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JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY EDITORS G. C. FARRELL, S. K. LAM, V. 1. MATHAN, K. OKUDA Volume 6 1991 BLACKWELL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Melbourne Oxford London Edinburgh Boston Paris Berlin Vienna Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd © 1991 54 University St, Carlton, Victoria 3053 I © 1991 Blackwell Scientific Publications. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by Blackwell Scientific Publications for libraries and other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Transactional Reporting Service, provided that the base fee of $05.00 per copy is paid directly to CCC, 27 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA. Special requests should be addressed to the Editor. 0815-9319/91 $05.00 Typeset in Australia by Bookset Pty Ltd, Melbourne Printed in Singapore by Kin Keong Printing Co. Pte Ltd Contents Volume 6 Number 1 January/February 1991 Working Party Report to the World Congresses of Gastroenterology, Sydney 1990 1 Barrett’s oesophagus J. Dent, C. G. Bremmer, M. J. Collen, R. C. Haggitt and S. J. Spechler Disinfection and endoscopy 23 Disinfection and endoscopy: Summary and recommendations A. T. R. Axon 25 Disinfection and endoscopy: The clinical risks of infection A. E. Cowen 31 Disinfection and endoscopy: Microbiological considerations 1^. W. Bond 37 Disinfection and endoscopy: Endoscopic infection: Practices and recommendations R. K. Tandon 41 Disinfection and endoscopy: Organization of endoscopy procedures and staff safety D. E. Fleisher 45 Cleaning and disinfection of flexible endoscopes and ancillary equipment: Use of automatic disinfectors P. M. Bottrill and A. T. R. Axon^ Alimentary Tract & Pancreas 49 Faecal clearance of oi-antitrypsin reflects disease activity and correlates with rapid turnover proteins in chronic inflammatory bowel disease S. Miura, M. Yoshioka, S. Tanaka, H. Serizawa, H. Tashiro, H. Asakura and M. Tsuchiya 53 Recovery of the small intestine in coeliac disease on a gluten-free diet: Changes in intestinal permeability, small bowel morphology and T-cell activity A. G. Cummins, I. A. Penttila, J. T. Labrooy, T. A. Robb and G. P. Davidson Liver and Biliary 59 Effect of thiamine on glucose utilization in hepatic cirrhosis R. Hassan, H. Qureshi and S. J. Zuberi 61 Duplex Doppler ultrasound of the ligamentum teres and portal vein: A clinically useful adjunct in the evaluation of patients with known or suspected chronic liver disease or portal hypertension P. R. Gibson, R. N. Gibson, J. D. Donlan, M. R. Ditchfield and P. S. Bhathal 67 Fatal amoebic liver abscess: An autopsy study M. Ahmad, A. H. Khan and A. Mubarik 71 Immunoglobulin G subclasses of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen in MBs antigen positive liver diseases S. M. F. Akbar, N. Horiike, M. Onji and Y. Ohta 77 Resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: Oligocentric origin of recurrent and multinodular tumours X-H. Liang, I. F. Loncarevic, Z-Y. Tang, Y-Q. Yu, H. Zentgraf and C. H. Schroder Review Article 81 Metabolic phenotypes and colorectal neoplasia M. J. Fettman, R. N. Butler, A. J. Mcmichael and I. C. Roberts-Thomson Selected Summaries 91 Colonic inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs; colonic inflammation and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration A. R. Tanner and A. S. Raghunath 91 Mechanism of action of isosorbide-5-mononitrate in reducing portal pressure in cirrhotic patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Reduction of portal pressure by isosorbide-5-mononitrate in patients with cirrhosis: Effects on splanchnic and hepatic haemodynamics and liver function M. Navasa, J. Chesta, J. Bosch 95 Book Reviews 99 Referees 101 Notices Volume 6 Number 2 March/April 1991 Working Party Report to the World Congresses of Gastroenterology, Sydney 1990 Helicobacter pylori: Causal agent in peptic ulcer disease? A working team report 103 He//cobacfer/?y/or/: Introduction G.N.J.Tytgat 105 I. Helicobacter pylori ’. Its epidemiology and its role in duodenal ulcer disease D. Y. Graham 115 II. He/zcobacferpy/on : Causal agent in peptic ulcer. Microbiological aspects A. Lee IV Contents 121 III. Virulence and pathogenicity of He/Zcofiacter/jy/or/ B.J. Marshall 125 IV. Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulceration: Histopathological aspects M. Dixon 131 V. We//coPacfer py/or/therapy: Effect on peptic ulcer disease A. Axon 139 Helicobacter pylori: Causal agent in peptic ulcer disease? Conclusion G. N. J. Tytgat Alimentary Tract and Pancreas 141 Medicai treatment of duodenai ulcer: Acid inhibition or Helicobacter pylori eradication? K-H. Lai, F-Y. Chang, S-H. Tsay, L-C. Lu, J-T. Cheng, S-S. Jeng, T-C. Wu, W-W. Ng, J-S. Jeng, S-D. Lee and Y-T Tsai 145 Snake skin pattern gastropathy in cirrhotic patients W-J. Lin, F-Y. Lee, H-C, Lin, Y-T. Tsai, S-D. Lee, K-H. Lai, H-C. Hsia, S-S. Wang and K-J. Lo Liver and Biliary 151 Significance of blood flow in the inferior and superior mesenteric veins for the formation of oesophageal varices S. Shiomi, T. Kuroki, T. Ueda, /V. Ikeoka, S. Nishiguchi, S. Nakajima, K. Kobayashi, T. Monna and H. Ochi 155 Hepatolithiasis in East Asia: Comparison between Japan and China F. Nakayama, A. Koga, H. Ichimiya, S. Todo, K. Shen, R-X. Guo, H-C. Tseng and Z-H. Shang 159 Aetiology and prognosis of fulminant viral hepatitis in Japan: A multicentre study Y. Takahashi, M. Shimizu and the Study Group of Fulminant Hepatitis 165 Frequency of abnormalities detected by abdominal ultrasound among Japanese adults M. Oshibuchi, F. Nishi, M. Sato, H. Ohtake andK. Okuda Special Article 169 Clinical research in gastroenterology: History and future prospects C. C. Booth Editorial Comments 175 The Sydney World Congresses of Gastroenterology G. S. Nagy and W. F. Doe 177 Helicobacter pylori and duodenal ulcer P. J. Prichard and N. D. Yeomans Short Communication 179 A double blind study of misoprostol (SC-29333) in the healing of duodenal ulcer W-U. Ahmed, H. Qureshi, E. Alam and S. J. Zuberi Book Reviews 181 Current Hepatology Volume 10 181 Gastrointestinal Radiology Abstracts 183 Abstracts of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Seventh Biennial Meeting, 19-21 February 1990, Jakarta, indonesia 205 Notices Volume 6 Number 3 May/June 1991 Working Party Report to the World Congresses of Gastroenterology, Sydney 1990 The Sydney System. A new classification of gastritis 207 The Sydney System: A new classification of gastritis. Introduction J. J. Misiewicz 209 The Sydney System: Histological division A. B. Price 223 The Sydney System: Endoscopic division. Endoscopic appearance in gastritis/duodenitis G. N. J. Tytgat 235 The Sydney System: Microbial gastritis C. S. Goodwin 238 The Sydney System: Auto-immune gastritis R. G. Strickland 244 The Sydney System: Epidemiology and natural history of chronic gastritis P. Sipponen, M. Kekki and M. Siurala 252 The Sydney System: Summary J. J. Misiewicz Contents V Alimentary Tract and Pancreas 253 Myo-electrical and motor activity of the stomach in the first days after abdominal surgery: Evaluation by electrogastrography and impedance gastrography G. J. Clevers, A. J. P. M. Smout, £ J. van der Schee and L. M. A. Akkermans 260 Protection by gabexate mesilate (FOY) of the exocrine pancreas in rats with acute pancreatitis induced by a supramaximal dose of caerulin T. Hirano, T. Manabe and T. Tobe Liver and Biliary 265 Dual colour fluoroscein analysis of peripheral blood T cells in auto-immune chronic active hepatitis T. Kaioh, K. Yamauchi, N. Hayashi andH. Obata 271 Changes in serum and hepatic levels of immunoreactive prolyl hydroxylase in two models of hepatic fibrosis in rats M. Okuno, Y. Muto, M. Kato, H. Moriwaki, A. Noma, 0. Tagaya and Y. Tanabe 278 Primary liver cancer in non-cirrhotic liver. Epidemiological study based on autopsies performed in Trieste, Italy and Kurume, Japan L. Giarelli, M. Melato, F. Zanconati, M. M. Musse, L Laurino, K. Okuda and M. Kojiro 283 Effects of arachidonic acid metabolites and interleukin-l on platelet activating factor production by hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells from mice Y. Mizoguchi, Y. Ichikawa, K. Kioka, N. Kawada, K. Kobayashi and S. Yamamoto Editorial Comment 289 Functional phenotypes of T lymphocytes: Adhesion, migration and memory — and suppression? /. R. Mackay Short Communication 292 Amino acid residues of core region of hepatitis B virus. Asymptomatic carriers versus patients with liver disease T. Ehata, M. Omata, 0. Yokosuka, K. Hosoda and M. Ohto Abstracts 297 Abstracts of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Seventh Biennial Meeting, 19-21 February 1990, Jakarta, Indonesia 322 Notices Volume 6 Number 4 July/August 1991 i Editorial Comment Working Party Report to the World Congresses of Gastroenterology, Sydney 1990 325 Clinicopathological staging for colorectal cancer: An International Documentation System (IDS) and an International Comprehensive Anatomical Terminology (ICAT) L. P. Fielding, P. A. Arsenault, P. H. Chapuis, 0. Dent, B. Gathright, J. D. Hardcastle, P. Hermanek, J. R. Jass and R. C. Newland Alimentary Tract and Pancreas 345 Influence of glutamine and branched chain amino acids on the jejunal atrophy associated with parenteral nutrition C. Platell, R. McCauley, R. McCulloch and J. Hall 350 Structural and functional changes of the gastric mucosa in rats with portal hypertension B. R. Dobbs, R. N. Hider and J. N. Baxter 355 Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy in children and adolescents with Crohn's disease: A prospective study D. J. S. Cameron Liver and Biliary 359 Cystic disease of the liver following prenatal and perinatal exposure to aflatoxin B, in rats N. R. Gopal Naidu, S. Sehgal, K. V. S. Bhaskar and B. K. Aikat 363 Trimethadione tolerance test for the quantitative assessment of liver function in rats A. Ishikawa, K. Fukao, £ Tanaka, K. Tsuji, A. Osada, Y. Yamamoto, T. Kiyosawa and Y. Iwasaki 368 Diagnostic utility of ultrasonography in hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction in a tropical country A. Arora, M. P. Sharma, S. K. Acharya, S. K. Panda and M. Berry 374 Hepatitis B vaccination: Half dose recombinant DNA hepatitis B vaccine (B Hepavac II) is as immunogenic as the full recommended dose in healthy adults R. Guan, I. Yap and H. H. Tay 377 Pathological and laboratory findings in LEC/Otk rats that spontaneously develop hepatic injury K. Kawano, T. Hirashima, S. Mori, S. Bando, K. Yonemoto, F Abe, H. Goto and T. Natori VI Contents Review Articles 383 Review of hepatitis C in Japan K. Kiyosawa and S. Furuta 392 Vitamin K-dependent proteins and hepatocellular carcinoma H. Okuda, T. Nakanishi, M. Furukawa and H. Obata Special Articles 400 A new classification of cystic malignant tumours of the liver: Classification of 65 cases reported at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Liver Cancer Society of Japan R. Mizumoto, Y. Kawarada and H. Taoka 408 Choice of treatments for small hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatectomy, embolization or ethanol injection S. Yamasaki, H. Hasegawa, M. Makuuchi, T. Takayama, T. Kosuge and K. Shimada Case Report 414 Growing cavernous haemangioma of the liver: 11-fold increase in volume in a decade J. Yoshida, S. Yamasaki, J. Yamamoto, T. Kosuge, T. Takayama, H. Hasegawa, K. Takayasu, Y. Muramatsu, N. Moriyama and S. Hirohashi 417 Selected Summary 419 Book Reviews 421 Notices Volume 6 Number 5 September/October 1991 Working Party Report to the World Congresses of Gastroenterology, Sydney 1990 423 The role of imaging in the non-operative staging of gastrointestinal tumours /. /tee, R. N. Gibson, H. \N. Boyce, \N. R. Lees and E. vanSonnenberg 442 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug associated ulcer: Epidemiology, causation and treatment M. J. S. Langman, P. Brooks, C. J. Hawkey, F. Silverstein and N. Yeomans Alimentary Tract and Pancreas 450 Helicobacter pylori infection in children \N. Hardikar, P. M. Davidson, D. J. S. Cameron, G. L. Gilbert, P. E. Campbell and A. L Smith 455 Intestinal lymphokine-activated killer cells in inflammatory bowel disease P. G. Hogan, P. R. Gibson, A. J. Hapel and VJ. F. Doe 461 Time as a factor in the expression of ethanol injury to the gastric mucosa G. M. Frydman, A. G. Penney, C. Malcontent! and P. E. O’Brien Liver and Biliary 466 Hepatocyte hepatitis B surface antigen expression in chronic hepatitis B virus carriers in Singapore: Correlation with viral replication and liver pathology A. Wee, I. Yap and R. Guan 471 Efficacy of endoscopic sclerotherapy on long-term management of oesophageal varices: A comparative study of results in patients with cirrhosis of liver, non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis (NCPF) and extrahepatic portal venous obstruction (EHO) D. K. Bhargava, S. Dasarathy, K. R. Sundaram and R. K. Abuja 476 Comparative effects of 5% ethanolamine oleate versus 5% sodium morrhuate for sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices S. Kitano, H. Wada, H. Yamaga, M. Hashizume, N. Koyanagi, T. Iwanaga, Y. Iso and K. Sugimachi 481 A randomized controlled study of low-dose and high-dose terlipressin in the control of acute oesophageal variceal haemorrhage T-T. Chang, F-Y. Lee, Y-T. Tsai, K-H. Lai, Y. Chao, H-C. Hsia, H-C. Lin, S-S. Wang, S-D. Lee and K-J. Lo 485 Proliferation and cytotoxicity of lectin-induced lymphokine-activated killer (LILAK) cells Y. Shimizu, T. Kuroki, S. Shiomi, K. Kobayashi and T. Monna 491 Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus in Indonesia R. I. Sastrosoewignjo, B. Sandjaja and H. Okamoto 499 Endotoxin affects the expansion modes of liver macrophages after partial hepatectomy I. Nakano, M. Imoto, Y. Fukuda, Y. Koyama and T. Satake 505 Assessment of serum and bile levels of CA19-9 and CA125 in cholangitis and bile duct carcinoma C-G. Ker, J-S. Chen, K-T. Lee, P-C. Sheen and C-C. Wu Review Article 509 Hepatocyte growth factor: Molecular structure and implications for a central role in liver regeneration K. Matsumoto and T. Nakamura Special Article 520 Alcoholic liver disease in Japanese patients: A comparison with Caucasians Y. Hasumura and J. Takeuchi 1 Contents vii Case Report 528 Cholestatic jaundice associated with Captopril therapy L. Crantock, R. Prentice and L. W. Powell Selected Summaries 531 Acid and the pain of non-ulcer dyspepsia 532 Long-term outcome of chronic type B hepatitis in patients who acquire hepatitis B infection in childhood 534 Notices Volume 6 Number 6 November/December 1991 Working Party Report to the World Congresses of Gastroenterology, Sydney 1990 Screening for Colorectal Neoplasia 537 Screening for colorectal neoplasia: Introduction J. D. Hardcastle 538 Screening tests D. J. B. St John 545 Screening average risk individuals J. D. Hardcastle 548 Familial screening R. IV. Burt 552 Follow-up surveillance in patients with adenomas 0. Kronborg Second International Symposium on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 554 Overview of proceedings I. R. Mackay and M. E. Gershwin 558 Transplantation in primary biliary cirrhosis R. Sallie, J. O’Grady and R. Williams 563 Can the pathologist forecast causation of primary biliary cirrhosis? V. J. Desmet 568 Primary biliary cirrhosis: Is there an environmental contribution? D. R. Triger 570 Primary biliary cirrhosis: Symptomatic treatment £ Elias and P. Burra 574 Antigen presentation and effector mechanisms in ‘auto-immune’ diabetes Y. Wang, M. McDuffie and K. J. Lafferty 580 Primary biliary cirrhosis: Abstracts Liver and Biliary 585 Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: Impaired antipyrine metabolism and hypertriglyceridaemia may be clues to its pathogenesis J. R. Fiatarone, S. A. Coverdale, R. G. Batey and G. C. Farrell 591 Role of hepatic artery in haemodynamics in normal and cirrhotic livers in rats Y. Shibayama and K. Nakata 595 Significance of different conjugate forms of bilirubin in the formation of pigment gallstones Y. Keida, T. Nakano, M. Tabata, S. Shimizu and F. Nakayama 599 Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibody in an area endemic for hepatitis B virus and human T cell leukaemia virus S. Ochi, M. Onji, K. Shiraishi, K. Ohtu, T. Akao, Y. Yano, N. Takei, H. Matsui, Y. Ohta and M. Umeda 603 Clinicopathological study of liver involvement in cytomegalovirus infection in infant autopsy cases K-l. Kosai, M. Kage and M. Kojiro 609 Effects of stress on growth of transplanted hepatic tumours and immune responses C. Sekiya, H. Kohda, N. Yoshida, M. Ohhira, A. Uehara, T. Uede, K. Kikuchi and M. Namiki Review Article 615 Liver regeneration: An overview N. L. R. Bucher Selected Summaries 625 Congestive gastropathy in cirrhosis 626 Ventilation/perfusion after liver transplantation in decompensated cirrhosis. 629 Notices 631 Author Index 633 Subject Index