2301-2306
Effects of Sildenafil on Esophageal Motility of Normal Subjects
Mauro Bortolotti, Cristina Mari, Matteo Giovannini, Silvia Pinna and Mario Miglioli
2307-2313
Pyloric Relaxation Regulated Via Intramural Neural Pathway of the Antrum
Erito Mochiki, Hiroyuki Kuwano, Toshihiro Nakabayashi, Moises Garcia and Norihiro Haga, et al.
2314-2321
Inhibition of β-Catenin Translocation in Rodent Colorectal Tumors: A Novel Explanation for the Protective Effect of Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs in Colorectal Cancer
Wendy A. Brown, Stewart A. Skinner, Daphne Vogiagis and Paul E. O'brien
2322-2324
Palliative Treatment of Malignant Obstruction of Gastric Outlet Using an Endoscopically Placed Enteral Wallstent
Jesus Espinel, Santiago Vivas, Fernando Muñoz, Francisco Jorquera and Jose Luis Olcoz
2325-2332
Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and Extracolonic Cancer
Henry T. Lynch, Alan G. Thorson, Rodney D. McComb, Barbara A. Franklin and Susan T. Tinley, et al.
2333-2335
CASE REPORT: Cardiac Tamponade as the First Manifestation of Gastric Cancer and Remission After Chemotherapy
N. Varvarigos, H. Kamaradou, A. Kourti, E.D.B. Papavasiliou and H. Papaioannou, et al.
2336-2343
Changes of Colonic Mucosal Microcirculation and Histology in Two Colitis Models: An Experimental Study Using Intravital Microscopy and a New Histological Scoring System
Martin Kruschewski, Thomas Foitzik, Alexandra Perez-Cantó, Annette Hũbotter and Heinz Johannes Buhr
2344-2346
CASE REPORT: Mesenteric Arterial Thrombosis as a Complication of Crohn's Disease
Premal Sanghavi, Anil Paramesh, Amit Dwivedi, T. Markova and Thanh Phan
2347-2352
Nutritional and Metabolic Considerations in the Etiology of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Vandana Nehra, Paul Angulo, Alan L. Buchman and Keith D. Lindor
2353-2359
Congestion of Superior Mesenteric Veins and Small Bowel Mucosal Injury After Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices in Patients with Portal Hypertension
Hidenori Toyoda, Makoto Nakao, Yozo Ogura, Kenji Takagi and Keisuke Osakabe, et al.
2360-2366
Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Interleukin-6, and Nitric Oxide in Sterile Ascitic Fluid and Serum from Patients with Cirrhosis Who Subsequently Develop Ascitic Fluid Infection
José Such, Donald J. Hillebrand, Carlos Guarner, Lee Berk and Pedro Zapater, et al.
2367-2373
Effects of Octreotide on Intestinal Transit and Bacterial Translocation in Conscious Rats with Portal Hypertension and Liver Fibrosis
Nary Veal, Hélène Auduberteau, Carole Lemarie, Frédéric Oberti and Paul Calès
2374-2377
Progesterone Receptor in Patients with Hepatolithiasis
Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen, Hsin-Tsung Ho, Wei-Jen Chen, Chih-Wei Sheen and Hock-Liew Eng, et al.
2378-2384
Immunologic Influences of Hyperthermia in a Rat Model of Obstructive Jaundice
Bahadir M. Gũllũoğlu, Ali Bekrakı, Nilgũn Çerıkçıoğlu, Gũner Sõyletır and A. Õzdemir Aktan
2385-2388
CASE REPORT: Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Cholestatic Hepatitis
Michael S. Morelli and Francis X. O'Brien
2389-2395
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA Determination After Two Weeks of Induction Interferon Treatment Is an Accurate Predictor of Nonresponse: Comparison of Two Treatment Schedules
Angelo Rossini, Marco Artini, Massimo Levrero, Cristiana Almerighi and Marco Massari, et al.
2396-2400
High-Dose Interferon-α2b Plus Ribavirin for Retreatment of Interferon-Nonresponsive Patients Infected with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus
Maria Buti, Sergio Morral, Francisco Sanchez, Maria Martell and Carlos Stalgis, et al.
2401-2407
Prevalence and Genotypic Variability of TTV in HIV-Infected Patients
Kenneth E. Sherman, Susan D. Rouster and Judith Feinberg
2408-2414
Previous or Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Without Hepatic Fibrosis
Shoji Kubo, Akihiro Tamori, Kazuki Ohba, Taichi Shuto and Takatsugu Yamamoto, et al.
2415
LETTER: Cirrhosis and Cholelithiasis
R. Mokeba and D. Friedel
2416-2423
Health-Related Quality-of-Life and Quality-Days Incrementally Gained in Symptomatic Nonerosive GERD Patients Treated with Lansoprazole or Ranitidine
Susan D. Mathias, Hilary H. Colwell, Dave P. Miller, David J. Pasta and James M. Henning, et al.
2424-2432
Does Carditis Have Two Different Etiologies?
Claudia Wolf, Cornelis A. Seldenrijk, Robin Timmer, Ronald Breumelhof and André J.P.M. Smout
2433-2439
Paradoxical Role of Helicobacter pylori Infection: Protective Effect Against Ethanol-Induced Gastric Mucosal Injury in Mongolian Gerbils
Atsushi Sugiyama, Tatsuo Ikeno, Kimitaka Ishida, Fukuto Maruta and Maki Murakami, et al.
2440-2444
Accuracy of Stool Antigen Test in Posteradication Assessment of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Gianpiero Manes, Antonio Balzano, Gaetano Iaquinto, Chiara Ricci and Maria Maddalena Piccirillo, et al.
2445-2450
Clarithromycin Resistance, but Not CYP2C-19 Polymorphism, Has a Major Impact on Treatment Success in 7-Day Treatment Regimen for Cure of H. pylori Infection: A Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis
Hiroto Miwa, Hanako Misawa, Toshio Yamada, Akihito Nagahara and Keiichi Ohtaka, et al.
2451-2455
CASE REPORT: Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Patient with Relapsing Confusional Syndrome
Juan Cordoba, Carmen Hinojosa, Francesc Sampedro, Juli Alonso and Alex Rovira, et al.
2456
LETTER: Complication of Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Drainage
Kirien T. Kjossev and Julian E. Losanoff
2457-2459
Cannulation of the Aorta in Organ Donors with Infrarenal Aortic Pathologies
Ernesto P. Molmenti, Hebe Molmenti, Shigeru Marubashi, Edmund Q. Sanchez and Brian M. Gogel, et al.
2460-2469
Area Postrema Lesion Alters the Effects of Peptide YY on 2-DG-Stimulated Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion
Xiaoying Deng, Dulce R. Guarita, Martha R.A. Pedroso, Paul G. Wood and Christianna Kreiss, et al.
2470-2474
Acute Pancreatitis: Does Gender Matter?
Paul Georg Lankisch, Christine Assmus, Dirk Lehnick, Patrick Maisonneuve and Albert B. Lowenfels
2475-2479
CASE REPORT: Choledochoduodenal Fistula Due to Duodenal Peptic Ulcer
Sakhri Jaballah, Youssef Sabri and Skandrani Karim
2480-2483
CASE REPORT: Metastatic Gas Gangrene of the Leg Due to Acute Emphysematous Cholecystitis
Takeshi Ito, Katsuya Shiraki, Ken Sekoguchi, Minoru Hamada and Takenari Yamanaka, et al.
2484-2489
Inflammatory Mediators in Patients Receiving Long-Term Home Parenteral Nutrition
Pei-Ra Ling, Lalita Khaodhiar, Bruce R. Bistrian, Mary Keane-Ellison and Ann Thibault, et al.
2490-2498
Spermine-Induced Alteration of Small Intestine in Suckling Rat: Involvement of Apoptosis or Zn2+ Enzymes?
Olivier Peulen, Ghislaine Denis, Marie-Paule Defresne and Guy Dandrifosse
2499-2503
Somatostatin Enhances cAMP-Dependant Short-Circuit Current in Human Colon via Somatostatin Receptor Subtype-2
N. Hope, G. Butt, I. Ross, G. Warhurst and M. Arn, et al.
2504-2509
Basal and Fat-Stimulated Plasma Peptide YY Levels in Celiac Disease
Peter J. Wahab, Wim P.M. Hopman and Jan B.M.J. Jansen
2510-2514
Diagnostic Approach to a Patient with Suspected Celiac Disease: A Cost Analysis
Gavin C. Harewood and Joseph A. Murray
2515-2520
Ozone Enema: A Model of Microscopic Colitis in Rats
Rami Eliakim, Fanny Karmeli, Danny Rachmilewitz, Petricia Cohen and Ari Zimran
2521-2528
Genetic Determinants of IL-6 Expression Levels Do Not Influence Bone Loss in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Claudia M.S. Schulte, Harald Goebell, Hans-Dietrich Rõher and Klaus-Martin Schulte
2529-2535
High Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Intestinal Mucosal Biopsies from Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Controls
Wangxue Chen, Dong Li, Barbara Paulus, Ian Wilson and Vinton S. Chadwick
2536-2541
Nitric Oxide Inhibitors Ameliorate Indomethacin-Induced Enteropathy in Rats
G. Parasher, L. Frenklakh, D.R. Goodman, T. Siddiqui and J. Nandi, et al.
2542-2548
Pain Hypersensitivity in Patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Gastrointestinal-Specific Defect or a General Systemic Condition?
M. Bouin, P. Meunier, M. Riberdy-Poitras and P. Poitras
2549-2553
CASE REPORT: Lactulose-Induced Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Pneumoperitoneum
Robert A. Goodman and Thomas R. Riley
2554
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