Published January, 2013
By Robert S. Reneman, Yukio Maruyama and Masatsugu Hori
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Published January, 2013
By K. Okita
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This volume containing the proceedings of the 13th Yamaguchi Symposium on Liver Disease includes discussion of the direct cellular effects of hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins on hepatocytes and reviews evidence that oxidative stress caused primarily by the HCV core protein plays a key role in disease pathogenesis.

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Published January, 2013
By Masumi Inaba and Yoshitaka Inaba
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Published January, 2013
By Yozo Miyake
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Fortunately,the recent advances of macular surgery and imaging are such that the macular con?guration can easily be determined. During the process of surgery,we have obtained considerable information on the c- relation of macular function and macular morphology using focal macular ERGs and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

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Published January, 2013
By Hiroaki Nomori and Morihito Okada
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Advances in CT have enabled us to detect small lung cancers, which has changed the lung cancer surgery from lobectomy to a lesser lobar resection such as a segmentectomy or wedge resection.

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Published January, 2013
By Tohru Inoue and William T. Pennie
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Published January, 2013
By Masatoshi Kudo
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Combining harmonic technology and an ultrasound contrast agent, harmonic imaging now plays a vital role in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic tumors.

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Published December, 2012
By Ichiro Sakuma and Akira Kitabatake
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Published November, 2012
By Hideaki E. Takahashi
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Bones and joints are always under mechanical loading a key concept in understanding bone metabolism. Among the most common diseases of bones and joints in the elderly are osteoporosis and joint osteoarthritis. An understanding of mechanical loading is essential therefore to clinicians, basic researchers, and engineers working with bones and joints.

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Published November, 2012
By Hung-Chi Lue and Hung-Chhi Lue
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Catheter-directed treatment of cardiac lesions with balloons and stents has become the treatment of choice, and cardiac arrhythmias in infancy and childhood are treated with radio-frequency ablation.

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