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Leading article873 Chronic viral hepatitis in children: any role for
the pathologist?M Guido, F Bortolotti
Commentaries879 The cytokine interleukin 21: a new player in
coeliac disease?B Meresse, J Verdier, N Cerf-Bensussan
882 TRPV1: a new target for treatment of visceralpain in IBS?P Holzer
884 Vagal mediation of systemic cardiovascularresponse to portal hypertension: fromexperimental studies in animals to treatment ofhumansS Møller
Coeliac disease887 Interleukin 21 contributes to the mucosal T
helper cell type 1 response in coeliac diseaseD Fina, M Sarra, R Caruso, G Del Vecchio Blanco,
F Pallone, T T MacDonald, G Monteleone
Inflammatory bowel disease893 Randomised trial of once- or twice-daily MMX
mesalazine for maintenance of remission inulcerative colitisM A Kamm, G R Lichtenstein, W J Sandborn,
S Schreiber, K Lees, K Barrett, R Joseph
903 Reduced a-defensin expression is associatedwith inflammation and not NOD2 mutationstatus in ileal Crohn’s diseaseL A Simms, J D Doecke, M D Walsh, N Huang,
E V Fowler, G L Radford-Smith
911 Anti-inflammatory role of sympathetic nerves inchronic intestinal inflammationR H Straub, F Grum, U Strauch, S Capellino,
F Bataille, A Bleich, W Falk, J Scholmerich,
F Obermeier
Neurogastroenterology923 Increased capsaicin receptor TRPV1-expressing
sensory fibres in irritable bowel syndrome andtheir correlation with abdominal painA Akbar, Y Yiangou, P Facer, J R F Walters,
P Anand, S Ghosh
Colorectal cancer931 Integrin-linked kinase regulates cell proliferation
and tumour growth in murine colitis-associatedcarcinogenesisK Assi, J Mills, D Owen, C Ong, R St Arnaud,
S Dedhar, B Salh
941 Association between chromosomal instability andprognosis in colorectal cancer: a meta-analysisA Walther, R Houlston, I Tomlinson
Hepatology951 A prospective national study of acute fatty liver
of pregnancy in the UKM Knight, C Nelson-Piercy, J J Kurinczuk,P Spark, P Brocklehurst, on behalf of UK ObstetricSurveillance System (UKOSS)
957 Uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) inducesmitochondrial proton leak and increasessusceptibility of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH) liver to ischaemia–reperfusion injuryG Serviddio, F Bellanti, R Tamborra, T Rollo,N Capitanio, A D Romano, J Sastre,G Vendemiale, E Altomare
966 Central neural activation of hyperdynamiccirculation in portal hypertensive rats dependson vagal afferent nervesH Liu, N Schuelert, J J McDougall, S S Lee
JournalScan975 Edited by P Moayyedi
Recent advances in clinical practice976 High-resolution narrow band imaging
endoscopyA Larghi, P G Lecca, G Costamagna
987 A problem-oriented approach to liver disease inoncology patientsG B McDonald, D Frieze
Guidelines1004 Guidelines on the management of common bile
duct stones (CBDS)E J Williams, J Green, I Beckingham, R Parks,D Martin, M Lombard
PostScript1023 Letters
Editor’s quiz877 A not so uncommon cause of abdominal pain
H Fellows, H Dalton, I Murray, G Maskell
878 A rare cause of obscure gastrointestinalbleedingW-L Wang, J-Y Lee, J-T Lin, K-L Liu, H-P Wang
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902 An unexpected cause of chronic diarrhoeaC-M Tai, C-H Tu, H-B Wu, D-S Perng, T-C Lee,C-T Shun, H-P Wang
922 Hypoalbuminaemia and coeliac diseaseV Tan, D Stella, H Frydenberg, C Mow,S Nandurkar, P R Gibson
973 A rare complication of a metal stentZ Liao, Z-S Li
974 Unusual angiographic findings of lowergastrointestinal bleedingB-B Chen, C-W Lee, Y-M Tsang, K-L Liu,H-P Wang
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