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    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Volume 18, Issue 12

    1329-1344, ii-xiv, 1345-1460
    December 2003
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Editorial

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Quality of life of women living with hepatitis C

HLA-HLA THEIN,  PAUL S HABER,  GREGORY J DORE, 
  • Pages: 1329-1331
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Review

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Pathogenesis and management of alcoholic hepatitis

PAUL S HABER,  ROSS WARNER,  DEVANSHI SETH,  MARK D GORRELL,  GEOFFREY W MCCAUGHAN, 
  • Pages: 1332-1344
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Case Report

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Contents Volume 18, 2003

  • Pages: ii-xiv
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Chronic Hepatitis B and C

Chronic hepatitis B: A long-term retrospective cohort study of disease progression in Shanghai, China

BIAO XU,  DE-CHANG HU,  DANIEL M ROSENBERG,  QING-WU JIANG,  XI-MIN LIN,  JIA-LIANG LU,  NOAH J ROBINSON, 
  • Pages: 1345-1352
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Evolution of wild type and mutants of the YMDD motif of hepatitis B virus polymerase during lamivudine therapy

XINXIN ZHANG,  CHUANMIAO LIU,  QIMING GONG,  SHENYING ZHANG,  DONGHUA ZHANG,  ZHIMENG LU,  YUAN WANG, 
  • Pages: 1353-1357
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Mechanisms of increased insulin resistance in non-cirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

TADASHI MAENO,  AKIHIKO OKUMURA,  TETSUYA ISHIKAWA,  KOICHI KATO,  FUMIHIKO SAKAKIBARA,  KEN SATO,  MINORU AYADA,  NAOKI HOTTA,  TSUNEAKI TAGAYA,  YOSHITAKA FUKUZAWA,  SHINICHI KAKUMU, 
  • Pages: 1358-1363
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Evaluation of loss of heterozygosity before and after interferon therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus infection who developed hepatocellular carcinoma during follow up

SEIJI SUZUKI,  YUTAKA KONDO,  NOBORU HIRASHIMA,  HIDEAKI KATO,  FUMINAKA SUGAUCHI,  YASUHITO TANAKA,  ETSURO ORITO,  YING YANG,  YU SHEN,  KENJI SAKAKIBARA,  RYUZO UEDA,  MASASHI MIZOKAMI, 
  • Pages: 1364-1372
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Resistant Helicobacter pylori

Geographical difference in antimicrobial resistance pattern of Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates from Indian patients: Multicentric study

SP THYAGARAJAN,  PALLAB RAY,  BIMAL KUMAR DAS,  ARCHANA AYYAGARI,  ALEEM AHMED KHAN,  S DHARMALINGAM,  USHA ANAND RAO,  P RAJASAMBANDAM,  B RAMATHILAGAM,  DEEPAK BHASIN,  MP SHARMA,  SR NAIK,  CM HABIBULLAH, 
  • Pages: 1373-1378
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Appropriate cut-off value of 13C-urea breath test after eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection in Japan

CHIEKO KATO,  TOSHIRO SUGIYAMA,  KUNIO SATO,  SHINJI SAITO,  NORIHIKO KUDARA,  YUKITO ABIKO,  HIROYUKI SASAKI,  TOSHIMI CHIBA,  KIMIHIKO SATOH,  TAKASHI AKIHAMA,  KAZUYUKI SUZUKI, 
  • Pages: 1379-1383
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Helicobacter pylori-induced enlarged-fold gastritis is associated with increased mutagenicity of gastric juice, increased oxidative DNA damage, and an increased risk of gastric carcinoma

HIROYUKI NISHIBAYASHI,  SHUJI KANAYAMA,  TATSUYA KIYOHARA,  KATSUMI YAMAMOTO,  YOSHIJI MIYAZAKI,  YUICHI YASUNAGA,  YASUHISA SHINOMURA,  TATSUYA TAKESHITA,  TORU TAKEUCHI,  KANEHISA MORIMOTO,  YUJI MATSUZAWA, 
  • Pages: 1384-1391
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Treating Reflux Esophagitis

Symptom relief in patients with reflux esophagitis: Comparative study of omeprazole, lansoprazole, and rabeprazole

KYOICHI ADACHI,  TOMOYUKI HASHIMOTO,  NAOHARU HAMAMOTO,  KAZUYA HIRAKAWA,  MASATOSHI NIIGAKI,  TATSUYA MIYAKE,  HIROYUKI TANIURA,  MASAHIRO ONO,  TAKEKAZU KAJI,  HIROSHI SUETSUGU,  JUNKO YAGI,  YOSHINORI KOMAZAWA,  TAKAFUMI MIHARA,  TOMOKO KATSUBE,  HIROFUMI FUJISHIRO,  TOSHIHIRO SHIZUKU,  SHUZO HATTORI,  SHUN YAMAMOTO,  YOSHIKAZU KINOSHITA, 
  • Pages: 1392-1398
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Stomach myoelectrical response of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease receiving omeprazole treatment

FULL-YOUNG CHANG,  CHING-LIANG LU,  CHIH-YEN CHEN,  JIING-CHYUAN LUO,  KANG LIH JIUN,  SHOU-DONG LEE,  HAN CHANG WU, 
  • Pages: 1399-1406
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Herpes simplex esophagitis from 1307 autopsy cases

TOHRU ITOH,  TAKASHI TAKAHASHI,  KAZUYA KUSAKA,  KEN KAWAURA,  YOSHIAKI NAKAGAWA,  JUN’ICHI YAMAKAWA,  TSUGIYASU KANDA, 
  • Pages: 1407-1411
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in young adult Malaysians: A survey among medical students

YAN-MEI TAN,  KHEAN L GOH,  RAJA MUHIDAYAH,  CHEE L OOI,  OMAR SALEM, 
  • Pages: 1412-1416
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Revalidation of description of constipation in terms of recall bias and visual scale analog questionnaire

ÖMER NURİ PAMUK,  GÜLSÜM EMEL PAMUK,  AYKUT FERHAT ÇELİK, 
  • Pages: 1417-1422
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Images of Interest

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Gastrointestinal: Duodenal Crohn's disease

  • Page: 1425
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Gastrointestinal: Duodenal Crohn's disease

A Hokama,  F Kinjo,  R Sugama,  K Kobashigawa,  R Matayoshi,  Y Yonamine,  R Tomiyama,  T Sunagawa,  M Kawane,  A Saito, 
  • Page: 1425
  • First Published: 20 November 2003
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Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Fatty liver, spared areas and aberrant gastric venous drainage

  • Page: 1423
  • First Published: 20 November 2003

Case Report

Liver cirrhosis developed after ketoconazole-induced acute hepatic injury

TAE-HYUNG KIM,  BYUNG-HO KIM,  YOUN-WHA KIM,  DAL MO YANG,  YO-SEB HAN,  SEOK HO DONG,  HYO JONG KIM,  YOUNG-WOON CHANG,  JOUNG IL LEE,  RIN CHANG, 
  • Pages: 1426-1429
  • First Published: 20 November 2003
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Referees

  • Pages: 1431-1433
  • First Published: 20 November 2003
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Author Index

  • Pages: 1434-1441
  • First Published: 20 November 2003
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Subject Index to Volume 18

  • Pages: 1442-1460
  • First Published: 20 November 2003