Vol. 188, No. 1, May 1999

Reegular Contributions
Urinary excretion of ceruloplasmin is elevated in the subjects with ¨borderline glucose tolerance test¨. M. Murata, T. Narita, J. Koshimura and S. Ito [PDF]	1
Heights of the lumbar intervertebral discs related to age in Turkish individuals. A. Aydinlioglu, S. Diyarbakirli and P. Keles [PDF]	11
The position and size of radiological nephrogram in Japanese preschool children. H. kayaba, J. Chihara, O. Urayama, Y. Kobayashi, K. Honda, N. Saitoh, H. Tamura, Y. Fujiwara, H. Yoshino, T. Hebiguchi and T. Kato [PDF]	23
Similarity and dissimilarity in mode and mechanism of action between YT-146, a selective adenosine receptor A2 agonist, and adenosine in isolated canine hearts. F. Yoneyama, K. Aihara, K. Kogi, K. Satoh and N. Taira [PDF]	31
Detection of TTV in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of intravenous drug users. Y. Poovorawan, A. Theamboonlers, T. Vimolket, P. Jantaradsamee, N. Kaew-in and P. Hirsch [PDF]	47
Do people with similar waist circumference share similar health risks irrespective of height? S. D. Hsieh and H. Yoshinaga [PDF]	55
Changes in serum hypoxantine levels after walk loads at mild to high intensity in healthy humans. S. Saiki, T. Sato, H. Agatuma, T. Igarashi, M. Hiwatari and T. Harada [PDF]	61
Relation between changes in serum hypoxanthine levels by exercise and daily physical activity in the elderly. S. Saiki, T. Sato, M. Hiwatari, T. Harada, M. Oouchi and M. Kamimoto [PDF]	71
The participation of IL-8 in the synovial lesions at an early stage of rheumatoid arthritis. Y. Takahashi, T. Kasahara, T. Sawai, A. Rikimaru, N. Mukaida, K. Matsushima and T. Sasaki [PDF]	75
Decrease in multiple sclerosis with acute transverse myelitis in Japan. I. Nakashima, K. Fujihara, S. Takase and Y. Itoyama [PDF]	89
Case Report
A case of traumatic high thoracic myelopathy presenting dissociated impairment of rostral sympathetic innervations and isolated segmental sweating on otherwise anhidrotic trunk. H. Saito, H. Sakuma and K. Seno [PDF]	95

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).