Study Design Tissues in the area of herniated lumbar discs were examined for inflammatory
cytokines to elucidate the causes of sciatic pain in lumbar disc herniation. Objectives To …

A modified formalin test in mice was investigated. The pain response curve induced by 0.5%
formalin was biphasic, having 2 peaks, from 0 to 5 min (first phase) and from 15 to 20 min (…

Background : Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA)-verified positive remodeling
and low attenuation plaques are considered morphological characteristics of high-risk …

The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock
2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis and …

Liver cirrhosis is the irreversible end result of fibrous scarring and hepatocellular regeneration,
characterized by diffuse disorganization of the normal hepatic structure of regenerative …

Mutations of the p53 gene are found in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common
form of primary liver cancer. Specific mutations might reflect exposure to specific carcinogens …

Resection specimens from 145 patients with primary B-cell gastric lymphoma at stage I E (n
= 88) and at stage II E (n = 57) were investigated. Histologically, low-grade malignant B-cell …

Background There have been many studies on gastric carcinoma in populations with contrasting
cancer risks. We aimed to find out whether the criteria for the histological diagnosis of …

To realize practical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems, a high-performance N/spl
times/N wavelength multiplexer is introduced that is based on an arrayed-waveguide …

Early gastric cancer (EGC) was defined in 1962 by the Japanese Research Society for Gastric
Cancer as those whose invasion is limited to the mucosa or submucosa irrespective of …