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Research Article

• To dilate or to operate? That is the question. (1 November, 1983)

  G Vantrappen, J Janssens
• Pneumatic dilatation in achalasia. (1 November, 1983)

  I W Fellows, A L Ogilvie, M Atkinson
• Oesophageal mucosal changes in patients with varices. (1 November, 1983)

  R A Spence, J M Sloan, G W Johnston, A Greenfield
• Studies of the 'mucus-bicarbonate' barrier on rat fundic mucosa: the effects of luminal pH and a stable prostaglandin analogue. (1 November, 1983)

  I N Ross, L A Turnberg
• Comparative studies of mononuclear phagocyte function in patients with Crohn's disease and colon neoplasms. (1 November, 1983)

  W L Beeken, S St Andre-Ukena, R M Gundel
• Combination chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and 1,3-bis(2-chloro-ethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) prolongs survival of rats with dimethylhydrazine-induced colon cancer. (1 November, 1983)

  M Danzi, M R Lewin, J P Cruse, C G Clark
• Epithelial cell proliferation in the rectal stump of patients with ileorectal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. (1 November, 1983)

  T Lehy, M Mignon, J L Abitbol
• Experience with transjugular liver biopsy. (1 November, 1983)

  H J Bull, I T Gilmore, R D Bradley, J H Marigold, R P Thompson
• Significance of delta agent infection in chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a study in British carriers. (1 November, 1983)

  I V Weller, P Karayiannis, A S Lok, L Montano, M Bamber, H C Thomas, S Sherlock
• Endoscopy and infection. (1 November, 1983)

  A T Axon, P B Cotton
• Gastrointestinal endoscopy: infection and disinfection. (1 November, 1983)

  H J O'Connor, A T Axon
• Gastrointestinal instrumentation, bacteraemia, and endocarditis. (1 November, 1983)

  P J Shorvon, S J Eykyn, P B Cotton
• Embolisation of gastroduodenal artery aneurysm caused by chronic pancreatitis. (1 November, 1983)

  R V Thakker, B Gajjar, R A Wilkins, A J Levi
• Career prospects in medical gastroenterology in the UK: a follow up survey 1980-2. (1 November, 1983)

  J E Lennard-Jones