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EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

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Vol. 234 No. 4 DECEMBER 2014

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CONTENTS

Regular Contributions
Activating Transcription Factor 3 (ATF3) in the Human Adrenal Cortex: Its Possible Involvement in Aldosterone Biosynthesis
Saulo J.A. Felizola, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yohei Ozawa, Yoshikiyo Ono, Ryo Morimoto, Sanae Midorikawa, Shinichi Suzuki, Fumitoshi Satoh and Hironobu Sasano
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.249-254, 2014
Interleukin-33 Promotes Disease Progression in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Yongqiang Sun, Ji-Yuan Zhang, Sa Lv, Huan Wang, Man Gong, Ning Du, Honghong Liu, Ning Zhang, Jing Jing, Chao Zhou, Fan Zhang and Zongren Wang
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.255-261, 2014
Disease Severity at the First Hospitalization as a Predictor for Mechanical Ventilation Dependency in Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Kuang-Ming Liao, Wei-Chieh Lin, Tzu-Chieh Lin, Chung-Yi Li and Yea-Huei Kao Yang
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.263-269, 2014
Early Treatment with Chloroquine Inhibits the Immune Response against Plasmodium yoelii Infection in Mice
Xiaosong Qin, Guang Chen, Yonghui Feng, Xiaotong Zhu, Yunting Du, Wei Pang, Zanmei Qi and Ya-ming Cao
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.271-280, 2014
Community Walking Training Program Improves Walking Function and Social Participation in Chronic Stroke Patients
MinKyu Kim, KiHun Cho and WanHee Lee
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.281-286, 2014
Nitric Oxide Synthase Modulates the Antihyperalgesic Effect of the NMDA Receptor Antagonist MK-801 on Carrageenan- Induced Inflammatory Pain in Rats
Dragana P. Srebro, Sonja M. Vucković, Katarina R. Savic Vujovic and Milica S. Prostran
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.287-293, 2014
High Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Are Associated with Pediatric Sepsis
Gokhan Aydemir, Ferhat Cekmez, Gokhan Kalkan, M.Kursat Fidanci, Guven Kaya, Abdulbaki Karaoglu, Cihan Meral, Ibrahim Arziman, Ferhan Karademir Ganime Ayar, Ramiz Coskun Gunduz and Selami Suleymanoglu
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.295-298, 2014
Cerebral Ischemia or Intrauterine Inflammation Promotes Differentiation of Oligodendroglial Precursors in Preterm Ovine Fetuses: Possible Cellular Basis for White Matter Injury
Ryuta Kitanishi, Tadashi Matsuda, Shinpei Watanabe, Masatoshi Saito, Takushi Hanita, Tatsuya Watanabe and Yoshiyasu Kobayashi
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.299-307, 2014
Case
A Fatal Case of Infantile Malignant Osteopetrosis Complicated by Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Yuichi Kuroyanagi, Hirohide Kawasaki, Yukihiro Noda, Taichi Ohmachi, Shin-ichiro Sekiya, Ken Yoshimura, Chisato Ohe, Toshimi Michigami, Keiichi Ozono and Kazunari Kaneko
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.309-312, 2014
Regular Contributions
Elevated Levels of Carbonyl Proteins in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Neurodegenerative Diseases
Paulus S. Rommer, Joachim Greilberger, Sabine Salhofer-Polanyi, Eduard Auff, Fritz Leutmezer and Ralf Herwig
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Vol. 234, No. 4
pp.313-317, 2014



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