Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Ambulatory Intestinal Manometry (A Consensus Report on Its Clinical Role)

Eamonn M.M. Quigley, Pierre H. Deprez, Per Hellstrom, Einar Husebye, Edy E. Soffer, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Robert W. Summers, Alexander Wilmer, David L.W. Wingate

Letters to the Editor

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Effects of Ethyl Alcohol on Canine Jejunal Circular Smooth Muscle

Gang Lu, Michael G. Sarr, Joseph H. Szurszewski

Effects of Giardia lamblia Infection on Gastrointestinal Transit and Contractility in Mongolian Gerbils

L. P. Deselliers, D. T. M. Tan, R. B. Scott, M. E. Olson

Identification of Diaphragmatic Crural Component of Gastroesophageal Barrier in the Rat

Carmen Soto, Baoquan Qi, Juan A. Diez-Pardo, Juan A. Tovar

Relationship Among Acid Secretion, Antral Distension, and Liquid Gastric Emptying in Active and Healed Duodenal Ulcer

Giovanni Maconi, Guendalina Manzionna, Gabriele Bianchi Porro

Nocturnal Antral pH Rises Are Related to Duodenal Phase III Retroperistalsis

Einar S. Bjornsson, Hasse Abrahamsson

Anal Ultra Slow Waves (A Smooth Muscle Phenomenon Associated with Dyschezia)

Volker F. Eckardt, Thomas Schmitt, Gudrun Bernhard

Codon 201Arg/Gly Polymorphism of DCC (Deleted in Colorectal Carcinoma) Gene in Flat- and Polypoid-Type Colorectal Tumors

Rieko Minami, Nobuo Aoyama, Yoichiro Honsako, Masato Kasuga, Takahiro Fujimori, Sakan Maeda

Expression of p53, PCNA, and C-erbB-2 in Barrett's Metaplasia and Adenocarcinoma

Michelle A. Young, Michelle M. Vanbibber, Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro, Richard Kim, Martha R. Clarke, Mona F. Melhem, Ulysses Ribeiro, James C. Reynolds

p53 Expression in Gastric Cancer (Clinicopathological Correlation and Prognostic Significance)

S.P. Monig, S. Eidt, T.K. Zirbes, D. Stippel, S.E. Baldus, H. Pichlmaier

Cavernous Colorectal Hemangioma (A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and a Review of the Literature)

Marie L. Borum

Fas Antigen Expression of Hepatocytes and Its Modification by Immunosuppressants

Takaaki Kobayashi, Masataka Negita, Hiroshi Takagi, Itsuo Yokoyama, Akemi Hayakawa, Shuji Hayashi

Correlation Between Relative Number of Circulating Low-Density Hepatitis C Virus Particles and Disease Activity in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Keisuke Hino, Kaori Fujii, Masaaki Korenaga, Chisa Murakami, Muneko Okazaki, Michiari Okuda, Kiwamu Okita

Effect of Interferon-α Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C on Health-Related Quality of Life

Christine M. Hunt, Jason A. Dominitz, Barbara Philips Bute, Bradford Waters, Umberto Blasi, Diane M. Williams

Activation of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α System in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

David R. Nelson, Herbert L. Lim, Constantine G. Marousis, Jane W. S. Fang, Gary L. Davis, Luping Shen, Mickey S. Urdea, Janice A. Kolberg, Johnson Y. N. Lau

Phenotyping of Intrahepatic and Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Jean-Louis Bernard, Jean Gugenheim, Marie-Christine Saint-Paul, Albert Tran, Guang Yang, Alain Doglio, Michel Ticchioni, Catherine Laffont, Jacques Durant, Alain Bernard, Patrick Rampal, Sylvia Benzaken

Case Report: Multiple Liver Abscesses Caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in a Patient Receiving Long-Term Transfusion Therapy for Osteomyelosclerosis

Marcus Schuchmann, Alexander L. Gerbes, Jurgen Heesemann, Gerd Sauter

Common Pathogenetic Mechanisms in Symptomatic, Uncomplicated Gallstone Disease and Functional Dyspepsia (Volume Measurement of Gallbladder and Antrum Using Three-Dimensional Ultrasonography)

Trygve Hausken, Karl Sondenaa, Sven Svebak, Odd Helge Gilja, Snorri Olafsson, Svein Odegaard, Odd Soreide, Arnold Berstad

Case Report: α-Fetoprotein Producing Mucin-Producing Carcinoma of the Pancreas (A Case Report with Immunohistochemical Study and Lectin-Affinity Profile)

Satoshi Tanno, Takeshi Obara, Ryushi Shudo, Tsuneshi Fujii, Kenji Sugawara, Noriyuki Nishino, Hitoshi Ura, Yutaka Kohgo

Case Report: A Unique Presentation of Multiseptate Gallbladder

Michael L. Paciorek, David Lackner, Christopher Daly, Gail Sekas

One-Week Antibiotics versus Maintenance Acid Suppression Therapy for Helicobacter pylori-Associated Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

Joseph J. Y. Sung, W. K. Leung, Roamy Suen, Vincent K.S. Leung, Francis K. L. Chan, Thomas K. W. Ling, James Y. W. Lau, Y. T. Lee, Enders K. W. Ng, Augustine F.B. Cheng, S. C. Sydney Chung

Prevention of Duodenal Ulcer Recurrence with 15 mg Lansoprazole (A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study)

Frank Lanza, John Goff, David Silvers, Joan Winters, Nirag Jhala, Dennis Jennings, Pamela Greski-Rose

Pharmacologic Characteristics of Rabbit Esophageal Muscularis Mucosae In Vitro

W. H. Percy, A. J. Miller, J. T. Brunz

Effect of Gastrin-17 on Lower Esophageal Sphincter Characteristics in Man

J. W. A. Straathof, C. B. H. W. Lamers, A. A. M. Masclee

Central Administration of PACAP Stimulates Gastric Secretion Mediated Through the Vagal Pathway in Anesthetized Rats

Makoto Ozawa, Mitsuru Aono, Kazuhiko Mizuta, Motoyuki Moriga, Minoru Okuma

Subcutaneous Loperamide Prevents Gastric Lesions Induced by Necrotizing Agents in Rats

Yoshifumi Hatakeyama, Ms Masaaki Tomoi, Phd Minoru Ohtsuka, Phd Kyoichi Shimomura

Effects of Rebamipide, a Novel Anti-Ulcer Agent, on Gastric Mucosal Injury Induced by Platelet-Activating Factor in Rats

Satoshi Kokura, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Yuji Naito, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Hirohisa Takano, Shuji Takahashi, Takashi Tomii, Norimasa Yoshida, Motoharu Kondo

Effects of Pregnancy in Rats on Cysteamine-Induced Peptic Ulcers (Role of Progesterone)

Corrado Montoneri, Filippo Drago

Letter to the Editor

Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria in Diversion Colitis (A Clue to Inflammation?)

Christel Neut, Francois Guillemot, Jean Frederic Colombel

Effect of Intraoperative Nutritional Solutions on Perianastomotic Colonic Mucosa in Experimental Large Bowel Obstruction

Robert T. Mathie, Robin C.N. Williamson, Jose E. Aguilar-Nascimento, Joaquim P. Oliveira-Neto

Differences Between Individuals with Self-Reported Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and IBS-Like Symptoms

B. A. Hahn, William B. Saunders, William C. Maier

Fructose and Sorbitol Malabsorption in Ambulatory Patients with Functional Dyspepsia Comparison with Lactose Maldigestion/Malabsorption

Daniel Mishkin Leon Sablauskas, Morty Yalovsky, Seymour Mishkin

Urinary Recovery of Lactulose Compared to D-xylose Absorption Kinetics in HIV Patients with Diarrhea and Weight Loss

Stephen J. Carlson, Cecile Webster, Robert M. Craig

Case Report: Cytomegalovirus Infection Causing an Enterocutaneous Fistula in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Marie L. Borum

Intracolonic Release of Nitric Oxide During Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid Rat Colitis

Maurizio Ferretti, Paolo Gionchetti, Fernando Rizzello, Alessandro Venturi, Patrizia Stella, Fabrizio Corti, Jaques Mizrahi, Mario Miglioli, Massimo Campieri

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Author Index to Volume 42

Subject Index to Volume 42