The overwhelming majority of participants in current genetic studies are of European ancestry. To elucidate disease biology in the East Asian population, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with 212,453 Japanese individuals …
PurposeThe aim of this prospective multi-center registry was to evaluate the safety and clinical performance of INTERCEED® in laparoscopic colorectal surgery.MethodsThis study was a prospective, multi-center, single-arm registry wherein pat…
Cadmium, one of various environmental toxicants, is known to suppress systemic immunity and to injure the testicular capillary endothelia with resultant necrosis of testicular tissues in mice and rats treated with high doses. Recently, it a…
In order to study the effect of peritoneal macrophages (M phi) on conception in patients with endometriosis, the total numbers of peritoneal M phi and the proportion of the exudate type, defined on the basis of ultracytochemical localizatio…