1. Helicobacter pylori: present status and future prospects in Japan

   • Hidekazu Suzuki
   • Toshifumi Hibi
   • Barry James Marshall

   Review Open access 16 February 2007 Pages: 1 - 15

   

2. Inflammatory bowel disease: past, present, and future

   • Bruce E. Sands

   Review Open access 16 February 2007 Pages: 16 - 25

3. An assessment of bisacodyl-based bowel preparation for colonoscopy in children

   • Ron Shaoul
   • Lina Haloon

   OriginalPaper 16 February 2007 Pages: 26 - 28

4. Acute esophageal necrosis: a rare syndrome

   • Grigoriy E. Gurvits
   • Alexander Shapsis
   • James G. Robilotti

   OriginalPaper 16 February 2007 Pages: 29 - 38

5. Valproic acid-induced pancreatitis: 16 new cases and a review of the literature

   • Thorsten Gerstner
   • Deike Büsing
   • Stephan König

   OriginalPaper 16 February 2007 Pages: 39 - 48

6. Efficacy and safety of 6-month iron reduction therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis: a pilot study

   • Naoki Tanaka
   • Akira Horiuchi
   • Kendo Kiyosawa

   OriginalPaper 16 February 2007 Pages: 49 - 55

7. Comparison between endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation and endoscopic sphincterotomy for the treatment of common bile duct stones

   • Hidetaka Watanabe
   • Masashi Yoneda
   • Hideyuki Hiraishi

   OriginalPaper 16 February 2007 Pages: 56 - 62

8. Outcomes after clearance of pancreatic stones with or without pancreatic stenting

   • Naoki Sasahira
   • Minoru Tada
   • Masao Omata

   OriginalPaper 16 February 2007 Pages: 63 - 69

9. Clinical significance of the duodenal papilla in patients with separate orifices for the bile and pancreatic ducts

   • Kensuke Kubota
   • Toshio Fujisawa
   • Atushi Nakajima

   OriginalPaper 16 February 2007 Pages: 70 - 78

10. Mental status impairment in patients with West Haven grade zero hepatic encephalopathy: the role of HCV infection

    • Vincenzo Citro
    • Graziella Milan
    • Giovanni Tarantino

    Rapid communication 16 February 2007 Pages: 79 - 82

11. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for the diagnosis of peripancreatic tuberculous lymphadenitis

    • Soichi Itaba
    • Shigetaka Yoshinaga
    • Kinya Yamada

    Case report 16 February 2007 Pages: 83 - 86

12. Shewanella infection in decompensated liver disease: a septic case

    • Taiga Otsuka
    • Takahiro Noda
    • Kotaro Yamaoka

    Case report 16 February 2007 Pages: 87 - 90

13. Treatment of bleeding stomal varices by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration

    • Shigeki Minami
    • Kazuya Okada
    • Takashi Kanematsu

    Case report 16 February 2007 Pages: 91 - 95

14. Molecular mechanism of iron metabolism and overload in chronic hepatitis C

    • Masahiko Kaito

    Editorial 16 February 2007 Pages: 96 - 99