Background Mutations in fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) cause autosomal dominant
hypophosphatemic rickets. Clinical and laboratory findings in this disorder are similar to those …

Clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic data were retrospectively analyzed in 112
patients with acute Kawasaki disease who received high-dose (2 g/kg) intravenous gamma-…

Paratuberculosis, a chronic disease affecting ruminant livestock, is caused by Mycobacterium
avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). It has direct and indirect economic costs, impacts …

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurred recently for the first time in a decade in Japan. The
index case was detected on a beef-breeding farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, Southern Japan, …

McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is characterized by café-au-lait spot, multiple endocrine
hyperfunction, and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. A somatic point mutation of Gsalpha protein …

Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), which result from nonenzymatic reactions of glucose
with tissue proteins, have been shown to accumulate on long‐lived proteins in advanced …

A seroepidemiological survey of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection was conducted in
Japan in 2007 using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an agar gel …

Approximately 15–20% of patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) are not responsive to high-dose
intravenous gammaglobulin (IVIG). We have previously reported a predictive method for …

Microstructure evolution in VC-doped WC–Co was investigated using high-resolution transmission
electron microscopy (HRTEM) associated with X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (…

As novel calixarene or macrocyclic types of extradants, 37,38,39,40,41,42-hexakis(carboxymethoxy)-5,11,17,23,29,35-hexakis(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)calix[6]arene
and 25,26,27,28-…