Prognostic staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma (CLIP score): its value and limitations, and a proposal for a new staging system, the Japan Integrated Staging Score (JIS score) Masatoshi KudoHobyung ChungYukio Osaki Review Pages: 207 - 215
Cytotoxic molecules expressed by intraepithelial lymphocytes may be involved in the pathogenesis of acute gastric mucosal lesions Takefumi SuzukiMasafumi ItoKazuo Kusugami Pages: 216 - 221
Utility and limitations of a method for detecting Helicobacter pylori-specific antigens in the stool Mitsuru MatsudaYatsugi NodaYasuhiro Takemori Pages: 222 - 228
Expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor in inflammatory bowel disease Shinsuke SaitoNelson H. TsunoHirokazu Nagawa Pages: 229 - 237
Quantitative ultrasound of the proximal phalanges and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Crohn's disease patients with osteopenia Christian von TirpitzJochen KlausMax Reinshagen Pages: 238 - 243
Molecular analysis of antigenicity and immunogenicity of a vaccine-induced escape mutant of hepatitis B virus Toru ShizumaKiyoshi HasegawaNaoaki Hayashi Pages: 244 - 253
Immunological predictors of different responses to combination therapy with interferon α and ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C Ravdan AmaraaHelena MareckovaTerezie Fucikova Pages: 254 - 259
Effect of IS-741 on ethionine-induced acute pancreatitis in rats: relation to pancreatic acinar cell regeneration Tsunao ImamuraJunichi NiikawaKeiji Mitamura Pages: 260 - 267
Brachiocephalic vein thrombosis associated with Crohn's disease João M. RibeiroLuísa RebochoRui M. M. Victorino Case report Pages: 268 - 271
Superior mesenteric arterial embolism: treatment by trans-catheter thrombo-aspiration Soichiro OgiharaShingo YamamuraTakashi Nakamura Case report Pages: 272 - 277
Biliary cystadenocarcinoma followed up as benign cystadenoma for 10 years Eiji KubotaKohei KatsumiTakashi Joh Case report Pages: 278 - 282
Pancreatoscopy assisted by endoscopic sphincter dilation Norio UenoYoshifumi OzawaToshiyuki Aizawa Case report Pages: 283 - 287
Congenital absence of portal vein with multiple hyperplastic nodular lesions in the liver Yasuo TanakaMasaki TakayanagiMasao Omata Case report Pages: 288 - 294
Atypical ductal hyperplasia of the pancreas associated with a stricture of the main pancreatic duct Masafumi KogireKatsuji TokuharaEiji Kadota Case report Pages: 295 - 297
The ratio of 13CO2 exhalation at 120 min to 13CO2 exhalation at 60 min as a simpler gastric emptying parameter in the 13C-octanoic acid breath test: a preliminary study Masaki SanakaTakatsugu YamamotoHajime Anjiki Letter to the editor Pages: 298 - 299
Efficacy of bezafibrate in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis Takeshi KuriharaAtsushi MaedaNaoyuki Kamatani Letter to the editor Pages: 300 - 301
Combination therapy with interferon-α and ribavirin as immunomodulators in patients with chronic hepatitis C Norio HoriikeMorikazu Onji Editorial Pages: 302 - 304
Current aspects of the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis and therapeutic effects of an inflammatory cell infiltration inhibitor Tadao Manabe Editorial Pages: 305 - 307
Hepatic nodular lesions caused by abnormal hepatic circulation: etiological and clinical aspects Masatoshi Kudo Editorial Pages: 308 - 310
Dilemma in classifications of possible precursors of pancreatic cancer involving the main pancreatic duct: PanIN or IPMN? Kyoichi Takaori Editorial Pages: 311 - 313