Published in Clin Exp Nephrol on September 01, 2006
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Relative adrenal insufficiency manifested with multiple organ dysfunction in a liver transplant patient. Liver Transpl (2006) 1.44
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Effective training system in colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection. Dig Endosc (2012) 1.01
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Recovery of liver function after the cessation of preoperative chemotherapy for colorectal liver metastasis. Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 0.99
Planning of anatomical liver segmentectomy and subsegmentectomy with 3-dimensional simulation software. Am J Surg (2013) 0.98
Long-term exposure of proximal tubular epithelial cells to glucose induces transforming growth factor-beta 1 synthesis via an autocrine PDGF loop. Am J Pathol (2003) 0.98
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Activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 correlates with cell proliferation and renal injury in human glomerulonephritis. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2008) 0.97
Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid enhances gap junctional intercellular communication via acetylation of histone containing connexin 43 gene locus. Cancer Res (2005) 0.97
Assessment of hepatic reserve for the indication of hepatic resection. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg (2005) 0.96
Molecular characterization of flubendiamide sensitivity in the lepidopterous ryanodine receptor Ca(2+) release channel. Biochemistry (2009) 0.94
Anisomycin downregulates gap-junctional intercellular communication via the p38 MAP-kinase pathway. J Cell Sci (2004) 0.91
Heat-zone effect after surface application of dissecting sealer on the "in situ margin" after tumorectomy for liver tumors. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 0.90
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Preoperative optimization of the liver for resection in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. HPB (Oxford) (2005) 0.88
Mizoribine suppresses the progression of experimental peritoneal fibrosis in a rat model. Nephron Exp Nephrol (2009) 0.88
Protective effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ligand on apoptosis and hepatocyte growth factor induction in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. Transplantation (2007) 0.87
A randomized open-label comparative study of conventional therapy versus mizoribine onlay therapy in patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (postmarketing survey). Clin Exp Nephrol (2004) 0.86
Effects of the N/L-type calcium channel blocker cilnidipine on nephropathy and uric acid metabolism in hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease (J-CIRCLE study). J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) (2014) 0.85
Relationship between low-back pain, muscle spasm and pressure pain thresholds in patients with lumbar disc herniation. Eur Spine J (2005) 0.84
Peritoneal ultrafiltration and serum icodextrin concentration during dialysis with 7.5% icodextrin solution in Japanese patients. Perit Dial Int (2003) 0.84
Pathological influence of obesity on renal structural changes in chronic kidney disease. Clin Exp Nephrol (2009) 0.84
Tgf-beta1 induced by high glucose is controlled by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin II receptor blocker on cultured human peritoneal mesothelial cells. Perit Dial Int (2005) 0.84
Glucose-based PD solution, but not icodextrin-based PD solution, induces plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and tissue-type plasminogen activator in human peritoneal mesothelial cells via ERK1/2. Ther Apher Dial (2007) 0.83
T(-786)-->C polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene influences the progression of renal disease. Nephron (2002) 0.83
Studies on post-transplant dyslipidemia in kidney transplant patients. Hiroshima J Med Sci (2005) 0.83
An unusual cause of sciatic pain as a result of the dynamic motion of the obturator internus muscle. Spine J (2009) 0.83
Effects of gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid on T2-weighted MRCP. Magn Reson Med Sci (2009) 0.83
Effect of polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase and apolipoprotein E genes on carotid atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis (2003) 0.82
Right intrahepatic pseudocyst following acute pancreatitis: an unusual location after acute pancreatitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg (2005) 0.82
Significant role of middle hepatic vein in remnant liver regeneration of right-lobe living donors. Transplantation (2003) 0.82
Association of nodular hyperplasia with resistance to cinacalcet therapy for secondary hyperparathyroidism in hemodialysis patients. Ther Apher Dial (2010) 0.81
A case report of plasmapheresis in paraneoplastic cerebellar ataxia associated with anti-Tr antibody. Ther Apher Dial (2006) 0.81
Hepatitis C virus infection in 2,744 hemodialysis patients followed regularly at nine centers in Hiroshima during November 1999 through February 2003. J Med Virol (2005) 0.81
Regulation of proximal tubular epithelial cell CD44-mediated binding and internalisation of hyaluronan. Int J Biochem Cell Biol (2003) 0.80
Successful use of icodextrin in elderly patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Adv Perit Dial (2005) 0.80
Association between ENOS gene polymorphism and cardiovascular events in nondiabetic hemodialysis patients: a prospective study. Am J Kidney Dis (2004) 0.80
Three cases of nephrotic syndrome associated with hematological malignancies characterized by glomerular endocapillary proliferation and massive inflammatory cel infiltration. Clin Nephrol (2014) 0.80
Metastatic intracranial subdural empyema from renal cyst infection in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2005) 0.80
Characteristic kidney pathology, gene abnormality and treatments in LCAT deficiency. Clin Exp Nephrol (2013) 0.79
Dose conversion ratio one year after switching from epoetin alpha to darbepoetin alpha in Japanese hemodialysis patients. Int J Artif Organs (2010) 0.79