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Research Article

• Branched-chain amino acids in the treatment of chronic hepatic encephalopathy. (1 October, 1982)

  L S Eriksson, A Persson, J Wahren
• Disposition of oral metronidazole in hepatic cirrhosis and in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. (1 October, 1982)

  T K Daneshmend, M Homeida, C M Kaye, A A Elamin, C J Roberts
• What does the antimitochondrial antibody mean? (1 October, 1982)

  D R Triger, C A Charlton, A M Ward
• Effects of cirrhosis and ageing on the elimination and bioavailability of ranitidine. (1 October, 1982)

  C J Young, T K Daneshmend, C J Roberts
• Is the transit time of a meal through the small intestine related to the rate at which it leaves the stomach? (1 October, 1982)

  N W Read, J Cammack, C Edwards, A M Holgate, P A Cann, C Brown
• Diagnostic value of serum primary bile acids in detecting bile acid malabsorption. (1 October, 1982)

  R Aldini, A Roda, D Festi, G Mazzella, A M Morselli, C Sama, E Roda, N Scopinaro, L Barbara
• Polyps and cancer of the large bowel: a necropsy study in Liverpool. (1 October, 1982)

  A R Williams, B A Balasooriya, D W Day
• Water and electrolyte absorption by the colon in tropical sprue. (1 October, 1982)

  B S Ramakrishna, V I Mathan
• Simultaneous culture of saliva and jejunal aspirate in the investigation of small bowel bacterial overgrowth. (1 October, 1982)

  I Hamilton, B W Worsley, I Cobden, E M Cooke, J G Shoesmith, A T Axon
• Gut hormone release after intestinal resection. (1 October, 1982)

  H S Besterman, T E Adrian, C N Mallinson, N D Christofides, D L Sarson, A Pera, L Lombardo, R Modigliani, S R Bloom
• Assessment of ileal function by abdominal counting of the retention of a gamma emitting bile acid analogue. (1 October, 1982)

  E H Thaysen, M Orholm, T Arnfred, J Carl, P Rødbro
• Effect of smoking on duodenal ulcer healing with cimetidine and oxmetidine. (1 October, 1982)

  R Gugler, H G Rohner, P Kratochvil, G Brandstätter, H Schmitz