Complimentary address to Mr. Koichi Tanaka, the winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry 2002

by A. Shimizu (Osaka, Japan)

by R. Koyama, T. Nakanishi, T. Ikeda and A. Shimizu (Osaka, Japan)

First case of a single heterozygote of an abnormal hemoglobin, Hb Stanmore,　［β111(G13)Val→Ala]

by A. Miyazaki, T. Nakanishi, A. Shimizu (Osaka, Japan) and H. Hisamitsu (Hiroshima, Japan)

Determination of endogenous peptides in the porcine brain: possible construction of Peptidome, a fact database for endogenous peptides

by N. Minamino, J. Tanaka, H. Kuwahara, T. Kihara, Y. Satomi, M. Matsubae and T. Takao (Osaka, Japan)

Direct analysis of drugs in plasma by column-switching liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry using a methylcellulose-immobilized reversed-phase pretreatment column

by S.-i. Kawano, H. Murakita (Kanagawa, Japan), E. Yamamoto and N. Asakawa (Ibaraki, Japan) 

Determination of cabergoline and L-dopa in human plasma using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

by K. Igarashi , K. Hotta, F. Kasuya (Kobe, Japan), K. Abe, and S. Sakoda (Osaka, Japan) 

Selective screening for fatty acid oxidation disorders by tandem mass spectrometry: difficulties in practical discrimination

by Y. Shigematsu, S. Hirano, I. Hata, Y. Tanaka, M. Sudo (Fukui, Japan), T. Tajima, N. Sakura (Hiroshima,Japan), S. Yamaguchi (Shimane, Japan) and M. Takayanagi (Chiba, Japan)

Effect of supplementation with L-carnitine at a small dose on acylcarnitine profiles in serum and urine and the renal handling of acylcarnitines in a patient with multiple acyl-coezyme A dehydrogenation defect 

by M. Yoshino, Y. Tokunaga, Y. Watanabe, I. Yoshida, M. Sakaguchi (Kurume, Japan), I. Hata, Y. Shigematsu (Matsuoka, Japan), M. Kimura and S. Yamaguchi (Izumo, Japan) 

GC/MS TECHNIQUES

Ultra-rapid procedure to test for γ-hydroxybutyric acid in blood and urine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

by M. Villain, V. Cirimele, B. Ludes and P. Kintz (Strasbourg, France)

Monitoring method for pre-and post-liver transplantation in patients with primary hyperoxaluria type I 

by Y. Inoue, H. Masuyama, H. Ikawa (Ishikawa, Japan), H. Mitsubuchi (Kumamoto, Japan)  and T. Kuhara (Ishikawa, Japan)

Effect of valproic acid on the urinary metabolic profile of a patient with succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency

by T. Shinka (Ishikawa, Japan), M. Ohfu, S. Hirose (Fukuoka, Japan) and T. Kuhara (Ishikawa, Japan)

Rapid gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric diagnosis of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency and dihydropyrimidinase  deficiency

by T. Kuhara, C. Ohdoi, M. Ohse (Ishikawa, Japan), A. B. P. van Kuilenburg, A. H. van Gennip (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). S. Sumi, T. Ito, Y. Wada (Nagoya, Japan) and I. Matsumoto (Ishikawa, Japan)

Sensitive determination of pethidine in body fluids by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry 

by A. Ishii (Toyoake, Japan), M. Tanaka, R. Kurihara (Nagoya, Japan), K. Watanabe-Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan) T.  Kumazawa (Tokyo, Japan), H. Seno (Aichi, Japan), O. Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Y. Katsumata (Nagoya, Japan)

Chemical diagnosis of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry detection 

by C. Ohdoi (Ishikawa, Japan), W. L. Nyhan (La Jolla, CA, USA) and T. Kuhara (Ishikawa, Japan)

Simultaneous determination of endocannabinoids (arachidonylethanolamide and 2-arachidonylglycerol) and isoprostane (8-epiprostaglandein F2α) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-selected ion monitoring for medical samples

by T. Obata, Y. Sakurai, Y. Kase, Y. Tananifuji and T. Horiguchi (Tokyo, Japan)

by M. Kimura, Y, Hasegawa (Shimane, Japan), K. Nakagawa (Kyoto, Japan), M. Kajita, K. Watanabe (Nagoya, Japan) and S. Yamaguchi (Shimane, Japan)

by S. Takamoto, N. Sakura, M. Yashiki, T. Kojima (Hiroshima, Japan)