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Clinical trial: alvimopan for the management of postoperative ileus after abdominal surgery: results of an international randomised, double-blind, multicentre, placebo-controlled clinical study

M. W. BÜCHLER, C. M. SEILER, J. R. T. MONSON, Y. FLAMANT, M. W. THOMPSON-FAWCETT, M. M. BYRNE, E. R. MORTENSEN, J. F. B. ALTMAN & R WILLIAMSON

Review article: medication non-adherence in ulcerative colitis strategies to improve adherence with mesalazine and other maintenance therapies

A.B. Hawthorne, G. Rubin & S. Ghosh

Proton pump inhibitor therapy in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease decreases the oesophageal immune response but does not reduce the formation of DNA adducts

P.J.F. de Jonge, P.D. Siersema, S.G.J. van Breda, K.P.M. van Zoest, D.J. Bac, PhD, I. Leeuwenburgh, R.J.Th. Ouwendijk, H. van Dekken, J.G. Kusters & E.J. Kuipers

MMX mesalazine for the induction of remission of mild-to-moderately active ulcerative colitis: efficacy and tolerability in specific patient sub-populations

G. R. LICHTENSTEIN, M. A. KAMM, W. J. SANDBORN, A. LYNE, & R. E. JOSEPH

Clinical trial: a phase II, randomized study evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics and antiviral activity of clevudine for 12 weeks in patients with chronic hepatitis B

S. G. LIM, N. LEUNG, H. L. HANN, G. K. K. LAU, C. TREPO, H. MOMMEJA-MARIN, C. MOXHAM, J. SORBEL, A. SNOW, M. R. BLUM, F. ROUSSEAU & P. MARCELLIN

Gastrointestinal side effects in chronic opioid users: results from a population-based survey

S. F. COOK, L. LANZA, X. ZHOU, C. T. SWEENEY, D. GOSS, K. HOLLIS, A. W. MANGEL, & S. E. FEHNEL,

The use of acid-reducing medication in veteran patients with GERD with and without Barrett’s esophagus

H. B. EL-SERAG, M. WIEMAN & P. RICHARDSON

The citrulline generation test: proposal for a new enterocyte function test

J.H.C. PETERS N.J. WIERDSMA T. TEERLINK P.A.M. VAN LEEUWEN, C.J.J. MULDER, & A.A. VAN BODEGRAVEN

Time trends in first-diagnosis rates of colorectal adenomas - a 24-year population-based study

V. COTTET, V. JOOSTE, A.-M. BOUVIER, C. MICHIELS, J. FAIVRE, C. BONITHON-KOPP

Gastro-oesophageal reflux, medical resource utilisation and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients at risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma

E. M. V. SOEST, J. P. DIELEMAN, M. C. J. M. STURKENBOOM, P. D. SIERSEMA & E. J KUIPERS

Survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: a comparison of BCLC, CLIP and GRETCH staging systems

C. CAMMÀ, V. D. MARCO, G. CABIBBO, F. LATTERI, L. SANDONATO, P. PARISI, M. ENEA, M. ATTANASIO, M. GALIA, N. ALESSI, A. LICATA, M. A. LATTERI & A. CRAXÌ

Asimadoline, a kappa opioid agonist, and satiation in functional dyspepsia

N. J. TALLEY, M.D., PH.D., R.-S. CHOUNG, M. CAMILLERI, R. A. DIERKHISING, A.R. ZINSMEISTER

Safety, tolerablty, and effcacy of pegylated-nterferon alfa-2a plus rbavrn n hcv-related decompensated crrhotcs

F. TEKIN, F. GUNSAR, Z. KARASU, U. AKARCA & G. ERSOZ