Volume 68, Number 3,4
CONTENTS
August 2021

Reviews

Triple-negative breast cancer and basal-like subtype : Pathology and targeted therapy 213
Yoshimi Bando, Tomoko Kobayashi, Yuko Miyakami, Satoshi Sumida, Takumi Kakimoto, Yasuyo Saijo,
Hisanori Uehara
Varying clinical presentations of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease : Similar to but different from tuberculosis 220
Tsutomu Shinohara, Shun Morizumi, Kenya Sumitomo
The effects of androgens on metabolic functions in females 228
Takeshi Iwasa, Yuri Yamamoto, Akari Shinya, Saki Minato, Rie Yanagihara, Shuhei Kamada,
Junki Imaizumi, Tomohiro Kagawa, Aya Shirakawa, Hiroki Noguchi, Tomotaka Nakagawa, Miyu Taniguchi,
Yuri Kadota, Takako Kawakita, Kanako Yoshida, Takeshi Kato, Toshiyuki Yasui, Minoru Irahara
Originals

RISK FACTORS OF VINCRISTINE-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC
LEUKAEMIA CHILDREN
232
Dinda Anes Tunjungsari, Prastiya Indra Gunawan, I Dewa Gede Ugrasena
Effect of peripherally derived steroid hormones on the expression of steroidogenic enzymes in the rat
choroid plexus
238
Koji Ono, Akihiko Yano, Kazunori Ishimura
Value of the CRP-albumin ratio in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer 244
Yusuke Arakawa, Katsuki Miyazaki, Masato Yoshikawa, Shinichiro Yamada, Yu Saito, Tetsuya Ikemoto,
Satoru Imura, Yuji Morine, Mitsuo Shimada
Effects of daily 1,000-IU vitamin D-fortified milk intake on skeletal muscle mass, power, physical function
and nutrition status in Japanese
249
Yasushi Matsuura, Teruhiro Morishita, Michiko Sato, Nami Sumida, Takafumi Katayama, Rie Tsutsumi,
Hiroshi Sakaue, Yutaka Taketani, Koichi Sairyo, Akihiko Kawaura, Eiji Takeda
Usefulness of a multidisciplinary surgical site infection team in colorectal surgery 256
Shohei Eto, Kozo Yoshikawa, Yukako Takehara, Toshiaki Yoshimoto, Chie Takasu, Hideya Kashihara,
Masaaki Nishi, Takuya Tokunaga, Toshihiro Nakao, Jun Higashijima, Takashi Iwata, Mitsuo Shimada
Ability of the Glasgow Prognostic Score to predict the tolerability and efficacy of platinum-combination chemotherapy among elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer 260
Kazuhisa Nakashima, Kojiro Hata, Takamasa Hotta, Seiko Tanaka, Yuki Mitarai, Takae Okuno, Akari
Tanino, Mika Nakao, Yoshihiro Amano, Megumi Hamaguchi, Tamio Okimoto, Shunichi Hamaguchi,
Taishi Nagao, Noriaki Kurimoto, Takeshi Isobe, Yukari Tsubata
Relationship between maternal mental status and social supports during pregnancy and until one month
after childbirth in a local city
265
Aya Kondou, Toshiyuki Yasui, Mari Haku
Characteristics of psychiatric nurses' observation techniques for psychopathological symptoms 271
Shinichi Chiba, Masahito Tomotake, Rie Tsutsumi, Tatsuya Komatsu, Takuma Mukumoto
Effects of vocal nodules on acoustic characteristics of voice in children : an acoustic analysis of voice 276
Toshihito Aoki, Takaaki Takeyama, Yuki Sakamoto, Aki Shimada, Eiji Kondo, Seiichi Nakano,
Junya Fukuda, Takahiro Azuma, Go Sato, Yoshiaki Kitamura, Kiyohito Hosokawa, Jiro Udaka,
Noriaki Takeda
Effect of Jersey cow defatted dry milk on salivary volume and composition in elderly persons : a pilot study 280
Tomasz D Pieczonka, Aneta M Bragiel-Pieczonka, Yuko Takeuchi, Shizuko Yanagisawa, Masami
Yoshioka, Yasuko Ishikawa
Continued-Maintenance Therapy with High-dose Methotrexate Improves Overall Survival of Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma 286
Kohei Nakajima, Yoshifumi Mizobuchi, Toshitaka Fujihara, Mai Azumi, Yasushi Takagi
Urinary angiotensin converting enzyme 2 and disease activity in pediatric IgA nephropathy 292
Yuki Sakaki, Maki Urushihara, Takashi Nagai, Keisuke Fujioka, Shuji Kondo, Yukiko Kinoshita,
Tomoki Hattori, Shoji Kagami
Clinical Uses of a Robot (Hybrid-Assisted Limb or HAL™) in Patients with Post-stroke Spasticity after
Botulinum Toxin Injections
297
Tsuyoshi Okuno, Toshiaki Takeuchi, Eiji Takeda, Yuisin Izumi, Ryuji Kajii
Plasma Cystatin C Level is a Prognostic Marker of Morbidity and Mortality in Hospitalized Decompensated Cirrhotic Patients 302
Natsuda Aumpan, Tanabute Limprukkasem, Bubpha Pornthisarn, Ratha-korn Vilaichone,
Soonthorn Chonprasertsuk, Patommatat Bhanthumkomol, Pichaya Tantiyavarong, Sith Siramolpiwat
SDF-1 expression after preoperative chemoradiotherapy is associated with prognosis in patients with
advanced lower rectal cancer
309
Shohei Okikawa, Jun Higashijima, Masaaki Nishi, Toshiaki Yoshimoto, Shohei Eto, Chie Takasu,
Hideya Kashihara, Takuya Tokunaga, Kozo Yoshikawa, Mitsuo Shimada
Dietary supplementation with monosodium glutamate with dietary balance such as protein, salt and sugar
intake with increasing T1R3 taste receptor gene expression in healthy females
315
Kana Beppu, Hitoshi Shono, Ayuka Kawakami, Tomoe Takashi, Suzuno Watanabe, Akari Yoshida,
Masashi Kuroda, Chisa Fujimoto, Ryo Kanamura, Hiroki Ohnishi, Eiji Kondo, Takahito Azuma, Go Sato,
Yoshiaki Kitamura, Rie Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Sakaue, Noriaki Takeda
The value of Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio in the diagnosis
of preeclampsia and its severity
321
Eham Amer Ali, Ban Hadi Hameed, Alea Farhan Salman
Efficacy of the direct grasping technique using pean forceps under fluoroscopy to replace ureteral stents
in women
326
Yutaro Sasaki, Masayuki Takahashi, Keisuke Ozaki, Kei Daizumoto, Yoshiteru Ueno, Megumi Tsuda,
Yoshito Kusuhara, Tomoya Fukawa, Yasuyo Yamamoto, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Hiroomi Kanayama
Regeneration of caudate lobe after living donor liver transplantation : Comparison with a surrogate model
of left lobe graft
330
Yu Saito, Satoru Imura, Yuji Morine, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Shinichiro Yamada, Mitsuo Shimada
Preoperative predictors of extended resection in patients with complicated acute appendicitis undergoing
surgery
334
Yuhei Waki, Masanori Hotchi, Daichi Utsunomiya, Takeshi Inoue, Masayoshi Obatake
Value of the fibrinogen-platelet ratio in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer 342
Yusuke Arakawa, Katsuki Miyazaki, Masato Yoshikawa, Shinichirou Yamada, Yu Saito, Tetsuya Ikemoto,
Satoru Imura, Yuji Morine, Mitsuo Shimada
Effective in vitro differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells into Schwann-like cells with folic acid supplementation 347
Shuhai Chen, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Takuya Tokunaga, Shohei Okikawa, Katsuki Miyazaki, Kazunori Tokuda,
Shinichiro Yamada, Yu Saito, Satoru Imura, Yuji Morine, Mitsuo Shimada
Multiparametric Analysis of Tumor Morphological and Functional MR Parameters Po-tentially Predicts Local Failure in Pharynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients 354
Noriyuki Fujima, Yukie Shimizu, Daisuke Yoshida, Satoshi Kano, Takatsugu Mizumachi, Akihiro Homma,
Koichi Yasuda, Rikiya Onimaru, Osamu Sakai, Kohsuke Kudo, Hiroki Shirato
Impact of CKLF-like MARVEL transmembrane domain containing 6 (CMTM6) expres-sion in gastric cancer 362
Masaaki Nishi, Mitsuo Shimada, Kozo Yoshikawa, Jun Higashijima, Takuya Tokunaga, Hideya Kashihara,
Chie Takasu, Shohei Eto, Toshiaki Yoshimoto
Case reports

A puerperal patient with agranulocytosis during tazobactam/piperacillin administration : A case report 368
Haruna Iwazawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Takakiyo Tatsumichi, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Koichi Takahashi,
Kiyo Suzuki, Takahiro Motoki, Kenji Kanenishi, Shinji Kosaka
Primary pyomyositis in an infant following one-day afebrile upper limb monoplegia 372
Yusuke Takezawa, Soh Niitsuma, Sayaka Kawashima, Shunsuke Miyano, Takashi Honma
Endoscopic-assisted resection of pleomorphic adenoma in the accessory parotid gland 376
Kazuaki Hasegawa, Shintaro Sukegawa, Sawako Ono, Midori Ando, Akane Shibata,
Yuka Sukegawa-Takahashi, Ai Fujimura, Tamamo Matsuyama, Soichiro Ibaragi, Hitoshi Nagatsuka,
Koichi Mizobuchi, Akira Sasaki, Yoshihiko Furuki
Anesthesia in a patient with multiple-system atrophy using a combination of rocuroni-um and sugammadex 381
Akira Kajiura, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Takashi Yamasaki
Paradoxical increase in the photoplethysmography amplitude in response to nociceptive stimulation induced
by tracheal intubation : A case report
383
Satoshi Kamiya, Ryuji Nakamura, Noboru Saeki, Yasuo M Tsutsumi
Partial thickness tear of the supraspinatus at the musculotendinous junction in a softball catcher 386
Shoji Fukuta, Shinji Kawaguchi, Koichi Sairyo
A case of chest tightness variant asthma : the usefulness of fractional exhaled nitric oxide as a marker for
the diagnosis and clinical improvement.
389
Masaki Hanibuchi, Atsushi Mitsuhashi, Tatsuya Kajimoto, Atsuro Saijo, Tetsuya Kitagawa
Failure of Hem-o-lok clips used on a renal artery after laparoscopic renal surgery 393
Masato Yanagi, Tsutomu Hamasaki, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Ryoji Kimata, Hayato Takeda, Jun Akatsuka, Yuki Endo, Tatsuro Hayashi, Yukihiro Kondo
A rare case of invasive thymoma presented a dramatic response to low-dose prednisolone as a single-drug therapy. 396
Masaki Hanibuchi, Atsuro Saijo, Atsushi Mitsuhashi, Tatsuya Kajimoto, Tetsuya Kitagawa
Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency in the Philippines : A case report of two siblings 400
Ma. Daisy Tabuena, Ryoma Morigaki, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Hideo Mure, Nobuaki Yamamoto,
Kazuhisa Miyake, Taku Matsuda, Yuishin Izumi, Yasushi Takagi, Rollin P. Tabuena,
Toshitaka Kawarai

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