BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is regarded as a high-grade
malignancy in the current classification of salivary gland neoplasms. The aim of our study …

Objectives: Among the benign tumours of the parotid gland, basal cell adenoma (BCA) is far
less common than pleomorphic adenoma (PA). MR features of BCA, including diffusion-…

Benign epithelial inclusions are uncommonly found in lymph nodes, and ectopic breast tissue
in axillary lymph nodes is particularly uncommon. The patient is a 48-year-old woman who …

Mutations of either PKD1 or PKD2 are associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney
disease (ADPKD). The molecular function of the gene product of PKD1, polycystin-1, in …

Objective In recent years, minimally invasive surgery has been emphasized in gynecological
surgery, and total laparoscopic hysterectomy has been increasingly reported. In this …

To identify a molecule involved in sperm‐egg plasma membrane binding at fertilization, a
monoclonal antibody against a sperm‐surface glycoprotein (SGP) was obtained by …

The banking system in Japan played the pivotal role in the process of economic and
industrial reconstructions and developments after the World War II. What is, then, the role of “Finance…

To analyze sperm surface molecules involved in sperm–egg envelope binding in Xenopus
laevis, heat‐solubilized vitelline envelope (VE) dot blotted onto a polyvinylidene difluoride (…

Homeostasis of the neural environment is indispensable for the normal functioning of neural
cells, and is maintained by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The BBB is induced during …

Background: Our aim was to assess whether home blood pressure (HBP) and ambulatory
BP monitoring measurement (ABPM), in addition to office BP (OBP) predict changes of …