1. Recent Developments in Basic and Clinical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

   • Shinpei Kasakura

   Guest Editorial 01 January 2003 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Review of “Minitransplantation”: Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

   • George E. Georges
   • Rainer Storb

   ReviewPaper 01 January 2003 Pages: 3 - 14

3. New Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of Graft-versus-Host Disease and for Induction of Graft-versus-Leukemia Effects

   • H. Joachim Deeg

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2003 Pages: 15 - 21

4. Role of Immunotherapy in Stem Cell Transplantation

   • Sally Arai
   • Hans-G. Klingemann

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2003 Pages: 22 - 28

5. Genetic Control of Stem Cells: Implications for Aging

   • Gary Van Zant

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2003 Pages: 29 - 36

6. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and CD30 Signal Transduction

   • Ryouichi Horie
   • Masaaki Higashihara
   • Toshiki Watanabe

   Review Article 01 January 2003 Pages: 37 - 47

7. Frequencies of the Hereditary Hemochromatosis Allele in Different Populations. Comparison of Previous Phenotypic Methods and Novel Genotypic Methods

   • Nils Milman
   • Palle Pedersen
   • Gitte Vedel Melsen

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2003 Pages: 48 - 54

8. Recovery of Normal Hematopoiesis after Severe Bone Marrow Aplasia Induced by Interferon-α in a Patient with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

   • Asahi Hishida
   • Kazuhito Yamamoto
   • Hidehiko Saito

   Case Report 01 January 2003 Pages: 55 - 59

9. Antiapoptotic Effect of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, and Cyclic AMP on Human Neutrophils: Protein Synthesis-Dependent and Protein Synthesis-Independent Mechanisms and the Role of the Janus Kinase-STAT Pathway

   • Chikahiko Sakamoto
   • Kenichi Suzuki
   • Seiichi Kitagawa

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2003 Pages: 60 - 70

10. Cyclic Platelet and Leukocyte Count Oscillation in Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia Regulated by the Negative Feedback of Transforming Growth Factor β

    • Yasuo Hirayama
    • Sumio Sakamaki
    • Yoshiro Niitsu

    Case Report 01 January 2003 Pages: 71 - 74

11. Effect of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor on Bone Metabolism During Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Mobilization

    • Tsutomu Watanabe
    • Hiroko Suzuya
    • James E. Talmadge

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2003 Pages: 75 - 81

12. Successful Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation for Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Behçet Disease

    • Kazumi Yamato

    Case Report 01 January 2003 Pages: 82 - 85

13. Granisetron Plus Dexamethasone Versus Granisetron Alone in the Prevention of Vomiting Induced by Conditioning for Stem Cell Transplantation: A prospective Randomized Study

    • Sahoko Matsuoka
    • Shinichiro Okamoto
    • Yasuo Ikeda

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2003 Pages: 86 - 90

14. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Detection of AML-1/ETO Rearrangement in a Case of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia with Complicated Cytogenetic Abnormalities

    • Kosuke Obama
    • Mitsutoshi Tara
    • Kiyoshige Niina

    Letter to the Editor 01 January 2003 Pages: 91 - 92

15. Thrombocytopenia Induced by Imatinib Mesylate (Glivec) in Patients with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: is 400 mg Daily of Imatinib Mesylate an Optimal Starting Dose for Japanese Patients?

    • Keisuke Miyazawa
    • Jiroh Nishimaki
    • Kazuma Ohyashiki

    Letter to the Editor 01 January 2003 Pages: 93 - 95

16. The Number of People in Japan with Coagulation Disorders: 2001 Update

    • Shinobu Tatsunami
    • Masashi Taki
    • Kaneo Yamada

    Letter to the Editor 01 January 2003 Pages: 96 - 98

17. Low-Dose Antithymocyte Globulin for Treatment of Steroid-Pulse-Resistant Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease

    • Kazuteru Ohashi
    • Yuji Tanaka
    • Hisashi Sakamaki

    Letter to the Editor 01 January 2003 Pages: 99 - 102