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Trends in the surgical treatment for metastatic spinal tumor in Japanese administrative data between 2012 and 2020
Both cancer diagnosis/treatment modality and surgical technique for the spine have been developed recently. Nationwide trends in the surgical treatment for metastatic spinal tumors have not been reported in th...
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Open AccessNine-year seroepidemiological study of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection in feral horses in Cape Toi, Japan
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a fatal zoonosis caused by ticks in East Asia. As SFTS virus (SFTSV) is maintained between wildlife and ticks, seroepidemiological studies in wildlife are ...
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Open AccessNeuro-Symbolic Reasoning for Multimodal Referring Expression Comprehension in HMI Systems
Conventional Human–Machine Interaction (HMI) interfaces have predominantly relied on GUI and voice commands. However, natural human communication also consists of non-verbal communication, including hand gestu...
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Open AccessRenal tubular acidosis without interstitial nephritis in Sjögren’s syndrome: a case report and review of the literature
Renal tubular acidosis is the principal clinical feature associated with tubulointerstitial nephritis in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Renal tubular dysfunction due to interstitial nephritis has be...
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Distinctly different gut microbiota in Japanese badgers and Japanese raccoon dogs despite sharing similar food habits and environments
The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) and the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) are common wild animals in Japan. They are opportunistic omnivores that share similar foods and environments....
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REBOA Zone Estimation from the Body Surface Using Semantic Segmentation
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is an endovascular procedure for hemorrhage control. In REBOA, the balloon must be placed in the precise place, but it may be performed without...
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Skin Redness of the Trunk Developed After Lymphatic Embolization in the Pelvic Region
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Less-invasive decompression procedures can reduce risk of reoperation for lumbar spinal stenosis with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis extended to the lumbar segment: analysis of two retrospective cohorts
Clinical outcomes after decompression procedures are reportedly worse for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), especially DISH extended to the lumbar segment (L-DI...
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Creatinine generation rate can detect sarcopenia in patients with hemodialysis
Sarcopenia is strongly associated with long-term mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis. The diagnostic modalities used to assess muscle mass, such as bioimpedance analysis and dual-energy X-ray absorpt...
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In Vivo Bioluminescent Imaging of Rabies Virus Infection and Evaluation of Antiviral Drug
In vivo bioluminescence imaging (BLI) methods enable the longitudinal and semi-quantitative monitoring of viral replication dynamics in small animal models and, thus, are useful for examining viral pathogenesi...
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Incidence of and risk factors for spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, and vertebral fracture in rheumatoid arthritis
Although lumbar lesions such as spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, and vertebral fracture are not specific to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the prevalence is high in RA patients. However, no longitudinal study has eva...
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Open AccessComprehensive exploration of chemical space using trisubstituted carboranes
A total of 42 trisubstituted carboranes categorised into five scaffolds were systematically designed and synthesized by exploiting the different reactivities of the twelve vertices of o-, m-, and p-carboranes to ...
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Open AccessBackground and descriptive features of rabies-suspected animals in Central Luzon, Philippines
The Philippines is one of the major endemic countries for canine rabies in Southeast Asia. However, detailed description and analysis of laboratory-confirmed animal rabies are limited. Highly accurate surveill...
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Percutaneous Methods for Reinsertion of a Dislodged External Pancreatic Duct Stent
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First case report of fungal meningitis due to a polypore mushroom Irpex lacteus
A 73-year-old Japanese man with a medical history of sarcoidosis was diagnosed with meningitis caused by an undetermined fungus. For further identification, the cerebrospinal fluid sample was analyzed for the ...
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Open AccessSkeletal muscle mass is associated with erythropoietin response in hemodialysis patients
Hyporesponsiveness to erythropoietin stimulating agent (ESA) is associated with poor outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease. Although ESA hyporesponsiveness and sarcopenia have a common pathophysiolo...
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Open AccessGender-specific analysis for the association between trunk muscle mass and spinal pathologies
We investigated the relationship between trunk muscle mass and spinal pathologies by gender. This multicenter cross-sectional study included patients aged ≥ 30 years who visited a spinal outpatient clinic. Tru...
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Feasibility of computed tomography-based assessment of skeletal muscle mass in hemodialysis patients
Sarcopenia is a major health issue especially in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Low skeletal muscle mass is included in the diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia. The skeletal muscle mass is usually evalua...
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Classification and prognostic factors of residual symptoms after minimally invasive lumbar decompression surgery using a cluster analysis: a 5-year follow-up cohort study
Residual symptoms indicating incomplete remission of lower leg numbness or low back pain may occur after spine surgery. The purpose was to elucidate the pattern of residual symptoms 5 years after minimally inv...
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Open AccessA novel method for assessing the renal biopsy specimens using an activatable fluorescent probe
Gamma-glutamyl hydroxymethyl rhodamine green (gGlu-HMRG) is an activatable fluorescent probe that can be activated by γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT). The expression of GGT in the kidney, which is one of the ma...
