The coexistence of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and active ulcerative colitis (UC) has been reported. We herein report a rare case of UC accompanied by ITP and Helicobacter pylori (H.… (More)
Portal gas is relatively rare, and its relationship to ischemic bowel diseases has been emphasized. We report the case of a 70-year-old woman with acute obstructive cholangitis in whom portal gas was… (More)
Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been suggested to share personality traits characterised by low novelty-seeking and high harm-avoidance. Although a link between novelty-seeking and… (More)
An atomic layer deposition (ALD)-SiO<inf>2</inf> film for use as the spacer mask in self-aligned double patterning (DP) and a slimming process of critical dimension (CD) for the photoresist pattern… (More)
For over 3 decades, computer graphics technology has been developed to simulate physically accurate image of real scene. Meanwhile, useful tone mapping methods have been developed to map luminance… (More)
As Koizumi (2000) and Fukui and Sakai (2006) observe, however, “multiple long-distance scrambling” improves significantly if the scrambled element forms an intonational phrase, though we rather argue… (More)
day showed the distal duodenum to be markedly thickened, but the stomach and proximal duodenum appeared normal on US (Fig. 1). Otherwise, there were no abnormalities in the abdomen. Meticulous… (More)
A 29-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis underwent total colectomy with ileal-pouch-anal canal anastomosis in 1999. After the surgery, she developed refractory pouchitis. We administered… (More)
This report describes the long-term (23 years) follow-up of a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and eosinophilia who underwent multiple valve replacements. An 8-year-old boy with… (More)