Table of contents
December 2004 Volume 1 No 2
Viewpoints
Is the use of COX-2 inhibitors in gastroenterology cost-effective?
60doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0043 | Full Text | PDF (109K)
Can NOD2/CARD15 mutations predict intestinal graft-versus-host disease and aid our understanding of Crohn's disease?
62doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0042 | Full Text | PDF (113K)
Research Highlights
Live donor liver transplantation: graft and patient survival
64Extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma without jaundice
64Preventing acute rejection in pediatric liver transplantation
65Crohn's disease: new evidence of mycobacterial involvement
68Surgical practice patterns in stage IV colorectal cancer
69Practice Points
Is the current standard therapy for hepatitis C of peginterferon and ribavirin an option for patients coinfected with HIV?
70doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0050 | Full Text | PDF (108K)
Can the addition of bevacizumab to IFL chemotherapy improve outcome in colorectal cancer?
72doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0051 | Full Text | PDF (101K)
Are miniature ultrasonic probes of clinical value for diagnosis and treatment of digestive tract diseases?
74doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0049 | Full Text | PDF (102K)
Long-term outcome improvement in patients with chronic hepatitis D treated with interferon 
76Is transarterial chemoembolization an option for all patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma?
78doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0038 | Full Text | PDF (105K)
Reviews
Treating chronic anal fissure with botulinum neurotoxin
82doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0048 | Full Text | PDF (317K)
Drug Insight: nucleoside and nucleotide analog inhibitors for hepatitis B
90doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0056 | Full Text | PDF (851K)
Mechanisms of Disease: mechanisms of hepatic fibrosis and therapeutic implications
98doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0055 | Full Text | PDF (361K)
Mechanisms of Disease: carcinogenesis in Barrett's esophagus
106doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0057 | Full Text | PDF (431K)
Case Study

Fever and right upper quadrant pain in a pregnant woman at 30 weeks' gestation
113doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0037 | Full Text | PDF (196K)



