1. Enteroscopy

   • Hironori Yamamoto
   • Hiroto Kita

   Review Pages: 555 - 562

2. Influence of bile reflux and Helicobacter pylori infection on gastritis in the remnant gastric mucosa after distal gastrectomy

   • Hisanori Abe
   • Kazunari Murakami
   • Toshio Fujioka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 563 - 569

3. Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma in the remnant stomach: de novo and metachronous gastric remnant carcinoma

   • Yasuharu Kaizaki
   • Osamu Hosokawa
   • Masashi Fukayama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 570 - 577

4. Effect of cigarette smoking on gastric emptying of solids in Japanese smokers: a crossover study using the ¹³C-octanoic acid breath test

   • Masaki Sanaka
   • Hajime Anjiki
   • Yasushi Kuyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 578 - 582

5. Ultrasonographic assessment of gastric motility in diabetic gastroparesis before and after attaining glycemic control

   • Masahiro Sogabe
   • Toshiya Okahisa
   • Susumu Ito

   OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 590

6. Efficiency of bone marrow-derived cells in regeneration of the stomach after induction of ethanol-induced ulcers in rats

   • Masato Komori
   • Shingo Tsuji
   • Masatsugu Hori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 591 - 599

7. Cytotoxicity of organic acids produced by anaerobic intestinal bacteria on cultured epithelial cells

   • Toshiaki Sakurazawa
   • Toshifumi Ohkusa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 600 - 609

8. Prostaglandin E2 receptor EP4 agonist induces Bcl-xL and independently activates proliferation signals in mouse primary hepatocytes

   • Kojiro Kataoka
   • Yasuhiro Takikawa
   • Kazuyuki Suzuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 610 - 616

9. In situ detection of oxidized n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in chronic hepatitis C: correlation with hepatic steatosis

   • Akira Kitase
   • Keisuke Hino
   • Kiwamu Okita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 617 - 624

10. Clinical course of patients with chronic hepatitis B with viral breakthrough during long-term lamivudine treatment

    • Tatsuya Ide
    • Ryukichi Kumashiro
    • Michio Sata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 625 - 630

11. Contrast-enhanced sonography of pancreatic carcinoma: correlations with pathological findings

    • Kazushi Numata
    • Yutaka Ozawa
    • Katsuaki Tanaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 631 - 640

12. Association of pseudomembranous colitis with Henoch-Schönlein purpura

    • Takehiko Hayakawa
    • Hiroyuki Imaeda
    • Toshifumi Hibi

    Case report Pages: 641 - 645

13. D-Penicillamine improved laparoscopic and histological findings of the liver in a patient with Wilson’s disease: 3-year follow-up after diagnosis of Coombs-negative hemolytic anemia of Wilson’s disease

    • Isao Sakaida
    • Kotaro Kawaguchi
    • Kiwamu Okita

    Case report Pages: 646 - 651

14. Adenocarcinoma arising from aberrant pancreas in the stomach

    • Michiko Matsuki
    • Yoshinori Gouda
    • Shigeki Kuriyama

    Case report Pages: 652 - 656

15. Two cases of solitary duodenal xanthelasma

    • Wael I. Al-Daraji
    • Zeina Abdul Al Razag
    • Zuhair Twaij

    Letters to the editor Pages: 657 - 658

16. Duodenal xanthelasmas

    • Rasim Gencosmanoglu

    Letters to the editor Pages: 658 - 659

17. Gallbladder carcinoma associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction presenting as severe acute pancreatitis

    • Terumi Kamisawa
    • Naoto Egawa
    • Atsutake Okamoto

    Letters to the editor Pages: 659 - 660

18. How is it possible to prevent gastric mucosal injury and remnant cancer after distal gastrectomy?

    • Michio Kaminishi

    Editorial Pages: 661 - 663

19. Steatosis in chronic hepatitis C: fuel for overproduction of oxidative stress?

    • Kazuhiko Koike

    Editorial Pages: 664 - 665

20. Clinical significance of vascular assessment by contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasonography of pancreatic carcinomas

    • Masayuki Kitano

    Editorial Pages: 666 - 668