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Contents Volume 20 Number 1 January 2005 Editorial I Ideal hepatocyte: Quest for the Holy Grail S Sen and R Jalan See article in volume 19, issue 9, pages 1029-1035 Reviews 5 Hepatitis B vaccine boosters: Is there a clinical need in high endemicity populations? TJ John and G Cooksley on behalf of fhe Sfeering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Asia II Treatment with proton pump inhibitors in acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding; A meta-analysis MS Khuroo, MS Khuroo, KLC Farahal and IE Kagevi Gastroenterology 26 Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms in Japan Y Fujiwara. K Higuchi, Y Watanabe, M Shiba. T Watanabe, K Tominaga, N Oshitani, T Matsumoto, H Nishikawa and T Arakawa 30 Impact of 24-h esophageal pH monitoring on the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease: Defining the gold standard K Madan, VAhuja, SD Gupta. C Bat, A Kapoor and MP Sharma 38 Functional mechanism underlying cyclooxygenase-2 expression in rat small intestine following administrafion of indomefhacin: Relation to intestinal hypermotility A Tanaka, M Matsumoto, Y Hayashi and K Takeuchi 46 Colonoscopic classification of internal hemorrhoids: Usefulness in endoscopic band ligation A Fukuda, T Kajiyama, H Kishimoto, H Arakawa. H Someda. M Sakai, H Seno and T Chiba 51 Risk of colorectal adenomas in a multiethnic Asian patient population: Race does not matter S Rajendra, JJ Ho and J Arokiasamy 56 Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction and obstructive jaundice; Approach to management R Khare, SS Sikora, G Srikanth, G Choudhuri, VA Saraswat, A Kumar, R Saxena and VK Kapoor 62 Impact of gemcitabine on the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer H Ishii, J Furuse, M Nagase and M Yoshino 67 Patterns of K-ras codon 12 and 13 mutations found in pancreatic adenocarcinoma of 30 Chinese patients by microdissection, PCR and direct sequencing S Wei, I Liang, J Gao, S Wu, H Zhu, H Liu and T Liu 73 Stool decay-accelerating factor as a marker for monitoring the disease activity during leukocyte apheresis therapy in patients with refractory ulcerative colitis H Kohno, M Mizuno, J Nasu, C Makidono, S Hiraoka, T Inaba. K Yamamoto. H Okada. T Fujita and Y Shiratori Hepatology 79 Australian men’s experiences of living with hepatitis C virus; Results from a cross-sectional survey SM Gifford, ML O'Brien, A Smith, M Temple-Smith, M Stoove, D Mitchell and D Jolley 87 Alterations of the fragile histidine triad gene in hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma AN Zekri, AA Bahnassy, M Hatez, AMR El-Shehaby GM Sherit, HM Khaled and N Zakhary 95 Significance of hepatitis B virus DNA clearance and early prediction of hepatocellular carcinogenesis in patients with cirrhosis undergoing interferon therapy; Long-term follow up of a pilot study K Ikeda, M Kobayashi, S Saitoh, T Someya, T Hosaka, N Akuta, Y Suzuki. F Suzuki, A Tsubota, Y Arase and H Kumada 103 Is portal hypertension associated with protein-losing enteropathy? P Georgopoulos, C Mowat, DC McMillan, K Kingstone, S Ghosh and AJ Stanley 108 PGE, abolishes the mitochondrial-independent cell death pathway induced by D-galactosamine in primary culture of rat hepatocytes E Siendones, Y Jimenez-Gomez, JL Monlero, C Gomez-Diaz, JM Villalba and J Muntane 117 Effects of obstructive jaundice on neutrophil production and acquisition of chemotacfic activity in the bone marrow M Shimatani, K Tsuji, YAze, S Yamamoto, N Shibatani, Y Imai, S Takamido, Y Kubota and K Okazaki 126 Using higher-order crossings to distinguish liver regeneration indices in hepatectomized diabetic and non-diabetic rats C Liatsos, LJ Hadjileontiadis, S Theocharis, E Petridou, A Margeli, S Skaltsas, C Mavrogiannis and M Mykoniatis 135 Specific type IV phosphodiesterase inhibitor ameliorates thioacetamide-induced liver injury in rats T Matsuhashi, M Otaka. M Odashima. MJin, K Komatsu, N Konishi, I Wada. T Sato, Y Horikawa, R Ohba, J Oyake, N Halakeyama and S Watanabe 141 Relation of hepatolithiasis to helminthic infestation M Huang, C Chen, C Yen, J Yang. C Yang, Y Yeh, D Chou, S Yueh, Y Yang and C Nien 147 Bone disease in primary biliary cirrhosis: Lack of association with distal renal tubular acidosis AQ Farias. LL Gongalves, ELR Canpado. AC Seguro, SB Campos. CP Abrantes-Lemos and FJ Carrilho Images of Interest 153 Gastrointestinal: Selt-expanding metal stents for benign esophageal strictures 154 Gastrointestinal: Juvenile polyposis syndrome 155 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Aberrant left gastric vein 156 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Dorfman-Chanarin syndrome IV Contents Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 157 Polymorphism and ulcerative colitis Case Report 159 Intrapancreatic pseudoaneurysm associated with pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic tumor M Hashimoto, G Watanabe, M Matsuda and M Mori 162 Letters to the Editor 169 Notices Volume 20 Number 2 February 2005 Editorial 171 Are we making progress with argon plasma coagulation in chronic radiation proctopathy? RS Kwon and DL Carr-Locke See article in volume 19, issue 10, pages 1169-1173 Reviews 173 Role of aberrant crypt foci detected using high-magnitication-chromoscopic colonoscopy in human colorectal carcinogenesis DP Hurlstone and SS Cross 182 Pseudomembranous colitis in children I Brook Hepatology 187 Rapid diagnosis ot spontaneous bacterial peritonitis with leukocyte esterase reagent strips in a European and in an American center T Sapey, E Mena, E Fort, C Laurin, D Kabissa, BA Runyon and M Mendler 193 Human leukocyte antigen allele associations in type-1 autoimmune hepatitis patients from western India U Shankarkumar, DN Amarapurkarand S Kankonkar 198 Interferon alpha 2b and ribavirin for the treatment of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation: Cohort study of 38 patients S Mukherjee, E Lyden, TM McCashland and DF Schafer 204 Changes in serum lipid concentrations in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus positive hepatitis responsive or non-responsive to interferon therapy S Hamamoto, Y Uchida, T Wada, M Moritani, S Sato, N Hamamoto, S Ishihara, M Watanabe and Y Kinoshita 209 Effect of liver cirrhosis on body composition: Evidence of significant depletion even in mild disease FAF Figueiredo, R De Mello Perez and M Kondo 217 Biliary disease after liver transplantation: The experience of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh MS Khuroo, H At Ashgar, NS Khuroo, MQ Khan, HA Khalaf, M Al-Sebayel and MG El Din Hassan 229 Prevalence and etiology of persistently elevated alanine aminotransferase levels in healthy Iranian blood donors A Pourshams, R Malekzadeh, A Monavvari, MR Akbari, A Mohamadkhani, S Yarahmadi, N Seddighi, M Mohamadnejad, M Sotoudeh and A Madjiessi 234 Decreased numbers and impaired function of circulating dendritic cell subsets in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection (R2) X Duan, H Zhuang, M Wang, H Li, J Liu, F Wang 243 Iron overload in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Clinical and histological study ISS Silva, RM Perez, PV Oliveira, Ml Cantagalo, F Danlas, C Sisti, C Figueiredo-Mendes, VP Lanzoni, AEB Silva and MLG Ferraz 249 Genetic association of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms with autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis in the Chinese LY Fan, X Tu, Y Zhu, L Zhou, T Pfeiffer, R Feltens, W Stoecker and R Zhong Gastroenterology 256 Significant overexpression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator in pancreatic adenocarcinoma using real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction A Nielsen, CJ Scarleft, JS Samra, A Gill, Y Li, BJ Allen, RC Smith 264 Diagnostic accuracy of the '^C-urea breath test in children: Adjustment of the cut-off value according to age HR Yang and JK Seo 270 '^C-Urea breath test: Reproducibility and association with the severity of Helicobacterpylori-assoclated antral gastritis GM Matthews, AG Cummins, A Lawrence, B Johnson, F Campbell and RN Butler 275 Selective adenosine AA receptor agonist, ATL-146e, attenuates stress-induced gastric lesions in rats M Odashima, M Otaka, M Jin, K Komatsu, 2 I Wada, T Matsuhashi, Y Horlkawa, N Hatakeyama, J Oyake, R Ohba, J Linden and S Watanabe 281 Comparative study of nizatidine and famotidine tor maintenance therapy of erosive esophagitis N Hamamoto, T Hashimoto, K Adachi, K Hirakawa, S Ishihara, H Inoue, H Taniura, M Niigaki, S Sato, Y Kusniyama, H Suetsugu, T Miyake and Y Kinoshita 287 Neutrophils enhance invasion activity of human cholangiocellular carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma cells: An in vitro study Y Imai, Y Kubota, S Yamamoto, K Tsuji, M Shimatani, N Shibatani, S Takamido, M Matsushita and K Okazaki 294 Exposure to continuous darkness ameliorates gastric and colonic inflammation in the rat: Both receptor and non-receptor-mediated processes H Qevfk, G Erkanli, F Frcan, QA I'^man and BQ Yegen 304 Three-dimensional helical computed tomography cholangiography with minimum intensity projection in gallbladder carcinoma patients with obstructive jaundice: Comparison with magnetic resonance cholangiography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography NDLV Rao, MS Gulali, SB Paul, GK Pande, P Sahni and TK Chattopadhyay Contents V 309 Gallbladder cancer in India: A dismal picture Y Batra, S Pal, U Dutta, P Desai, PK Garg, G Makharia, VAhuja, GK Pande, P Sahni, TK Chattopadhyay and RK Tandon Images of Interest 315 Gastrointestinal: Mucocele of vermiform appendix 316 Gastrointestinal: Duodenal pseudopolyp 317 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Mature cystic teratoma in the hepatoduodenal ligament 318 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: The color bar sign after living donor liver transplantation Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 319 Polymorphism and gallstones Case Report 321 Intrahepatic biliary papilloma morphologically similar to biliary cystadenoma S Aoki, Y Okayama. Y Kitajima, K Hayashi, H Imai, T Okamoto, S Akita, K Gotoh, H Ohara. T Nomura, T Joh, Y Yokoyama and M Itoh 325 Letters to the Editor 330 Notices Volume 20 Number 3 March 2005 Editorial 331 Hydatid disease of the liver 0 Kayaalp See article on pages 352-359 Reviews 332 Stress and the gastrointestinal tract Y Bhatia and BK Tandon 340 Antibacterial and antimycobacterial treatment for inflammatory bowel disease T Ohkusa and N Sato 352 Classification of hydatid liver cysts KT Kjossev and JE Losanoff Okuda Lecture 360 Bird’s-eye view on gastric cancer research of the past 25 years D Fan, X Zhang, X Chen. I Mou, J Hu, S Zhou. J Ding and K Wu Gastroenterology 366 Clinical course of ulcerative colitis in patients with and without primary sclerosing cholangitis A Moayyeri, N Ebrahimi Daryani, H Bahrami, B Haghpanah, A Nayyer-Habibi and M Sadatsafavi 371 Altered phenotype of dextran sulfate sodium colitis in interferon regulatory factor-1 knock-out mice EE Mannick. RL Cote. JR Schurr, HS Krowicka, GO Sloop, A Zapata-Velandia, H Correa, B Ruiz. R Horswell, JJ Lentz. P Byrne, M Marietta Gastanaduy, CA Hornick and Z Liu 381 Post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome in patients with Shigella infection S Ji, H Park, D Lee, YK Song, JP Choi and S-l Lee 387 Effects of enhanced viscosity on canine gastric and intestinal motility XXu, D Brining, A Rafiq, J Hayes and JDZ Chen 395 Short-term recurrent abdominal pain related to Helicobacter pylori infection in children Y-J Yang, B-S Sheu, S-C Lee and J-J Wu 401 Helicobacter pylori reinfection rate 3 years after successful eradication N Zendehdel, S Nasseri-Moghaddam, R Malekzadeh, S Massarrat, M Sotoudeh and F Siavoshi 405 Functional promoter polymorphism in RANTES gene does not influence the clinical course of Helicobacter pylori infection S Hellmig, S Mascheretti, U Fdlsch and S Schreiber 409 Gastric tone variations during gastric infusion of fiber-supplemented formulas G Savoye, M Bouin, S Herve, P Denis and P Ducrotte 415 Pilot study to assess patient outcomes following endoscopic application of photodynamic therapy for advanced cholangiocarcinoma GC Harewood, TH Baron. A Rumalla, KK Wang, GJ Gores, LM Stadheim and PC de Groen Hepatology 421 Dual treatment of albendazole in hepatic hydatidosis: New therapeutic modality in 52 cases C Polat A Dervisoglu, M Hokelek, I Yetim, Y Buyukkarabacak. Y Ozk.utuk and K Erzurumlu 426 Lamivudine monotherapy for spontaneous severe acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B A Tsubota, Y Arase, Y Suzuki, F Suzuki, H Sezaki, T Hosaka, N Akuta. T Someya, M Kobayashi, S Saitoh, K Ikeda and H Kumada 433 Factors associated with response to lamivudine: Retrospective study in a tertiary care clinic serving patients with chronic hepatitis B HL Hann, ML Jonsson Funk, DM Rosenberg and R Davis 441 Comparative study of genotype B and C hepatitis B virus-induced chronic hepatitis in relation to the basic core promoter and precore mutations K Watanabe, T Takahashi. S Takahashi, S Okoshi. T Ichida and Y Aoyagi 450 Evidence against a role for endotoxin in the hepatic encephalopathy of rats with thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure C-T Chen, C-J Chu, T-F Wang, R-H Lu, F-YLee, F-Y Chang, H-C Lin. C-C Chan. S-S Wang. H-C Huang and S-D Lee VI Contents 456 Human leukocyte antigen haplotypes and HFE mutations in Spanish hereditary hemochromatosis and sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda M Gonzalez-Hevilla, RE De Salamanca, P Morales, J Martmez-Laso, A Fontanel las, MJ Castro, R Rojo, J Moscoso, J Zamora, Jl Serrano-Vela and A Arnalz-Vlllena 463 Fate of bradykinin on the rat liver when administered by the venous or arterial route L Gloli-Pereira, EA Nascimento, EL Santos, A Bracht, MA Juliano, JB Pesquero, DR Borges and M Kouyoumdjian 474 Differences in long-term survival after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for refractory ascites and variceal bleed FMembreno, AL Baez, R Pandula, E Walser and DT Lau Images of Interest 482 Gastrointestinal: Epiploic appendagitis 483 Gastrointestinal: Colonic Dieulafoy lesion 484 Gastrointestinal: Abdominal neurofibromatosis 485 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Liver histopathology: Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopic imaging for objective and quantifiable assessment of liver biopsies Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 486 Polymorphism and squamous cell cancer of the esophagus Case Report 488 Spontaneous regression of a large hepatocellular carcinoma with skull metastasis SH/ Nam, J-Y Han, Jl Kim, SH Park, SH Cho, Nl Han, JM Yang, JK Kim, StV Choi, YS Lee, KW Chung and HS Sun 493 Letters to the Editor 496 Corrigendum 497 Notices Volume 20 Number 4 April 2005 Editorial 499 Biliary microlithiasis: A neglected cause of recurrent pancreatitis and biliary colic? H Gerke and J Baillie Reviews 502 Electrogastrography: Basic knowledge, recording, processing and its clinical applications F Chang 517 Primary actinomycosis of the anterior abdominal wall: Case report and review of the literature B Filipovic, N Milinic, G Nikolicand T Randelovid Hepatology 521 Causes of increased mortality from hepatocellular carcinoma in high incidence country: Taiwan experience C Jan, C Chen and H Chen 527 Antiviral therapy in advanced chronic liver disease due to hepatitis C virus infection: Pilot study R Kumar, S Kumar, BC Sharma, J Singh and SK Sarin 536 Clonality analysis of multiple hepatocellular carcinomas by loss of heterozygosity pattern determined by chromosomes 16q and 13q Y Lin, H Lee. C Chen, G Huang. P Lee and J Sheu 547 Usefulness of combined measurement of serum bile acids and ferritin as additional prognostic markers to predict failure to reach sustained response to antiviral treatment in chronic hepatitis C FJorquera. MJ Monte. J Guerra, S Sanchez-Campos, JA Merayo, JL Olcoz, J Gonzalez-Gallego and JJG Marin 555 Association of fulminant non-A non-B hepatitis with homozygosity for HLA A1-B8-DR3 P Gow, M Hathaway, B Gunson, J Heward and D Mutimer 562 Upregulation of transferrin receptor 2 and ferroportin 1 mRNA in the liver of patients with chronic hepatitis C M Taken, Y Kobayashi, N Fujita. N Urawa, M Iwasa, S Horiike, H Tanaka, M Kaito and YAdachi 570 Virological differences between patients infected with subtypes Ba and Bj of hepatitis B virus genotype B M Kobayashi, F Suzuki. N Akuta, A Tsubota, K Ikeda, YArase, Y Suzuki, S Saitoh, M Kobayashi, T Hosaka, T Someya, M Matsuda, J Sato, Y Miyakawa and H Kumada SIT Pegylated versus standard interteron-a in antiviral regimens for post-transplant recurrent hepatitis C: Comparison of tolerability and efficacy P Toniutto, C Fabris, E Fumo, L Apollonio, M Caldato, C Avellini, R Minis!ni and M Pirisi 583 Altered expression of vascular endothelial growth factor, fibroblast growth factor-2 and endostatin in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma S Uematsu, T Higashi, K Nouso, K Kariyama, S Nakamura, M Suzuki, H Nakatsukasa, Y Kobayashi, T Hanafusa, T Tsuji and Y Shiratori Gastroenterology 589 Distribution of Helicobacter pylori cagA, cagE and vacA in different ethnic groups in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia HJ Tan, AM Rizal, MY Rosmadi and KL Goh Contents 595 New guide wire technique tor stent placement through an occluded self-expandable metal stent: The hairpin technique y Yamaguchi, K Morozumi, T Yamato, N Katsumi, N Abe, M Sugiyama, H Ishida and S Takahashi 599 Norfloxacin and cisapride combination decreases the incidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic ascites BS Sandhu, R Gupta. J Sharma. J Singh, NS Murthy and SK Sarin 606 Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related diarrhea AC Kwan, T Chau, VY Tong, OT Tsang. EY Tso, M Chiu. \A/ Yu and TS Lai 611 Calcitonin gene-related peptide released by capsaicin suppresses myoelectrical activity of gastric smooth muscle S Mizuguchi, T Ohno. Y Hattori, K Kamata, K Arai, T Saeki, K Saigenji, I Hayashi, Y Kuribayashi and M Majima 619 Interleukin-17 and lipopolysaccharides synergistically induce cyclooxygenase-2 expression in human intestinal myofibroblasts Z Zhang, A Andoh, 0 Inatomi, S Bamba, A Takayanagi, N Shimizu and Y Fujiyama 628 Changing trends in peptic ulcer prevalence in a tertiary care setting in the Philippines: A seven-year study SN Wong, JD Sollano, MM Chan, RE Carpio, CS Tady, AE Ismael, EA Judan-Ruiz, VN Ang, JT Go, VY Lim, JY Perez and SZ Alvarez 633 Prevalence of Barretf’s esophagus in Korea JY Kim. YS Kim, M Jung, J Park. DH Kang, JS Kim, C Song, SIV Lee and Y Bak 637 Ranitidine bismuth citrate-based triple therapies as a second-line therapy for Helicobacter pylori in Turkish patients Koksal, E Parlak, L Fiiik, OF Yolcu. B Odemii A Ulker, N §a^maz, A Ozden and B ^hin 643 Diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease using a new questionnaire Y Shimoyama, M Kusano, S Sugimolo, 0 Kawamura. M Maeda, K Minashi, S Kuribayashi, T Higuchi. H Zai, K Ino, T Horikoshi, F Moki, T Sugiyama. M Toki, T Ohwada and M Mori Images of Interest 648 Gastrointestinal: Adenocarcinoma of the ileum 649 Gastrointestinal: Foreign bodies and diverticulitis 650 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Insulinoma metastases with focal hepatic steatosis 651 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Tumor thrombi in esophageal varices Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 652 Polymorphism and biliary cancer Case Report 653 Budd-Chiari-like presentation of hepatic adenoma A Sobhonslidsuk. LJ Jeffers, RC Acosta, JR Madariaga. PA Bejarano, JJ Guerra. AG Tzakis and ER Schiff 657 Letters to the Editor 667 Notices 668 Corrigendum Volume 20 Number 5 May 2005 Editorial 669 Dual hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection: To treat or not to treat, and how? P Husa See article on pages 727-732 Reviews 671 Agenesis of the gallbladder: Difficulties in management KE Bani-Hani 676 Carcinoid of the ampulla of Vater M Hartel, MN Wente, B Sido, H Friess and MW Biichler Gastroenterology 682 Characteristics of gasfritis in patients with Helicobacter py/orz-positive reflux esophagitis T Mihara, K Adachi, Y Komazawa, M Yoshida, A Araki, R Maruyama, K Furuta, S Ishihara, Y Amano and Y Kinoshita 688 Segmental colonoscopic biopsies in the differentiation of ileocolic tuberculosis from Crohn's disease AB Pulimood, S Peter, BS Ramakrishna. A Chacko, R Jeyamani, L Jeyaseelan and G Kurian 697 Impaired capsaicin and neurokinin-evoked colonic motility in inflammatory bowel disease AS Smith and SD Smid 705 Risk of colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis in India S Venkataraman, V Mohan. BS Ramakrishna. S Peter. A Chacko, G Chandy G Kurian, S Kurian, M Mathan, VI Mathan, S Patra, A Pulimood and DDK Rolston 710 Clinical significance of microsatellite instability in the inflamed mucosa for the prediction of colonic neoplasms in patients with ulcerative colitis T Tahara, N Inoue, T Hisamatsu, K Kashiwagi, H Takaishi, T Kanai, M Watanabe. H Ishii and T HibI 716 Push enteroscopy alters management in a majority of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding NO Nguyen, CK Rayner and MN Schoeman 722 Human immunodeficiency virus and endoscopy: Experience of a general hospital in Singapore VH Chong and CC Lim Hepatology 727 Combination therapy with interferon-a and ribavirin in patients with dual hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection C-H Hung. C-M Lee. S-N Lu, J-H Wang. H-D Tung, C-H Chen and C-S Changchien viii Contents 733 Human parvovirus B19 infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection T-C Hsu, T-Y Chen, M-C Lin, B-S Tzang and GJ Tsay 739 Liver histopathology in human immunodeficiency virus-hepatitis C virus co-infected patients with fatal liver disease M Lichterfeld, S Haas, H-P Fischer, E Voigt, JK Rockstroh and U Spengler 746 Clinical features of HBsAg-negative but anti-HBc-positive hepatocellular carcinoma in a hepatitis B virus endemic area J Shim, B-H Kim, NH Kim, SH Dong, HJ Kim, YW Chang, Jl Lee and B Chang 752 Risk factors for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with chronic hepatitis C who achieved a sustained virological response to interferon therapy H Tokita, H Fukui, A Tanaka, H Kamitsukasa, M Yagura, H Harada and H Okamoto 759 Clinicopathologic features of patients with primary malignant hepatic tumors seropositive for a-fetoprotein-L3 alone in comparison with other patients seropositive for a-fetoprotein-L3 H Okuda, A Saito, K Shiratori, M Yamamoto, K Takasaki and M Nakano 765 Evaluation of predictive value of CLIP, Okuda, TNM and JIS staging systems for hepatocellular carcinoma patients undergoing surgery Y-H Huang, C-H Chen, T-T Chang, S-C Chen, S-Y Wang, H-S Lee, P-WLin, G-THuang, J-C Sheu, H-M Tsai, P-C Lee, G-Y Chau, W-Y Lui, S-D Lee and J-C Wu 772 Influence of juxtapapillary diverticulum on hepatic clearance in patients after endoscopic sphincterotomy J-J Tzeng, K-H Lai, N-J Peng, G-H Lo, C-K Lin, H-H Chan, P-l Hsu, J-S Cheng and E-M Wang 777 Symptomatic portal system thrombosis in soldiers due to extended stay at extreme altitude AC Anand, A Saha, AK Seth, GS Chopra, V Nair and V Sharma 784 Biliary excretion of olmesartan, an anigotensin II receptor antagonist, in the rat M Takayanagi, N Sano and H Takikawa Images of Interest 789 Gastrointestinal; Bleeding from ischemic colitis 790 Gastrointestinal: Sigmoid volvulus 791 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Biliary cast syndrome 792 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Hepatic granulomas and hepatitis C Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 793 Polymorphism and gastric cancer Case Report 795 Multiple hypervascular liver nodules in a heavy drinker of alcohol SB Kim, Y Maekawa, T Ninomiya, S Imoto, T Matsuoka, K Ando, K Mita, K Ku, T Koterazawa, T Nakajima, K Fukuda, Y Yano, M Nakaji, M Kudo, Kl Kim, M Hirai and Y Hayashi 800 Letters to the Editor 804 Notices Volume 20 Number 6 June 2005 Editorial 805 Biliary access during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: How to precut and a word of caution! FH Al-Kawas See article on pages 947-950 Reviews 807 Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: Genetic disorders of biliary transporters MJ Harris, DG Le Couteur and IM Arias 818 Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Clinical profile, pathogenesis, treatment strategies and prognosis A Nowain, HBhakta, S Pais. G Kaneland S Verma Hepatology 825 Comprehensive clinical assessment improves the accuracy of predicting cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C A Gordon, MJ Bailey, PR Gibson and SK Roberts 833 Chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa: Review of disease progression X Lin, NJ Robinson, M Thursz, DM Rosenberg, A Weild, JM Pimenta and AJ Hall 844 Precore stop codon mutation of hepatitis B virus is associated with low breakthrough rate following long-term lamivudine therapy JW Shin, Y-H Chung, MH Choi, JA Kim, SH Ryu. MK Jang, IS Kim, NH Park, HC Lee, YS Lee and DJ Suh 850 Possible contribution of prior hepatitis B virus infection to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma H Tanaka, Y Iwasaki, K Nouso, Y Kobayashi, S-l Nakamura, E Matsumoto, N Toshikuni, T Kaneyoshi, T Ohsawa, K Takaguchi, K Fujio, T Senoh, T Ohnishi, K Sakaguchi and Y Shiratori 857 Effects of growth factors on the grovrth and differentiation of mouse fetal liver epithelial cells in primary cultures T Kawasaki, S Tamura, S Kiso, Y Doi, Y Yoshida, Y Kamada, A Saeki, Y Saji and Y Matsuzawa 865 Expression of cytochrome P450 enzymes in hepatic organoid reconstructed by rat small hepatocytes S Miyamoto, K Hirata, S Sugimoto, K Harada and T Mitaka Contents IX 873 Survival in hepatocellular carcinoma; Impact of screening and etiology of liver disease ^V Kemp, S Pianko, S Nguyen, MJ Bailey and SK Roberts 882 Recombinant human factor Vila-induced alterations in tissue factor and thrombomodulin in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis DH Van Thiel, DE Farr, AL Mindikoglu, A Todo and MM George 890 Gender differences in vascular reactivity of aortas from rats with and without portal hypertension R Robert, C Chagneau-Derrode, M Carretier, G Mauco and C Silvain Gastroenterology 895 Camosfat, an oral trypsin inhibitor, reduces pancreatic fibrosis induced by repeated administration of a superoxide dismutase inhibitor in rats Y Emori, T Mizushima, N Matsumura, K Ochi, H Tanioka, A Shirahige, M Ichimura, T Shinji, N Koide and M Tanimoto 900 Outcome of colorectal carcinoma in patients under 40 years of age J-T Lin. W'-S Wang. C-C Yen, J-H Liu, M-H Yang, T-C Chao, P-M Chen and T-J Chiou 906 Clinical review of tuberculous peritonitis in 39 patients in Diyarbakir, Turkey AC Tanrikulu, M Aldemir, F Gurkan, A Suner, CE Dagli and A Ece 910 Gastrobiliary motility is not coordinated in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia of normal gastric emptying time: Simultaneous sonographic study T Mizushima, K Sawa, K Ochi, H Tanioka, A Wakuta, K Matsushita. A Shirahige, K Kiura, M Tanimoto, N Koide and H Harada 915 Pancreatic tumor associated with pancreas divisum T Kamisawa, M Yoshiike, N Egawa, K Tsuruta, A Okamoto and N Funata 919 Quality of life measures for fecal incontinence and their use in children M Trajanovska and AG Catto-Smith 929 Cytokeratin immunoreactivity patterns in short-segment Barrett's esophagus in Japanese patients K Yagi, A Nakamura and A Sekine 935 Low-dose rabeprazole, amoxicillin and metronidazole triple therapy for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in Chinese patients WM Wong, J Huang. HHX Xia, FMY Fung. TSM Tong. KL Cheung, VYK Ho. KC Lai. CK Chan, AOO Chan. C-K Hui, SK Lam and BCY Wong 941 Eradication of Helicobacter pylori reduced the immunohistochemical detection of p53 and MDM2 in gastric mucosa M Kodama, T Fujioka, K Murakami, T Okimoto. R Sato, K Watanabe and M Nasu 947 Pre-cutting using a noseless papillotome with independent lumens for contrast material and guidewire N Uchida, K Tsutsui, H Kamada, M Ogam, H Fukuma, T Ezaki, Y Aritomo, H Kobara, M Ono, A Morishita, T Masaki, S Watanabe. T Nakatsu and S Kuriyama Images of Interest 951 Gastrointestinal; Aortoduodenal fistulae 952 Gastrointestinal: Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis 953 Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Pseudotumor of the liver 954 Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Suture material and bile duct stones Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 955 Azathioprine, 6-mercapfopurine and thiopurine S-methyltransferase Case Report 956 Liver transplantation in a child with celiac disease P Pavone, S Gruttadauria, S Leonardi, G Gorge, Ml Minervini, F Greco, M La Rosa and I Marino 961 Letters to the Editor 972 Notices Volume 20 Number 7 July 2005 Editorial 973 Transcatheter arterial embolization for hemorrhage caused by injury of the hepatic artery A Petroianu See article on pages 1062-1068 Reviews 975 Factors influencing stem cell differentiation into the hepatic lineage in vitro BC Heng, H Yu, Y Yin, SG Urn and T Cao 988 Histone deacetylase inhibitors, anticancerous mechanism and therapy for gastrointestinal cancers JY Fang Gastroenterology 995 Changing prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux with changing time: Longitudinal study in an Asian population SL Urn, WT Goh, JJ Lee, TP Ng, K Ho and contributing members of the community medicine Gl study group 1002 Enteral nutrition via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and nutritional status of patients. Five-year prospective study A Frdil, M Saka, Y Ates, A Tuzun, S Bagci, A Uygun, Z Yesilova, M Gulsen, N Karaeren and K Dagalp 1008 Duodenal ulcer in South Africa: Home-pounded versus milled maize FI Tovey, M Hobsley, I Segal and AP Jayaraj 1012 Comparative study of the speed of acid-suppressing effects of oral administration of cimetidine and famotidine K Adachi, Y Komazam, T Mihara, T Azumi, T Fujisawa, T Katsube, K Furuta and Y Kinoshita 1016 Sulfasalazine inhibits activation of nuclear factor-xB in patients with ulcerative colitis H Gan, Y Chen and Q Ouyang X Contents 1025 Prehepatic portal hypertension produces increased mast cell density in the small bowel and in mesenteric lymph nodes in the rat / Prieto, M Alter, L Santaman'a. M Nava, R Madero, J Pdrez-Robledo and J Arias 1032 Ketotifen abrogates local and systemic consequences of rat intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury N Kalia, NJ Brown, RFM Wood and AG Pockley 1039 Expression of Ep-CAM in intestinal metaplasia, gastric epithelial dysplasia and gastric adenocarcinoma MJoo, H Kim, MK Kim, HJ Yu and J Kim 1046 Neutral lipid isolated from endosperm of Job’s tears inhibits the growth of pancreafic cancer cells via apoptosis. G/M arrest, and regulation of 2 gene expression Y Bao, Y Yuan, L Xia, H Jiang, W Wu and X Zhang 1054 Pilot study using transcutaneous electrical stimulation (inteferential current) to treat chronic treatment-resistant constipation and soiling in children J Chase, VJ Robertson, B Southwell, J Hutson and S Gibb Hepatology 1062 Transcatheter arterial embolization for hemorrhage caused by injury of the hepatic artery 14^ Tzeng, R Wu, J Chang, C Lin, L Koay, Y Uen, Y Tian and Y Fong 1069 Biliary excretion of taurocholate, organic anions and vinblastine in rat with a-naphthylisothiocyanate-induced cholestasis H Kurihara, N Sano and H Takikawa 1075 Effects of somatostatin, terlipressin and somatostatin plus terlipressin on portal and systemic hemodynamics and renal sodium excretion in patients with cirrhosis G Kalambokis, M Economou, K Paraskevi, P Konslanlinos, C Pappas, A Katsaraki and EV Tsianos 1082 Hepatitis C virus prevalence and outcomes among injecting drug users on opioid replacement therapy R Hallinan, A Byrne, JAmin and GJ Core 1087 Outbreak of hepatitis C virus infection in an outpatient clinic T Ishikawa, Y Fukushima, Y Shiobara, T Kishimoto, S Tanno, I Shoji, T Suzuki, TMatsui, YShimada, TOhyama, RNagaland TMiyamura 1094 Immunological alterations in pregnant women with acute hepatitis E R Pal, R Aggarwal, SR Naik, V Das, S Das and S Naik 1102 Association of funcfional gene polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-I, MMP-3 and MMP-9 with the progression of chronic liver disease K Okamoto, K Mimura, Y Murawaki and I Yuasa 1109 Hydroxyproline content of needle biopsies as an objective measure of liver fibrosis: Emphasis on sampling variability H Lee, C Shun, L Chiou, C Chen, G Huang and J Sheu 1115 Brain natriuretic peptide and severity of disease in non-alcoholic cirrhotic patients R Yildiz, B Yildirim, M Karincaoglu, M Harputiuoglu and F Hilmioglu Images ot Interest 1121 Gastrointestinal: Acute gastic anisakiasis 1122 Gastrointestinal: Early endoscopic findings in watermelon stomach identified by the magnifying endoscopy-adaptive IHb color enhancement technique 1123 Gastrointestinal: Inflammatory myoglandular polyp ot the colon 1124 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Colonic manifestations of portal hypertension 1125 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Colonic obstruction and hepatic encephalopathy Case Report 1126 Hepatic natural killer and natural killer T cells markedly decreased in two cases of drug-induced fulminant hepatic failure rescued by living donor liver transplantation R Miyakawa, T Ichida, S Yamagiwa, C Miyaji, H Watanabe, Y Sato, H Yokoyama, C Tsukada, Y Ishimoto, S Sugahara, XH Yang, T Abo and H Asakura 1131 Letters to the Editor 1140 Notices Volume 20 Number 8 August 2005 Editorial 1141 Integration of hepafitis B virus DNA and hepatocellular carcinoma S Takahashi and K Chayahja See article on pages 1206-1214 Reviews 1143 Significance of RCAS1 antigen in hepatocellular, cholangiocellular and pancreatic carcinomas M Enjoji, M Nakashima, K Yamaguchi, K Kotoh and M Nakamuta 1149 Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine pharmacogenetics and metabolite monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease RB Gearry and ML Barclay Hepatology 1158 Vasoconstrictor responses are normal but prostanoid-mediated vasodilatation is enhanced in human cirrhotic mesenteric arteries RB Vaughan, JA Angus and PW Angus Contents XI 1165 Influence of load of hepatitis A virus on disease severity and its relationship with clinical manifestations in patients with hepatitis A S Sainokami, K Abe. K Ishikawa and K Suzuki 1176 Gallstone disease in non-alcoholic tatty liver: Prevalence and associated factors P Loria, A Lonardo, S Lombardini, L Carulli, A Verrone, D Ganazzi, A Rudilosso, R DAmico. M BedoloW and N Carulli 1185 249*' p53 mutation in the serum of black southern African patients with hepatocellular carcinoma GC Kimbi, MC Kew, MC Yu, K Arakawa and J Hodkinson 1191 Genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 in patients with hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma J Mochizuki, S Murakami, A Sanjo, I Takagi, S Akizuki and A Ohnishi 1198 Relationship between expression of cyclin D1 and impaired liver regeneration observed in tibrotic or cirrhotic rats A Kato, H Bamba, M Shinohara, A Yamauchi, S Ota. C Kawamoto and Y Yoshida 1206 Ditterential integration rates of hepatitis B virus DNA in the liver of children with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma H Huang, D Tsuei, K Wang, Y Chen, Y Ni, Y Jeng, H Chen, H Hsu and M Chang 1215 Long-term clinical outcome ot large volume paracentesis with intravenous albumin in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: A randomized prospective study CH Choi, SH Ahn, DY Kim, SK Lee, JY Park, CY Chon, YM Moon and K Han 1223 Factors affecting the mortality ot pediatric fulminant hepatic failure in relation to hepatitis B virus infection P Chan, H Chen, M Kong. F Huang. H Lee. C Lin, C Liu, I Lee, T Wu, S Wu, Y Ni, H Hsu and M Chang Gastroenterology 1228 Feasibility of a breath test with a substrate ot natural '^C-abundance and isotope-selective non-dispersive infrared spectrometry: A preliminary study K Jonderko, A Kasicka-Jonderko, D Syrkiewicz-Trepiak and B Btoriska-Failrowska 1235 Late complication in patients undergoing pancreatic resection with intraoperative radiation therapy: Gastrointestinal bleeding with occlusion ot the portal system Y Shimizu, K Yasui. N Fuwa. Y Arai and K Yamao 1241 A combination of the Helicobacter pylori s[oo\ antigen test and urea breath test is useful tor clinical evaluation ot eradication therapy: A multicenter study M Ho. S Tanaka, S Kim, K Tahara, Y Kawamura, M Sumii, Y Takehara, K Hayashi, E Okamoto, M Kunihiro, T Kunila. S Imagawa. S Takata, H Ueda, Y Egi, T Hiyama, Y Ueno, Y KHadai, M Yoshihara and K Chayama 1246 Effects ot cagA^ and cagA- strains ot Helicobacter pylori on the human gastric mucus layer thickness MS Al-Marhoon, S Nunn and RW Soames 1253 Diagnosis and genotyping ot Helicobacter pylori by polymerase chain reaction ot bacterial DNA from gastric juice S Datla. S Chatlopadhyay, A Chowdhury A Santra, DR Saha, T Ramamurthy SK Bhattacharya, DE Berg, GB Nair and AK Mukhopadhyay 1260 Changes in gastric environment with test meals affect the performance ot '^C-urea breath test CM Pathak. DK Bhasin, R Nada, A BhaHacharya and KL Khanduja 1266 Gastric achlorhydria in H/K-ATPase-deficient (Alp^-/-)) mice causes severe hyperplasia, mucocystic metaplasia and upregulation ot growth factors LM Judd, A Andringa, CA Rubio, 1 Spicer, GE Shull and ML Miller 1279 Detection ot cytokerafin 20 mRNA in the peripheral blood ot patients with colorectal cancer by immunomagnetic bead enrichment and real-time reverse transcriptase-polymeras chain reaction J Guo, B Xiao, Z Jin, L Qin, J Chen, H Chen. X Zhang and Z Liu 1285 Apoptosis in rat jejunal mucosa is regulated partly through the central nervous system, which controls feeding behavior T Lin. H Sakata, A Ootani, T Fujise, S Tsunada, S Amemori, A Danjo, F Yokoyama, Y Sakata, R Iwakiri, S Toda and K Fujimoto 1292 Decreased density ot interstitial cells ot Cajal and neuronal cells in patients with slow-transit constipation and acquired megacolon Jl Lee, H Park, MA Kamm and 1C Talbot Images of Interest 1299 Gastrointestinal: Eosinophilic esophagitis 1300 Gastrointestinal: Colonic intussusception in adults 1301 Gastrointestinal: Complications ot colonoscopy 1302 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Extensive thrombosis in Budd-Chiari syndrome 1303 Gastrointestinal: Rectal Dieulatoy lesion Case Report 1304 Idiopathic ulcer ot the small bowel containing numerous plasma cells: Case resembling mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma S Kakegawa, M Kojima, S Ohwada. S Kawate. Y Kawashima, T Yamada, A Sasaki, T Oyama and Y Morishita 1308 Letters to the Editor 1313 Notices Volume 20 Number 9 September 2005 Editorial 1315 Eating after mild pancreatitis JA Windsor See article on pages 1385-1389 xii Contents Reviews 1318 Secondary myelodysplastic syndrome after small cell lung cancer and esophageal cancer Y Otsuka, T Konishi, S Nara, K Furushima, K Nakajima and H Shimada 1322 Jaundice in malaria AC Anand and P Puri Gastroenterology 1333 Prevalence of gastric cancer decreases with age in long-living elderly in Japan, possibly due to changes in Helicobacter pylori infection status M Kawade, T Job, T Oshima, N Takatiashi, K Ogawa, H Ohara, T Nomura and M Itoh 1338 Selective reduction of ar\[\-Helicobacter pylori IgG subclass antibody in gastric carcinoma Z Ren, T Borody G Pang, L-C Li, M Dunkley and R Clancy 1344 Helicobacter pylori eradication decreases the expression of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored complement regulators, decay-accelerating factor and homologous restriction factor 20, in human gastric epithelium T Job, M Sasaki, H Kataoka, S Tanida, K Hob, Y Kondo, N Ogasawara. T Oshima, N Okada, H Ohara, H Sano, H Nakao, S Sobue and M Itoh 1352 Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, endoscopic gastric findings and dyspeptic symptoms among a young Japanese population born in the 1970s T Shimatani, M Inoue, K Iwamoto, H Hyogo, M Yokozaki, T Saeki, S Tazuma and Y Horikawa 1358 Comparison between coefficient of R-R interval variation and gastric emptying in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients HAsakawa, M Onishi, I Hayashi A Fukuda and K Tokunaga 1365 Management of symptoms in step-down therapy of gastroesophageal reflux disease S Mine, T lida, T Tabata, H Kishikawa and Y Tanaka 1371 Tumor cell dissociation score highly correlates with lymph node metastasis in superficial esophageal carcinoma Y Chibana, S Fujii, K Ichikawa, M Fujita, Y Ono, S Tomita, J Imura, H Kawamata, A Terano and T Fujimori 1379 Long-term follow up results of intraductal papillary mucinous tumors of pancreas S-YLee, KTLee, JK Lee, YH Jeon, D Choi, JH Lim, JS Heo, SH Choi, K-T Jang, SIV Paik and JC Rhee 1385 Oral reteeding in patients with mild acute pancreatitis: Prevalence and risk factors of relapsing abdominal pain JMF Chebli, PD Gaburri, AFM de Souza, EVM Junior, AK Gaburri, GEG Felga, EA De Paula, CG Forn, GV De Almeida and FDC Nehme 1390 No correlation between clinical symptoms and Blastocyslis hominis in immunocompetent individuals K Leder, ME Hellard, Ml Sinclair, CK Fairley and R Wolfe Hepatology 1395 Hepatic steatosis and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C D Kumar, GC Farrell, J Kench and J George 1401 Mutations in the NS5B region of the hepatitis C virus genome correlate with clinical outcomes of inferferon-alpha plus ribavirin combination therapy K Hamano, N Sakamoto. N Enomoto, N Izumi, Y Asahina, M Kurosaki, E Ueda, Y Tanabe, S Maekawa, J Itakura, H Watanabe, S Kakinuma and M Watanabe 1410 Association between adenomas of recfosigmoid colon and metabolic syndrome features in a Chinese population Y-Y Wang, S-Y Lin, W-A Lai, P-H Liu and W Huey-Herng Sheu 1416 Hepatitis C virus infection facilitates gallstone formation T-S Chang, SK Lo, H-YShyr, J-TFang, W-C Lee, D-l Tai, l-S Sheen, D-Y Lin, C-M Chu and Y-F Liaw 1422 Hepatocellular carcinoma and octreotide: Treatment results in prospectively assigned patients with advanced tumor and cirrhosis stage RR Plentz, HL Tillmann, S Kubicka, JS Bleck, M Gebel, MP Manns and KL Rudolph 1429 Alteration of the expression of adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporters associated with bile acid and cholesterol transport in the rat liver and intestine during cholestasis T Kamisako and H Ogawa 1435 Effects of HFEgene mutafions and alcohol on iron stafus, liver biochemistry and morbidity JK Olynyk, MW Knuiman, ML Divltini, HC Bartholomew, DJ Cullen and LW Powell 1442 Results of alcohol and albendazole injections in hepatic hydatidosis: Experimental study / Yetim, K Erzurumlu, M Hokelek, S Baris, A Dervisoglu, CPolat, U Betel Y Buyukkarabacak and A Guvenli 1448 Elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations as a predictor of steatohepafitis in pafients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease M Gulsen, I Yesllova, S Bagci, A Uygun, A Ozcan, CN Ercin, A Erdil, SY Sanisoglu, E Cakir, Y Ales, MK Erbll, N Karaeren and K Dagalp Images of Interest 1456 Gastrointestinal: Acid injury to the stomach 1457 Gastrointestinal: Acute mesenteric ischemia 1458 Gastrointestinal: Ischemic colitis associated with colon cancer 1459 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas 1460 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Simple pancreatic cysts Case report 1461 Cardiac glands hyperplastic polyp of fhe sfomach S Nagata, S Tanaka, M Ho, M Yoshihara, K Haruma and K Chayama 1464 Letters to the Editor 1474 Notices

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Contents Volume 20 Number 1 January 2005 Editorial I Ideal hepatocyte: Quest for the Holy Grail S Sen and R Jalan See article in volume 19, issue 9, pages 1029-1035 Reviews 5 Hepatitis B vaccine boosters: Is there a clinical need in high endemicity populations? TJ John and G Cooksley on behalf of fhe Sfeering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Asia II Treatment with proton pump inhibitors in acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding; A meta-analysis MS Khuroo, MS Khuroo, KLC Farahal and IE Kagevi Gastroenterology 26 Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms in Japan Y Fujiwara. K Higuchi, Y Watanabe, M Shiba. T Watanabe, K Tominaga, N Oshitani, T Matsumoto, H Nishikawa and T Arakawa 30 Impact of 24-h esophageal pH monitoring on the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease: Defining the gold standard K Madan, VAhuja, SD Gupta. C Bat, A Kapoor and MP Sharma 38 Functional mechanism underlying cyclooxygenase-2 expression in rat small intestine following administrafion of indomefhacin: Relation to intestinal hypermotility A Tanaka, M Matsumoto, Y Hayashi and K Takeuchi 46 Colonoscopic classification of internal hemorrhoids: Usefulness in endoscopic band ligation A Fukuda, T Kajiyama, H Kishimoto, H Arakawa. H Someda. M Sakai, H Seno and T Chiba 51 Risk of colorectal adenomas in a multiethnic Asian patient population: Race does not matter S Rajendra, JJ Ho and J Arokiasamy 56 Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction and obstructive jaundice; Approach to management R Khare, SS Sikora, G Srikanth, G Choudhuri, VA Saraswat, A Kumar, R Saxena and VK Kapoor 62 Impact of gemcitabine on the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer H Ishii, J Furuse, M Nagase and M Yoshino 67 Patterns of K-ras codon 12 and 13 mutations found in pancreatic adenocarcinoma of 30 Chinese patients by microdissection, PCR and direct sequencing S Wei, I Liang, J Gao, S Wu, H Zhu, H Liu and T Liu 73 Stool decay-accelerating factor as a marker for monitoring the disease activity during leukocyte apheresis therapy in patients with refractory ulcerative colitis H Kohno, M Mizuno, J Nasu, C Makidono, S Hiraoka, T Inaba. K Yamamoto. H Okada. T Fujita and Y Shiratori Hepatology 79 Australian men’s experiences of living with hepatitis C virus; Results from a cross-sectional survey SM Gifford, ML O'Brien, A Smith, M Temple-Smith, M Stoove, D Mitchell and D Jolley 87 Alterations of the fragile histidine triad gene in hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma AN Zekri, AA Bahnassy, M Hatez, AMR El-Shehaby GM Sherit, HM Khaled and N Zakhary 95 Significance of hepatitis B virus DNA clearance and early prediction of hepatocellular carcinogenesis in patients with cirrhosis undergoing interferon therapy; Long-term follow up of a pilot study K Ikeda, M Kobayashi, S Saitoh, T Someya, T Hosaka, N Akuta, Y Suzuki. F Suzuki, A Tsubota, Y Arase and H Kumada 103 Is portal hypertension associated with protein-losing enteropathy? P Georgopoulos, C Mowat, DC McMillan, K Kingstone, S Ghosh and AJ Stanley 108 PGE, abolishes the mitochondrial-independent cell death pathway induced by D-galactosamine in primary culture of rat hepatocytes E Siendones, Y Jimenez-Gomez, JL Monlero, C Gomez-Diaz, JM Villalba and J Muntane 117 Effects of obstructive jaundice on neutrophil production and acquisition of chemotacfic activity in the bone marrow M Shimatani, K Tsuji, YAze, S Yamamoto, N Shibatani, Y Imai, S Takamido, Y Kubota and K Okazaki 126 Using higher-order crossings to distinguish liver regeneration indices in hepatectomized diabetic and non-diabetic rats C Liatsos, LJ Hadjileontiadis, S Theocharis, E Petridou, A Margeli, S Skaltsas, C Mavrogiannis and M Mykoniatis 135 Specific type IV phosphodiesterase inhibitor ameliorates thioacetamide-induced liver injury in rats T Matsuhashi, M Otaka. M Odashima. MJin, K Komatsu, N Konishi, I Wada. T Sato, Y Horikawa, R Ohba, J Oyake, N Halakeyama and S Watanabe 141 Relation of hepatolithiasis to helminthic infestation M Huang, C Chen, C Yen, J Yang. C Yang, Y Yeh, D Chou, S Yueh, Y Yang and C Nien 147 Bone disease in primary biliary cirrhosis: Lack of association with distal renal tubular acidosis AQ Farias. LL Gongalves, ELR Canpado. AC Seguro, SB Campos. CP Abrantes-Lemos and FJ Carrilho Images of Interest 153 Gastrointestinal: Selt-expanding metal stents for benign esophageal strictures 154 Gastrointestinal: Juvenile polyposis syndrome 155 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Aberrant left gastric vein 156 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Dorfman-Chanarin syndrome IV Contents Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 157 Polymorphism and ulcerative colitis Case Report 159 Intrapancreatic pseudoaneurysm associated with pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic tumor M Hashimoto, G Watanabe, M Matsuda and M Mori 162 Letters to the Editor 169 Notices Volume 20 Number 2 February 2005 Editorial 171 Are we making progress with argon plasma coagulation in chronic radiation proctopathy? RS Kwon and DL Carr-Locke See article in volume 19, issue 10, pages 1169-1173 Reviews 173 Role of aberrant crypt foci detected using high-magnitication-chromoscopic colonoscopy in human colorectal carcinogenesis DP Hurlstone and SS Cross 182 Pseudomembranous colitis in children I Brook Hepatology 187 Rapid diagnosis ot spontaneous bacterial peritonitis with leukocyte esterase reagent strips in a European and in an American center T Sapey, E Mena, E Fort, C Laurin, D Kabissa, BA Runyon and M Mendler 193 Human leukocyte antigen allele associations in type-1 autoimmune hepatitis patients from western India U Shankarkumar, DN Amarapurkarand S Kankonkar 198 Interferon alpha 2b and ribavirin for the treatment of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation: Cohort study of 38 patients S Mukherjee, E Lyden, TM McCashland and DF Schafer 204 Changes in serum lipid concentrations in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus positive hepatitis responsive or non-responsive to interferon therapy S Hamamoto, Y Uchida, T Wada, M Moritani, S Sato, N Hamamoto, S Ishihara, M Watanabe and Y Kinoshita 209 Effect of liver cirrhosis on body composition: Evidence of significant depletion even in mild disease FAF Figueiredo, R De Mello Perez and M Kondo 217 Biliary disease after liver transplantation: The experience of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh MS Khuroo, H At Ashgar, NS Khuroo, MQ Khan, HA Khalaf, M Al-Sebayel and MG El Din Hassan 229 Prevalence and etiology of persistently elevated alanine aminotransferase levels in healthy Iranian blood donors A Pourshams, R Malekzadeh, A Monavvari, MR Akbari, A Mohamadkhani, S Yarahmadi, N Seddighi, M Mohamadnejad, M Sotoudeh and A Madjiessi 234 Decreased numbers and impaired function of circulating dendritic cell subsets in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection (R2) X Duan, H Zhuang, M Wang, H Li, J Liu, F Wang 243 Iron overload in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Clinical and histological study ISS Silva, RM Perez, PV Oliveira, Ml Cantagalo, F Danlas, C Sisti, C Figueiredo-Mendes, VP Lanzoni, AEB Silva and MLG Ferraz 249 Genetic association of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms with autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis in the Chinese LY Fan, X Tu, Y Zhu, L Zhou, T Pfeiffer, R Feltens, W Stoecker and R Zhong Gastroenterology 256 Significant overexpression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator in pancreatic adenocarcinoma using real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction A Nielsen, CJ Scarleft, JS Samra, A Gill, Y Li, BJ Allen, RC Smith 264 Diagnostic accuracy of the '^C-urea breath test in children: Adjustment of the cut-off value according to age HR Yang and JK Seo 270 '^C-Urea breath test: Reproducibility and association with the severity of Helicobacterpylori-assoclated antral gastritis GM Matthews, AG Cummins, A Lawrence, B Johnson, F Campbell and RN Butler 275 Selective adenosine AA receptor agonist, ATL-146e, attenuates stress-induced gastric lesions in rats M Odashima, M Otaka, M Jin, K Komatsu, 2 I Wada, T Matsuhashi, Y Horlkawa, N Hatakeyama, J Oyake, R Ohba, J Linden and S Watanabe 281 Comparative study of nizatidine and famotidine tor maintenance therapy of erosive esophagitis N Hamamoto, T Hashimoto, K Adachi, K Hirakawa, S Ishihara, H Inoue, H Taniura, M Niigaki, S Sato, Y Kusniyama, H Suetsugu, T Miyake and Y Kinoshita 287 Neutrophils enhance invasion activity of human cholangiocellular carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma cells: An in vitro study Y Imai, Y Kubota, S Yamamoto, K Tsuji, M Shimatani, N Shibatani, S Takamido, M Matsushita and K Okazaki 294 Exposure to continuous darkness ameliorates gastric and colonic inflammation in the rat: Both receptor and non-receptor-mediated processes H Qevfk, G Erkanli, F Frcan, QA I'^man and BQ Yegen 304 Three-dimensional helical computed tomography cholangiography with minimum intensity projection in gallbladder carcinoma patients with obstructive jaundice: Comparison with magnetic resonance cholangiography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography NDLV Rao, MS Gulali, SB Paul, GK Pande, P Sahni and TK Chattopadhyay Contents V 309 Gallbladder cancer in India: A dismal picture Y Batra, S Pal, U Dutta, P Desai, PK Garg, G Makharia, VAhuja, GK Pande, P Sahni, TK Chattopadhyay and RK Tandon Images of Interest 315 Gastrointestinal: Mucocele of vermiform appendix 316 Gastrointestinal: Duodenal pseudopolyp 317 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Mature cystic teratoma in the hepatoduodenal ligament 318 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: The color bar sign after living donor liver transplantation Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 319 Polymorphism and gallstones Case Report 321 Intrahepatic biliary papilloma morphologically similar to biliary cystadenoma S Aoki, Y Okayama. Y Kitajima, K Hayashi, H Imai, T Okamoto, S Akita, K Gotoh, H Ohara. T Nomura, T Joh, Y Yokoyama and M Itoh 325 Letters to the Editor 330 Notices Volume 20 Number 3 March 2005 Editorial 331 Hydatid disease of the liver 0 Kayaalp See article on pages 352-359 Reviews 332 Stress and the gastrointestinal tract Y Bhatia and BK Tandon 340 Antibacterial and antimycobacterial treatment for inflammatory bowel disease T Ohkusa and N Sato 352 Classification of hydatid liver cysts KT Kjossev and JE Losanoff Okuda Lecture 360 Bird’s-eye view on gastric cancer research of the past 25 years D Fan, X Zhang, X Chen. I Mou, J Hu, S Zhou. J Ding and K Wu Gastroenterology 366 Clinical course of ulcerative colitis in patients with and without primary sclerosing cholangitis A Moayyeri, N Ebrahimi Daryani, H Bahrami, B Haghpanah, A Nayyer-Habibi and M Sadatsafavi 371 Altered phenotype of dextran sulfate sodium colitis in interferon regulatory factor-1 knock-out mice EE Mannick. RL Cote. JR Schurr, HS Krowicka, GO Sloop, A Zapata-Velandia, H Correa, B Ruiz. R Horswell, JJ Lentz. P Byrne, M Marietta Gastanaduy, CA Hornick and Z Liu 381 Post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome in patients with Shigella infection S Ji, H Park, D Lee, YK Song, JP Choi and S-l Lee 387 Effects of enhanced viscosity on canine gastric and intestinal motility XXu, D Brining, A Rafiq, J Hayes and JDZ Chen 395 Short-term recurrent abdominal pain related to Helicobacter pylori infection in children Y-J Yang, B-S Sheu, S-C Lee and J-J Wu 401 Helicobacter pylori reinfection rate 3 years after successful eradication N Zendehdel, S Nasseri-Moghaddam, R Malekzadeh, S Massarrat, M Sotoudeh and F Siavoshi 405 Functional promoter polymorphism in RANTES gene does not influence the clinical course of Helicobacter pylori infection S Hellmig, S Mascheretti, U Fdlsch and S Schreiber 409 Gastric tone variations during gastric infusion of fiber-supplemented formulas G Savoye, M Bouin, S Herve, P Denis and P Ducrotte 415 Pilot study to assess patient outcomes following endoscopic application of photodynamic therapy for advanced cholangiocarcinoma GC Harewood, TH Baron. A Rumalla, KK Wang, GJ Gores, LM Stadheim and PC de Groen Hepatology 421 Dual treatment of albendazole in hepatic hydatidosis: New therapeutic modality in 52 cases C Polat A Dervisoglu, M Hokelek, I Yetim, Y Buyukkarabacak. Y Ozk.utuk and K Erzurumlu 426 Lamivudine monotherapy for spontaneous severe acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B A Tsubota, Y Arase, Y Suzuki, F Suzuki, H Sezaki, T Hosaka, N Akuta. T Someya, M Kobayashi, S Saitoh, K Ikeda and H Kumada 433 Factors associated with response to lamivudine: Retrospective study in a tertiary care clinic serving patients with chronic hepatitis B HL Hann, ML Jonsson Funk, DM Rosenberg and R Davis 441 Comparative study of genotype B and C hepatitis B virus-induced chronic hepatitis in relation to the basic core promoter and precore mutations K Watanabe, T Takahashi. S Takahashi, S Okoshi. T Ichida and Y Aoyagi 450 Evidence against a role for endotoxin in the hepatic encephalopathy of rats with thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure C-T Chen, C-J Chu, T-F Wang, R-H Lu, F-YLee, F-Y Chang, H-C Lin. C-C Chan. S-S Wang. H-C Huang and S-D Lee VI Contents 456 Human leukocyte antigen haplotypes and HFE mutations in Spanish hereditary hemochromatosis and sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda M Gonzalez-Hevilla, RE De Salamanca, P Morales, J Martmez-Laso, A Fontanel las, MJ Castro, R Rojo, J Moscoso, J Zamora, Jl Serrano-Vela and A Arnalz-Vlllena 463 Fate of bradykinin on the rat liver when administered by the venous or arterial route L Gloli-Pereira, EA Nascimento, EL Santos, A Bracht, MA Juliano, JB Pesquero, DR Borges and M Kouyoumdjian 474 Differences in long-term survival after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for refractory ascites and variceal bleed FMembreno, AL Baez, R Pandula, E Walser and DT Lau Images of Interest 482 Gastrointestinal: Epiploic appendagitis 483 Gastrointestinal: Colonic Dieulafoy lesion 484 Gastrointestinal: Abdominal neurofibromatosis 485 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Liver histopathology: Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopic imaging for objective and quantifiable assessment of liver biopsies Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 486 Polymorphism and squamous cell cancer of the esophagus Case Report 488 Spontaneous regression of a large hepatocellular carcinoma with skull metastasis SH/ Nam, J-Y Han, Jl Kim, SH Park, SH Cho, Nl Han, JM Yang, JK Kim, StV Choi, YS Lee, KW Chung and HS Sun 493 Letters to the Editor 496 Corrigendum 497 Notices Volume 20 Number 4 April 2005 Editorial 499 Biliary microlithiasis: A neglected cause of recurrent pancreatitis and biliary colic? H Gerke and J Baillie Reviews 502 Electrogastrography: Basic knowledge, recording, processing and its clinical applications F Chang 517 Primary actinomycosis of the anterior abdominal wall: Case report and review of the literature B Filipovic, N Milinic, G Nikolicand T Randelovid Hepatology 521 Causes of increased mortality from hepatocellular carcinoma in high incidence country: Taiwan experience C Jan, C Chen and H Chen 527 Antiviral therapy in advanced chronic liver disease due to hepatitis C virus infection: Pilot study R Kumar, S Kumar, BC Sharma, J Singh and SK Sarin 536 Clonality analysis of multiple hepatocellular carcinomas by loss of heterozygosity pattern determined by chromosomes 16q and 13q Y Lin, H Lee. C Chen, G Huang. P Lee and J Sheu 547 Usefulness of combined measurement of serum bile acids and ferritin as additional prognostic markers to predict failure to reach sustained response to antiviral treatment in chronic hepatitis C FJorquera. MJ Monte. J Guerra, S Sanchez-Campos, JA Merayo, JL Olcoz, J Gonzalez-Gallego and JJG Marin 555 Association of fulminant non-A non-B hepatitis with homozygosity for HLA A1-B8-DR3 P Gow, M Hathaway, B Gunson, J Heward and D Mutimer 562 Upregulation of transferrin receptor 2 and ferroportin 1 mRNA in the liver of patients with chronic hepatitis C M Taken, Y Kobayashi, N Fujita. N Urawa, M Iwasa, S Horiike, H Tanaka, M Kaito and YAdachi 570 Virological differences between patients infected with subtypes Ba and Bj of hepatitis B virus genotype B M Kobayashi, F Suzuki. N Akuta, A Tsubota, K Ikeda, YArase, Y Suzuki, S Saitoh, M Kobayashi, T Hosaka, T Someya, M Matsuda, J Sato, Y Miyakawa and H Kumada SIT Pegylated versus standard interteron-a in antiviral regimens for post-transplant recurrent hepatitis C: Comparison of tolerability and efficacy P Toniutto, C Fabris, E Fumo, L Apollonio, M Caldato, C Avellini, R Minis!ni and M Pirisi 583 Altered expression of vascular endothelial growth factor, fibroblast growth factor-2 and endostatin in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma S Uematsu, T Higashi, K Nouso, K Kariyama, S Nakamura, M Suzuki, H Nakatsukasa, Y Kobayashi, T Hanafusa, T Tsuji and Y Shiratori Gastroenterology 589 Distribution of Helicobacter pylori cagA, cagE and vacA in different ethnic groups in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia HJ Tan, AM Rizal, MY Rosmadi and KL Goh Contents 595 New guide wire technique tor stent placement through an occluded self-expandable metal stent: The hairpin technique y Yamaguchi, K Morozumi, T Yamato, N Katsumi, N Abe, M Sugiyama, H Ishida and S Takahashi 599 Norfloxacin and cisapride combination decreases the incidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic ascites BS Sandhu, R Gupta. J Sharma. J Singh, NS Murthy and SK Sarin 606 Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related diarrhea AC Kwan, T Chau, VY Tong, OT Tsang. EY Tso, M Chiu. \A/ Yu and TS Lai 611 Calcitonin gene-related peptide released by capsaicin suppresses myoelectrical activity of gastric smooth muscle S Mizuguchi, T Ohno. Y Hattori, K Kamata, K Arai, T Saeki, K Saigenji, I Hayashi, Y Kuribayashi and M Majima 619 Interleukin-17 and lipopolysaccharides synergistically induce cyclooxygenase-2 expression in human intestinal myofibroblasts Z Zhang, A Andoh, 0 Inatomi, S Bamba, A Takayanagi, N Shimizu and Y Fujiyama 628 Changing trends in peptic ulcer prevalence in a tertiary care setting in the Philippines: A seven-year study SN Wong, JD Sollano, MM Chan, RE Carpio, CS Tady, AE Ismael, EA Judan-Ruiz, VN Ang, JT Go, VY Lim, JY Perez and SZ Alvarez 633 Prevalence of Barretf’s esophagus in Korea JY Kim. YS Kim, M Jung, J Park. DH Kang, JS Kim, C Song, SIV Lee and Y Bak 637 Ranitidine bismuth citrate-based triple therapies as a second-line therapy for Helicobacter pylori in Turkish patients Koksal, E Parlak, L Fiiik, OF Yolcu. B Odemii A Ulker, N §a^maz, A Ozden and B ^hin 643 Diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease using a new questionnaire Y Shimoyama, M Kusano, S Sugimolo, 0 Kawamura. M Maeda, K Minashi, S Kuribayashi, T Higuchi. H Zai, K Ino, T Horikoshi, F Moki, T Sugiyama. M Toki, T Ohwada and M Mori Images of Interest 648 Gastrointestinal: Adenocarcinoma of the ileum 649 Gastrointestinal: Foreign bodies and diverticulitis 650 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Insulinoma metastases with focal hepatic steatosis 651 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Tumor thrombi in esophageal varices Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 652 Polymorphism and biliary cancer Case Report 653 Budd-Chiari-like presentation of hepatic adenoma A Sobhonslidsuk. LJ Jeffers, RC Acosta, JR Madariaga. PA Bejarano, JJ Guerra. AG Tzakis and ER Schiff 657 Letters to the Editor 667 Notices 668 Corrigendum Volume 20 Number 5 May 2005 Editorial 669 Dual hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection: To treat or not to treat, and how? P Husa See article on pages 727-732 Reviews 671 Agenesis of the gallbladder: Difficulties in management KE Bani-Hani 676 Carcinoid of the ampulla of Vater M Hartel, MN Wente, B Sido, H Friess and MW Biichler Gastroenterology 682 Characteristics of gasfritis in patients with Helicobacter py/orz-positive reflux esophagitis T Mihara, K Adachi, Y Komazawa, M Yoshida, A Araki, R Maruyama, K Furuta, S Ishihara, Y Amano and Y Kinoshita 688 Segmental colonoscopic biopsies in the differentiation of ileocolic tuberculosis from Crohn's disease AB Pulimood, S Peter, BS Ramakrishna. A Chacko, R Jeyamani, L Jeyaseelan and G Kurian 697 Impaired capsaicin and neurokinin-evoked colonic motility in inflammatory bowel disease AS Smith and SD Smid 705 Risk of colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis in India S Venkataraman, V Mohan. BS Ramakrishna. S Peter. A Chacko, G Chandy G Kurian, S Kurian, M Mathan, VI Mathan, S Patra, A Pulimood and DDK Rolston 710 Clinical significance of microsatellite instability in the inflamed mucosa for the prediction of colonic neoplasms in patients with ulcerative colitis T Tahara, N Inoue, T Hisamatsu, K Kashiwagi, H Takaishi, T Kanai, M Watanabe. H Ishii and T HibI 716 Push enteroscopy alters management in a majority of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding NO Nguyen, CK Rayner and MN Schoeman 722 Human immunodeficiency virus and endoscopy: Experience of a general hospital in Singapore VH Chong and CC Lim Hepatology 727 Combination therapy with interferon-a and ribavirin in patients with dual hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection C-H Hung. C-M Lee. S-N Lu, J-H Wang. H-D Tung, C-H Chen and C-S Changchien viii Contents 733 Human parvovirus B19 infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection T-C Hsu, T-Y Chen, M-C Lin, B-S Tzang and GJ Tsay 739 Liver histopathology in human immunodeficiency virus-hepatitis C virus co-infected patients with fatal liver disease M Lichterfeld, S Haas, H-P Fischer, E Voigt, JK Rockstroh and U Spengler 746 Clinical features of HBsAg-negative but anti-HBc-positive hepatocellular carcinoma in a hepatitis B virus endemic area J Shim, B-H Kim, NH Kim, SH Dong, HJ Kim, YW Chang, Jl Lee and B Chang 752 Risk factors for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with chronic hepatitis C who achieved a sustained virological response to interferon therapy H Tokita, H Fukui, A Tanaka, H Kamitsukasa, M Yagura, H Harada and H Okamoto 759 Clinicopathologic features of patients with primary malignant hepatic tumors seropositive for a-fetoprotein-L3 alone in comparison with other patients seropositive for a-fetoprotein-L3 H Okuda, A Saito, K Shiratori, M Yamamoto, K Takasaki and M Nakano 765 Evaluation of predictive value of CLIP, Okuda, TNM and JIS staging systems for hepatocellular carcinoma patients undergoing surgery Y-H Huang, C-H Chen, T-T Chang, S-C Chen, S-Y Wang, H-S Lee, P-WLin, G-THuang, J-C Sheu, H-M Tsai, P-C Lee, G-Y Chau, W-Y Lui, S-D Lee and J-C Wu 772 Influence of juxtapapillary diverticulum on hepatic clearance in patients after endoscopic sphincterotomy J-J Tzeng, K-H Lai, N-J Peng, G-H Lo, C-K Lin, H-H Chan, P-l Hsu, J-S Cheng and E-M Wang 777 Symptomatic portal system thrombosis in soldiers due to extended stay at extreme altitude AC Anand, A Saha, AK Seth, GS Chopra, V Nair and V Sharma 784 Biliary excretion of olmesartan, an anigotensin II receptor antagonist, in the rat M Takayanagi, N Sano and H Takikawa Images of Interest 789 Gastrointestinal; Bleeding from ischemic colitis 790 Gastrointestinal: Sigmoid volvulus 791 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Biliary cast syndrome 792 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Hepatic granulomas and hepatitis C Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 793 Polymorphism and gastric cancer Case Report 795 Multiple hypervascular liver nodules in a heavy drinker of alcohol SB Kim, Y Maekawa, T Ninomiya, S Imoto, T Matsuoka, K Ando, K Mita, K Ku, T Koterazawa, T Nakajima, K Fukuda, Y Yano, M Nakaji, M Kudo, Kl Kim, M Hirai and Y Hayashi 800 Letters to the Editor 804 Notices Volume 20 Number 6 June 2005 Editorial 805 Biliary access during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: How to precut and a word of caution! FH Al-Kawas See article on pages 947-950 Reviews 807 Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: Genetic disorders of biliary transporters MJ Harris, DG Le Couteur and IM Arias 818 Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Clinical profile, pathogenesis, treatment strategies and prognosis A Nowain, HBhakta, S Pais. G Kaneland S Verma Hepatology 825 Comprehensive clinical assessment improves the accuracy of predicting cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C A Gordon, MJ Bailey, PR Gibson and SK Roberts 833 Chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa: Review of disease progression X Lin, NJ Robinson, M Thursz, DM Rosenberg, A Weild, JM Pimenta and AJ Hall 844 Precore stop codon mutation of hepatitis B virus is associated with low breakthrough rate following long-term lamivudine therapy JW Shin, Y-H Chung, MH Choi, JA Kim, SH Ryu. MK Jang, IS Kim, NH Park, HC Lee, YS Lee and DJ Suh 850 Possible contribution of prior hepatitis B virus infection to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma H Tanaka, Y Iwasaki, K Nouso, Y Kobayashi, S-l Nakamura, E Matsumoto, N Toshikuni, T Kaneyoshi, T Ohsawa, K Takaguchi, K Fujio, T Senoh, T Ohnishi, K Sakaguchi and Y Shiratori 857 Effects of growth factors on the grovrth and differentiation of mouse fetal liver epithelial cells in primary cultures T Kawasaki, S Tamura, S Kiso, Y Doi, Y Yoshida, Y Kamada, A Saeki, Y Saji and Y Matsuzawa 865 Expression of cytochrome P450 enzymes in hepatic organoid reconstructed by rat small hepatocytes S Miyamoto, K Hirata, S Sugimoto, K Harada and T Mitaka Contents IX 873 Survival in hepatocellular carcinoma; Impact of screening and etiology of liver disease ^V Kemp, S Pianko, S Nguyen, MJ Bailey and SK Roberts 882 Recombinant human factor Vila-induced alterations in tissue factor and thrombomodulin in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis DH Van Thiel, DE Farr, AL Mindikoglu, A Todo and MM George 890 Gender differences in vascular reactivity of aortas from rats with and without portal hypertension R Robert, C Chagneau-Derrode, M Carretier, G Mauco and C Silvain Gastroenterology 895 Camosfat, an oral trypsin inhibitor, reduces pancreatic fibrosis induced by repeated administration of a superoxide dismutase inhibitor in rats Y Emori, T Mizushima, N Matsumura, K Ochi, H Tanioka, A Shirahige, M Ichimura, T Shinji, N Koide and M Tanimoto 900 Outcome of colorectal carcinoma in patients under 40 years of age J-T Lin. W'-S Wang. C-C Yen, J-H Liu, M-H Yang, T-C Chao, P-M Chen and T-J Chiou 906 Clinical review of tuberculous peritonitis in 39 patients in Diyarbakir, Turkey AC Tanrikulu, M Aldemir, F Gurkan, A Suner, CE Dagli and A Ece 910 Gastrobiliary motility is not coordinated in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia of normal gastric emptying time: Simultaneous sonographic study T Mizushima, K Sawa, K Ochi, H Tanioka, A Wakuta, K Matsushita. A Shirahige, K Kiura, M Tanimoto, N Koide and H Harada 915 Pancreatic tumor associated with pancreas divisum T Kamisawa, M Yoshiike, N Egawa, K Tsuruta, A Okamoto and N Funata 919 Quality of life measures for fecal incontinence and their use in children M Trajanovska and AG Catto-Smith 929 Cytokeratin immunoreactivity patterns in short-segment Barrett's esophagus in Japanese patients K Yagi, A Nakamura and A Sekine 935 Low-dose rabeprazole, amoxicillin and metronidazole triple therapy for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in Chinese patients WM Wong, J Huang. HHX Xia, FMY Fung. TSM Tong. KL Cheung, VYK Ho. KC Lai. CK Chan, AOO Chan. C-K Hui, SK Lam and BCY Wong 941 Eradication of Helicobacter pylori reduced the immunohistochemical detection of p53 and MDM2 in gastric mucosa M Kodama, T Fujioka, K Murakami, T Okimoto. R Sato, K Watanabe and M Nasu 947 Pre-cutting using a noseless papillotome with independent lumens for contrast material and guidewire N Uchida, K Tsutsui, H Kamada, M Ogam, H Fukuma, T Ezaki, Y Aritomo, H Kobara, M Ono, A Morishita, T Masaki, S Watanabe. T Nakatsu and S Kuriyama Images of Interest 951 Gastrointestinal; Aortoduodenal fistulae 952 Gastrointestinal: Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis 953 Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Pseudotumor of the liver 954 Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Suture material and bile duct stones Genetic Disorders in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 955 Azathioprine, 6-mercapfopurine and thiopurine S-methyltransferase Case Report 956 Liver transplantation in a child with celiac disease P Pavone, S Gruttadauria, S Leonardi, G Gorge, Ml Minervini, F Greco, M La Rosa and I Marino 961 Letters to the Editor 972 Notices Volume 20 Number 7 July 2005 Editorial 973 Transcatheter arterial embolization for hemorrhage caused by injury of the hepatic artery A Petroianu See article on pages 1062-1068 Reviews 975 Factors influencing stem cell differentiation into the hepatic lineage in vitro BC Heng, H Yu, Y Yin, SG Urn and T Cao 988 Histone deacetylase inhibitors, anticancerous mechanism and therapy for gastrointestinal cancers JY Fang Gastroenterology 995 Changing prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux with changing time: Longitudinal study in an Asian population SL Urn, WT Goh, JJ Lee, TP Ng, K Ho and contributing members of the community medicine Gl study group 1002 Enteral nutrition via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and nutritional status of patients. Five-year prospective study A Frdil, M Saka, Y Ates, A Tuzun, S Bagci, A Uygun, Z Yesilova, M Gulsen, N Karaeren and K Dagalp 1008 Duodenal ulcer in South Africa: Home-pounded versus milled maize FI Tovey, M Hobsley, I Segal and AP Jayaraj 1012 Comparative study of the speed of acid-suppressing effects of oral administration of cimetidine and famotidine K Adachi, Y Komazam, T Mihara, T Azumi, T Fujisawa, T Katsube, K Furuta and Y Kinoshita 1016 Sulfasalazine inhibits activation of nuclear factor-xB in patients with ulcerative colitis H Gan, Y Chen and Q Ouyang X Contents 1025 Prehepatic portal hypertension produces increased mast cell density in the small bowel and in mesenteric lymph nodes in the rat / Prieto, M Alter, L Santaman'a. M Nava, R Madero, J Pdrez-Robledo and J Arias 1032 Ketotifen abrogates local and systemic consequences of rat intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury N Kalia, NJ Brown, RFM Wood and AG Pockley 1039 Expression of Ep-CAM in intestinal metaplasia, gastric epithelial dysplasia and gastric adenocarcinoma MJoo, H Kim, MK Kim, HJ Yu and J Kim 1046 Neutral lipid isolated from endosperm of Job’s tears inhibits the growth of pancreafic cancer cells via apoptosis. G/M arrest, and regulation of 2 gene expression Y Bao, Y Yuan, L Xia, H Jiang, W Wu and X Zhang 1054 Pilot study using transcutaneous electrical stimulation (inteferential current) to treat chronic treatment-resistant constipation and soiling in children J Chase, VJ Robertson, B Southwell, J Hutson and S Gibb Hepatology 1062 Transcatheter arterial embolization for hemorrhage caused by injury of the hepatic artery 14^ Tzeng, R Wu, J Chang, C Lin, L Koay, Y Uen, Y Tian and Y Fong 1069 Biliary excretion of taurocholate, organic anions and vinblastine in rat with a-naphthylisothiocyanate-induced cholestasis H Kurihara, N Sano and H Takikawa 1075 Effects of somatostatin, terlipressin and somatostatin plus terlipressin on portal and systemic hemodynamics and renal sodium excretion in patients with cirrhosis G Kalambokis, M Economou, K Paraskevi, P Konslanlinos, C Pappas, A Katsaraki and EV Tsianos 1082 Hepatitis C virus prevalence and outcomes among injecting drug users on opioid replacement therapy R Hallinan, A Byrne, JAmin and GJ Core 1087 Outbreak of hepatitis C virus infection in an outpatient clinic T Ishikawa, Y Fukushima, Y Shiobara, T Kishimoto, S Tanno, I Shoji, T Suzuki, TMatsui, YShimada, TOhyama, RNagaland TMiyamura 1094 Immunological alterations in pregnant women with acute hepatitis E R Pal, R Aggarwal, SR Naik, V Das, S Das and S Naik 1102 Association of funcfional gene polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-I, MMP-3 and MMP-9 with the progression of chronic liver disease K Okamoto, K Mimura, Y Murawaki and I Yuasa 1109 Hydroxyproline content of needle biopsies as an objective measure of liver fibrosis: Emphasis on sampling variability H Lee, C Shun, L Chiou, C Chen, G Huang and J Sheu 1115 Brain natriuretic peptide and severity of disease in non-alcoholic cirrhotic patients R Yildiz, B Yildirim, M Karincaoglu, M Harputiuoglu and F Hilmioglu Images ot Interest 1121 Gastrointestinal: Acute gastic anisakiasis 1122 Gastrointestinal: Early endoscopic findings in watermelon stomach identified by the magnifying endoscopy-adaptive IHb color enhancement technique 1123 Gastrointestinal: Inflammatory myoglandular polyp ot the colon 1124 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Colonic manifestations of portal hypertension 1125 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Colonic obstruction and hepatic encephalopathy Case Report 1126 Hepatic natural killer and natural killer T cells markedly decreased in two cases of drug-induced fulminant hepatic failure rescued by living donor liver transplantation R Miyakawa, T Ichida, S Yamagiwa, C Miyaji, H Watanabe, Y Sato, H Yokoyama, C Tsukada, Y Ishimoto, S Sugahara, XH Yang, T Abo and H Asakura 1131 Letters to the Editor 1140 Notices Volume 20 Number 8 August 2005 Editorial 1141 Integration of hepafitis B virus DNA and hepatocellular carcinoma S Takahashi and K Chayahja See article on pages 1206-1214 Reviews 1143 Significance of RCAS1 antigen in hepatocellular, cholangiocellular and pancreatic carcinomas M Enjoji, M Nakashima, K Yamaguchi, K Kotoh and M Nakamuta 1149 Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine pharmacogenetics and metabolite monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease RB Gearry and ML Barclay Hepatology 1158 Vasoconstrictor responses are normal but prostanoid-mediated vasodilatation is enhanced in human cirrhotic mesenteric arteries RB Vaughan, JA Angus and PW Angus Contents XI 1165 Influence of load of hepatitis A virus on disease severity and its relationship with clinical manifestations in patients with hepatitis A S Sainokami, K Abe. K Ishikawa and K Suzuki 1176 Gallstone disease in non-alcoholic tatty liver: Prevalence and associated factors P Loria, A Lonardo, S Lombardini, L Carulli, A Verrone, D Ganazzi, A Rudilosso, R DAmico. M BedoloW and N Carulli 1185 249*' p53 mutation in the serum of black southern African patients with hepatocellular carcinoma GC Kimbi, MC Kew, MC Yu, K Arakawa and J Hodkinson 1191 Genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 in patients with hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma J Mochizuki, S Murakami, A Sanjo, I Takagi, S Akizuki and A Ohnishi 1198 Relationship between expression of cyclin D1 and impaired liver regeneration observed in tibrotic or cirrhotic rats A Kato, H Bamba, M Shinohara, A Yamauchi, S Ota. C Kawamoto and Y Yoshida 1206 Ditterential integration rates of hepatitis B virus DNA in the liver of children with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma H Huang, D Tsuei, K Wang, Y Chen, Y Ni, Y Jeng, H Chen, H Hsu and M Chang 1215 Long-term clinical outcome ot large volume paracentesis with intravenous albumin in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: A randomized prospective study CH Choi, SH Ahn, DY Kim, SK Lee, JY Park, CY Chon, YM Moon and K Han 1223 Factors affecting the mortality ot pediatric fulminant hepatic failure in relation to hepatitis B virus infection P Chan, H Chen, M Kong. F Huang. H Lee. C Lin, C Liu, I Lee, T Wu, S Wu, Y Ni, H Hsu and M Chang Gastroenterology 1228 Feasibility of a breath test with a substrate ot natural '^C-abundance and isotope-selective non-dispersive infrared spectrometry: A preliminary study K Jonderko, A Kasicka-Jonderko, D Syrkiewicz-Trepiak and B Btoriska-Failrowska 1235 Late complication in patients undergoing pancreatic resection with intraoperative radiation therapy: Gastrointestinal bleeding with occlusion ot the portal system Y Shimizu, K Yasui. N Fuwa. Y Arai and K Yamao 1241 A combination of the Helicobacter pylori s[oo\ antigen test and urea breath test is useful tor clinical evaluation ot eradication therapy: A multicenter study M Ho. S Tanaka, S Kim, K Tahara, Y Kawamura, M Sumii, Y Takehara, K Hayashi, E Okamoto, M Kunihiro, T Kunila. S Imagawa. S Takata, H Ueda, Y Egi, T Hiyama, Y Ueno, Y KHadai, M Yoshihara and K Chayama 1246 Effects ot cagA^ and cagA- strains ot Helicobacter pylori on the human gastric mucus layer thickness MS Al-Marhoon, S Nunn and RW Soames 1253 Diagnosis and genotyping ot Helicobacter pylori by polymerase chain reaction ot bacterial DNA from gastric juice S Datla. S Chatlopadhyay, A Chowdhury A Santra, DR Saha, T Ramamurthy SK Bhattacharya, DE Berg, GB Nair and AK Mukhopadhyay 1260 Changes in gastric environment with test meals affect the performance ot '^C-urea breath test CM Pathak. DK Bhasin, R Nada, A BhaHacharya and KL Khanduja 1266 Gastric achlorhydria in H/K-ATPase-deficient (Alp^-/-)) mice causes severe hyperplasia, mucocystic metaplasia and upregulation ot growth factors LM Judd, A Andringa, CA Rubio, 1 Spicer, GE Shull and ML Miller 1279 Detection ot cytokerafin 20 mRNA in the peripheral blood ot patients with colorectal cancer by immunomagnetic bead enrichment and real-time reverse transcriptase-polymeras chain reaction J Guo, B Xiao, Z Jin, L Qin, J Chen, H Chen. X Zhang and Z Liu 1285 Apoptosis in rat jejunal mucosa is regulated partly through the central nervous system, which controls feeding behavior T Lin. H Sakata, A Ootani, T Fujise, S Tsunada, S Amemori, A Danjo, F Yokoyama, Y Sakata, R Iwakiri, S Toda and K Fujimoto 1292 Decreased density ot interstitial cells ot Cajal and neuronal cells in patients with slow-transit constipation and acquired megacolon Jl Lee, H Park, MA Kamm and 1C Talbot Images of Interest 1299 Gastrointestinal: Eosinophilic esophagitis 1300 Gastrointestinal: Colonic intussusception in adults 1301 Gastrointestinal: Complications ot colonoscopy 1302 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Extensive thrombosis in Budd-Chiari syndrome 1303 Gastrointestinal: Rectal Dieulatoy lesion Case Report 1304 Idiopathic ulcer ot the small bowel containing numerous plasma cells: Case resembling mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma S Kakegawa, M Kojima, S Ohwada. S Kawate. Y Kawashima, T Yamada, A Sasaki, T Oyama and Y Morishita 1308 Letters to the Editor 1313 Notices Volume 20 Number 9 September 2005 Editorial 1315 Eating after mild pancreatitis JA Windsor See article on pages 1385-1389 xii Contents Reviews 1318 Secondary myelodysplastic syndrome after small cell lung cancer and esophageal cancer Y Otsuka, T Konishi, S Nara, K Furushima, K Nakajima and H Shimada 1322 Jaundice in malaria AC Anand and P Puri Gastroenterology 1333 Prevalence of gastric cancer decreases with age in long-living elderly in Japan, possibly due to changes in Helicobacter pylori infection status M Kawade, T Job, T Oshima, N Takatiashi, K Ogawa, H Ohara, T Nomura and M Itoh 1338 Selective reduction of ar\[\-Helicobacter pylori IgG subclass antibody in gastric carcinoma Z Ren, T Borody G Pang, L-C Li, M Dunkley and R Clancy 1344 Helicobacter pylori eradication decreases the expression of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored complement regulators, decay-accelerating factor and homologous restriction factor 20, in human gastric epithelium T Job, M Sasaki, H Kataoka, S Tanida, K Hob, Y Kondo, N Ogasawara. T Oshima, N Okada, H Ohara, H Sano, H Nakao, S Sobue and M Itoh 1352 Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, endoscopic gastric findings and dyspeptic symptoms among a young Japanese population born in the 1970s T Shimatani, M Inoue, K Iwamoto, H Hyogo, M Yokozaki, T Saeki, S Tazuma and Y Horikawa 1358 Comparison between coefficient of R-R interval variation and gastric emptying in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients HAsakawa, M Onishi, I Hayashi A Fukuda and K Tokunaga 1365 Management of symptoms in step-down therapy of gastroesophageal reflux disease S Mine, T lida, T Tabata, H Kishikawa and Y Tanaka 1371 Tumor cell dissociation score highly correlates with lymph node metastasis in superficial esophageal carcinoma Y Chibana, S Fujii, K Ichikawa, M Fujita, Y Ono, S Tomita, J Imura, H Kawamata, A Terano and T Fujimori 1379 Long-term follow up results of intraductal papillary mucinous tumors of pancreas S-YLee, KTLee, JK Lee, YH Jeon, D Choi, JH Lim, JS Heo, SH Choi, K-T Jang, SIV Paik and JC Rhee 1385 Oral reteeding in patients with mild acute pancreatitis: Prevalence and risk factors of relapsing abdominal pain JMF Chebli, PD Gaburri, AFM de Souza, EVM Junior, AK Gaburri, GEG Felga, EA De Paula, CG Forn, GV De Almeida and FDC Nehme 1390 No correlation between clinical symptoms and Blastocyslis hominis in immunocompetent individuals K Leder, ME Hellard, Ml Sinclair, CK Fairley and R Wolfe Hepatology 1395 Hepatic steatosis and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C D Kumar, GC Farrell, J Kench and J George 1401 Mutations in the NS5B region of the hepatitis C virus genome correlate with clinical outcomes of inferferon-alpha plus ribavirin combination therapy K Hamano, N Sakamoto. N Enomoto, N Izumi, Y Asahina, M Kurosaki, E Ueda, Y Tanabe, S Maekawa, J Itakura, H Watanabe, S Kakinuma and M Watanabe 1410 Association between adenomas of recfosigmoid colon and metabolic syndrome features in a Chinese population Y-Y Wang, S-Y Lin, W-A Lai, P-H Liu and W Huey-Herng Sheu 1416 Hepatitis C virus infection facilitates gallstone formation T-S Chang, SK Lo, H-YShyr, J-TFang, W-C Lee, D-l Tai, l-S Sheen, D-Y Lin, C-M Chu and Y-F Liaw 1422 Hepatocellular carcinoma and octreotide: Treatment results in prospectively assigned patients with advanced tumor and cirrhosis stage RR Plentz, HL Tillmann, S Kubicka, JS Bleck, M Gebel, MP Manns and KL Rudolph 1429 Alteration of the expression of adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporters associated with bile acid and cholesterol transport in the rat liver and intestine during cholestasis T Kamisako and H Ogawa 1435 Effects of HFEgene mutafions and alcohol on iron stafus, liver biochemistry and morbidity JK Olynyk, MW Knuiman, ML Divltini, HC Bartholomew, DJ Cullen and LW Powell 1442 Results of alcohol and albendazole injections in hepatic hydatidosis: Experimental study / Yetim, K Erzurumlu, M Hokelek, S Baris, A Dervisoglu, CPolat, U Betel Y Buyukkarabacak and A Guvenli 1448 Elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations as a predictor of steatohepafitis in pafients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease M Gulsen, I Yesllova, S Bagci, A Uygun, A Ozcan, CN Ercin, A Erdil, SY Sanisoglu, E Cakir, Y Ales, MK Erbll, N Karaeren and K Dagalp Images of Interest 1456 Gastrointestinal: Acid injury to the stomach 1457 Gastrointestinal: Acute mesenteric ischemia 1458 Gastrointestinal: Ischemic colitis associated with colon cancer 1459 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas 1460 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Simple pancreatic cysts Case report 1461 Cardiac glands hyperplastic polyp of fhe sfomach S Nagata, S Tanaka, M Ho, M Yoshihara, K Haruma and K Chayama 1464 Letters to the Editor 1474 Notices

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