Background—The SCN5A gene encoding the human cardiac sodium channel α subunit
plays a key role in cardiac electrophysiology. Mutations in SCN5A lead to a large spectrum …

From 1979 to 1984, we followed the cases of 3 men (aged 13, 31, and 75 yr) and 2 women
(aged 38 and 45 yr who had never used oral contraceptives) suffering from liver …

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a cardiac arrhythmia disorder associated with sudden death in
young adults. With the exception of SCN5A, encoding the cardiac sodium channel NaV1. 5 …

A joint prospective long term study of gastric biopsies has been undertaken to survey
intestinal metaplasia Types I, II, and III in terms of their incidence, distribution and value in …

Numerous reviews of adenocarcinoma arising in Barrett's esophagus have been reported,
but detailed pathologic findings or survival analysis have rarely been provided. This …

Using the Southern blot technique and cloned hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA as a probe, we
studied the state of HBV DNA in the liver of 13 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, 17 …

Objectives: The goal of this study was to investigate the genotype-to-phenotype relationship
between SCN5A gene mutation and progressive cardiac conduction defect in order to gain …

Ten patients in whom cystic dystrophy developed in a heterotopic pancreas of the duodenal
(nine patients) or gastric (one patient) wall are reported. All were young or middle aged …

We have analyzed the expression of E-and N-cadherins in benign, borderline, and maligant
ovarian tumors, and we have correlated the pattern of cadherin expression with the standard …

Drug‐induced acute hepatitis may be followed by prolonged cholestasis despite the
withdrawal of the drug. Eight patients suffering from prolonged cholestasis caused by …