Heartburn in primary care: problems below the surface Gerald HoltmannEvelyn Maldonado-LopezSebastian Haag Review Pages: 1027 - 1034
Effect of single-dose administration of recombinant interferon-alpha2b on gastric myoelectrical activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C Krzysztof JonderkoBeata Krusiec-ŚwidergołZbigniew Gonciarz OriginalPaper Pages: 1035 - 1044
Comparison between the 13C-urea breath test and stool antigen test for the diagnosis of childhood Helicobacter pylori infection Seiichi KatoKeiko NakayamaKazuie Iinuma OriginalPaper Pages: 1045 - 1050
Second-line treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection in Japan: proton pump inhibitor-based amoxicillin and metronidazole regimen Akihito NagaharaHiroto MiwaNobuhiro Sato OriginalPaper Pages: 1051 - 1055
Venous congestion induces mucosal apoptosis via tumor necrosis factor-α-mediated cell death in the rat small intestine Bin WuTakehiro FujiseKazuma Fujimoto OriginalPaper Pages: 1056 - 1062
Correlation between clinical characteristics and mitochondrial D-loop DNA mutations in hepatocellular carcinoma Akihiro TamoriShuhei NishiguchiMasayasu Inoue OriginalPaper Pages: 1063 - 1068
Interferon therapy for aged patients with chronic hepatitis C: improved survival in patients exhibiting a biochemical response Yasuharu ImaiAkinori KasaharaNorio Hayashi OriginalPaper Pages: 1069 - 1077
Efficacy of lamivudine treatment in Japanese patients with hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis Hiromi OogaFumitaka SuzukiHiromitsu Kumada OriginalPaper Pages: 1078 - 1084
Earlier recurrence of esophageal varices, following therapy, in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) compared with non-PBC patients Eiji TakeshitaHidetaka MatsuiMorikazu Onji OriginalPaper Pages: 1085 - 1089
Adequate timing of ribavirin reduction in patients with hemolysis during combination therapy of interferon and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C Yasuji AraseKenji IkedaHiromitsu Kumada OriginalPaper Pages: 1090 - 1094
Adjuvant photodynamic therapy for bile duct carcinoma after surgery: a preliminary study Atsushi NanashimaHiroyuki YamaguchiTakeshi Nagayasu OriginalPaper Pages: 1095 - 1101
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis associated with psoriasis vulgaris Teruo MatsumotoNorihisa SuzukiShotaro Sakisaka Case report Pages: 1102 - 1105
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease occurring during interferon alpha therapy for chronic hepatitis C Akinori KasaharaAtsushi HiraideNorio Hayashi Case report Pages: 1106 - 1109
Obstructive jaundice caused by enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma in a patient with celiac sprue Martin BuessMichael SteuerwaldMadeleine Rothen Case report Pages: 1110 - 1113
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with ulcerative colitis Ryuta TakenakaHiroyuki OkadaYasushi Tanimoto Letters to the editor Pages: 1114 - 1115
A pregnant patient with fulminant hepatic failure was found to carry a novel missense mutation in the argininosuccinate synthetase gene Shun ItoGotaro KurasawaHiroshige Kakinoki Letters to the editor Pages: 1115 - 1117
Chronic diarrhea and protein-losing gastroenteropathy caused by Dientamoeba fragilis Reiko ItoJunichi SakagamiTakeshi Okanoue Letters to the editor Pages: 1117 - 1119
The role of TNF-alpha in ischemic disease of mesenteric venous systems Ryota HokariYoshikazu TsuzukiSoichiro Miura Editorial Pages: 1120 - 1122
Efficacy of interferon therapy for aged patients with chronic hepatitis C Yasuji AraseHiromitsu Kumada Editorial Pages: 1123 - 1124
How to avoid discontinuation of ribavirin in combination with interferon to maintain efficacy of treatment for chronic hepatitis C patients Akinori Kasahara Editorial Pages: 1125 - 1126