Association of Lewis and Secretor gene polymorphisms and Helicobacter pylori seropositivity among Japanese-Brazilians Sueli Mieko Oba-ShinjoMiyuki UnoNobuyuki Hamajima OriginalPaper Pages: 717 - 723
Expression of a 72-kDa heat shock protein, and its cytoprotective function, in gastric mucosa in cirrhotic rats Daisuke WatanabeMichiro OtakaSumio Watanabe OriginalPaper Pages: 724 - 733
The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Japanese children with gastritis or peptic ulcer disease Seiichi KatoYoshikazu NishinoKazuie Iinuma OriginalPaper Pages: 734 - 738
Characteristics of gastric B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type involving multiple organs Masahiro IwanoKazuichi OkazakiTsutomu Chiba OriginalPaper Pages: 739 - 746
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the stomach Kenji OkuboKenji YamaoKen-ichi Inada OriginalPaper Pages: 747 - 753
Infection and dysfunction of circulating blood dendritic cells and their subsets in chronic hepatitis C virus infection Eiji TsubouchiSk Md. Fazle AkbarMorikazu Onji OriginalPaper Pages: 754 - 762
Expression of gap junction protein connexin32 in chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma Yuichi NakashimaTakashi OnoNaofumi Nagasue OriginalPaper Pages: 763 - 768
Prognostic indicators of breakthrough hepatitis during lamivudine monotherapy for chronic hepatitis B virus infection Yasuhito TanakaAnthony E.T. YeoMasashi Mizokami OriginalPaper Pages: 769 - 775
Interferon monotherapy for patients with chronic hepatitis C and normal serum aminotransferase levels at commencement of treatment Satoshi MamoriFumitaka SuzukiHiromitsu Kumada OriginalPaper Pages: 776 - 782
Genetic analysis of the glutathione s-transferase genes MGST1, GSTM3, GSTT1, and GSTM1 in patients with hereditary pancreatitis Alexander SchneiderSandra TögelDavid C. Whitcomb OriginalPaper Pages: 783 - 787
Primary, solitary, adult T-cell leukemia / lymphoma of the descending colon Hideki HidakaMasayuki HotokezakaKazuo Chijiiwa Case report Pages: 788 - 792
Interstitial pneumonia induced by combined intraarterial 5-fluorouracil and subcutaneous interferon-α therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma Shinji YamamotoYasuhiko TomitaMorito Monden Case report Pages: 793 - 797
Pancreatic metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans Yujiro YokoyamaYoshiaki MurakamiTaijiro Sueda Case report Pages: 798 - 800
Negative immunohistochemical staining of p53 protein does not always reflect wild-type p53 gene in cancer cells Hideki HoriuchiHitoshi KawamataYoshikazu Kuroda Letters to the editor Pages: 801 - 803
Video capsule endoscopy for evaluating obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and suspected small-bowel pathology Giampaolo BresciGiuseppe ParisiAlfonso Capria Letters to the editor Pages: 803 - 804
Fulminant hepatic failure caused by malignant melanoma of unknown primary origin Misuzu TanakaSeishiro WatanabeShigeki Kuriyama Letters to the editor Pages: 804 - 806
Why are the results inconsistent on relationships between Se and Le genotypes and continuous infection of H. pylori? Shogo Kikuchi Editorial Pages: 807 - 808
Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood Masumi OkudaEikichi MiyashiroTeruko Nakazawa Editorial Pages: 809 - 810
Distinct susceptibility of dendritic cell subsets to hepatitis C virus infection: a plausible mechanism of dendritic cell dysfunction Tatsuya KantoNorio Hayashi Editorial Pages: 811 - 812
Events occurring at the time of breakthrough hepatitis during lamivudine treatment for chronic hepatitis B Osamu Yokosuka Editorial Pages: 813 - 814