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Research Article

• Gastric surfactant and the hydrophobic mucosal barrier. (1 November, 1996)

  B A Hills
• Regulation of metal absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. (1 November, 1996)

  M W Whitehead, R P Thompson, J J Powell
• Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and related gastroduodenal lesions in spouses of Helicobacter pylori positive patients with duodenal ulcer. (1 November, 1996)

  F Parente, G Maconi, O Sangaletti, M Minguzzi, L Vago, E Rossi, G Bianchi Porro
• Helicobacter pylori infection in spouses of patients with duodenal ulcers and comparison of ribosomal RNA gene patterns. (1 November, 1996)

  S D Georgopoulos, A F Mentis, C A Spiliadis, L S Tzouvelekis, E Tzelepi, A Moshopoulos, N Skandalis
• Atrophic gastric changes in both Helicobacter felis and Helicobacter pylori infected mice are host dependent and separate from antral gastritis. (1 November, 1996)

  T Sakagami, M Dixon, J O'Rourke, R Howlett, F Alderuccio, J Vella, T Shimoyama, A Lee
• Marked increase in gastric acid secretory capacity after omeprazole treatment. (1 November, 1996)

  H L Waldum, J S Arnestad, E Brenna, I Eide, U Syversen, A K Sandvik
• Aspirin related gastrointestinal bleeders have an exaggerated bleeding time response due to aspirin use. (1 November, 1996)

  A I Lanas, M T Arroyo, F Esteva, R Cornudella, B I Hirschowitz, R Sáinz
• Physiological control of cholecystokinin release and pancreatic enzyme secretion by intraduodenal bile acids. (1 November, 1996)

  I Koop, M Schindler, A Bosshammer, J Scheibner, E Stange, H Koop
• Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: accuracy and clinical value of the uniformly labelled 13C-Hiolein breath test. (1 November, 1996)

  B Lembcke, B Braden, W F Caspary
• Pancreatitis associated protein as an early marker of acute pancreatitis. (1 November, 1996)

  E Kemppainen, J Sand, P Puolakkainen, S Laine, J Hedström, V Sainio, R Haapiainen, I Nordback
• Combination thymosin alpha 1 and lymphoblastoid interferon treatment in chronic hepatitis C. (1 November, 1996)

  G Rasi, D DiVirgilio, M G Mutchnick, F Colella, P Sinibaldi-Vallebona, P Pierimarchi, B Valli, E Garaci
• Increased production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha interleukin-1 beta, and interleukin-6 by morphologically normal intestinal biopsies from patients with Crohn's disease. (1 November, 1996)

  J M Reimund, C Wittersheim, S Dumont, C D Muller, J S Kenney, R Baumann, P Poindron, B Duclos
• Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease across Europe: is there a difference between north and south? Results of the European Collaborative Study on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD). (1 November, 1996)

  S Shivananda, J Lennard-Jones, R Logan, N Fear, A Price, L Carpenter, M van Blankenstein
• Phospholipase A2 activating protein and idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease. (1 November, 1996)

  J W Peterson, W D Dickey, S S Saini, W Gourley, G R Klimpel, A K Chopra
• Cytokine gene polymorphisms in inflammatory bowel disease. (1 November, 1996)

  E Louis, J Satsangi, M Roussomoustakaki, M Parkes, G Fanning, K Welsh, D Jewell
• Detection of adenocarcinoma in Barrett's oesophagus by means of laser induced fluorescence. (1 November, 1996)

  C S von Holstein, A M Nilsson, S Andersson-Engels, R Willén, B Walther, K Svanberg
• Identification of carcinoembryonic antigen-producing cells circulating in the blood of patients with colorectal carcinoma by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. (1 November, 1996)

  S Jonas, S Windeatt, A O-Boateng, C Fordy, T G Allen-Mersh
• Comparison of three faecal occult blood tests in the detection of colorectal neoplasia. (1 November, 1996)

  R L Hope, G Chu, A H Hope, R G Newcombe, P E Gillespie, S J Williams
• Laser and brachytherapy in the palliation of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and cardia. (1 November, 1996)

  G M Spencer, S M Thorpe, I R Sargeant, G M Blackman, J Solano, J S Tobias, S G Bown
• Dietary folate protects against the development of macroscopic colonic neoplasia in a dose responsive manner in rats. (1 November, 1996)

  Y I Kim, R N Salomon, F Graeme-Cook, S W Choi, D E Smith, G E Dallal, J B Mason
• Oxytocin increases thresholds of colonic visceral perception in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. (1 November, 1996)

  D Louvel, M Delvaux, A Felez, J Fioramonti, L Bueno, Y Lazorthes, J Frexinos
• Rapid distal small bowel transit associated with sympathetic denervation in type I diabetes mellitus. (1 November, 1996)

  L Rosa-e-Silva, L E Troncon, R B Oliveira, M C Foss, F J Braga, L Gallo Júnior
• Effect of distension and feeding on phasic changes in human proximal gastric tone. (1 November, 1996)

  N K Ahluwalia, D G Thompson, J Barlow
• Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver: percutaneous stent therapy in Budd-Chiari syndrome. (1 November, 1996)

  J Vogel, J Görich, E Kramme, E Merkle, R Sokiranski, P Kern, H J Brambs
• Zonal adult Hirschsprung's disease. (1 November, 1996)

  C G Fu, T Muto, T Masaki, H Nagawa
• Helicobacter pylori: is it all in the family? (1 November, 1996)

  B J Collins
• Adding interventions to interferon in chronic HCV infections. (1 November, 1996)

  J Main
• Sensational developments in the irritable bowel. (1 November, 1996)

  B Naliboff, E A Mayer