TT virus: virological and genomic characteristics and disease associations Hiroaki OkamotoMakoto Mayumi Review Pages: 519 - 529
Effect of prepyloric gastric transection and anastomosis on sphincter of Oddi cyclic motility in conscious dogs Toshinaga NabaeShunichi TakahataMasao Tanaka Pages: 530 - 537
Gastric emptying and orocecal transit time in pregnancy Marisa ChiloiroGiuseppe DarconzaGiuseppe Riezzo Pages: 538 - 543
Th1/Th2 cytokine profiles and their relationship to clinical features in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection Satoshi SobueTomoyuki NomuraShinichi Kakumu Pages: 544 - 551
Liver abscess in patients with cirrhosis of the liver: a 12-year experience Chung-Mou KuoChung-Huang KuoChi-Sin Changchien Pages: 552 - 556
Contrast-enhanced intraductal ultrasonography for thickened bile duct wall Takafumi HyodoNaoko HyodoMichio Imawari Pages: 557 - 559
Esophagectomy and hepatic arterial chemotherapy following hepatic resection for esophageal cancer with liver metastasis Tetsu YamamotoMitsuo TachibanaNaofumi Nagasue Case report Pages: 560 - 563
Alcoholic liver cirrhosis complicated with torsade de pointes during plasma exchange and hemodiafiltration Hiroki NakasoneRichiko SugamaTakayoshi Toda Case report Pages: 564 - 568
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in autoimmune hepatitis Akitaka ShibuyaAkihiko SatomichiKatsunori Saigenji Case report Pages: 569 - 573
Portal vein thrombosis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome Yoshihide HirohataAkitoshi MurataMakoto Otsuki Case report Pages: 574 - 578
Helicobacter pylori infection does not affect serum leptin concentration and body mass index (BMI) in asymptomatic subjects Letter to the editor Pages: 579 - 580
Is contrast-enhanced intraductal ultrasonography helpful in the differential diagnosis of a thickened bile duct wall? Kazuo Inui Editorial Pages: 583 - 584