Vol. 185, No. 4, August 1998

Regular Contributions
Hepatic and serum bile acid compositions in patients with biliary atresia: A microanalysis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with negative ion chemical ionization detection. D. Abukawa, M. Nakagawa, K. Iinuma, M. Nio, R. Ohi and J. Goto [PDF]	227
Effects of treatment with nilvadipine on cerebral ischemia in rats. S. Kawamura, Y. Li, M. Shirasawa, N. Yasui and H. Fukasawa [PDF]	239
Age-related histologic alterations after prednisolone therapy in children with IgA nephropathy. H. Tanaka, S. Waga and M. Yokoyama [PDF]	247
Concentration of metal elements in the blood and urine in the patients with cementless total knee arthroplasty. T. -K. Liu, S. -H. Liu, C. -H. Chang and R. -S. Yang [PDF]	253
Utilising an ileal segment in the posterior urethral replacement procedures using anal sphincter to provide continence in dogs. Y. Yılmaz, M. Aydin, B. Bakir, M. K. Atilla, Ö. Odabaş and S. Aydin [PDF]	263
Deconvolution of chemiluminescent emission curve associated with phagocytosis into three logarithmic normal distributions. N. Okazaki, J. Hirosawa, N. Saito and T. Sato [PDF]	271
Case Report
A transient emergence of hepatic granulomas in a patient with chronic hepatitis B. A. Kanno and K. Murakami [PDF]	281

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).