Effect of germinated barley foodstuff administration on mineral utilization in rodents Osamu KanauchiYoshio ArakiToshifumi Hibi Pages: 188 - 194
Predictive value of histology at the invasive margin in the prognosis of early invasive colorectal carcinoma Tadahiko MasakiTetsuichiro Muto Pages: 195 - 200
Spontaneous loss of hepatitis B surface antigen in chronic carriers, based on a long-term follow-up study in Goto Islands, Japan Yuji KatoKazuhiko NakaoKatsumi Eguchi Pages: 201 - 205
Viral serostatus and coexisting inflammatory activity affect metachronous carcinogenesis after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma. A further report Naoki YamanakaMasafumi TakadaEizo Okamoto Pages: 206 - 213
Induction of hepatic stellate cell proliferation by LPS-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with liver cirrhosis Kyoko TodaNaoki KumagaiHiromasa Ishii Pages: 214 - 220
Fluctuation patterns of HCV-RNA serum level in patients with chronic hepatitis C Yasuji AraseKenji IkedaHiromitsu Kumada Pages: 221 - 225
Autoimmune reactivity of sera to hepatocyte plasma membrane in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis Isao MatsuoNobuhiro IkunoIan R. Mackay Pages: 226 - 234
Idiopathic portal hypertension associated with systemic lupus erythematosus Hitoshi InagakiToshiaki NonamiJunichi Sakamoto Case report Pages: 235 - 239
Hepatocellular carcinoma complicated by hemothorax Naondo SoharaHitoshi TakagiMasatomo Mori Case report Pages: 240 - 244
A patient with primary biliary cirrhosis associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia Hiroki NakasoneHiroshi SakugawaIchiro Kan Case report Pages: 245 - 249
Does IL-6 regulate liver fibrosis / cirrhosis directly and indirectly? Kozo KayanoKiwamu Okita Editorial Pages: 250 - 251
Autoantibodies to hepatocyte plasma membrane antigens in autoimmune hepatitis: old and new subjects; what do we need? Mikio Zeniya Editorial Pages: 252 - 253
Childhood duodenal ulcer: is there any pathogenetic association with Helicobacter pylori urease? A. NijevitchE. AkhunovI. Ousmanova Letter to the editor Pages: 254 - 255