AIM: To clarify the prevalence of defensive medicine and the specific defensive medicine practices among gastro-enterologists in Japan.METHODS: A survey of gast
AIM: To prospectively evaluate the indications, methodology, safety, and clinical impact of double-balloon endoscopy.METHODS: A total of 60 patients with suspec
AIM: To study the action of hepatitis virus infectionassociated genes at transcription level during liver regeneration (LR).METHODS: Hepatitis virus infection-a
AIM: To elucidate the current status of laparoscopyassisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) with regard to its short-term outcomes by comparing it with conventional o
AIM: To analyze expression of ATP7B in gastric cardiac adenocarcinomas, its clinicopathologic significance, in comparison with distal gastric adenocarcinomas.ME