Digestive and Liver Disease is an international journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. It is the official journal of Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF); Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas (AISP); Italian Association for Digestive Endoscopy (SIED); Italian Association for Hospital Gastroenterologists and Digestive Endoscopists (AIGO); Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE); Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology (SIGENP) and Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IG-IBD).Digestive and Liver Disease publishes papers on basic and clinical research in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology.Contributions consist of:Original PapersCorrespondence to the EditorEditorials, Reviews and Special ArticlesProgress ReportsImage of the MonthCongress ProceedingsSymposia and Mini-symposia.