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Letters

• Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio as a predictor of oesophageal varices in alcoholic cirrhosis (11 June, 2004)

  T A Zimbwa, C Blanshard, A Subramaniam
• Diagnosis of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) (11 June, 2004)

  J R Jass
• Bone density loss in Crohn’s disease: role of TNF and potential for prevention by bupropion (11 June, 2004)

  R E Kast, E L Altschuler
• Poor bowel preparation: a poor excuse (11 June, 2004)

  P J Mullen
• Sporadic duodenal adenoma and colorectal neoplasia (11 June, 2004)

  A C Ford, O Rotimi, S M Everett
• Dysbiosis as a prerequisite for IBD (11 June, 2004)

  C P Tamboli, C Neut, P Desreumaux, J F Colombel
• Remarkable difference in the mode of HCV transmission among haemodialysis patients and IVDAs (11 June, 2004)

  S M Alavian, B Hajarizadeh
• COX 2 inhibition and bowel strictures (11 June, 2004)

  L P Maiden, I Bjarnason
• Intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide therapy in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (11 June, 2004)

  Z Barta, L Toth, G G Szabo, G Szegedi, M Zeher