1) Editorial Board
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2) Focus on...
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3) Coming Next Issue...
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4) In Upcoming Issues...
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5) Factors associated with acceptance and full publication of GI endoscopic research originally published in abstract form, ,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 275-282
Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Steven B. Wade, Dawn Provenzale

6) Accuracy of provisional diagnoses of dyspepsia in patients undergoing first endoscopy, ,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 283-288
Johanna I. Westbrook, Jean H. McIntosh, John M. Duggan

7) The comparison of midazolam and topical lidocaine spray versus the combination of midazolam, meperidine, and topical lidocaine spray to sedate patients for upper endoscopy,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 289-293
Louis LaLuna, Melvin L. Allen, Anthony J. DiMarino Jr

8) The reliability of EUS for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis: interobserver agreement among experienced endosonographers, ,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 294-299
Michael B. Wallace, Robert H. Hawes, Valerie Durkalski, Amitabh Chak, Shawn Mallery, Marc F. Catalano, Maurits J. Wiersema, Manoop S. Bhutani, Donato Ciaccia, Michael L. Kochman, Frank G. Gress, Annette van Velse, Brenda J. Hoffman

9) Transpapillary intraductal US prior to biliary drainage in the assessment of longitudinal spread of extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 300-307
Kiichi Tamada, Hideo Nagai, Yoshikazu Yasuda, Takeshi Tomiyama, Akira Ohashi, Shinichi Wada, Nobuyuki Kanai, Yukihiro Satoh, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano

10) Impact of endoscopic therapy on the survival of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, ,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 308-312
Arthur R. Baluyut, Stuart Sherman, Glen A. Lehman, Helena Hoen, Naga Chalasani

11) Is peripapillary choledochoduodenal fistula an indication for endoscopic sphincterotomy?, ,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 313-317
Takao Ohtsuka, Masao Tanaka, Ken Inoue, Toshinaga Nabae, Shunichi Takahata, Kazunori Yokohata, Koji Yamaguchi, Kazuo Chijiiwa, Seiyo Ikeda

12) Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic treatment for hepatolithiasis: An evaluation of long-term results and risk factors for recurrence,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 318-323
Sung-Koo Lee, Dong-Wan Seo, Seung-Jae Myung, Eun-Taek Park, Byeong-Cheol Lim, Hong-Ja Kim, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Hyun-Ju Park, Yeon-Ho Joo, Myung-Hwan Kim, Young-Il Min

13) Characterization of primary pure cholesterol hepatolithiasis: Cholangioscopic and selective cholangiographic findings,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 324-328
Hong-Ja Kim, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sung-Koo Lee, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Dong-Wan Seo, Young-II Min, Bong Soo Lee

14) Clinical outcome of the use of enteral stents for palliation of patients with malignant upper GI obstruction,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 329-332
H.B. Yim, B.C. Jacobson, J.R. Saltzman, R.S. Johannes, B.C. Bounds, J.H. Lee, S.J. Shields, F.W. Ruymann, J.Van Dam MD, D.L. Carr-Locke

15) Methylene blue staining: Is it really useful in Barrett's esophagus?,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 333-335
Umakant Dave, Sami Shousha, David Westaby

16) Single-step treatment of gallbladder and bile duct stones: A combined endoscopic-laparoscopic technique,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 336-338
Giuseppe Iodice, Cristiano Giardiello, Giampiero Francica, Gennaro Sarrantonio, Giovanni Angelone, Stefano Cristiano, Raffaele Finelli, Giampaolo Tramontano

17) Mucinous colon cancer
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Page 339
Hye-Sook Chang, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang

18) Depressed type submucosal invading colon cancer with type V pit pattern
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 340-341
Satoru Tamura, Yuichi Yokoyama, Takehisa Tadokoro, Yoshifumi Higashidani, Takuhiro Kohsaki, Saburo Onishi

19) Gastric outlet obstruction due to a large duodenal tubulovillous adenoma
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Page 341
David M. Felig, James Geuder

20) Bowel obstruction due to a large ileal lipoma
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Page 342
David M. Felig

21) A new technique: Light-induced fluorescence endoscopy in combination with pharmacoendoscopy
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 343-348
Akihiro Namihisa, Hiroto Miwa, Haruo Watanabe, Osamu Kobayashi, Tatsuo Ogihara, Nobuhiro Sato

22) Esophageal stent placement without fluoroscopy
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 348-351
Russell E. White, Caesar Mungatana, Mark Topazian

23) A case of gastric plasmacytoma associated with Helicobacter pylori infection: Improvement of abnormal endoscopic and EUS findings after H pylori eradication,
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 352-355
Kimitoshi Kato, Masahiko Sugitani, Toshihiko Nagata, Susumu Nishinarita, Fumio Kawamura, Yasuo Takahashi, Yukimoto Ishii, Yo Kawamura, Sachiko Komuro, Mitsuru Yanai, Norimichi Nemoto, Yasuyuki Arakawa

24) CMV enteritis causing segmental ischemia and massive intestinal hemorrhage
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 355-359
Jennifer Keates, Shahin Lagahee, Pamela Crilley, Marian Haber, Thomas Kowalski

25) Diverticulum-associated colon mass due to Mu [combining diaeresis above]llerian cyst: Detection by barium enema but not colonoscopy
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 359-362
Eric M. Ward, John A. Kingsbury, Mark E. Stark

26) Schwannoma of the mediastinum diagnosed by EUS-guided fine needle aspiration
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 362-365
Kevin M. McGrath, Michael S. Ballo, Paul S. Jowell

27) A case of early-stage primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 365-367
Tatsuya Mikami, Shinsaku Fukuda, Tadashi Shimoyama, Ryo Yamagata, Daisuke Nishiya, Yoshihiro Sasaki, Yoshiharu Uno, Hiroshi Saito, Shun'ichi Takaya, Yoshimasa Kamata, Akihiro Munakata

28) Resolution of mediastinal pancreatic pseudocysts with transpapillary stent placement
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 367-370
Ravindra Mallavarapu, Taimur H. Habib, Eric Elton, Michael J. Goldberg

29) Spontaneous regression of an inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver presenting as an obstructing malignant biliary tumor
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 371-374
Stephane Levy, Alain Sauvanet, Marie-Daniele Diebold, Claude Marcus, Nathalie Da Costa, Gerard Thiefin

30) Perforation of an esophageal stent into the common carotid artery
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 374-378
Oliver Kohl, Klaus Rauber, Wilhelm Doppl

31) Inadvertent endoscopic application of a hemoclip to the splenic artery through a perforated gastric ulcer
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 378-379
Tatsuaki Ishiguro, Hirokazu Nagawa

32) Celiac disease and diffuse T-cell lymphoma of the colon
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 379-381
Dianne Pulte, Joseph Murray

33) Gastropleural fistula caused by incarcerated diaphragmatic herniation of the stomach
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 382-384
Jeng-Jie Tzeng, Kwok-Hung Lai, Gin-Ho Lo, Jui-Hung Hsu, King-Tong Mok

34) Management of an ileocolic anastomotic stricture using polyvinyl over-the-guidewire dilators in Crohn's disease
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 384-386
Sergio Morini, Cesare Hassan, Paola Cerro, Roberto Lorenzetti

35) A guidewire-assisted technique for removing retained biliary stents with rat-toothed forceps during endoscopic retrograde cholangiography
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 386-387
Hugh E. Mulcahy, John T. Cunningham
36) Sunflower seed rectal bezoar in an adult
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 388-389
Matthew H. Lowry, Ashok N. Shah

37) Abstract thoughts
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 389-392
Michael V. Sivak Jr.

38) The minimal standard terminology in digestive endoscopy: Perspective on a standard endoscopic vocabulary
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 392-396
Louis Y. Korman, Michel Delvaux, Massimo Crespi

39) What is the role of individual screening in the prevention of digestive cancer?
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 401-403
Rene Lambert

40) The planning of clinical studies: Random and not so random assignments
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 53, Issue 3, , March 2001, Pages 404-405
Sara M. Debanne

41) News & Notices
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