Vol.51 No.8

■ Originals
A Synergistic Increase of Apoptosis Utilizing Fas Antigen Expression Induced by Low Doses of Anticancer Drug	Hidehiko AKIYAMA
Evaluation of a New Method for Diagnosing the Origin of Urinary Bleeding by the Morphological Characteristics of Urinary Red Blood Cells	Hideto MIURA
A Basic Study of Determination Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 and Carbohydrate in Rheumatoid Factor in Serum for Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis	Michiyo URATA
■ Topics
The Tip of Clinical Physiology Inspection
Non-Invasive Assessment of Cardiac Function	Nobuaki TANAKA
The Ultrasound Examination of the Deep Vein Thrombosis	Nobuyuki TANIGUCHI
Study on Blood Rheology Measured by MC-FAN	Koji SEKI
GOLD Guideline and Recommendation for Role of Spirometry in COPD	Naoko TOJO
Effort-Independent Pulmonary Function Tests	Hitoshi KAWAMOTO
Novel Apnomonitor for Use at Home	Hiroko MITANI
Studies on Electroencephalographic Changes after Liver Transplantation	Jyunko SHIMODA
Imaging of Elasticity Distribution in Arterial Wall by Transcutaneous Ultrasound and Electronic Staining	Hiroshi KANAI
■ The 14th Kanto-Ko-Shin-Etsu Regional Congress
Genetic Aspect of Essential Hypertension	Satoshi UMEMURA
■ The 49th National Congress
Council on Clinical Hematology: Recent Diagnostic and Therapeutic Progress in Hematology and its related Laboratory Tests-Especially in Hematopoietic Neoplasms-
Chairmen's Introductory Remarks	Shimeru KAMIHIRA
Malignant Lymphoma and Leukemia Concepts in New WHO Classification	Masahiro KIKUCHI