Autoimmune pancreatitis: proposal of IgG4-related sclerosing disease Terumi KamisawaAtsutake Okamoto Review Open access Pages: 613 - 625
Clinical diagnostic criteria of autoimmune pancreatitis: revised proposal Kazuichi OkazakiShigeyuki KawaMakoto Otsuki Special article Open access Pages: 626 - 631
Helicobacter pylori CagA status associated with gastric cancer incidence rate variability in Costa Rican regions Sergio A ConAna L ValerínKeijiro Araki OriginalPaper Pages: 632 - 637
Assessment of the gastric emptying velocity by the 13C-octanoate breath test: deconvolution versus a Wagner-Nelson analysis Masaki SanakaTakatsugu YamamotoYasushi Kuyama OriginalPaper Pages: 638 - 646
Helicobacter pylori eradication versus prokinetics in the treatment of functional dyspepsia: a randomized, double-blind study Tiing Leong AngKwong Ming FockJessica Yi-Lyn Tan OriginalPaper Pages: 647 - 653
Gastroesophageal flap valve is associated with gastroesophageal and gastropharyngeal reflux Gwang Ha KimDae Hwan KangSoo Geun Wang OriginalPaper Pages: 654 - 661
Assessment of the Japanese Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire in patients after ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis Kazuhiro WatanabeYuji FunayamaIwao Sasaki OriginalPaper Pages: 662 - 667
Relationship between the diversity of the cagA gene of Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer in Okinawa, Japan Satoko SatomiAkiyo YamakawaTakeshi Azuma OriginalPaper Pages: 668 - 673
Effects of the neonatal treatment with monosodium glutamate on myenteric neurons and the intestine wall in the ileum of rats Angélica SoaresJoão Paulo Ferreira SchoffenMaria Raquel Marçal Natali OriginalPaper Pages: 674 - 680
Analysis of the clinical features of recurrent acute pancreatitis in China Yan Jing GaoYan Qing LiFu Xian Wang OriginalPaper Pages: 681 - 685
Bezafibrate may attenuate biliary damage associated with chronic liver diseases accompanied by high serum biliary enzyme levels Ryuichi KitaSeigo TakamatsuNaomi Tomono OriginalPaper Pages: 686 - 692
Early detection and quantification of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus mutants by fluorescent biprobe hybridization assay in lamivudine-treated patients Fumi UmeokaYoshiaki IwasakiYasushi Shiratori OriginalPaper Pages: 693 - 701
Intraductal tubular carcinoma in an adenoma of the main pancreatic duct of the pancreas head Keita ItatsuTsuyoshi SanoTomoo Kosuge Case report Pages: 702 - 705
A Japanese case of eosinophilic esophagitis Koichiro FurutaKyoichi AdachiYoshikazu Kinoshita Case report Pages: 706 - 710
A case of pseudoobstruction of the intestine associated with scleroderma dramatically responding to antibiotics Hiroaki ItouMasahiro IizukaSumio Watanabe Letters to the editor Pages: 711 - 712
Accumulation of 8-n itroguanine in the liver of chronic hepatitis C patients without sustained virological response after completion of interferon therapy Masahiko KaitoShinichiro HoriikeYukihiko Adachi Letters to the editor Pages: 713 - 714
Severe steatosis resulted from anorexia nervosa leading to fatal hepatic failure Michinori SakadaAtsushi TanakaMasataka Maruyama Letters to the editor Pages: 714 - 715
The “Costa Rican enigma” of Helicobacter pylori CagA and gastric cancer Shingo Tsuji Editorial Pages: 716 - 717
Treatment of functional dyspepsia: where to go and what to do Tadayuki OshimaHiroto Miwa Editorial Pages: 718 - 719
Hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal flap valve as diagnostic indicators in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease Yoshikazu KinoshitaKyoichi Adachi Editorial Pages: 720 - 721
Recurrent acute pancreatitis: is it possible to exclude chronic pancreatitis? Yoshifumi Takeyama Editorial Pages: 722 - 723