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Research Article

• Growth factors and the liver. (1 June, 1991)

  A C Selden, H J Hodgson
• Prospective clinical and manometric study comparing pneumatic dilatation and sublingual nifedipine in the treatment of oesophageal achalasia. (1 June, 1991)

  G Coccia, M Bortolotti, P Michetti, M Dodero
• Monitoring of upper oesophageal sphincter pressure in children. (1 June, 1991)

  G P Davidson, J Dent, J Willing
• Value of ultrasound in differentiating causes of persistent vomiting in infants. (1 June, 1991)

  M D Rollins, M D Shields, R J Quinn, M A Wooldridge
• Role of the proximal and distal stomach in mixed solid and liquid meal emptying. (1 June, 1991)

  P J Collins, L A Houghton, N W Read, M Horowitz, B E Chatterton, R Heddle, J Dent
• Peptic ulcer disease: absence of antibodies stimulating the histamine sensitive adenylate cyclase of gastric mucosal cells. (1 June, 1991)

  P Burman, S Mårdh, L Lööf, J Naesdal, F A Karlsson
• Diagnostic value of measurement of serum type I procollagen carboxy terminal peptides in patients with scirrhous carcinoma of the stomach. (1 June, 1991)

  K Kohda, N Ito, M Ohwada, K Morita, N Watanabe, Y Kohgo, Y Mogi, Y Niitsu
• Negative chronotropic effects of nizatidine. (1 June, 1991)

  A Halabi, W Kirch
• Atrial natriuretic peptide and water and electrolyte transport in the human jejunum. (1 June, 1991)

  J Brunner, R Lübcke, G O Barbezat, T G Yandle, E A Espiner
• Jejunal permeability to water and electrolytes in patients with chronic intrahepatic hypertension: evidence for a role of aldosterone. (1 June, 1991)

  B Duclos, P Bories, J C Mathieu-Daude, H Michel
• Prostaglandin protects against bile salt induced increases in proton permeation of duodenal brush border membrane. (1 June, 1991)

  D Zhao, B H Hirst
• 'Low sodium' diuresis and ileal loss in patients with ileostomies: effect of desmopressin. (1 June, 1991)

  M Sutters, D J Carmichael, R J Unwin, C Sozi, M Hunter, J Calam, S L Lightman, W S Peart
• Total orthotopic allogeneic small bowel transplantation in rats: effect of allograft irradiation combined with cyclosporine-A therapy. (1 June, 1991)

  R E Saat, R W de Bruin, E Heineman, J Jeekel, R L Marquet
• Fluticasone propionate in Crohn's disease. (1 June, 1991)

  M C de Kaski, A M Peters, J P Lavender, H J Hodgson
• Abdominal distension in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome: exploration of possible mechanisms. (1 June, 1991)

  D G Maxton, D F Martin, P J Whorwell, M Godfrey
• Investigation of normal flatus production in healthy volunteers. (1 June, 1991)

  J Tomlin, C Lowis, N W Read
• Reflex anal dilatation: effect of parting the buttocks on anal function in normal subjects and patients with anorectal and spinal disease. (1 June, 1991)

  N W Read, W M Sun
• Human papillomavirus type 16 DNA in anal cancers from six different countries. (1 June, 1991)

  J H Scholefield, I B Kerr, N A Shepherd, K J Miller, R Bloomfield, J M Northover
• Natural history of hepatic haemangiomas: clinical and ultrasound study. (1 June, 1991)

  L Gandolfi, P Leo, L Solmi, E Vitelli, G Verros, A Colecchia
• Caffeine clearance by enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique: a simple, inexpensive, and useful indicator of liver function. (1 June, 1991)

  J E McDonagh, V V Nathan, I C Bonavia, G R Moyle, A R Tanner
• Palliation of proximal malignant biliary obstruction by endoscopic endoprosthesis insertion. (1 June, 1991)

  A A Polydorou, S R Cairns, J F Dowsett, A R Hatfield, P R Salmon, P B Cotton, R C Russell
• Distension of the gall bladder inhibits sphincter of Oddi motility in humans. (1 June, 1991)

  A Thune, G T Saccone, J P Scicchitano, J Toouli
• Skin and gullet. (1 June, 1991)

  S Walton, J R Bennett
• Gastrin-histamine sequence in the regulation of gastric acid secretion. (1 June, 1991)

  H L Waldum, A K Sandvik, E Brenna, H Petersen
• Enteral feeding as sole treatment for Crohn's disease: controlled trial of whole protein v amino acid based feed and a case study of dietary challenge. (1 June, 1991)

  A H Raouf, V Hildrey, J Daniel, R J Walker, N Krasner, E Elias, J M Rhodes
• Comparative study of glass and antimony electrodes for continuous oesophageal pH monitoring. (1 June, 1991)

  Y Vandenplas, R Helven, H Goyvaerts
• Chronic periaortitis presenting as common bile duct obstruction. (1 June, 1991)

  D Remedios, M Coppen, J Bradbeer, A Theodossi
• Azathioprine induced liver disease: nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver and perivenous fibrosis in a patient treated for multiple sclerosis. (1 June, 1991)

  F Mion, B Napoleon, F Berger, M Chevallier, S Bonvoisin, L Descos
• Granulomatous peritonitis and appendicitis of food starch origin. (1 June, 1991)

  B Veress, I Alafuzoff, G Juliusson