Therapeutic strategies for
functional dyspepsia and the
introduction of the Rome III
classification
Category Review Authors Hidekazu Suzuki,
Toshihiro Nishizawa and Toshifumi
Hibi
Activated platelets as a possible
early marker to predict clinical
efficacy of leukocytapheresis in
severe ulcerative colitis patients
Authors Ken Fukunaga,
Yoshihiro Fukuda, Yoko Yokoyama,
Kunio Ohnishi, Takeshi Kusaka,
Tadashi Kosaka, Nobuyuki Hida,
Yoshio Ohda, Hiroto Miwa and
Takayuki Matsumoto
CagA positivity and its
association with gastroduodenal
disease in Turkish children
undergoing endoscopic investigation
Authors Semra Sökücü, Ayşe Tülin
Özden, Özlem Durmaz Süoğlu, Berna
Elkabes, Fikri Demir, Uğur Çevikbaş,
Selim Gökçe and Günay Saner
Modulation of platelet
aggregation responses by
leukocytapheresis therapy in
patients with active ulcerative
colitis Authors Yuhki Yagi, Akira
Andoh, Osamu Inatomi, Shigeki Bamba,
Tomoyuki Tsujikawa, Yoshihide
Fujiyama, Keiichi Mitsuyama and
Takashi Yoshida
Evaluation of mucin expression
patterns in gastric borderline
(group III) lesions Authors Hideki Minematsu,
Yasuharu Saito, Rie Kakinoki, Akira
Andoh, Ryoji Kushima and Yoshihide
Fujiyama
The pharmacodynamic effect of
omeprazole 10 mg and 20 mg once
daily in patients with nonerosive
reflux disease in Japan Authors Yoshikazu Kinoshita,
Takeaki Kobayashi, Mototsugu Kato,
Kan Asahina, Ken Haruma, Tomohiko
Shimatani, Shuji Inoue, Teppei
Kabemura, Susumu Kurosawa, Hajime
Kuwayama, Kiyoshi Ashida, Michiaki
Hirayama, Satoshi Kiyama, Munemitsu
Yamamoto, Junichi Suzuki, Hiroyuki
Suzuki, Katsuhiko Matsumoto and
Masaru Aoshima
Sex differences in irritable
bowel syndrome in Japanese
university students Authors Akiko Shiotani, Teruo
Miyanishi and Toku Takahashi
Ultrastructure of Helicobacter
pylori in human gastric mucosa and
H. pylori-infected human gastric
mucosa using transmission electron
microscopy and the high-pressure
freezing–freeze substitution
technique Authors Yanping Liu, Eiko
Hidaka, Yasunori Kaneko, Taiji
Akamatsu and Hiroyoshi Ota
Elevation of plasma tissue factor
levels in patients with severe acute
pancreatitis Authors Hidehiro Sawa,
Takashi Ueda, Yoshifumi Takeyama,
Takeo Yasuda, Naoki Matsumura,
Takahiro Nakajima, Tetsuo Ajiki,
Yasuhiro Fujino, Yasuyuki Suzuki and
Yoshikazu Kuroda
The canine copper toxicosis gene
MURR1 is not implicated in the
pathogenesis of Wilson disease
Authors Mario Lovicu, Valeria Dessì,
Maria Barbara Lepori, Antonietta
Zappu, Lucia Zancan, Raffaella
Giacchino, Maria Grazia Marazzi,
Raffaele Iorio, Angela Vegnente,
Pietro Vajro, Giuseppe Maggiore,
Matilde Marcellini, Cristiana
Barbera, Vladimir Kostic, Anna Maria
Giulia Farci, Antonello Solinas,
Buket Altuntas, Aysel Yuce, Nurten
Kocak, Aspasia Tsezou, Stefano De
Virgiliis, Antonio Cao and Georgios
Loudianos
Evaluation of the hemodynamics of
rectal varices by endoscopic
ultrasonography
Authors Takahiro Sato, Katsu
Yamazaki and Jun Akaike
Sildenafil
decreased pulmonary arterial
pressure but may have exacerbated
portal hypertension in a patient
with cirrhosis and portopulmonary
hypertension
Category Case report
Authors Ying-Wen Wang, Han-Chieh Lin,
Ying-Ying Yang, Ming-Chih Hou and
Shou-Dong Lee
A new ABCB11 mutation in two
Italian children with familial
intrahepatic cholestasis
Category Case report
Authors Valerio Nobili, Silvia Di
Giandomenico, Paola Francalanci,
Francesco Callea, Matilde Marcellini
and Filippo M. Santorelli
Life-threatening bleeding from
postbulbar duodenal ulcer saved by
emergency transcatheter arterial
embolization
Category Letters to the editor
Authors Tomotaka Akatsu, Koichi
Aiura, Masakazu Ueda, Nakatsuka
Seishi and Masaki Kitajima
Blastocystis hominis infection in
patient with regular dialysis
Category Letters to the editor
Authors Miho Hayashi, Masahiko
Inamori, Kouki Goto, Tomoyuki
Akiyama, Kouji Fujita, Ikuko Ikeda,
Toshio Fujisawa, Hirokazu Takahashi,
Masato Yoneda, Kouji Hara, Yasunobu
Abe, Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Kensuke
Kubota, Satoru Saito, Norio Ueno,
Atsushi Nakajima, Yumiko Hamada,
Hiroyuki Fukutomi and Hideyuki
Satsuta
Hepatotoxicity associated with
Lyophyllum decastes Sing. (Hatakeshimeji)
Category Letters to the editor
Authors Motoh Iwasa, Masahiko Kaito,
Shinichiro Horiike, Mika Yamamoto,
Ryosuke Sugimoto, Hideaki Tanaka,
Naoki Fujita, Yoshinao Kobayashi and
Yukihiko Adachi
Sex and gender in irritable bowel
syndrome
Category Editorial
Author Shin Fukudo
Hemodynamics of rectal varices
Category Editorial
Authors Sho Takagi, Yoshitaka
Kinouchi, Seiichi Takahashi and
Tooru Shimosegawa
