Editorial

Expandable Metal Stents for the Treatment of Esophageal Malignant Obstruction

Faming Zhang, Guozhong Ji, Lin Miao, Zhining Fan

5-7

Original Article

24-Hour Ambulatory pH-Metry in Patients with Refractory Heartburn: A Prospective Study

Ramin Talaie, Mojgan Forootan, Kianoush Donboli, Nahid Dadashzadeh, Amir Sadeghi, Sara Poorsaadat, Bijan Moghimi, Amir Houshang, Mohammad Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza Zali

11-15

Interactions between Symptoms and Motor and Visceral Sensory Responses of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients to Spasmolytics (Antispasmodics)

Igor L. Khalif, Eamonn M.M. Quigley, P. A. Makarchuk, O. V. Golovenko, L. F. Podmarenkova, Y. A. Dzhanayev

17-22

The Role of Serum Chromogranin A in Diarrhoea Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Reena Sidhu, Mark E. McAlindon, John S. Leeds, Jessica Skilling, David S. Sanders

23-26

Assessment of Small Intestinal Permeability using 1H-NMR Spectroscopy

Kamaiah Jayalakshmi, Uday Chand Ghoshal, Sunil Kumar, Asha Misra, Raja Roy, Chuni Lal Khetrapal

27-32

Introduction of Cytogenetic Tests in Colorectal Cancer Screening

Andra-Iulia Suceveanu, Adrian Suceveanu, Florea Voinea, Laura Mazilu, Francisc Mixici, Tatiana Adam

33-38

Clinical and Pharmacokinetics Study of Oxaliplatin in Colon Cancer Patients

Claudia Burz, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Ovidiu Balacescu, Claudiu Tanaselia, Monica Ursu, Adriana Gog, Laurian Vlase, Mircea Chintoanu, Loredana Balacescu, Sorin E. Leucuta, Alexandru Irimie, Victor Cristea

39-43

High Sustained Virological Response Rate to Combination Therapy in Genotype 1 Patients with Histologically Mild Hepatitis C

Liana Gheorghe, Speranta Iacob, Mircea Grigorescu, Ioan Sporea, Roxana Sirli, Dana Damian, Cristian Gheorghe, Razvan Iacob

51-56

Transient Elastographic Evaluation of Subjects Without Known Hepatic Pathology: Does Age Change the Liver Stiffness?

Roxana Şirli, Ioan Sporea, Adriana Tudora, Alexandra Deleanu, Alina Popescu

57-60

Perihepatic Adipose Tissue Thickness: a New Non-Invasive Marker of NAFLD?

Flavio Lirussi, Nicola Vitturi, Lorenzo Azzalini, Serena Orando, Rocco Orlando, Mario Plebani, Giuseppe Realdi

61-66

Postcholecystectomy Syndrome - an Algorithmic Approach

Monalisa Filip, Adrian Săftoiu, Carmen Popescu, Dan Ionuţ Gheonea, Sevastiţa Iordache, Larisa Săndulescu, Tudorel Ciurea

67-71

Review

Complications Related To Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Comprehensive Clinical Review

Matthew L. Silviera, Mark J. Seamon, Brian Porshinsky, Mark P. Prosciak, Vijay A. Doraiswamy, Cecilia F. Wang, Manuel Lorenzo, Michael Truitt, John Biboa, Amy M. Jarvis, Vimal K. Narula, Steven M. Steinberg, S. Peter Stawicki

73-82

Case Reports

Gastric and Colonic Mantle Cell Lymphoma - Incidental Discovery

Dan Pitigoi, Victor Stoica, Razvan Stoia, Camelia Dobrea, Gabriel Becheanu, Mircea Diculescu

85-88

Primary Monophasic Synovial Sarcoma of the Duodenum Confirmed by Cytogenetic Analysis with Demonstration of t(X;18): A Case Report

Maria Margarita Company-Campins, Rafael Morales, Carlos Dolz, Magdalena Garcia-Bonafé, Angels Vilella, Pere Huguet

89-93

Biliary Rhabdomyoscarcoma Mimicking Choledochal Cyst

Sabina Ali, Michael A. Russo, Linda Margraf

95-97

Primary Gastric Lymphoma with Florid Granulomatous Reaction

Dina El Demellawy, Carmen Otero, Jasim Radhi

99-101

Clinical imaging

The Role of Real-time Contrast-Enhanced and Real-time Virtual Sonography in the Assessment of Malignant Liver Lesions

Larisa Săndulescu, Adrian Săftoiu, Daniela Dumitrescu, Tudorel Ciurea

103-108

Magnifying Endoscopy and Chromoendoscopy of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

Alina M. Boeriu, Daniela E. Dobru, Simona Mocan

109-113

Letters

HLA-A*3303 and *3301 predispose patients to persistent hepatitis B infection

Amitis Ramezani, Arezoo Aghakhani, Ebrahim Kalantar, Mohammad Banifazl, Ali Eslamifar, Ali Akbar Velayati

117-124

An unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal obstruction in an adult: annnular pancreas

Martijn Boomsma, Ilse van Dop, Marleen Willems, Abdulbaqi Al-Toma

117-124

Atypical presentation of a kidney tumor

Fazl Q. Parray, Ajaz A. Malik, Nisar A. Chowdri, Hameed Samoon, Iftikhar A. Bakshi, Rauf A. Wani

117-124

Reply

Neda Svirtlih

117-124