Volume 46, Number 1,2
CONTENTS
February 1999

Reviews

Possible role of bradykinin on stimulus-secretion coupling in adrenal chromaffin cells 1
Hitoshi Houchi, Mami Azuma, Masanori Yoshizumi, Toshiaki Tamaki and Kazuo Minakuchi
Why does arterial blood pressure rise actively during REM sleep? 11
Hiroyoshi Sei and Yusuke Morita
Antisperm antibody: a monkey wrench in conception / magic bullet of contraception? 19
Masaharu Kamada, Masahiko Maegawa, Yuan-chang Yan, Samuel S. Koide and Toshihiro Aono
Originals

Effects of Vitamin E and Vitamin C supplementation on plasma lipid peroxidation and
on Oxidation of apo-lipoprotein B-Containing lipoproteins in experimental hyperthyroidism
29
Melahat Dirican and Sibel Tas
Biologic markers in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia: immunohistochemical and cytogenetic analyses 35
Masahito Tsuji, Kazuya Kanda, Yoshihide Murakami, Yasushi Kurokawa,
Hiro-omi Kanayama, Toshiaki Sano and Susumu Kagawa
Growth characteristics of T-cell tropic HIV-1 vpu gene mutants in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells 43
Shinya Iida, Tomoharu Fukumori, Yoko Oshima, A. Hajime Koyama and Akio Adachi
The utility and limitations of an ultrasonic miniprobe in the staging of gastric cancer 49
Seisuke Okamura, Akemi Tsutsui, Naoki Muguruma, Soichi Ichikawa,
Masahiro Sogabe, Yoshio Okita, Tamotsu Fukuda, Shigehito Hayashi,
Toshiya Okahisa, Hiroshi Shibata, Susumu Ito and Toshiaki Sano
Prevention of the initial testosterone surge induced by a luteinizing hormone-releasing
hormone analogue in prostate cancer patients:the endocrinological effects of
pretreatment with chlormadinone acetate
55
Akihiro Yamamoto, Yoshiteru Sumiyoshi, Noriaki Miyake, Hideaki Yokozeki,
Hiro-omi Kanayama and Susumu Kagawa
Surgical management of infants with mitral valve stenosis or atresia without diminutive ascending aorta 59
Tetsuya Kitagawa, Takaki Hori, Yutaka Masuda, Tomohisa Kawahito,
Fumio Chikugo, Takashi Kitaichi, Yasushi Fukuta, Reiko Nakagawa,
Kazuhiro Mori, Suguru Matsuoka and Itsuo Katoh
Effect of freeze-dried soybean curd (tofu) on various bodily functions 67
Masanobu Fujii, Tadataka Fukui and Tamotsu Miyoshi
Usefulness of the zung self-rating depression scale for schizophrenics 75
Yasuhiro Kaneda
Relationships between activity of daily living, and oral cavity care and the number of oral cavity
microorganisms in patients with cerebrovascular diseases
79
Fumiko Michishige, Sumiko Yoshinaga, Eriko Harada, Katsuhiko Hirota,
Yoichiro Miyake, Takashi Matsuo and Susumu Yasuoka
The N400event-related potential in aphasia 87
Shuko Kitade, Toshihiro Enai, Hiroyoshi Sei and Yusuke Morita
Long-term observation of subcutaneous tissue reaction to synthetic auditory ossicle (Bioceram®) in rats 97
Chun-Sheng Zhu, Katsuichiro Ohsaki, Kunio Ii,Qing Ye, Yen Hai Tran, Yasuo Ohba and Keiji Moriyama
Case reports

Phantom steatosis of the liver:Report of a case 105
lgin Ozden, Koray Acarll, zzet Rozanes, Dilek Yllmazbayhan, Ugur Cevikbas and Orhan Arlogul
Cognitive behavioral approaches to the patients suffering from depression due to
maladjustment in the work place:Two case reports
109
Masahito Tomotake, Masao Okura and Hiromichi Okabe
One autopsy case of an elderly traffic accident victim with Tetralogy of Fallot 115
Shin-ichi Kubo, Mamoru Ogata, Osamu Kitamura and Ichiro Nakasono

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