Annals ofGastroenterology & Hepatology

Volume: 2 - Number: 11 - April 15, 2004

Outstanding

Potential alternatives to COX 2 inhibitors

Recent developments in gastroenterology

Regular review: Management of Crohn's disease

Randomised controlled trials in primary care: case study

Clinical Review

Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Interstitial Cells of Cajal: From Bench To Bedside: VI. Pathogenesis and therapeutic approaches to human gastric dysrhythmias

Recent developments in gastroenterology

Regular review: Management of Crohn's disease

Editorial

Potential alternatives to COX 2 inhibitors

General practice

Randomised controlled trials in primary care: case study

Hormones and Signal

PGF2-induced contraction of cat esophageal and lower esophageal sphincter circular smooth muscle

Proguanylin secretion and the role of negative-feedback inhibition in a villous epithelial cell line

Letters

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Liver and Bile Ducts

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase triggers the microvascular mechanisms of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury

Rat liver myofibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells differ in CD95-mediated apoptosis and response to TNF

Mucosal biology

Physiological and morphological effects of alendronate on rabbit esophageal epithelium

Reduction of spontaneous and irradiation-induced apoptosis in small intestine of IGF-I transgenic mice

Neuroregulation and motility

Proapoptotic protein PACT is expressed at high levels in colonic epithelial cells in mice

Rectal and colonic distension elicit viscerovisceral reflexes in humans

Notes

Prophylactic gastrectomy seems to extend life of patients with a family history of stomach cancer

Notes

Reflux "increases risk of adenocarcinoma of oesophagus

Original Articles

Prescriptions for antiulcer drugs in Australia: volume, trends, and costs

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: systematic review

Questionnaire survey of urinary incontinence in women with cystic fibrosis

Randomised trial of endoscopy with testing for Helicobacter pylori compared with non-invasive H pylori testing alone in the management of dyspepsia

Randomised, placebo controlled trial of effect of a leukotriene receptor antagonist, montelukast, on tapering inhaled corticosteroids in asthmatic patients

Reduced osmolarity oral rehydration solution for treating dehydration due to diarrhoea in children: systematic review

Primary Care

Randomised controlled trial of Helicobacter pylori testing and endoscopy for dyspepsia in primary care