Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Regulat ...
Background The regulation of intestinal barrier permeability is important in the maintenance of normal intestinal physiology. Sphingosine-1-phosphat ...
Proximal and Overall Gastric Em ...
Background Interventions such as gastric surgery and erythromycin result in displacement of solids to the distal stomach and acceleration of overall ...
Impact of Acid Suppression on U ...
Background Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), widely prescribed to patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms, alter intragastric pH, and may affect ...
Screening Prevalence and Incide ...
Lukejohn W. Day , David K. Espey , Erin Madden , Mark Segal , Jonathan P. Terdiman
Endoscopic Biliary Sphincteroto ...
Background Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with biliary self-expanding metal stent placement is the preferred method of providing bil ...
An Effective Instillation Metho ...
Background and Study Aims There is general consensus that water instillation helps insert a colonoscope. However, the most effective method for wate ...
Enhanced Expression of CXCL13 i ...
Background and Aims Chemokine CXC ligand 13 (CXCL13) and CXC receptor type 5 (CXCR5) are constitutively expressed in tertiary lymphoid follicles whe ...
Serotonin Transporter and G Pro ...
Background Polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter (SERT) and G protein b3 subunit (GNB3) genes might contribute to the pathophysiology of irrita ...
Response to Peginterferon-alfa ...
Background The current standard treatment for patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) of genotype 2 is the combination of peginterferon (PEG- ...
Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube P ...
Background Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is one of the most commonly performed bariatric surgeries in the United States. Patients with pri ...
Interobserver Agreement on the ...
Background Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is used to locally stage aerodigestive malignancies. Endosonographic features are used to predict malignant l ...
Dysphagia in Inflammatory Myopa ...
This study compared self-reported incidence and prevalence of dysphagia in inflammatory myopathy diseases with instrumental data from videofluorosco ...
Intraindividual comparison of g ...
This study is an evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of gadolinium-enhanced computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for the detection of ...
Application of imaging guidelin ...
Safe and efficient clearance of cervical spine injury in blunt trauma patients has been a controversial topic among health professionals. The increa ...
Two cases of ruptured cerebral ...
We present two cases of hematoma contralateral to the aneurysm. Case 1 is a 62-year-old woman presenting with a large left frontal intraparenchymal ...
Complications of loco-regional ...
The aim of this study was to discuss the appearance of common complications from loco-regional therapy of primary and secondary malignant liver neop ...
Spontaneous perirenal hemorrhag ...
Spontaneous perirenal hemorrhage (SPH), also known as Wünderlich’s syndrome, is a rare urological emergency. This article reviews the most common ca ...
MicroRNAs in the Human Pituitar ...
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a novel class of small RNA molecules that play a crucial role as posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression. As ...
Polychlorinated dioxins, furans ...
The soil of a residential area in Tokyo was found to contain dioxins, namely polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and dioxin-like biphenyls, the levels ...
A comparative study of health-p ...
Objectives To clarify the difference in health-promoting lifestyles between agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Japan, a cross-sectional st ...
Relation between temperature an ...
Objectives The objective of this study was to assess the relation between temperature and suicide mortality in Japan using time series analysis with ...
Chemotherapy-induced toxicities ...
Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by surgery is a promising treatment strategy for advanced esophageal cancer. Response to NACT is ...
Teaching Otolaryngology skills ...
Over the last couple of decades, learning through simulation has become popularised for various reasons and is continuing to expand exponentially de ...
Update of prognostic and predic ...
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) constitute about 5% of all cancers in the western world and the incidence and mortality rates of this ...
Improving melody recognition in ...
Recent research has shown that music perception remains very diYcult for most cochlear implant (CI) users, who generally report being unsatisWed wit ...