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Research Article

• Fine needle biopsy: cytology, histology or both? (1 March, 1987)

  M A Hall-Craggs, W R Lees
• Histologic differential diagnosis of focal liver lesions by ultrasonically guided fine needle biopsy. (1 March, 1987)

  B Limberg, W W Höpker, B Kommerell
• Comparison of ultrasonography, computed tomography and 99mTc liver scan in diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome. (1 March, 1987)

  S Gupta, S Barter, G W Phillips, R N Gibson, H J Hodgson
• Enhanced oral bioavailability of meptazinol in cirrhosis. (1 March, 1987)

  G G Birnie, G G Thompson, T Murray, G Watkinson, M J Brodie
• Comparative modes of action of lactitol and lactulose in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy. (1 March, 1987)

  D H Patil, D Westaby, Y R Mahida, K R Palmer, R Rees, M L Clark, A M Dawson, D B Silk
• Measurement and correlation of wedged hepatic, intrahepatic, intrasplenic and intravariceal pressures in patients with cirrhosis of liver and non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis. (1 March, 1987)

  S K Sarin, K K Sethi, R Nanda
• Electrohydraulic lithotripsy of gall stones--in vitro and animal studies. (1 March, 1987)

  J Harrison, D L Morris, J Haynes, A Hitchcock, C Womack, D C Wherry
• Motor responses of the oesophagus to intraluminal distension in normal subjects and patients with oesophageal clearance disorders. (1 March, 1987)

  G P Kendall, D G Thompson, S J Day, N Garvie
• Gastric acid and pancreatic polypeptide responses to modified sham feeding. Effects of truncal and parietal cell vagotomy. (1 March, 1987)

  S J Konturek, T Popiela, M Słowiaczek, W Bielański
• Molecular weight of gastric mucus glycoprotein is a determinant of the degree of subsequent aspirin induced chronic gastric ulceration in the rat. (1 March, 1987)

  P F Bagshaw, D J Munster, J G Wilson
• Effect of bedtime ranitidine on overnight gastric acid output and intragastric pH: dose/response study and comparison with cimetidine. (1 March, 1987)

  J B Chambers, D Pryce, J M Bland, T C Northfield
• Effect of chronic administration of cisapride on gastric emptying of a solid meal and on dyspeptic symptoms in patients with idiopathic gastroparesis. (1 March, 1987)

  R Corinaldesi, V Stanghellini, C Raiti, E Rea, R Salgemini, L Barbara
• Gastric and duodenal polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis: a prospective study of the nature and prevalence of upper gastrointestinal polyps. (1 March, 1987)

  R G Sarre, A G Frost, D G Jagelman, R E Petras, M V Sivak, E McGannon
• Measurement of arachidonate and its metabolites extracted from human normal and malignant gastrointestinal tissues. (1 March, 1987)

  A Bennett, A Civier, C N Hensby, P B Melhuish, I F Stamford
• Gastric enzymes as a screening test for gastric cancer. (1 March, 1987)

  P J Finch, F P Ryan, K Rogers, S Holt
• Comparative effectiveness of the tumour diagnostics, CA 19-9, CA 125 and carcinoembryonic antigen in patients with diseases of the digestive system. (1 March, 1987)

  K Sakamoto, Y Haga, R Yoshimura, H Egami, Y Yokoyama, M Akagi
• Raised serum concentrations of pancreatic enzymes in cigarette smokers. (1 March, 1987)

  M A Dubick, C N Conteas, H T Billy, A P Majumdar, M C Geokas
• Raised plasma concentrations of platelet factor 4 (PF4) in Crohn's disease. (1 March, 1987)

  M Simi, S Leardi, M T Tebano, M Castelli, F M Costantini, V Speranza
• Immunohistochemical localisation of vitamin B12 R-binder in the human digestive tract. (1 March, 1987)

  H Kudo, M Inada, G Ohshio, Y Wakatsuki, K Ogawa, Y Hamashima, T Miyake
• Effects of olsalazine in the jejunum of the rat. (1 March, 1987)

  A Q Mohsen, D Mulvey, J D Priddle, D S Parsons, D P Jewell
• Effect of aging on anorectal function. (1 March, 1987)

  J J Bannister, L Abouzekry, N W Read
• Periampullary cyst: a surgically remediable cause of pancreatitis. (1 March, 1987)

  I Kalvaria, P C Bornman, A H Girdwood, I N Marks