Vol. 183, No. 4, December 1997

Regular Contributions
Cold snare excision is a safe method for diminutive colorectal polyps. Y. Uno, K. Obara, P. Zheng, S. Miura, A. Odagiri, J. Sakamoto and A. Munakata [PDF]	243
Polymorphism of short tandem repeat (STR) loci PLA2, D3S2459, D8S315 (kw38), CYP19, D3S1359, FGA, and D8S1132 in the Japanese and Chinese populations. P. He, M. Nata, J. Kanetake, G. Ji, W. Yan, X. Li and K. Sagisaka [PDF]	251
Capnometry as a tool to unmask silent pulmonary embolism. S. Taniguchi, K. Irita, Y. Sakaguchi, S. Inaba, H. Inoue, H. Mishima and S. Takahashi [PDF]	263
Dibutyryl cAMP inhibits endotoxin-induced increases in pulmonary vascular resistance and fluid filtration coefficient in the perfused rat lung. M. Takeoka, A. Sakai, G. Ueda, R. -L. Ge, T. Ishizaki, R. J. Panos and S. Taniguchi [PDF]	273
The effect of haloperidol on the histaminergic neuron system in the rat brain. C. Ito, K. Onodera, A. Yamatodani, K. Yanai, E. Sakurai, M. Sato and T. Watanabe [PDF]	285
Case Reports
A press-through-pack in the larynx. M. Kumagai, K. Ikeda, T. Oshima, S. Nakatsuka and T. Takasaka [PDF]	293
Detection of minimal residual disease in cerebro-spinal fluid of a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia with t(16; 21)(p11; q22) translocation by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. H. Harigae, M. Kobayashi, A. Mihara and N. Watanabe [PDF]	297
Paraparesis associated with mild congenital kyphoscoliosis in an adult. T. Sato, S. Kokubun, Y. Tanaka and T. Aizawa [PDF]	303

This publication is supported in part by the Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Result from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(Grant Number 18HP2007).