To determine the earliest stage at which lesions in asbestosis can be diagnosed and to assess
their progression, 23 asbestos-exposed patients with minimal or no abnormalities at plain …

High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) was performed in seven inflated and fixed
postmortem lungs from seven asbestos-exposed patients with pathologically proved …

We conducted a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind 24-week trial using Melissa
officinalis (M. officinalis) extract richly containing rosmarinic acid (RA) on patients with mild …

Purpose Artificial neural networks (ANN) might help to diagnose coronary artery disease.
This study aimed to determine whether the diagnostic accuracy of an ANN-based diagnostic …

Objective This study was performed to clarify factors that might influence short-term side effects
occurring within 96 hours after administration of 131 I for patients with thyroid carcinoma.…

BACKGROUND Patients with invasive extramammary Paget's disease appear to have a risk
of regional lymph node metastasis. Despite the poor prognosis for patients with lymph node …

In Japan, crocidolite had been used for asbestos cement pipe and spraying, and amosite
had been used for building board and spraying. These two types of asbestos had stopped to …

Results: The mean number (mean ±sd) of micronuclei after treatment was significantly
increased (p< 0.05) as compared to control subjects (15.7 ±2.7 vs. 5.4 ±1.4). Since there was …

We investigated cytologic radiation damage in thyroid cancer after 131 I therapy using
micronucleus assay (MNA) of B lymphocytes exclusively, as opposed to our previous study in …

MATERIALS AND METhODS A total of 30 patients with suspected lung cancer were studied
in our institution between July 1985 and October 1987. These consisted of 21 patients with …