Papers presented at the 1st Asian Conference for Microcirculation, held in Osaka, Japan, September 1993, under the auspices of the Asian Union for Microcirculation. The latest developments in clinical and experimental microcirculation research are reported, including nitric oxide, endothelin and other vasoactive substances, blood flow and blood cell rheology, gastrointestinal and liver microcirculation, new techniques, and related aspects of traditional oriental medicine. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.