A Double-Layered (Comvi) Self-E ...
Background A self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) has emerged as an effective palliative treatment for malignant gastroduodenal obstruction resulting ...
Do Clinical Characteristics Pre ...
Background and Aims Angioectasias (AVMs) are the most common vascular anomaly of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and these lesions are often associ ...
Quantitative Assessment of Endo ...
Background The degree of villous atrophy in celiac disease is difficult to assess at endoscopy. We sought to develop a quantitative technique for th ...
CARD15 Mutations and Perianal F ...
Background CARD15 mutations alter bowel immunity and increase susceptibility to Crohn0s disease (CD). However, the relation between these mutations ...
Epigenetic Silencing of MicroRN ...
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small (19–25 nucleotides) noncoding RNAs that regulate the expressions of a wide variety of genes, incl ...
Assessment of accuracy of immed ...
Objectives This study assesses the accuracy of the immediate blood separation method, a novel blood sampling strategy that enables blood analysis in ...
Indoor air pollution and health ...
Objectives Indoor air pollutants from biomass combustion pose a risk for respiratory diseases in children. It is plausible that distinct differences ...
An assessment of radiation dose ...
Objectives On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. Due to this earthquake and subsequent tsunami, malfunctions occurred at the F ...
The Japan Esophageal Society Co ...
The consensus meeting was held at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japan Esophageal Society (JES) in 2010. The majority of the 150 participants were s ...
Surgical versus percutaneous tr ...
The choice between surgical (ST) and percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) is not often based on evidence. The aim is to evaluate the quality of evidence i ...
How I do it: chopsticks techniq ...
We describe the ‘‘chopsticks’’ technique of simultaneous use of two instruments held in one hand during tonsillectomy. The technique allows the surg ...
Complications of total laryngec ...
As more total laryngectomies (TLE) are nowadays performed as salvage procedures, the rate of postoperative complications increases. The primary aim ...
Cupulolithiasis of the horizont ...
To clarify whether positional nystagmus of horizontal cupulolithiasis contains vertical and torsional components, and to quantify the asymmetry, we ...
Apoptotic cell clearance in chr ...
The mechanism driving accumulation of large numbers of apoptotic and necrotic neutrophils in inflamed lateral neck cysts (LNC), in the absence of in ...
Regional cerebral perfusion abn ...
Objective A voxel based investigation of cerebral blood flow was conducted to identify brain functional differences during resting state between chi ...
Early postural blood pressure r ...
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is associated with increased total mortality but contribution of specific death causes has not been thoroughly explored ...
Maternal weight change before p ...
Maternal weight change before pregnancy can be considered as an indicator of maternal energy balance and nutritional status before conception, and m ...
new approach in the miniminvasi ...
The use of biological cement with provisory closed percutaneous Kirschner wire (K-wire) Wxation enabled the treatment of 12 patients with fractures. ...
Posterior dislocation of should ...
The posterior dislocation of shoulder with ipsilateral humerus shaft fracture is an extremely rare occurrence, with only six cases reported in liter ...
Metabolic, inflammatory, endoth ...
Childhood obesity and its related comorbidities are increasingly recognised in children, predisposing them to early cardiovascular disease and metab ...
Eponym Johanson-Blizzard syndro ...
Johanson-Blizzard syndrome is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase E3 Component N-Recognin 1 ...
Growth references for height, w ...
In order to prepare growth references for height, weight, and head circumference for Argentine children with Achondroplasia, 228 children (114 boys) ...
Risk factors of obesity in pres ...
To assess risk factors of childhood obesity, we carried out a case–control study in ten kindergartens in Changsha, the capital city in the Chinese p ...
Proportion of malformations and ...
Genetic disorders and birth defects account for a high percentage of the admissions in children’s hospitals. Congenital malformations and chromosoma ...
The side effects of phototherap ...
Neonatal phototherapy (NNPT), a noninvasive, easily available therapy, has been widely used for the treatment of neonatal jaundice for more than hal ...