Vol. 186, No. 4, December 1998

Review
New strategies of screening and treatment for sleep apnea syndrome. W. Hida [PDF]	225
Regular Contributions
Lumbar intradiscal pressure after posterolateral fusion and pedicle screw fixation. E. Abe, T. Nickel, G. R. Buttermann, J. L. Lewis and E. E. Transfeldt [PDF]	243
Improved survival of children with advanced tumors by myeloablative chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in complete remission. A. Sato, M. Imaizumi, T. Saisho, T. Saito, M. Yoshinari, Y. Cui, H. Suzuki, Y. Koizumi, T. Ito, Y. Takai, Y. Hayashi, M. Tamura and K. Iinuma [PDF]	255
Electromyographic study of the elbow flexors and extensors in a motion of forearm pronation/supination while maintaining elbow flexion in humans. A. Naito, Y. -J. Sun, M. Yajima, H. Fukamachi and K. Ushikoshi [PDF]	267
Erythroid accelerating factor detected in serum from rats with drug induced hemolysis. M. Kasai, M. Yokoyama, T. Toki, H. Maruyama, K. Satoh and E. Itoh [PDF]	279
Prognosis of accidental low back pain at work. S. Shinohara, M. Okada, T. Keira, M. Ohwada, M. Niitsuya and Y. Aizawa [PDF]	291
Serological and histological features of anti-HCV-positive individuals without serum HCV RNA. A. Kanno, M. Yamada, K. Murakami and N. Numata [PDF]	303
Modulating activity of indomethacin to vincristine cytotoxicity in various human carcinoma cells. S. Kobayashi, S. Okada, T. Hasumi, N. Sato and S. Fujimura [PDF]	313
Quantitative analysis of hepatitis B virus precore mutant in hepatitis type B. T. Ichikawa, H. Takagi, M. Kinoshita, R. Shimoda, T. Nagamine and M. Mori [PDF]	323

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).