Metabolic aspects of hepatitis C viral infection: steatohepatitis resembling but distinct from NASH Kazuhiko KoikeKyoji Moriya Review Pages: 329 - 336
Epithelial cell turnover in relation to ongoing damage of the gastric mucosa in patients with early gastric cancer: increase of cell proliferation in paramalignant lesions Akiko ShiotaniHiroyasu IishiJuanita L. Merchant OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 344
Distribution of ghrelin-immunoreactive cells in human gastric mucosa: comparison with that of parietal cells Michiko Tanaka-ShintaniMakoto Watanabe OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 349
Influence of cure of Helicobacter pylori infection on gastric acidity and gastroesophageal reflux: study by 24-h pH monitoring in patients with gastric or duodenal ulcer Takumi FukuchiKiyoshi AshidaRyousuke Nagamatsu OriginalPaper Pages: 350 - 360
Lyprinol (stabilised lipid extract of New Zealand green-lipped mussel): a potential preventative treatment modality for inflammatory bowel disease Danik TenikoffKaren J. MurphyGordon S. Howarth OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 365
Mutational analysis of the MRP2 gene and long-term follow-up of Dubin-Johnson syndrome in Japan Ikuo MachidaShinya WakusawaKentaro Yoshioka OriginalPaper Pages: 366 - 370
Superparamagnetic iron oxide-enhanced MR imaging for focal hepatic lesions: a comparison with CT during arterioportography plus CT during hepatic arteriography Akihiro TanimotoGo WakabayashiSachio Kuribayashi OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 380
SNPs in the promoter region of the osteopontin gene as a marker predicting the efficacy of interferon-based therapies in patients with chronic hepatitis C Masashi NaitoAtsushi MatsuiKenji Fujiwara OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 388
Duodenum is important for the sphincter of Oddi motor response to cholecystokinin octapeptide in conscious dogs Maosheng DongYukio SonodaMasao Tanaka OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 395
Clinical study of choledochocele: is it a risk factor for biliary malignancies? Jun HoraguchiNaotaka FujitaOsamu Takasawa OriginalPaper Pages: 396 - 401
A high peripheral microvessel density count correlates with a poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer Kenji TakagiTadahiro TakadaHodaka Amano OriginalPaper Pages: 402 - 408
Osteopontin expression in ulcerative colitis is distinctly different from that in Crohn’s disease and diverticulitis Hideki MasudaYasuo TakahashiTadatoshi Takayama Rapid communication Pages: 409 - 413
Spontaneous remission of primary diffuse large B-cell gastric lymphoma Jiro WatariYusuke SaitohYutaka Kohgo Case report Pages: 414 - 420
Monozygotic twins concordant for intestinal Behçet’s disease Taku KobayashiYuichiro SudoMasao Ota Case report Pages: 421 - 425
Usefulness of recombinant Em18-ELISA to evaluate efficacy of treatment in patients with alveolar echinococcosis Yoshinori FujimotoAkira ItoYutaka Kohgo Case report Pages: 426 - 431
Des-gamma carboxy prothrombin (PIVKA-II)- and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing gastric cancer Yoshihisa TakahashiHisako EndoTsuyoshi Tange Letters to the editor Pages: 432 - 433
Refractory enterovesical and duodenocolic fistulas in Crohn’s disease successfully managed with tacrolimus Akihisa FukudaHiroshi NakaseTsutomu Chiba Letters to the editor Pages: 433 - 435
Need for etiological classification of chronic pancreatitis Ákos Pap Letters to the editor Pages: 435 - 436
Does Helicobacter pylori attack ghrelin-producing cells? Hidekazu SuzukiToshifumi Hibi Editorial Pages: 437 - 439
Where is the primary site of action of CCK for initiating sphincter of Oddi relaxation? Satoru Naruse Editorial Pages: 440 - 442
