Volume 54, Number 3,4
CONTENTS
August2006

Reviews

Infective endocarditis and dental procedures : evidence, pathogenesis, and prevention 189
Hiro-O Ito
New trend of MRI diagnosis based on the function and metabolism in the central nervous system 199
Masafumi Harada
Originals

Impact of dietary and lifestyle on vitamin D in healthy student girls aged 11-15 years 204
Hossein Dahifar, Ali Faraji, Aboulfazl Ghorbani, Saeid Yassobi
Challenge of psychiatric rehabilitation for patients with long-term hospitalizations using the Nirje's normalization
principles as a valuation standard: two case studies
209
Tetsuya Tanioka, Motoshiro Mano, Yoichiro Takasaka, Toshiko Tada, Chiemi Kawanishi
A/G heterozygote of the A-3826G polymorphism in the UCP-1 gene has higher BMI than A/A and G/G homozygote in young Japanese males 218
Takuro Nakano, Toshikatsu Shinka, Masako Sei, Yoichi Sato, Mayumi Umeno, Kozue Sakamoto,
Isoko Nomura, Yutaka Nakahori
Indicators for blood glucose control in diabetics with end-stage chronic renal disease : GHb vs. glycated albumin (GA) 223
Keiko Chujo, Kenji Shima, Hiroaki Tada, Teruyo Oohashi, Jun Minakuchi, Syu Kawashima
Evaluation of the effects of mastication and swallowing on gastric motility using electrogastrography 229
Yoshitaka Kimura, Masahiro Nomura, Yuki Sawada, Naoko Muraoka, Nao Kohno, Susumu Ito
ALK7 is a novel marker for adipocyte differentiation 238
Masahiro Kogame, Shinji Matsuo, Masashi Nakatani, Akira Kurisaki, Hiromu Nishitani,Kunihiro Tsuchida,
Hiromu Sugino
A histochemical and immunohistochemical investigation of guanase and nedasin in rat and human tissues 246
Katsutaka Sannomiya, Hirohito Honda, Kenichirou Kubo, Kunio Ii, Ying Yuan, Eriko Aoyagi,
Naoki Muguruma, Ichiro Shimizu, Susumu Ito
Soy protein diet prevents hypermethioninemia caused by portacaval shunt in rats 255
Rie Shimooka, Kido Yasuhiro, Naoko Chiba, Junko Tanaka, Kazuhito Rokutan, Harumi Furochi,
Katsuya Hirasaka, Takeshi Nikawa, Kyoichi Kishi
Histochemical and immunohistochemical investigation of guanase and nedasin in human tissues 264
Kenichiro Kubo, Hirohito Honda, Katsutaka Sannomiya, Yuan Aying, Wei Mei, Shen Mi, Eriko Aoyagi,
Ichiro Simizu, Kunio Ii, Susumu Ito
Morphological study on biologically distinct vpx/vpr mutants of HIV-2 271
Ahmad Piroozmand, Boonruang Khamsri, Mikako Fujita, Akio Adachi, Tsuneo Uchiyama
The use of electrogastrography and external ultrasonography to evaluate gastric motility in Crohn's disease 277
Nao Kohno, Masahiro Nomura, Hiroshi Okamoto, Masako Kaji, Susumu Ito
Technetium-99m sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography findings correlated with P-glycoprotein
expression in pituitary adenoma
285
Katsuzo Kunishio, Maski Okada, Yoshihito Matsumoto, Seigo Nagao, Yoshihiro Nishiyama
Clinical trials for drug approval: a pilot study of the view of doctors at Tokushima University Hospital 292
Hiroaki Yanagawa, Masako Nishiya, Toshiko Miyamoto, Michiyo Shikishima, Mitsuko Imura, Rika Nakanishi,
Kazuyo Ariuchi, Akiyo Akaishi, Shigemi Takai, Shinji Abe, Masatoshi Kisyuku, Chieko Kageyama,
Chiho Sato,Makiko Yamagami, Noriko Urakawa, Saburo Sone, Minoru Irahara
Soluble matrix from osteoblastic cells induces mineralization by dental pulp cells 297
Akemichi Ueno, Kikuji Yamashita, Keiko Miyoshi, Taigo Horiguchi, Intan Ruspita, Kaori Abe, Takafumi Noma
Nateglinide with glibenclamide examination using the respiratory quotient (RQ) 303
Shinji Harada, Masahiro Nomura, Yutaka Nakaya, Susumu Ito
Risk factors associated with soft coronary artery plaques in Japanese, as determined by 16 slice multidetector-row computed tomography 310
Tetsuya Tsujikawa, Masahiro Nomura, Kimiko Nakayasu, Tomohito Kawano, Yutaka Nakaya, Susumu Ito,
Hiromu Nishitani
Case reports

Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine cell carcinoma of the rectum : report of a case and literal review 317
Hidenori Miyamoto, Nobuhiro Kurita, Masanori Nishioka, Tsutomu Ando, Takashi Tashiro, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa, Mitsuo Shimada
A case of early relapsed multiple lung metastases after esophagectomy successfully treated with S-1/cisplatin therapy after docetaxel/5-fluorouracil/cisplatin therapy 321
Junichi Seike, Takahiro Yoshida, Junko Honda, Takanori Miyoshi, Atsushi Umemoto, Akira Tangoku
Rapid-growing solitary necrotic nodule of the liver 325
Satoru Imura, Kotaro Miyake, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Yuji Morine, Masahiko Fujii, Nobuya Sano, Mitsuo Shimada

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