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Research Article

• Hydrogen sulphide: a bacterial toxin in ulcerative colitis? (1 July, 1996)

  M C Pitcher, J H Cummings
• Oesophageal cancer is an uncommon cause of death in patients with Barrett's oesophagus. (1 July, 1996)

  A van der Burgh, J Dees, W C Hop, M van Blankenstein
• Risk factors of oesophageal perforation during pneumatic dilatation for achalasia. (1 July, 1996)

  E Borotto, M Gaudric, B Danel, J Samama, G Quartier, S Chaussade, D Couturier
• Decreased plasma isoleucine concentrations after upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in humans. (1 July, 1996)

  C H Dejong, W J Meijerink, C L van Berlo, N E Deutz, P B Soeters
• Helicobacter pylori infection in children: relation with current household living conditions. (1 July, 1996)

  W A McCallion, L J Murray, A G Bailie, A M Dalzell, D P O'Reilly, K B Bamford
• Role of Helicobacter pylori in ulcer healing and recurrence of gastric and duodenal ulcers in longterm NSAID users. Response to omeprazole dual therapy. (1 July, 1996)

  G Bianchi Porro, F Parente, V Imbesi, F Montrone, I Caruso
• Is saliva serology useful for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori? (1 July, 1996)

  J M Christie, C A McNulty, N A Shepherd, R M Valori
• Vitamin E concentrations in the human stomach and duodenum--correlation with Helicobacter pylori infection. (1 July, 1996)

  P S Phull, A B Price, M S Thorniley, C J Green, M R Jacyna
• Endoscopic papillectomy: a novel approach to difficult cannulation. (1 July, 1996)

  R J Farrell, M I Khan, N Noonan, K O'Byrne, P W Keeling
• An impaired phagocytic function is associated with leucocyte activation in the early stages of severe acute pancreatitis. (1 July, 1996)

  G Liras, F Carballo
• Factors associated with serum antibodies to reticulin, endomysium, and gliadin in an adult population. (1 July, 1996)

  S A McMillan, R P Watson, E E McCrum, A E Evans
• Allopurinol and glutamine attenuate bacterial translocation in chronic portal hypertensive and common bile duct ligated growing rats. (1 July, 1996)

  G Schimpl, P Pesendorfer, G Steinwender, G Feierl, M Ratschek, M E Höllwarth
• Bacterial overgrowth during treatment with omeprazole compared with cimetidine: a prospective randomised double blind study. (1 July, 1996)

  J Thorens, F Froehlich, W Schwizer, E Saraga, J Bille, K Gyr, P Duroux, M Nicolet, B Pignatelli, A L Blum, J J Gonvers, M Fried
• Adult coeliac disease and cigarette smoking. (1 July, 1996)

  J A Snook, L Dwyer, C Lee-Elliott, S Khan, D W Wheeler, D S Nicholas
• Azathioprine pharmacokinetics after intravenous, oral, delayed release oral and rectal foam administration. (1 July, 1996)

  E C Van Os, B J Zins, W J Sandborn, D C Mays, W J Tremaine, D W Mahoney, A R Zinsmeister, J J Lipsky
• Association of HLA class II genes with susceptibility to Crohn's disease. (1 July, 1996)

  P M Danzé, J F Colombel, S Jacquot, M N Loste, D Heresbach, S Ategbo, S Khamassi, B Périchon, G Semana, D Charron, J P Cézard
• Autoantibodies and immunoglobulins in collagenous colitis. (1 July, 1996)

  J Bohr, C Tysk, P Yang, D Danielsson, G Järnerot
• Methionine derivatives diminish sulphide damage to colonocytes--implications for ulcerative colitis. (1 July, 1996)

  W E Roediger, W Babidge, S Millard
• Budesonide prolongs time to relapse in ileal and ileocaecal Crohn's disease. A placebo controlled one year study. (1 July, 1996)

  R Löfberg, P Rutgeerts, H Malchow, C Lamers, A Danielsson, G Olaison, D Jewell, O Ostergaard Thomsen, H Lorenz-Meyer, H Goebell, H Hodgson, T Persson, C Seidegård
• Promotion of colorectal neoplasia in experimental murine ulcerative colitis. (1 July, 1996)

  I Okayasu, T Ohkusa, K Kajiura, J Kanno, S Sakamoto
• Nitric oxide donating compounds stimulate human colonic ion transport in vitro. (1 July, 1996)

  W A Stack, B Filipowicz, C J Hawkey
• High intracolonic acetaldehyde values produced by a bacteriocolonic pathway for ethanol oxidation in piglets. (1 July, 1996)

  K Jokelainen, T Matysiak-Budnik, H Mäkisalo, K Höckerstedt, M Salaspuro
• Risk of colorectal adenomas in patients with a family history of colorectal cancer: some implications for screening programmes. (1 July, 1996)

  J F Aitken, C J Bain, M Ward, V Siskind, R MacLennan
• How well does stool form reflect colonic transit? (1 July, 1996)

  L P Degen, S F Phillips
• Divergent patterns of matrix metalloproteinase activity during wound healing in ileum and colon of rats. (1 July, 1996)

  W F Seifert, T Wobbes, T Hendriks
• Disturbed anal sphincter function following vaginal delivery. (1 July, 1996)

  J M Wynne, J L Myles, I Jones, R Sapsford, R E Young, A Hattam, S E Cantamessa
• Autonomic control of colonic tone and the cold pressore test. (1 July, 1996)

  M J Ford, M Camilleri, M J Joyner, R B Hanson
• Double blind, placebo controlled food reactions do not correlate to IgE allergy in the diagnosis of staple food related gastrointestinal symptoms. (1 July, 1996)

  U Bengtsson, U Nilsson-Balknäs, L A Hanson, S Ahlstedt
• Intestinal immunisation with Escherichia coli protects rats against Escherichia coli induced cholangitis. (1 July, 1996)

  B D Aagaard, M F Heyworth, A L Oesterle, A L Jones, L W Way
• Hepatic phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy in primary biliary cirrhosis and its relation to prognostic models. (1 July, 1996)

  R Jalan, J Sargentoni, G A Coutts, J D Bell, K Rolles, A K Burroughs, S D Taylor Robinson