pages: 121 - 126
A comparison of the effects of medium- and long-chain triglycerides on neutrophil stimulation in experimental ileitis Noriyasu OhtaTomoyuki TsujikawaTadao Bamba Pages: 127 - 133
Germinated barley foodstuff, a prebiotic product, ameliorates inflammation of colitis through modulation of the enteric environment Osamu KanauchiIsao SerizawaTadao Bamba Pages: 134 - 141
SEN virus infection in patients with chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in Thailand Pisit TangkijvanichApiradee TheamboonlersYong Poovorawan Pages: 142 - 148
Interleukin 6 concentration in ascitic fluid of cirrhotic patients: relationship with previous episodes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Marcellus Henrique Loiola Ponte SouzaFernando Q. CunhaAna L. C. Martinelli Pages: 149 - 152
Correlation between ultrasonographic and pathologic diagnoses of hepatitis B and C virus-related cirrhosis Chao-Hung HungSheng-Nan LuChi-Sin Changchien Pages: 153 - 157
Efficacy of prolonged interferon therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis C with HCV-genotype 1b and high virus load Yasuji AraseKenji IkedaHiromitsu Kumada Pages: 158 - 163
Evaluation of gastric acid secretion in two patients (each aged over 90 years) with Helicobacter pylori-negative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-caused duodenal ulcers Tomohiko ShimataniMasaki InoueYutaka Daimaru Case report Pages: 164 - 169
Rapidly growing early gastric cancer with microsatellite instability Kentaro YamashitaNorihiro KatoKohzoh Imai Case report Pages: 170 - 174
Malignant pheochromocytoma associated with pseudo-obstruction of the colon Soichi MurakamiShun-ichi OkushibaKazuyoshi Nihei Case report Pages: 175 - 180
Adult intussusception due to lymphangioma of the colon Yoshirou MatsubaHirozumi MizuiriKen Niimi Case report Pages: 181 - 185
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the rectal mesentery Takamori NakayamaHayato HiroseMasao Kasahara Case report Pages: 186 - 189
Intracystic hemorrhage of a simple liver cyst mimicking a biliary cystadenocarcinoma Yasuhiro KitajimaYasutaka OkayamaMakoto Itoh Case report Pages: 190 - 193
A case of Meckel's diverticulum adherent to the posterior abdominal wall: the efficacy of small-bowel radiography coupled with barium enema examination Chifumi YamamotoYasuhiro OkadaMitsuo Iida Letter to the editor Pages: 194 - 196
Hepatocellular carcinoma complicating autoimmune hepatitis without either hepatitis C viral infection or corticosteroid therapy Kazutoshi HoriYoshihiro FukudaAkira Kubota Letter to the editor Pages: 197 - 199
Interaction between luminal bacteria and innate immunity Akihiro MunakataYoh Ishiguro Editorial Pages: 200 - 201
What features of the pathological morphology of the liver increase the accuracy of diagnostic imaging for cirrhosis? Masayoshi Kage Editorial Pages: 202 - 203
Indication of prolonged interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C Takeshi OkanoueYoshito Itoh Editorial Pages: 204 - 205