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Difference between “Physical Fitness Age” Based on Physical Function and Chronological Age Is Associated with Obesity, Hyperglycemia, Depressive Symptoms, and Low Serum Albumin
This study aimed to (1) develop the physical fitness age, which is the biological age based on physical function, (2) evaluate the validity of the physical fitness age for the assessment of sarcopenia, and (3)...
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High-dose cytarabine added to CY/TBI improves the prognosis of cord blood transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults: a retrospective cohort study
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Open AccessEvaluation of complications of administration for tolvaptan after fluid resuscitation in critical care
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Immediate transfusion without crossmatching
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Emergency call system in the hospital
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Bystander CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Japan
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Severe orthostatic hypotension with diabetic autonomic neuropathy successfully treated with a β1-blocker: a case report
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Recent circumstances of out-of-hospital CPA in Yokohama, a typical Japanese urban city
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Technique of temporary abdominal closure in abdominal compartment syndrome for preventing environmental contamination: seal and continuous high-pressure aspiration
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Nocardial Infections in Japan from 1992 to 2001, Including the First Report of Infection by Nocardia transvalensis
In the period from 1992 to 2001, 303 cases of nocardioses were diagnosed in Japan, with the corresponding etiological agents isolated and characterized. Taxonomic analyses of these 303 strains showed that most...
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Successful second allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and donor lymphocyte infusion in patients with relapsed acute leukemia using the same donors as for the initial allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
We report the successful treatment of two acute lympho- blastic leukemia (ALL) patients who relapsed following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) with allogeneic peripheral blood sem cell transp...
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Cardiac sympathetic dysfunction contributes to left ventricular remodelling after acute myocardial infarction
To investigate the role of the cardiac sympathetic nervous system in left ventricular remodelling, 50 patients with first-time acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and patency of the infarct-related artery after...
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Effect of YM934, a KATP channel opener, on airway hyperresponsiveness induced by platelet activating factor in guinea-pigs
The effect of YM934 (2-(3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-6-nitro-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-4-yl)pyridine N-oxide) on airway hyperresponsiveness induced by platelet activating factor (PAF) was investigated in anesthetized gui...
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Diode laser spectrometer for high-resolution spectroscopy in the visible range
A high-resolution diode laser spectrometer operating at 657 nm is described. To achieve a narrow linewidth and a high power, a master-slave laser system is employed. The master laser is an extended cavity diod...
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Hemiresection-interposition arthroplasty for osteoarthritis of the distal radioulnar joint
Hemiresection-interposition arthroplasty of the distal radioulnar joint has been carried out in 12 men. The indication was osteoarthritis with an intact triangular fibrocartilage, or when the fibrocartilage co...
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Next Generation of High Temperature Structural Intermetallic Compounds
Silicon compounds with the (Mn5Si3)16H crystal structure in particular, have a high melting point, which is a necessary characteristic of high temperature structural materials. The compounds Si3Zr5 and Si3Ti2Zr3 ...
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A Ca optical frequency standard: Frequency stabilization by means of nonlinear Ramsey resonances
An optical frequency standard based on frequency stabilization to Ramsey fringes observed in a Ca atomic beam is described. The important operation parameters influencing the uncertainty of such a standard are...
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Ruptured aneurysm of an azygos anterior cerebral artery
A ruptured saccular aneurysm of the azygos pericallosal artery was found and clipped successfully in a woman of 47 years. Aneurysm of an azygos pericallosal artery is extremely rare.
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Redundant nerve roots of the cauda equina
Two cases of redundant nerve roots syndrome are presented. Both cases displayed coiled and elongated nerve roots of cauda equina, associated with proliferated fibrous tissue on the ligamentum flavum or with sp...