Published in Health Qual Life Outcomes on April 14, 2010
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Increased expression of podoplanin in malignant astrocytic tumors as a novel molecular marker of malignant progression. Acta Neuropathol (2006) 1.70
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Identification of a novel RNA silencing suppressor, NSs protein of Tomato spotted wilt virus. FEBS Lett (2002) 1.66
Efficacy and safety of palliative sedation therapy: a multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted on specialized palliative care units in Japan. J Pain Symptom Manage (2005) 1.57
Cytogenetic prognostication within medulloblastoma subgroups. J Clin Oncol (2014) 1.56
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Functional identification of the primary motor area by corticospinal tractography. Neurosurgery (2005) 1.52
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Effect of dural detachment on long-term tumor control for meningiomas treated using Simpson grade IV resection. J Neurosurg (2013) 1.47
Arcuate fasciculus tractography integrated into Gamma Knife surgery. J Neurosurg (2009) 1.47
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Delayed complication after Gamma Knife surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurosurg (2012) 1.45
Staged surgical treatment for symptomatic vertebrobasilar artery stenosis: combined treatment with endovascular angioplasty and bypass surgery. World Neurosurg (2011) 1.45
Subgroup-specific prognostic implications of TP53 mutation in medulloblastoma. J Clin Oncol (2013) 1.43
Genetic variant RNF213 c.14576G>A in various phenotypes of intracranial major artery stenosis/occlusion. Stroke (2013) 1.41
Hepatoblastoma in a patient with sotos syndrome. J Pediatr (2009) 1.40
Adiponectin promotes revascularization of ischemic muscle through a cyclooxygenase 2-dependent mechanism. Mol Cell Biol (2009) 1.40
Direct correlation between the facial nerve nucleus and hemifacial seizures associated with a gangliocytoma of the floor of the fourth ventricle: a case report. Epilepsia (2011) 1.39
Apparent genotype-phenotype correlation in childhood, adolescent, and adult Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Am J Med Genet (2002) 1.39
Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors regulate growth of human glioblastoma via Akt activation. J Neurosci (2007) 1.35
Undergraduate educational environment, perceived preparedness for postgraduate clinical training, and pass rate on the National Medical Licensure Examination in Japan. BMC Med Educ (2010) 1.34
Up-regulation of angiopoietin-2, matrix metalloprotease-2, membrane type 1 metalloprotease, and laminin 5 gamma 2 correlates with the invasiveness of human glioma. Am J Pathol (2005) 1.32
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Nestin as a marker for proliferative endothelium in gliomas. Lab Invest (2002) 1.29
Representation of others' action by neurons in monkey medial frontal cortex. Curr Biol (2011) 1.29
Symptomatic spinal dissemination of malignant astrocytoma. J Neurooncol (2003) 1.29
FLT3 mutations in the activation loop of tyrosine kinase domain are frequently found in infant ALL with MLL rearrangements and pediatric ALL with hyperdiploidy. Blood (2003) 1.26
Peripheral ghrelin transmits orexigenic signals through the noradrenergic pathway from the hindbrain to the hypothalamus. Cell Metab (2006) 1.26
Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy alone without whole-brain irradiation for patients with solitary and oligo brain metastasis using noninvasive fixation of the skull. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2003) 1.24
Genome-wide identification of genes with amplification and/or fusion in small cell lung cancer. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (2013) 1.23
Phase I trial of a personalized peptide vaccine for patients positive for human leukocyte antigen--A24 with recurrent or progressive glioblastoma multiforme. J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.23
Lymphomas and glioblastomas: differences in the apparent diffusion coefficient evaluated with high b-value diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging at 3T. Eur J Radiol (2010) 1.23
Outcome of hepatoblastomas treated using the Japanese Study Group for Pediatric Liver Tumor (JPLT) protocol-2: report from the JPLT. Pediatr Surg Int (2011) 1.22
Minimum apparent diffusion coefficient is significantly correlated with cellularity in medulloblastomas. Neurol Res (2009) 1.21
The relationship among p53 oligomer formation, structure and transcriptional activity using a comprehensive missense mutation library. Oncogene (2005) 1.20
Activation of Rac1 by Src-dependent phosphorylation of Dock180(Y1811) mediates PDGFRα-stimulated glioma tumorigenesis in mice and humans. J Clin Invest (2011) 1.20
Adipolin/C1qdc2/CTRP12 protein functions as an adipokine that improves glucose metabolism. J Biol Chem (2011) 1.19
Infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia with MLL gene rearrangements: outcome following intensive chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Blood (2004) 1.18
Constitutive reactive oxygen species generation from autophagosome/lysosome in neuronal oxidative toxicity. J Biol Chem (2009) 1.17
Phase II study of single-agent bevacizumab in Japanese patients with recurrent malignant glioma. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2012) 1.16
Adiponectin deficiency, diastolic dysfunction, and diastolic heart failure. Endocrinology (2009) 1.16
Plasma concentration of pigment epithelium-derived factor in patients with diabetic retinopathy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2007) 1.16
DIP2A functions as a FSTL1 receptor. J Biol Chem (2010) 1.16
SHP-2/PTPN11 mediates gliomagenesis driven by PDGFRA and INK4A/ARF aberrations in mice and humans. J Clin Invest (2011) 1.16
Clinicopathological study on chronic encapsulated expanding hematoma associated with incompletely obliterated AVM after stereotactic radiosurgery. Acta Neurochir (Wien) (2010) 1.15
Social error monitoring in macaque frontal cortex. Nat Neurosci (2012) 1.14
LKB1 deficiency in Tie2-Cre-expressing cells impairs ischemia-induced angiogenesis. J Biol Chem (2010) 1.12
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in Japan. Pediatr Blood Cancer (2010) 1.11
Glioma-initiating cells retain their tumorigenicity through integration of the Sox axis and Oct4 protein. J Biol Chem (2011) 1.10
Expression of survivin in astrocytic tumors: correlation with malignant grade and prognosis. Cancer (2003) 1.10
Correlation of histology and molecular genetic analysis of 1p, 19q, 10q, TP53, EGFR, CDK4, and CDKN2A in 91 astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors. Clin Cancer Res (2002) 1.10
Podocalyxin expression in malignant astrocytic tumors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2008) 1.10
Homozygously deleted gene DACH1 regulates tumor-initiating activity of glioma cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.09
Stereotactic radiotherapy for intracranial nonacoustic schwannomas including facial nerve schwannoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2009) 1.09
Long-term survivors of glioblastoma: clinical features and molecular analysis. Acta Neurochir (Wien) (2009) 1.08
Xanthogranuloma of the sellar region of children: series of five cases and literature review. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) (2011) 1.08
Phosphorylation of dedicator of cytokinesis 1 (Dock180) at tyrosine residue Y722 by Src family kinases mediates EGFRvIII-driven glioblastoma tumorigenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.08
Effects of Yokukansan on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in regular treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry (2010) 1.08
Role of p38 mitogen-activated kinase and c-Jun terminal kinase in migration response to lysophosphatidic acid and sphingosine-1-phosphate in glioma cells. Oncogene (2005) 1.07
Expressive and receptive language areas determined by a non-invasive reliable method using functional magnetic resonance imaging and magnetoencephalography. Neurosurgery (2007) 1.07
Cardiac myocyte follistatin-like 1 functions to attenuate hypertrophy following pressure overload. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.07
Measuring quality of life in Japanese children: development of the Japanese version of PedsQL. Pediatr Int (2009) 1.06
Podoplanin expression in primary central nervous system germ cell tumors: a useful histological marker for the diagnosis of germinoma. Acta Neuropathol (2006) 1.06
Role of PROPELLER diffusion-weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient in the evaluation of pituitary adenomas. Eur J Radiol (2010) 1.06
Genome-wide gene expression analysis for induced ischemic tolerance and delayed neuronal death following transient global ischemia in rats. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab (2004) 1.06
Treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of Alzheimer-type dementia with Yokukansan in clinical practice. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry (2010) 1.05
Potential assessment of genome-wide association study and genomic selection in Japanese pear Pyrus pyrifolia. Breed Sci (2013) 1.04
Longitudinal follow-up of patients with Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Haematologica (2004) 1.04
Deletion of a 236 kb region around S 4-RNase in a stylar-part mutant S 4sm-haplotype of Japanese pear. Plant Mol Biol (2008) 1.04
Identification of a genetic variant common to moyamoya disease and intracranial major artery stenosis/occlusion. Stroke (2012) 1.04
Selective proteasomal dysfunction in the hippocampal CA1 region after transient forebrain ischemia. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab (2002) 1.03
A global template for reforming residency without work-hours restrictions: decrease caseloads, increase education. Findings of the Japan Resident Workload Study Group. Med Teach (2012) 1.02
H3F3A K27M mutations in thalamic gliomas from young adult patients. Neuro Oncol (2013) 1.01
Significance of IDH mutations varies with tumor histology, grade, and genetics in Japanese glioma patients. Cancer Sci (2012) 1.01