OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy and to
analyze the factors influencing the diagnostic accuracy and incidences of pneumothorax …

Long-term heavy cigarette smoking is a well-known high-risk factor for carcinogenesis in
various organs such as the head and neck, lungs, and urinary bladder. Furthermore …

Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder is an uncommon neoplasm. We herein report the case of
a patient with carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder with chondroid differentiation, treated by …

Nectin‐like molecule‐5 (Necl‐5) is an immunoglobulin (Ig)‐like molecule that is up‐
regulated in many types of cancer cells. It was shown experimentally that Necl‐5 enhances …

Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is a prevalent disorder characterized by recurrent apnea or
hypoxia episodes leading to intermittent hypoxia (IH) and arousals during sleep. Currently …

OBJECTIVES: Pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung, a rare malignant disease with a dual-cell
component of spindle and/or giant cells, and of epithelial cells, was defined in the World …

PURPOSE: To evaluate short inversion time inversion-recovery (STIR) turbo spin-echo
(TSE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for detection of metastases in lymph nodes by …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate local levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β),-4 (IL-4),-6 (IL-6),
and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), in a model of murine osteomyelitis due to …

Although usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)-like IP has been known as the most serious
complication of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), its pathologic features and …

This study aimed at prospectively compared efficacy of non-contrast-enhanced (non-CE)
MRI and MDCT for management of pulmonary nodules. A total of 161 patients with 200 …