Published in Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on October 13, 2010
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In Vivo EPR For Dosimetry. Radiat Meas (2007) 1.94
Clinical applications of EPR: overview and perspectives. NMR Biomed (2004) 1.93
In vivo EPR dosimetry to quantify exposures to clinically significant doses of ionising radiation. Radiat Prot Dosimetry (2006) 1.86
Measurements of clinically significant doses of ionizing radiation using non-invasive in vivo EPR spectroscopy of teeth in situ. Appl Radiat Isot (2005) 1.74
Early-stage lung adenocarcinomas with a micropapillary pattern, a distinct pathologic marker for a significantly poor prognosis. Am J Surg Pathol (2003) 1.64
A novel method for preserving human lungs using a super-cooling system. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.41
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Experimental Procedures for Sensitive and Reproducible In Situ EPR Tooth Dosimetry. Radiat Meas (2007) 1.30
Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: a case report and review of the recent Japanese literature. Respirology (2006) 1.27
Chronic cystic lung disease: diagnostic accuracy of high-resolution CT in 92 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2003) 1.25
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for c-T1N0M0 primary lung cancer: its impact on locoregional control. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.10
Clinicopathological investigation of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 1.10
Biliary atresia associated with jejunal atresia and a review of the literature in Japan. Asian J Surg (2005) 1.08
Evaluation of the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis and the role of risk score as a survival predictor. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.07
Expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha and its prognostic significance in small-sized adenocarcinomas of the lung. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.02
Micropapillary pattern and grade of stromal invasion in pT1 adenocarcinoma of the lung: usefulness as prognostic factors. Mod Pathol (2007) 1.02
Video-assisted thoracic surgery for pneumothorax: republication of a systematic review and a proposal by the guideline committee of the Japanese association for chest surgery 2014. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2014) 1.01
Endoscopic extraction of a peritoneal loose body: a case report of an infant. Pediatr Surg Int (2004) 1.01
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels, as prognostic indicators in NSCLC. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.99
Results of video-assisted thoracic surgery for stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.97
Left-sided gallbladder associated with congenital hypoplasia of the left lobe of the liver: a case report and review of literature. Int Surg (2004) 0.97
Outcome of living-donor lobar lung transplantation using a single donor. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.96
Successful resection of an infected duodenal duplication cyst after percutaneous cyst drainage: report of a case. Surg Today (2005) 0.95
Tracheal resection for malignant and benign diseases: surgical results and perioperative considerations. Surg Today (2011) 0.95
Video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer: republication of a systematic review and a proposal by the guidelines committee of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery 2014. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2014) 0.95
Small peripheral pulmonary carcinomas evaluated with dynamic MR imaging: correlation with tumor vascularity and prognosis. Radiology (2003) 0.93
Insufficient level of iodine content in household powder salt in Nepal. Nepal Med Coll J (2007) 0.93
A case of transverse colon volvulus in a child and a review of the literature in Japan. J Pediatr Surg (2002) 0.92
Prevention of neutrophil migration ameliorates rat lung allograft rejection. Mol Med (2007) 0.92
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing adrenocortical carcinoma--long survival with various therapeutic strategies including a lung resection: report of a case. Surg Today (2008) 0.91
Role of video-assisted thoracic surgery for the treatment of myasthenia gravis: extended thymectomy by median sternotomy versus the thoracoscopic approach with sternal lifting. Int Surg (2006) 0.91
Opposite effects of thrombospondin-1 via CD36 and CD47 on homotypic aggregation of monocytic cells. Matrix Biol (2002) 0.90
Association between the expression of chemokine receptors CCR7 and CXCR3, and lymph node metastatic potential in lung adenocarcinoma. Oncol Rep (2008) 0.90
Iatrogenic ileal perforation: an accidental clamping of a hernia into the umbilical cord and a review of the published work. J Obstet Gynaecol Res (2008) 0.90
Identification of domains participating in the substrate specificity and subcellular localization of the multidrug resistance proteins MRP1 and MRP2. J Biol Chem (2003) 0.89
Thrombospondin-1 differentially regulates release of IL-6 and IL-10 by human monocytic cell line U937. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2002) 0.89
Pleural malignant mesothelioma with invasive micropapillary component and its association with pulmonary metastasis. Pathol Int (2009) 0.89
Possible mechanism of metastasis in lung adenocarcinomas with a micropapillary pattern. Pathol Int (2005) 0.89
Surgical outcomes of lung cancer measuring less than 1 cm in diameter. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 0.89
Enhanced expression of interleukin-18 and its receptor in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2004) 0.89
Stenting for critical airway stenosis under percutaneous cardiopulmonary support. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.88
Postradiation sarcoma of the chest wall: report of two cases. Surg Today (2006) 0.88
Correlation between lymph node metastasis and the expression of VEGF-C, VEGF-D and VEGFR-3 in T1 lung adenocarcinoma. Anticancer Res (2007) 0.87
Invasion of the inner and outer layers of the visceral pleura in pT1 size lung adenocarcinoma measuring ≤ 3 cm: correlation with malignant aggressiveness and prognosis. Virchows Arch (2012) 0.87
Neonatal gastrointestinal perforation. Turk J Pediatr (2009) 0.87
Minimally invasive esophagectomy for stage I and II esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 0.86
Small cluster invasion: a possible link between micropapillary pattern and lymph node metastasis in pT1 lung adenocarcinomas. Virchows Arch (2008) 0.86
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the posterior mediastinum: an older adult case with anaplastic lymphoma kinase abnormalities determined using immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Virchows Arch (2005) 0.86
Risk Factors for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Use of a Nasal Mupirocin Ointment in Oral Cancer Inpatients. J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2007) 0.85
Chronic pulmonary scedosporiosis simulating aspergillosis. Respirology (2005) 0.85
Prevention of acute lung allograft rejection in rat by CTLA4Ig. Am J Transplant (2002) 0.85
Significance of platelet counts in patients who underwent surgical treatment for lung metastasis. Int Surg (2007) 0.85
Fatal idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia with acute lung injury. Respirology (2002) 0.84
Effects of economic status and education level on the height and weight of community adolescents in Nepal. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) (2005) 0.84
A model to assist training in thoracoscopic surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2003) 0.84
Effectiveness of near-infrared spectroscopy during surgical repair of tracheo-innominate artery fistula. J Artif Organs (2011) 0.83
Clinical utility of lipoarabinomannan antibody in pleural fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. J Infect Chemother (2005) 0.83
Image and pathological changes after radiofrequency ablation of invasive breast cancer: a pilot study of nonsurgical therapy of early breast cancer. World J Surg (2013) 0.83
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia associated with Schizophyllum commune. Respirology (2003) 0.83
Evaluation of short-term clinical efficacy of 3-day therapy with azithromycin in comparison with 5-day cefcapene-pivoxyl for acute streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis in primary care. J Infect Chemother (2011) 0.83
Initial results of robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in Japan. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2014) 0.82
Modification of the endoscopic management of congenital duodenal stenosis. Turk J Pediatr (2008) 0.82
KRAS-mediated up-regulation of RRM2 expression is essential for the proliferation of colorectal cancer cell lines. Anticancer Res (2011) 0.82
Downregulation of DYRK2 can be a predictor of recurrence in early stage breast cancer. Tumour Biol (2014) 0.82
A case of cystic biliary atresia with an antenatally detected cyst: the possibility of changing from a correctable type with a cystic lesion (I cyst) to an uncorrectable one (IIId). Pediatr Surg Int (2011) 0.81
Multivariate analysis of factors influencing oral mucositis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Ann Hematol (2008) 0.81
A combined thoracoscopic and posterior-spinal approach for "dumbbell" neurofibroma minimizes the anatomical destruction of the vertebrae: report of a case. Surg Today (2002) 0.81
[A case of hemophagocytic syndrome associated with miliary tuberculosis]. Kekkaku (2003) 0.81
Adjunct teriparatide therapy with monitoring of bone turnover markers and bone scintigraphy for bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol (2012) 0.81
Is the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index a Significant Predictor of Postoperative Complications in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Undergoing Esophagectomy? Eur Surg Res (2015) 0.80
Sonodynamic therapy of cancer using a novel porphyrin derivative, DCPH-P-Na(I), which is devoid of photosensitivity. Cancer Sci (2007) 0.80
Unilateral progressive multiple sclerosing hemangioma in a young female successfully treated by pneumonectomy: report of a case. Int Surg (2002) 0.80
Association of c-Met phosphorylation with micropapillary pattern and small cluster invasion in pT1-size lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer (2013) 0.80
Successful removal of bovine pericardium by bronchoscope after lung volume reduction surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 0.80
Combination chemotherapy with irinotecan and ifosfamide as second-line treatment of refractory or sensitive relapsed small cell lung cancer: a phase II study. Chemotherapy (2003) 0.80
Clinicopathological characteristics of subcentimeter adenocarcinomas of the lung. Lung Cancer (2012) 0.80
Organizing pneumonia presenting as a solitary nodular shadow on a chest radiograph. Respiration (2003) 0.80
Generation, immunologic characterization and antitumor effects of human monoclonal antibodies for carcinoembryonic antigen. Int J Cancer (2004) 0.80
Phase 1 clinical study of cyclophilin B peptide vaccine for patients with lung cancer. J Immunother (2002) 0.80
Presence of microsatellite lesions with colorectal liver metastases correlate with intrahepatic recurrence after surgical resection. Oncol Rep (2009) 0.80
Tuberculosis associated with gastrectomy. J Infect Chemother (2004) 0.80
Pleomorphic adenoma of the submandibular gland in children: a case report and a review of the Japanese literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol (2012) 0.79
ZFAT is essential for endothelial cell assembly and the branch point formation of capillary-like structures in an angiogenesis model. Cell Mol Biol Lett (2010) 0.79