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Research Article

• Antimicrobial peptides in the gastrointestinal tract. (1 February, 1997)

  Y R Mahida, F Rose, W C Chan
• Central peptidergic control of gastric acid secretion. (1 February, 1997)

  J G Geoghegan, T N Pappas
• Multivariate analysis of pathophysiological factors in reflux oesophagitis. (1 February, 1997)

  G Cadiot, A Bruhat, D Rigaud, T Coste, A Vuagnat, Y Benyedder, T Vallot, D Le Guludec, M Mignon
• Superoxide anions produced by inflammatory cells play an important part in the pathogenesis of acid and pepsin induced oesophagitis in rabbits. (1 February, 1997)

  M J Naya, D Pereboom, J Ortego, J O Alda, A Lanas
• The relationship between acid and bile reflux and symptoms in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. (1 February, 1997)

  R E Marshall, A Anggiansah, W A Owen, W J Owen
• Oesophageal manometry in the evaluation of megacolon with onset in adult life. (1 February, 1997)

  G Basilisco, P Velio, P A Bianchi
• Open access gastroscopy: second survey of current practice in the United Kingdom. (1 February, 1997)

  J G Silcock, M G Bramble
• Epithelium related deposition of activated complement in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis. (1 February, 1997)

  A E Berstad, P Brandtzaeg, R Stave, T S Halstensen
• Healing with basic fibroblast growth factor is associated with reduced indomethacin induced relapse in a human model of gastric ulceration. (1 February, 1997)

  M A Hull, A Knifton, B Filipowicz, J L Brough, G Vautier, C J Hawkey
• Chemical synthesis of nitric oxide in the stomach from dietary nitrate in humans. (1 February, 1997)

  G M McKnight, L M Smith, R S Drummond, C W Duncan, M Golden, N Benjamin
• Is the sugar intestinal permeability test a reliable investigation for coeliac disease screening? (1 February, 1997)

  C Catassi, E Fabiani, I M Rätsch, A Bonucci, M Dotti, G V Coppa, P L Giorgi
• Assessing the quality of life of patients with intestinal failure on home parenteral nutrition. (1 February, 1997)

  D M Richards, M H Irving
• Effect of bran, ispaghula, and inert plastic particles on gastric emptying and small bowel transit in humans: the role of physical factors. (1 February, 1997)

  A McIntyre, R M Vincent, A C Perkins, R C Spiller
• Reduced bone density in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. (1 February, 1997)

  I Bjarnason, A Macpherson, C Mackintosh, M Buxton-Thomas, I Forgacs, C Moniz
• Altered expression of mucins throughout the colon in ulcerative colitis. (1 February, 1997)

  J E Smithson, A Campbell, J M Andrews, J D Milton, R Pigott, D P Jewell
• Altered expression of alpha 4 beta 7, a gut homing integrin, by circulating and mucosal T cells in colonic mucosal inflammation. (1 February, 1997)

  J Meenan, J Spaans, T A Grool, S T Pals, G N Tytgat, S J van Deventer
• Relation between gastric cancer and previous peptic ulcer disease. (1 February, 1997)

  R M Molloy, A Sonnenberg
• In vitro influence of Phaseolus vulgaris, Griffonia simplicifolia, concanavalin A, wheat germ, and peanut agglutinins on HCT-15, LoVo, and SW837 human colorectal cancer cell growth. (1 February, 1997)

  R Kiss, I Camby, C Duckworth, R De Decker, I Salmon, J L Pasteels, A Danguy, P Yeaton
• Frequency and risk factors of recurrent pain during refeeding in patients with acute pancreatitis: a multivariate multicentre prospective study of 116 patients. (1 February, 1997)

  P Lévy, D Heresbach, E A Pariente, A Boruchowicz, R Delcenserie, B Millat, J Moreau, L Le Bodic, L de Calan, M Barthet, A Sauvanet, P Bernades
• Expression of peptide receptors in human endocrine tumours of the pancreas. (1 February, 1997)

  C Tang, I Biemond, C B Lamers
• Endoscopic management of Mirizzi's syndrome. (1 February, 1997)

  R E England, D F Martin
• T cell responses to tuberculin purified protein derivative in primary biliary cirrhosis: evidence for defective T cell function. (1 February, 1997)

  D E Jones, J M Palmer, M P Leon, S J Yeaman, M F Bassendine, A G Diamond
• Mesalazine as a maintenance treatment in Crohn's disease: is it the long awaited solution? (1 February, 1997)

  T Sahmoud, J Y Mary, T Sahmoud
• Recombinant peptides for gastrointestinal ulceration: still early days. (1 February, 1997)

  R J Playford
• Dietary nitrate: poison or panacea? (1 February, 1997)

  P Vallance
• Adult coeliac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis and smoking. (1 February, 1997)

  J T Lear, J S English, P W Jones
• Risk factors for pancreatitis. (1 February, 1997)

  A S Mee, M Bower
• Gastric ulcers. (1 February, 1997)

  H D Janowitz