The natural history and timing of the radical operation for subpulmonic ventricular septal defects Tetsuo AnzaiTetsuo IijimaSusumu Ishikawa Original Articles Pages: 487 - 493
Primary adrenocortical tumors in autopsy records —A survey of “cumulative reports in Japan” from 1973 to 1984— Shunzo KobayashiHirotaka IwaseAkira Masaoka Original Articles Pages: 494 - 498
The prognostic value of tumor-associated carbohydrate structures correlated with gene amplifications in human breast carcinomas Takashi FukutomiSetsuo HirohashiYukio Shimosato Original Articles Pages: 499 - 507
Hyperparathyroidism following the atomic bombing in Nagasaki Tsukasa TsunodaNobuo MochinagaHarunobu Maeda Original Articles Pages: 508 - 511
Esophageal reconstruction using microvascular anastomasis to the thoracoacromial artery and cephalic vein Hiromasa FujitaYoujiro InoueYoshiaki Tai Original Articles Pages: 512 - 516
Change in the acid protease activity in plasma of patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation Shoji UetsujiManabu YamamuraMasakatsu Yamamoto Original Articles Pages: 517 - 520
Surgical experience with nonparasitic cysts of the liver —The characteristics and constituents of cyst fluid— Takeshi NagaoSumio InoueYasuhiko Morioka Original Articles Pages: 521 - 527
A detailed histological study on occult metastasis of the lymph nodes Shoji NatsugoeTakashi AikoHisaaki Shimazu Original Articles Pages: 528 - 532
Mechanical properties and immunogenicity of vascular xenografts Yuichiro MurayamaShinichi SatoTakahiro Oka Original Articles Pages: 533 - 541
The possible involvement of platelet activation in endotoxin-induced renal insufficiency in a rabbit model Masayuki YokotaJun-ichi KambayashiTakesada Mori Original Articles Pages: 542 - 546
Cryopreservation of hamster pancreatic islets using a rapid cooling rate Wataru FukushimaMasayuki NoteGizo Nakagawara Original Articles Pages: 547 - 555
Advanced gastric cancer associated with acute myelocytic leukemia —Report of a case— Hiroyuki KonnoKatsuya IdaMichio Ihara Case Reports Pages: 556 - 560
Hemostatic studies ofex situ hepatic surgery Motomichi SatoBjørn NashanRudolf Pichlmayr Case Reports Pages: 561 - 565
Two cases of retained foreign bodies after cholecystectomy: Diagnosis by sonography, CT, angiography, and MRI Hiroyoshi FurukawaTsuyoshi HaraTetsushi Taniguchi Case Reports Pages: 566 - 570
Recurrent valvular pneumoperitoneum caused by a minute gastric ulcer —A case report— Shigeru ImabunMasahiko MiyataYasunaru Kawashima Case Reports Pages: 571 - 575
A rare case of splenic hematoma following chronic pancreatitis —The diagnostic and therapeutic procedures— Alessio AgnifiliFilippo GianfeliceGiancarlo De Bernardinis Case Reports Pages: 576 - 579
Agenesis of the gallbladder—A case report— Mohammad IbrarullahSadiq S. SikoraLav K. Kacker Case Reports Pages: 580 - 582
Gastric varices formation due to pancreatic tumor: A case of successful resection of cystadenocarcinoma Hiroyuki NakabaMasahiko MiyataYasunaru Kawashima Case Reports Pages: 583 - 586
mRNA expression of topoisomerase II in human tumors and normal tissues Ryungsa KimNaoki HirabayashiKosuke Okada Short Communications Pages: 587 - 589
Clinical significance of P-glycoprotein expression analyzed by immunohistochemical staining in cancer tissues Ryungsa KimNaoki HirabayashiTetsuya Toge Short Communications Pages: 590 - 593