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Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the distal bile duct
Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) in the distal bile duct is very rare and different from common distal bile duct adenocarcinoma. A 77-year-old man was admitted with obstructive jaundice. Severe sten...
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Chronic Alcoholic Pancreatitis with Pancreas Divisum
The mechanism for the onset of chronic alcoholic pancre-atitis(CAP) involves many unresolved questions. We (1,2) have succeeded in creating an animal model of CAPby inducing mild stenosis of the pancreatic duc...
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Allochronic Overlap** Malignancies After Renal Transplantation in a Patient with p53 Gene Mutation: Report of a Case
We report a rare case of the development of various tumors over a 16-year period after renal transplantation. A 56-year-old woman underwent renal transplantation using a US kidney. Immunosuppressive treatment ...
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Inhibition of warm ischemic injury to rat liver, pancreas, and heart grafts by controlling the nutritional status of both donor and recipient
In this study, we tested the effect of donor fasting with or without the use of an essential fatty acids deficiency (EFAD) diet in the recipient using rat heart, pancreas, and liver transplant models. We then ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Synergistic effects of nafamostat mesilate rinse and Kupffer cell blockade for rat liver preservation
We investigated the efficacy of a new rinse solution containing nafamostat mesilate (NM) (a serine protease inhibitor) for liver preservation with modulation of Kupffer cell function. Orthotopic liver transpla...
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Human herpesvirus-6 infection in renal allografts: retrospective immunohistochemical study in Japanese recipients
This study was conducted to determine the incidence and clinical significance of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) infection in renal allografts. A total of 105 biopsy specimens from 72 recipients were immunohistoch...
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Auxiliary heterotopic partial liver transplantation in pigs with acute liver failure
Fulminant hepatic failure is usually fatal without liver transplantation; however, orthotopic liver transplantation is often difficult to perform due to the high risk of coagulopathy and the development of mul...
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Suppression of liver allograft rejection by administration of 15-deoxyspergualin
In this experiment, the effect of the administration route-the hepatic artery, portal vein, or systemic circulation-of the immunosuppressive drug 15-deoxyspergualin (DSG) on the suppression of liver allograft ...
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The significance of bile secretion after the transplantation of long-preserved livers in the rat
Although one of the simplest indicators for predicting liver viability is bile secretion, it has never been proven whether it could be a good index for the viability of grafts in liver transplantation after co...
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5th Japanese Association of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
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Dispermic origin of XY hydatidiform moles
Complete hydatidiform mole is an abnormal human pregnancy with grossly swollen chorionic villi, usually with a 46,XX karyotype, and with a propensity to malignancy1. The XX moles originate from fertilization of a...
