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Open AccessRelationship between peripheral airway function and patient-reported outcomes in COPD: a cross-sectional study
Health status, dyspnea and psychological status are important clinical outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) measured by spirometry, the ...
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New double-stapling technique for esophagojejunostomy and esophagogastrostomy in gastric cancer surgery, using a peroral intraluminal approach with a digital stapling system
In the abdominal-transhiatal approach for resection of adenocarcinoma of the cardia or subcardia, and in laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy (LATG), the use of a circular stapling device has potential probl...
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Confirmation of the antispasmodic effect of shakuyaku-kanzo-to (TJ-68), a Chinese herbal medicine, on the duodenal wall by direct spraying during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the suppressive effect of TJ-68 on duodenal spasms during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). At the point when the duodenal papilla was confirmed af...
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Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Levels Indicate Blood–CSF Barrier Damage in Patients with Infectious Meningitis
Protein components in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are maintained at a specific concentration by a dynamic gradient between the capillary and intrathecal spaces via the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCB) in ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Changes of Hepatic Microcirculation in Acute Cholestasis
The hepatic blood flow decreases with the decrease of blood cell velocity in the sinusoids and portal blood flow in acute cholestasis. This microcirculatory change precedes the biochemical and histological cha...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Role of Perforin and Granzyme B of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte in the Onset of Peptic Ulcer Formation
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Duodenal Blood Flow in Acute Portal Hypertension
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Examination of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-Mediated Apoptosis Pathway in Peptic Ulcer Formation with or without H. pylori Infection
Perforin/granzyme and Fas/Fas ligand (Fas L) pathways are two known major pathways of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated apoptosis. We clinically studied whether CTL-mediated apoptosis associated with pepti...
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Clarithromycin-susceptible Helicobacter pylori with mutation in 23S rRNA gene by PCR-RFLP method
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Lansoprazole Decreases Peripheral Blood Monocytes and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1-Positive Mononuclear Cells
We examined the effects of lansoprazole, aproton-pump inhibitor, on peripheral blood mononuclearcells in healthy subjects in comparison with ranitidine.Ten healthy volunteers were randomly divided into two gro...