Antenatal corticosteroids and outcomes of preterm small-for-gestational-age neonates in a single medical center.

Objective: This study investigated the effect of an antenatal corticosteroid (ACS) in preterm small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonate.

Methods: This study was a retrospective cohort study. We compared women who received ACS with unexposed controls and evaluated neonatal complications among those having a singleton SGA neonate born between 29 and 34 complete gestational weeks.

[Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the urinary bladder].

A 85-year-old woman presented with macroscopic hematuria and miction pain. Cystoscopy revealed a wide-based submucosal mass, and biopsied specimens of the mass showed a B-cell lymphoma of the MALT type. Computed tomography (CT) showed a 7.

Results of cadaver kidney transplantation with right renal vein extension.

Introduction: Several methods to lengthen the renal vein of the allografts have been proposed in order to secure the surgeon's field of vision and to allow appropriate positioning of the graft. However, its safety and complications have not been clarified. Furthermore, its long- and short-term results have not been investigated.

Enhanced expression of endothelin-A receptor in human transplant renal arteriosclerosis.

Transplant renal arteriosclerosis (TRA), characterized by concentric neointimal thickening, is one of the major causes of chronic rejection in human kidney transplantation. Endothelin-1 is known to be a powerful vasoconstrictor and a vascular smooth muscle cell mitogen. Previous experimental studies have shown that endothelin-A receptor (ET(A) receptor) is expressed selectively in vascular smooth muscle cells, and is the major mediator of endothelin-1-induced effects.