Published in Abdom Imaging on April 01, 2013
Detection and characterization focal hepatic lesions with diffusion-weighted MR imaging. Abdom Imaging (2013) 1.09
Lesion discrimination with breath-hold hepatic diffusion-weighted imaging: a meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol (2015) 0.82
Improved multi B-value diffusion-weighted MRI of the body by simultaneous model estimation and image reconstruction (SMEIR). Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv (2013) 0.79
MR Imaging of Hepatocellular Adenomas and Differential Diagnosis Dilemma. Int J Hepatol (2013) 0.79
Symptomatic and complicated nonhereditary developmental liver cysts: cross-sectional imaging findings. Emerg Radiol (2013) 0.78
Focal nodular hyperplasia: characterisation at gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and diffusion-weighted MRI. Br J Radiol (2013) 0.77
Reply: how far do we need to elaborate the quality of diffusion-weighted MR images of the liver? Abdom Imaging (2013) 0.75
Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs. Nat Genet (2003) 7.98
Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes. Genome Res (2005) 5.22
Genomic diversity of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 revealed by whole genome PCR scanning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 2.70
Development and validation of a mismatch amplification mutation PCR assay to monitor the dissemination of an emerging variant of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor. Microbiol Immunol (2008) 2.62
Screening for lung cancer with low-dose helical computed tomography: anti-lung cancer association project. J Clin Oncol (2002) 2.18
BBE02 disruption mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 have a highly transformable, infectious phenotype. Infect Immun (2004) 2.08
Chest wall tumors: radiologic findings and pathologic correlation: part 2. Malignant tumors. Radiographics (2003) 2.06
Modification of the structure and activity of lipid A in Yersinia pestis lipopolysaccharide by growth temperature. Infect Immun (2002) 1.88
Chest wall tumors: radiologic findings and pathologic correlation: part 1. Benign tumors. Radiographics (2003) 1.82
Spread of a chromosomal cefixime-resistant penA gene among different Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.80
Highly frequent mutations in negative regulators of multiple virulence genes in group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome isolates. PLoS Pathog (2010) 1.77
DNA sequence analysis of DNA gyrase and DNA topoisomerase IV quinolone resistance-determining regions of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and serovar Paratyphi A. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.72
Positive effects of multiple pch genes on expression of the locus of enterocyte effacement genes and adherence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 : H7 to HEp-2 cells. Microbiology (2004) 1.70
Silkworm larvae as an animal model of bacterial infection pathogenic to humans. Microb Pathog (2002) 1.69
Ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.69
Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like proteins elicit protective immunity. Vaccine (2004) 1.58
Cholera between 1991 and 1997 in Mexico was associated with infection by classical, El Tor, and El Tor variants of Vibrio cholerae. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.47
Pathologic findings of initial biopsies reflect the outcomes of membranous nephropathy. Kidney Int (2004) 1.46
Bone marrow-derived cells contribute to pulmonary vascular remodeling in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Chest (2005) 1.45
Diagnostic limitations to accurate diagnosis of cholera. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.43
Seroprevalence of leptospirosis and risk factor analysis in flood-prone rural areas in Lao PDR. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.39
Extensive genomic diversity and selective conservation of virulence-determinants in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains of O157 and non-O157 serotypes. Genome Biol (2007) 1.37
Bronchial casts and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.37
Severe diarrhea caused by cholera toxin-producing vibrio cholerae serogroup O75 infections acquired in the southeastern United States. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.36
ClpXP protease controls expression of the type III protein secretion system through regulation of RpoS and GrlR levels in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.34
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for selective detection of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Jpn J Infect Dis (2003) 1.33
Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: optimizing b value for the detection and characterization of benign and malignant hepatic lesions. J Magn Reson Imaging (2008) 1.32
Primary dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the retroperitoneum. Prognostic significance of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging features. J Comput Assist Tomogr (2003) 1.32
Life-threatening infantile diarrhea from fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica typhimurium with mutations in both gyrA and parC. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.32
Dissemination of the phage-associated novel superantigen gene speL in recent invasive and noninvasive Streptococcus pyogenes M3/T3 isolates in Japan. Infect Immun (2002) 1.32
Staging hepatic fibrosis: comparison of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MR imaging--preliminary observations. Radiology (2011) 1.31
Synovial sarcoma of the soft tissues: prognostic significance of imaging features. J Comput Assist Tomogr (2004) 1.31
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for molecular typing of Shigella sonnei. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.30
Molecular evolutionary analysis of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm, May-September, 2009: temporal and spatial spreading profile of the viruses in Japan. PLoS One (2010) 1.28
Utility of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis as a molecular tool for phylogenetic analysis of Shigella sonnei. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.27
Gut microbiota of healthy and malnourished children in bangladesh. Front Microbiol (2011) 1.26
Metastatic angiosarcoma of the lung: spectrum of CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2003) 1.26
Genotypic analyses of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and development of a pandemic group-specific multiplex PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.24
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Correlation of computed tomography findings with tumor grade and mortality. J Comput Assist Tomogr (2003) 1.24
Inference of the impact of insertion sequence (IS) elements on bacterial genome diversification through analysis of small-size structural polymorphisms in Escherichia coli O157 genomes. Genome Res (2009) 1.23
Characteristics of Streptococcus suis isolated from patients in Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis (2006) 1.23
Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis isolates collected from 1974 to 2003 in Japan by multilocus sequence typing. J Med Microbiol (2004) 1.22
Genetic relatedness of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains isolated in south Asia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 1.22
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor: imaging findings associated with clinicopathologic features. J Comput Assist Tomogr (2002) 1.22
Clonal association of Staphylococcus aureus causing bullous impetigo and the emergence of new methicillin-resistant clonal groups in Kansai district in Japan. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.20
Porphyromonas gingivalis galE is involved in lipopolysaccharide O-antigen synthesis and biofilm formation. Infect Immun (2006) 1.17
High genomic diversity of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli isolates in Japan and its applicability for the detection of diffuse outbreak. Jpn J Infect Dis (2002) 1.17
Upregulation of the viability of nucleus pulposus cells by bone marrow-derived stromal cells: significance of direct cell-to-cell contact in coculture system. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 1.16
Critical role of myeloperoxidase and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-oxidase in high-burden systemic infection of mice with Candida albicans. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.16
Investigation of reservoir animals of Leptospira in the northern part of Miyazaki Prefecture. Jpn J Infect Dis (2008) 1.16
Accuracy of high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging in preoperative staging of rectal cancer. Ann Surg Oncol (2009) 1.15
Whole-genome analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium T000240 reveals the acquisition of a genomic island involved in multidrug resistance via IS1 derivatives on the chromosome. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.15
Contrast-enhanced dynamic computed tomography for the evaluation of tumor angiogenesis in patients with lung carcinoma. Cancer (2002) 1.15
Spontaneous recombination between homologous prophage regions causes large-scale inversions within the Escherichia coli O157:H7 chromosome. Gene (2006) 1.14
The GrlR-GrlA regulatory system coordinately controls the expression of flagellar and LEE-encoded type III protein secretion systems in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.14
Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates harboring a chromosomally encoded CMY-2 beta-lactamase gene located on a multidrug resistance genomic island. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.14
Characterization of Legionella pneumophila isolates from patients in Japan according to serogroups, monoclonal antibody subgroups and sequence types. J Med Microbiol (2010) 1.14
Characterization of Shigella sonnei isolates from travel-associated cases in Japan. J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.14
Progression of focal pure ground-glass opacity detected by low-dose helical computed tomography screening for lung cancer. J Comput Assist Tomogr (2004) 1.13
Spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery diagnosed on multidetector helical CT. J Comput Assist Tomogr (2002) 1.13
Computer-aided diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis: preliminary evaluation of MRI texture analysis using the finite difference method and an artificial neural network. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2007) 1.13
Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis infection, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.12
Selective amplification of tyv (rfbE), prt (rfbS), viaB, and fliC genes by multiplex PCR for identification of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.12
Use of DNA arrays to identify a mutation in the negative regulator, csrR, responsible for the high virulence of a naturally occurring type M3 group A streptococcus clinical isolate. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.12
Human leptospirosis cases and the prevalence of rats harbouring Leptospira interrogans in urban areas of Tokyo, Japan. J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.11
Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates from cooling towers in Japan form a distinct genetic cluster. Microbiol Immunol (2005) 1.11
Role of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway in degradation of hepatitis C virus envelope proteins and production of virus particles. J Biol Chem (2011) 1.10
Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel leptospiral lipoprotein with OmpA domain. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2003) 1.10
Characterization of isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium displaying high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Japan. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.10
Genotyping of pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 still open to question. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.10
Case report: Borrelia valaisiana infection in a Japanese man associated with traveling to foreign countries. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.09
Activation of hilA expression at low pH requires the signal sensor CpxA, but not the cognate response regulator CpxR, in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Microbiology (2003) 1.09
Development of a multiplex PCR-based rapid typing method for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.08
Identification of potential virulence determinants by Himar1 transposition of infectious Borrelia burgdorferi B31. Infect Immun (2006) 1.08
Neonatal sudden death due to Legionella pneumonia associated with water birth in a domestic spa bath. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.08
Invasive infection caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis: characteristics of strains and clinical features. J Infect Chemother (2010) 1.08
First detection of Rickettsia in soft-bodied ticks associated with seabirds, Japan. Microbiol Immunol (2006) 1.07
Volvulus of the gall bladder diagnosed by ultrasonography, computed tomography, coronal magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography. World J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.06
Opr86 is essential for viability and is a potential candidate for a protective antigen against biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol (2008) 1.06
Effects of repeated subculturing and prolonged storage at room temperature of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.06
Isolation from a healthy carrier and characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis strain that is deficient in gamma-Glutamyl aminopeptidase activity. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.06
A novel -66T/C polymorphism in Fc epsilon RI alpha-chain promoter affecting the transcription activity: possible relationship to allergic diseases. J Immunol (2003) 1.05
Evidence for widespread infection of hepatitis E virus among wild rats in Japan. Hepatol Res (2003) 1.04
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Shigella sonnei isolates in Japan and molecular analysis of S. sonnei isolates with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.04
Visceral fat volume and the prevalence of colorectal adenoma. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.03
The hemolytic and cytolytic activities of Serratia marcescens phospholipase A (PhlA) depend on lysophospholipid production by PhlA. BMC Microbiol (2009) 1.03
Development and evaluation of multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis for fine typing and phylogenetic analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Int J Food Microbiol (2010) 1.03
Preoperative detection of prostate cancer: a comparison with 11C-choline PET, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET and MR imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging (2010) 1.02
Cholera outbreak, Laos, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.02
Genetic characteristics of drug-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 causing endemic cholera in Dhaka, 2006-2011. J Med Microbiol (2012) 1.02
Diffusion-weighted single shot echo planar imaging of colorectal cancer using a sensitivity-encoding technique. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2004) 1.01
Emergence and genetic diversity of El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1 that possess classical biotype ctxB among travel-associated cases of cholera in Japan. J Med Microbiol (2010) 1.01
Characterization of reptile-associated Borrelia sp. in the vector tick, Amblyomma geoemydae, and its association with Lyme disease and relapsing fever Borrelia spp. Environ Microbiol Rep (2011) 1.01