Background Genetic studies have indicated possible involvement of the upregulated
calcium-nuclear factor of activated T cells pathway in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease. We …

Background: The 1st nationwide survey by the Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and
Cardiac Surgery of acute or fulminant myocarditis (AMC/FMC) in children revealed that the …

Objective To assess the safety and efficacy of infliximab (IFX) for the treatment of patients
with Kawasaki disease (KD). Study design This was a nationwide survey of 274 Japanese …

Aim The syndrome of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA)
is a common inflammatory disease that presents with periodic fever. We aimed to …

This paper describes a new-generation vector parallel supercomputer, NEC SX-9 system.
The SX-9 processor has an outstanding core to achieve over 100Gflop/s, and a software-…

Protein–protein interactions are fundamental to understanding the molecular functions and
regulation of proteins. Despite the availability of extensive databases, many interactions …

Although some studies have attempted to find useful prognostic factors in hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy (HCM), those results are not fully helpful for use in actual clinical practice. …

Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive, lysosomal glycogen storage disease caused by
acid α-glucosidase deficiency. Infantile-onset Pompe disease (IOPD) is the most severe form …

A novel resist hardening method is discussed for preventing resist pattern collapse (bending
and breaking). In this method, a cross-link-type chemically amplified resist is heated during …

The doublecortin (DCX) gene was recently found to be involved in patients with X-linked
lissencephaly and subcortical band heterotopia or double cortex syndrome. We have studied …