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Portal venous system thrombosis is a complication of partial splenic artery embolization, and pre-treatment risk assessment is thus important. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors for por...
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Open AccessIndomethacin reduces rates of aortic dissection and rupture of the abdominal aorta by inhibiting monocyte/macrophage accumulation in a murine model
Aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition, which is characterised by separation of the constituent layers of the aortic wall. We have recently shown that monocyte/macrophage infiltration into the aorti...
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Acquisition of 3D Data and Spectral Color by Using RGBD Camera and Programmable Light Source
Measurement of shape and color of three-dimensional (3D) object surface is important in many fields including display, digital archives, computer graphics, and computer vision. For instance, the reproduction o...
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Open AccessImaging findings of primary hepatic carcinoid tumor with an emphasis on MR imaging: case study
Carcinoid tumors are slow-growing tumors originating in the neuroendocrine cells, and occur most frequently within the gastrointestinal tract. Although the liver is the most common site for metastatic carcinoi...
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Open AccessFactors Associated with Aggravation of Esophageal Varices after B-RTO for Gastric Varices
To retrospectively evaluate risk factors for aggravation of esophageal varices (EV) within 1 year after balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) of gastric varices (GV) and to clarify suita...
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Open AccessTenascin C protects aorta from acute dissection in mice
Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is caused by the disruption of intimomedial layer of the aortic walls, which is immediately life-threatening. Although recent studies indicate the importance of proinflammatory re...
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Erratum to: Clinical evaluation of digital radiography based on a large-area cesium iodide-amorphous silicon flat-panel detector compared with screen-film radiography for skeletal system and abdomen