1. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB): past, present, and future

   • Kenji Yamao
   • Akira Sawaki
   • Takashi Koshikawa

   Review Pages: 1013 - 1023

2. Development of reflux esophagitis following Helicobacter pylori eradication

   • Masahiro Kawanishi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1024 - 1028

3. “Proton-pump inhibitor-first” strategy versus “step-up” strategy for the acute treatment of reflux esophagitis: a cost-effectiveness analysis in Japan

   • Yasuki Habu
   • Kazuo Maeda
   • Keiichi Kawai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1029 - 1035

4. Treatment of functional dyspepsia with antianxiety or antidepressive agents: systematic review

   • Mariko Hojo
   • Hiroto Miwa
   • Nobuhiro Sato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1036 - 1042

5. In vivo recording of colonic motility in conscious rats with deficiency of interstitial cells of Cajal, with special reference to the effects of nitric oxide on colonic motility

   • Atsushi Takahashi
   • Takeshi Tomomasa
   • Hiroyuki Kuwano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1043 - 1048

6. A study of arteriosclerosis in healthy subjects with HBV and HCV infection

   • Makoto Moritani
   • Kyoichi Adachi
   • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1049 - 1053

7. Percutaneous microwave and radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective comparative study

   • Ming-De Lu
   • Hui-Xiong Xu
   • Yan-Lin Zheng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1054 - 1060

8. Plasma total homocysteine and gallstone in middle-aged Japanese men

   • Hidenari Sakuta
   • Takashi Suzuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1061 - 1064

9. Circumferential intramural esophageal dissection successfully treated by endoscopic procedure and metal stent insertion

   • Seong Hun Kim
   • Seung-Ok Lee

   Case report Pages: 1065 - 1069

10. Mucinous cystic neoplasm in a young male patient

    • Masaki Suzuki
    • Naotaka Fujita
    • Hiroo Tateno

    Case report Pages: 1070 - 1074

11. Successful percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of adrenal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Hiroaki Haga
    • Takafumi Saito
    • Sumio Kawata

    Letters to the editor Pages: 1075 - 1076

12. Partial splenic embolization facilitates completion of interferon therapy in patients with chronic HCV infection and hypersplenism

    • Masaki Kato
    • Naoya Shimohashi
    • Makoto Nakamuta

    Letters to the editor Pages: 1076 - 1077

13. Enlarging splenic vein aneurysm associated with increasing portal hypertension

    • Yayoi Hosoki
    • Hiroyuki Saito
    • Yutaka Kohgo

    Letters to the editor Pages: 1078 - 1079

14. Heartburn issues burnt out?

    • Kentaro Sugano

    Editorial Pages: 1080 - 1082

15. Burden and cost of treatment for GERD

    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita
    • Shuichi Sato

    Editorial Pages: 1083 - 1084

16. Homocysteine and gallstone diseases: is hyperhomocysteinemia a prerequisite for or secondary to gallstone formation?

    • Susumu Tazuma

    Editorial Pages: 1085 - 1087