Takotsubo syndrome in a heart transplant recipient with poor cardiac sympathetic reinnervation by Ryo Miyake, Kisho Ohtani, Toru Hashimoto, Ryoko Yada, Tasuku Sato, Yoko Shojima, Shunji Hayashidani, Taiki Higo, Hiroyuki Tsutsui

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Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 3 with Anorexia by Toshio Kahara, Hitomi Wakakuri, Juri Takatsuji, Iori Motoo, Kosuke R. Shima, Kazuhide Ishikura, Rika Usuda, Yatsugi Noda

“…Although type 1 diabetes mellitus with coexisting pernicious anemia is very rare in Japan, physicians should consider the possibility of pernicious anemia when patients with diabetes mellitus have cryptogenic anorexia with the finding of significant macrocytosis (MCV > 100 fL).…”
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H2O/O2 Vapor Annealing Effect on Spin Coating Alumina Thin Films for Passivation of Silicon Solar Cells by Abdullah Uzum, Hiroyuki Kanda, Takuma Noguchi, Yuya Nakazawa, Shota Taniwaki, Yasushi Hotta, Yuichi Haruyama, Naoyuki Shibayama, Seigo Ito

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1380 nm VCSELs using surface-activated bonding of GaAs-based DBRs on a Ge substrate by Tomomasa Watanabe, Mikihiro Yokozeki, Masashi Takanohashi, Michinori Shiomi, Hiroshi Nakajima, Masayuki Tanaka, Daiji Kasahara, Noriko Kobayashi, Noriyuki Futagawa

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The Relation of Coffee Consumption to Serum Uric Acid in Japanese Men and Women Aged 49–76 Years by Ngoc Minh Pham, Daigo Yoshida, Makiko Morita, Guang Yin, Kengo Toyomura, Keizo Ohnaka, Ryoichi Takayanagi, Suminori Kono

“…We examined the relation between coffee intake and serum UA levels in free-living middle-aged and elderly men and women in Fukuoka, Japan. Methods. Study subjects were derived from the baseline survey of a cohort study on lifestyle-related diseases, and included 11.662 men and women aged 49–76 years; excluded were those with medication for gout and hyperuricemia, use of diuretic drugs, and medical care for cancer or chronic kidney disease. …”
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Arthroscopic Quadriceps Tendon Repair: Two Case Reports by Hidetomo Saito, Yoichi Shimada, Toshiaki Yamamura, Shin Yamada, Takahiro Sato, Koji Nozaka, Hiroaki Kijima, Kimio Saito

“…Two years after surgery, retearing was not observed on MRI and both Japan Orthopedic Association (JOA) Knee and Lysholm scores had recovered to 100. …”
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Dasatinib-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Upfront Combination Therapy by Makoto Nishimori, Tomoyuki Honjo, Kenji Kaihotsu, Naohiko Sone, Sachiko Yoshikawa, Junichi Imanishi, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Noriaki Emoto, Masanori Iwahashi

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Heptamethine Cyanine Dye-Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Improving Performance of HTL-Free Perovskite Solar Cells by Man-Ge Cai, Arina Watanabe, Zhenyu Xu, Yong-Chang Zhai, Achmad Syarif Hidayat, Naoki Ueoka, Miftakhul Huda, Kimitaka Higuchi, Esko I. Kauppinen, Kazumasa Funabiki, Yutaka Matsuo

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Changes in the Size of a Ruptured Pheochromocytoma after Transcatheter Arterial Embolization by Takahiro Ichikawa, Chikako Oyabu, Megumi Minamida, Yusuke Ichijo, Yoshitaka Hashimoto, Mai Asano, Hiroya Iwase, Toru Tanaka, Michiaki Fukui

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Three Cases of Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome Secondary to Ovarian Metastases from Colorectal Cancer by Yuta Yamamoto, Yusuke Miyagawa, Takehito Ehara, Makoto Koyama, Satoshi Nakamura, Daisuke Takeuchi, Futoshi Muranaka, Masato Kitazawa, Shinichi Miyagawa

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The First Autopsy Case of Fatal Acute Cardiac Failure after Administration of Carfilzomib in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma by Teruhito Takakuwa, Ippei Otomaru, Taku Araki, Akiko Miura, Yotaro Fujitani, Yasuhide Mochizuki, Yoshimi Miyagi, Hideto Senzaki, Ryosuke Yamamura

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A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers by Hayato Mitamura, Toshiyuki Oshitari, Ryuta Kimoto, Jiro Yotsukura, Kaoru Asanagi, Takayuki Baba, Yoko Takahashi, Takashi Kishimoto, Shuichi Yamamoto

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Prenatal Diagnosis of Umbilical Cord Ulcer: A Report of Two Cases by Daisuke Katsura, Suzuko Moritani, Shunichiro Tsuji, Kaori Hayashi, Kazutaka Yamada, Shinsuke Tokoro, Kounosuke Suzuki, Fuminori Kimura, Takashi Murakami

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Inhibitory Effects of Polaprezine on the Inflammatory Response to Helicobacter pylori by Osamu Handa, Norimasa Yoshida, Yukiko Tanaka, Miho Ueda, Takeshi Ishikawa, Tomohisa Takagi, Naoyuki Matsumoto, Yuji Naito, Toshikazu Yoshikawa

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Previously Undiagnosed Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy as a Cause of Airway Obstruction after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy by Miyuki Niki, Taihei Tachikawa, Yuka Sano, Hiroki Miyawaki, Aisa Matoi, Yukari Okano, Nobutaka Kariya, Tsuneo Tatara, Munetaka Hirose

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The Molecular Mechanism Underlying Continuous Exercise Training-Induced Adaptive Changes of Lipolysis in White Adipose Cells by Junetsu Ogasawara, Tetsuya Izawa, Tomonobu Sakurai, Takuya Sakurai, Ken Shirato, Yoshinaga Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ishida, Hideki Ohno, Takako Kizaki

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Acoustic Emission Measurement by Fiber Bragg Grating Glued to Cylindrical Sensor Holder by Masanori Takuma, Shigeyoshi Hisada, Kenichi Saitoh, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Yuuki Kobayashi, Akira Kadono, Atushi Murata, Satoshi Iwata, Toshinori Sasaki

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A Normal Range of KL-6/MUC1 Independent of Elevated SP-D Indicates a Better Prognosis in the Patients with Honeycombing on High-Resolution Computed Tomography by Shu Hisata, Yuichiro Kimura, Naoko Shibata, Shuichi Ono, Takao Kobayashi, Shigeki Chiba, Hiromitsu Ohta, Toshihiro Nukiwa, Masahito Ebina

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Application of Saline Infusion Sonocolpography in Diagnosis and Treatment of Perforated Transverse Vaginal Septum by Ayumi Ono, Iori Kisu, Tomoko Iijma, Hiroshi Senba, Kiyoko Matsuda, Motoko Katayama, Ayaka Iura, Yumiko Miura, Nobumaru Hirao

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Evaluation of the efficacy of low concentration fluoride gel using custom trays to prevent radiation-related dental caries in patients with head and neck cancer: protocol for a ran... by Yumiko Kawashita, Masahiro Umeda, Toshiyuki Saito, Sakiko Soutome, Souichi Yanamoto, Maho Murata, Masako Yoshimatsu, Madoka Funahara

“…Target accrual is 80 patients with a two-sided type I error rate of 5% and 80% power to detect 80% risk reduction.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Clinical Research Review Board in Nagasaki University The protocol of this study was registered at Japan Registry of Clinical Trials (jRCT) and University hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN). …”
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