1. Therapeutic strategies for functional dyspepsia and the introduction of the Rome III classification

   • Hidekazu Suzuki
   • Toshihiro Nishizawa
   • Toshifumi Hibi

   Review Pages: 513 - 523

2. Activated platelets as a possible early marker to predict clinical efficacy of leukocytapheresis in severe ulcerative colitis patients

   • Ken Fukunaga
   • Yoshihiro Fukuda
   • Takayuki Matsumoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 524 - 532

3. CagA positivity and its association with gastroduodenal disease in Turkish children undergoing endoscopic investigation

   • Semra Sökücü
   • Ayşe Tülin Özden
   • Günay Saner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 533 - 539

4. Modulation of platelet aggregation responses by leukocytapheresis therapy in patients with active ulcerative colitis

   • Yuhki Yagi
   • Akira Andoh
   • Takashi Yoshida

   OriginalPaper Pages: 540 - 546

5. Evaluation of mucin expression patterns in gastric borderline (group III) lesions

   • Hideki Minematsu
   • Yasuharu Saito
   • Yoshihide Fujiyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 553

6. The pharmacodynamic effect of omeprazole 10 mg and 20 mg once daily in patients with nonerosive reflux disease in Japan

   • Yoshikazu Kinoshita
   • Takeaki Kobayashi
   • Masaru Aoshima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 554 - 561

7. Sex differences in irritable bowel syndrome in Japanese university students

   • Akiko Shiotani
   • Teruo Miyanishi
   • Toku Takahashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 562 - 568

8. Ultrastructure of Helicobacter pylori in human gastric mucosa and H. pylori-infected human gastric mucosa using transmission electron microscopy and the high-pressure freezing–freeze substitution technique

   • Yanping Liu
   • Eiko Hidaka
   • Hiroyoshi Ota

   OriginalPaper Pages: 569 - 574

9. Elevation of plasma tissue factor levels in patients with severe acute pancreatitis

   • Hidehiro Sawa
   • Takashi Ueda
   • Yoshikazu Kuroda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 575 - 581

10. The canine copper toxicosis gene MURR1 is not implicated in the pathogenesis of Wilson disease

    • Mario Lovicu
    • Valeria Dessì
    • Georgios Loudianos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 582 - 587

11. Evaluation of the hemodynamics of rectal varices by endoscopic ultrasonography

    • Takahiro Sato
    • Katsu Yamazaki
    • Jun Akaike

    OriginalPaper Pages: 588 - 592

12. Sildenafil decreased pulmonary arterial pressure but may have exacerbated portal hypertension in a patient with cirrhosis and portopulmonary hypertension

    • Ying-Wen Wang
    • Han-Chieh Lin
    • Shou-Dong Lee

    Case report Pages: 593 - 597

13. A new ABCB11 mutation in two Italian children with familial intrahepatic cholestasis

    • Valerio Nobili
    • Silvia Di Giandomenico
    • Filippo M. Santorelli

    Case report Pages: 598 - 603

14. Life-threatening bleeding from postbulbar duodenal ulcer saved by emergency transcatheter arterial embolization

    • Tomotaka Akatsu
    • Koichi Aiura
    • Masaki Kitajima

    Letters to the editor Pages: 604 - 605

15. Blastocystis hominis infection in patient with regular dialysis

    • Miho Hayashi
    • Masahiko Inamori
    • Hideyuki Satsuta

    Letters to the editor Pages: 605 - 606

16. Hepatotoxicity associated with Lyophyllum decastes Sing. (Hatakeshimeji)

    • Motoh Iwasa
    • Masahiko Kaito
    • Yukihiko Adachi

    Letters to the editor Pages: 606 - 607

17. Sex and gender in irritable bowel syndrome

    • Shin Fukudo

    Editorial Pages: 608 - 610

18. Hemodynamics of rectal varices

    • Sho Takagi
    • Yoshitaka Kinouchi
    • Tooru Shimosegawa

    Editorial Pages: 611 - 612