Vol.50 No.5

■ Topics
Reviews for Gram Stain	Kiyoharu YAMANAKA
Advances of Laboratory Testing for the Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis	Satoshi ICHIYAMA
Innovated Diagnostic Method for Bacteremia	Yoshio KOBAYASHI
Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases at the Site of Outpatient Clinics	Tetsuya MATSUMOTO
Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases and Medical Reimbursement	Naoto SHIMETANI
The Newly Certified 105 Japanese Medical Technologists in Clinical Microbiology	Kazunari KUMASAKA
■ The 48th National Congress
President Lecture
A go-between The Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry	Ikunosuke SAKURABAYASHI
Symposium 3 : Starting from the Designing of Testing to Approaches for the Pathophysiological Analysis
Chairman's Introductory Remarks	Takashi KANNO
DNA Analysis for the Post Genome-Sequencing Era	Hideki KAMBARA
Implication of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Association Study：Mitochondrial Variations as Another Genetic Markers for Hypertension	Masaru SHOJI
Increase of Soluble FcγRIIIa Derived from Macrophages in Plasma from Patients with Atherosclerosis	Midori MASUDA
Role of Newly Developed Technology in Blood Coagulation Disorders	Takefumi MATSUO
Novel Renal Function Marker, ATP-Establishing the Normal Range, Cases of Anti-Tumor Drags Administration for Urinary-Track Tumor, Diabetic Diseases and a Newborn Baby	Moto-o NAKAJIMA
Plasma Endotoxin Assay by Supersensitive Reagent for the Diagnosis of Gram-Negative Bacteremia	Tadasu TOBITA
■ Originals
Serum Leptin Levels in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis are Correlated with Body Mass Index	Koji NISHIYA
Development of the Detection System for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA by Using the Isothermal DNA Amplification Method ICAN	Masamitsu SHIMADA
Type-specific Antibody for Hepatitis C Virus Detected by Use of NS-4 Peptide and Hepatitis C Virus Genome in Korea	Han-Chul SON