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Research Article

• Mucus-bicarbonate barrier--shield or sieve. (1 December, 1987)

  W D Rees
• De-Nol stimulates gastric and duodenal alkaline secretion through prostaglandin dependent mechanism. (1 December, 1987)

  S J Konturek, J Bilski, N Kwiecien, W Obtuløwicz, B Kopp, J Oleksy
• Effect of the diaphragmatic contraction on lower oesophageal sphincter pressure in man. (1 December, 1987)

  R K Mittal, D F Rochester, R W McCallum
• Effects of partial truncal vagotomy on intragastric pressure responses to vagal stimulation and gastric distension in ferrets. (1 December, 1987)

  S A Asala, A J Bower, I N Lawes
• Healthy controls have as much bile reflux as gastric ulcer patients. (1 December, 1987)

  N E Schindlbeck, C Heinrich, F Stellaard, G Paumgartner, S A Müller-Lissner
• Effect of food consistency on gastric emptying in man. (1 December, 1987)

  L A Houghton, F Hickson, N W Read
• Local immunoglobulin production is different in gastritis associated with dermatitis herpetiformis and simple gastritis. (1 December, 1987)

  K Valnes, P Brandtzaeg, K Elgjo, R Stave, K Baklien, O Fausa
• Coeliac disease among children in Kuwait: difficulties in diagnosis and management. (1 December, 1987)

  F A Khuffash, M H Barakat, A A Shaltout, S S Farwana, M S Adnani, M F Tungekar
• Psychiatric illness in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. (1 December, 1987)

  H Andrews, P Barczak, R N Allan
• Participation of prostaglandin E2 in the purinergic neurotransmission of gut. (1 December, 1987)

  J T Cheng, K Shinozuka
• Reduction of colonic motility by intravenous nicardipine in irritable bowel syndrome. (1 December, 1987)

  A Prior, S R Harris, P J Whorwell
• Colonic myoelectrical activity in IBS painless diarrhoea. (1 December, 1987)

  J Frexinos, J Fioramonti, L Bueno
• Immunological study of the rectal mucosa of men with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection. (1 December, 1987)

  P E Bishop, A McMillan, H M Gilmour
• Significance of a fall in serum CEA concentration in patients treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy for disseminated colorectal cancer. (1 December, 1987)

  T G Allen-Mersh, N Kemeny, D Niedzwiecki, B Shurgot, J M Daly
• Ulcerative colitis in the Jewish population of southern Israel 1961-1985: epidemiological and clinical study. (1 December, 1987)

  H S Odes, D Fraser, J Krawiec
• Hepatic intestinal uptake and release of catecholamines in alcoholic cirrhosis. Evidence of enhanced hepatic intestinal sympathetic nervous activity. (1 December, 1987)

  J H Henriksen, H Ring-Larsen, N J Christensen
• Renal function in fulminant hepatic failure: haemodynamics and renal prostaglandins. (1 December, 1987)

  F Guarner, R D Hughes, A E Gimson, R Williams
• Effect of recombinant interleukin 2 on hepatitis B e antigen positive chronic hepatitis. (1 December, 1987)

  M Onji, H Kondoh, N Horiike, S Yamaguchi, Y Ogawa, I Kumon, Y Ohta
• Cholangitis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: report of two cases and review of the literature. (1 December, 1987)

  D Roulot, D Valla, F Brun-Vezinet, M A Rey, F Clavel, C Degott, J Guillan, J Verduron, B Rueff, J P Benhamou
• Multiple listerial liver abscesses. (1 December, 1987)

  D Jenkins, J E Richards, Y Rees, A C Wicks
• Neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma of the small intestine: is it Crohn's disease? (1 December, 1987)

  N A Shepherd, J R Jass
• Crohn's disease with respiratory tract involvement. (1 December, 1987)

  M Lemann, B Messing, F D'Agay, R Modigliani
• Clinical and ultrastructural studies in duodenal pseudomelanosis. (1 December, 1987)

  J Y Kang, A Y Wu, J L Chia, A Wee, I H Sutherland, R Hori
• Report of a working party on the staffing of endoscopy units. (1 December, 1987)