Correlations between left ventr ...
Left ventricular (LV) mass and LV geometry are well-established measures of hypertension chronicity and severity, have a prognostic value on cardiova ...
Acute Renal Failure After Licor ...
A 39-year-old female presented to the nephrology clinic emergency department with a complaint of muscle weakness and stomach pain. A detailed persona ...
Single burr hole endoscopic bio ...
Objective In cases of non-communicating hydrocephalus, a combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and tumor biopsy might be necessary. We sug ...
Pediatric tumors of the central ...
Objective The objective of this study is to describe the age, sex, location, and histopathology of pediatric tumors of the central nervous system di ...
Frameless stereotactic procedur ...
Purpose The aim of our retrospective study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and diagnostic yield of a frameless method for stereotactic neur ...
Computed tomography-guided ster ...
Purpose The primary objective of this study was to report the results of author’s 18-year experience of diagnostic stereotactic biopsy procedures in ...
b1,4-galactosyltransferase-I in ...
b1,4-galactosyltransferase-I (b1,4-GalT-I), which is one of the best-studied glycosyltransferases, plays a key role in the synthesis of selectin lig ...
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Hel ...
The epithelium of the intestinal tract is exposed to a variety of genotoxic agents, both exogenous and endogenous, that can injure nuclear and mitoc ...
Mena invasive (MenaINV) and Men ...
Mena, an actin regulatory protein, functions at the convergence of motility pathways that drive breast cancer cell invasion and migration in vivo. T ...
Loss of one Tgfbr2 allele in fi ...
Accumulation of fibroblasts is a phenomenon that significantly correlates with formation of aggressive cancers. While studies have shown that the TG ...
Impact of combined HDAC and mTO ...
The concept of molecular tumor targeting might provide new hope in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. We evaluated metastasis blocking prope ...
Pathogenetic and therapeutic ap ...
IgA nephropathy is the most common primary chronic glomerulonephritis in the world and was first described by Berger et al. (J Urol Nephrol 74:694– ...
Treatment of metastatic renal c ...
A better understanding of the molecular biology of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and the emergence of molecular targeted drugs have revolutionized the ...
The renal cyst infection caused ...
A 40-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital for investigation of fever and right flank pain starting after watery diarrhea. Salmonella e ...
Significance of past history of ...
Background Clinical information regarding risk factors may be helpful in the detection of various diseases. This cross-sectional study examined the ...
Geographic differences in the i ...
Background We previously showed that there are marked geographic differences in the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) within Japan. In add ...
Proton pump inhibitors: use, mi ...
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used in acid-related disorders of the stomach and oesophagus. Treatment with PPIs is usually extended indef ...
Small nodules which could indic ...
We present a case with small pancreatic nodules, which could indicate the early phase of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). A 68-year-old man was referr ...
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the ...
We report the case of a 44-year-old woman with an inflammatory pseudotumour of the liver and spleen. This concomitant association has been rarely d ...
Non-invasive diagnosis of liver ...
Although histopathological determination by ‘invasive’ liver biopsy remains the gold standard for evaluating the progression of chronic liver diseas ...
Transorbital Impalement Injury ...
An extraordinary case of transorbital penetration injury is presented. A 24-year-old male patient was involved in a fight and was pushed against a s ...
All-trans Retinoic Acid Induced ...
Glioblastoma is a highly invasive and proliferative brain tumor in humans[ 1]. It is highly resistant to current therapies, causing signifi cant mor ...
Periodontal therapy and risk fo ...
Periodontitis has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Results from intervention studies are few and controversial. The present study as ...
A 13-year clinical evaluation o ...
This 13-year randomized clinical trial compared the clinical effectiveness of two three-step etchand- rinse adhesives in combination with a hybrid, ...
Assessment of smoking behaviour ...
The present study validated the accuracy of data from a self-reported questionnaire on smoking behaviour with the use of exhaled carbon monoxide (CO ...