Vol.50 No.2

■ The 48th National Congress
Symposium 1: Quality Control of Laboratory Examination in Asian Countries
Chairmen's Introductory Remarks	Noriyuki TATSUMI
The External Quality Assessment Schemes in Thailand	Nisarat OPARTKIATTIKUL
External Quality Assessment Scheme and Laboratory Accreditation in Indonesia	Ina S. TIMAN
External Quality Assurance Schemes: A Local Perspective	Szu-Hee LEE
Symposium 2 : Drug Interaction
Unexpected Drug-Interaction	Yutaka TAJIMA
Relationship of Polymorphism in CYP2C9 to Genetic Susceptibility to Diclofenac-Induced Influenza-Virus-Associated Encephalopathy	Tadao FUNATO
Drug-Drug Interaction in Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics	Shogo OZAWA
Drug of Abuse	Makoto UEKI
Symposium 4 : Problems in the Post-Genome Era
Human Gene Tests as Laboratory Medicine in the Post-Genome Era	Shinji KOSUGI
cDNA Microarray Technology as a Laboratory Examination Method: A Gene Expression Profiling Test for Analysis of Drug Resistance in Tumor Cells	Hayato MIYACHI
Proteomics in Clinical Research : New Approach of Mass Spectrometry	Akira SHIMIZU
■ Review
Undecatungstophosphate Sensitized Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to β-Lactams	Yutaka TAJIMA
■ Originals
Effect of Aging on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variabilities in Healthy Men and Women	Tadayuki OKUDA
Comparative Study of T-Wave Alternans, QT c Dispersion and Late Potential for Predicting Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease	Noriko OHISA
Correlation between Expression of MMP-7 in Gastric Submucosal Invasive Carcinoma and Lymph Node Micrometastasis	Satoshi IKEDA
Improvement of Total Prostate Specific Antigen(PSA) Assay from the "Skewed Molar-Response" to the "Equimolar-Response" by Utilizing anti Free-PSA Monoclonal Antibodies	Emi KIMURA