Yonago Acta medica 1997; Volume 40: Number 1

Original Articles
page 1 Release of Brain Natriuretic Peptide during the Perioperative Period of Cardiac Surgery Keisuke Morimoto, Shingo Ishiguro and Hiroaki Kuroda

page 13 Plasma Lactic Acid and Pyruvic Acid Levels in Patients with Chronic Primary Headaches during the Headache Free Period Hiroko Okada, Shigeru Araga, Takao Takeshima and Kenji Nakashima

page 21 Expression of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 on Human Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells Stimulated by Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Interleukin-1β and Lipopolysaccharide Hiroyuki Sano, Katsuyuki Tomita and Yutaka Hitsuda

page 31 A Study on Echogenic Changes of the Kidney-Spleen and Liver-Spleen Contrasts with Age in Infants and Children Md. Abdus Samad, Hiroshi Hayashibara, Yasushi Utsunomiya and Kazuo Shiraki

page 43 Cadmium Induces Interleukin-8 in Alveolar Epithelial Type II Cells (A549) Katsuhiko Fukuda, Yutaka Hitsuda and Tadashi Igishi

page 53 A < 10 Kilodalton Fraction of Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Parkinson's Disease Decreases the Survival of Rat Mesencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons in Culture Katsuko Mishima, Takao Takeshima and Kenji Nakashima

page 63 Massive Lung Metastasis from Cerebellar Medulloblastoma: a Report on One Case and Review of Literature Shinsuke Kato, Hidenobu Aoki, Kunihiko Tamura, Hiroko Hayashi, Hajime Miyata, Tomokatsu Hori and Eisaku Ohama

page 73 An Examination of Alkaline Hydrolyzing Conditions of Conjugated Bile Acids with Carbonyl Groups Nobuo Yamaga, Yumiko Nagano and Kazuo Yamada

page 79 A Novel Mechanism to Explain the Detrimental Effects of Left Cryptorchidism on Right Testicular Functions Kouji Ono and Nikolaos Sofikitis

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