Novel Strategy for the Management of Cervical Multicystic Diseases.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical practices of diagnosing multicystic cervical lesions as a means to develop a more appropriate diagnostic algorithm for gastric-type adenocarcinoma (GAS) and its precursors.

Methods: Clinical information for 159 surgically treated patients for multicystic disease of the uterine cervix was collected from 15 hospitals. We performed a central review of the MRI and pathological findings.

Efficacy of hormone therapy for osteoporosis in adolescent girls after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a longitudinal study.

Objective: To assess changes in bone mineral density of adolescent girls diagnosed with hypogonadism after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) during continuous hormone therapy (HT).

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health.

Novel bioactive compound from the Sparassis crispa mushroom.

A novel compound (2) and a known one (1) were isolated from the mushroom, Sparassis crispa. Both compounds inhibited melanin synthesis and MRSA growth.