Vol. 236 No. 4 AUGUST 2015

Regular Contributions
Tongue Protrusion Strength in Arousal State Is Predictive of the Airway Patency in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Masashi Kanezaki, Teruhiro Ogawa and Tadafumi Izumi [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.241-245, 2015
High Serum Osteoprotegerin Is Associated with Arterial Stiffness in Kidney Transplant Patients Bang-Gee Hsu, Ming-Hui Shih, Yen-Cheng Chen, Guan-Jin Ho, Teng-Yi Lin and Ming-Che Lee [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.247-253, 2015
N-Acetylcysteine Inhibits Ventilation-Induced Collagen Accumulation in the Rat Lung Chuanxi Chen, Xiangdong Guan, Deborah A. Quinn and Bin Ouyang [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.255-261, 2015
Characteristics of 20 Patients with Autochthonous Acute Hepatitis E in Hokkaido, Japan: First Report of Bilateral Facial Palsy Following the Infection with Genotype 4 Hepatitis E Virus Yasuyuki Yazaki, Kenji Sugawara, Mitsunori Honda, Hiroshi Ohnishi, Shigeo Nagashima, Masaharu Takahashi and Hiroaki Okamoto [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.263-271, 2015
Virtual Reality Training with Cognitive Load Improves Walking Function in Chronic Stroke Patients Ki Hun Cho, Min Kyu Kim, Hwang-jae Lee and Wan Hee Lee [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.273-280, 2015
Lower Barthel Index Is Associated with Higher Risk of Hospitalization-Requiring Pneumonia in Long-term Care Facilities Chih-Chung Shiao, Hsiu Chuan Hsu, I-Ling Chen, Ching-Yi Weng, Jui-Chu Chuang, Su-Chiu Lin, Fong-Fong Tsai and Zen-Yong Chen [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.281-288, 2015
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Successful Treatment of TAFRO Syndrome, a Variant of Multicentric Castleman's Disease, with Cyclosporine A: Possible Pathogenetic Contribution of Interleukin-2 Yoshinobu Konishi, Satoshi Takahashi, Katsuyuki Nishi, Taro Sakamaki, Sachiko Mitani, Hitomi Kaneko, Chisato Mizutani, Naoya Ukyo, Hirokazu Hirata and Mitsuru Tsudo [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.289-295, 2015
Regular Contributions
Systemic Immune-inflammation Index, Based on Platelet Counts and Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio, Is Useful for Predicting Prognosis in Small Cell Lung Cancer Xuan Hong, Baohong Cui, Meng Wang, Zhaoyang Yang, Li Wang and Qingyong Xu [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.297-304, 2015
Elevated Serum Level of Angiopoietin-2 as a Potential Marker for Poor Prognosis in Small Cell Lung Cancer Cai-Lian Zhang, Sheng-Li Ge, Ning Yang, Jin-Ran Zhang and Dong-Dong Tian [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.305-309, 2015
Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor 10 Is Correlated with Poor Prognosis in Gastric Adenocarcinoma Qinli Sun, Ping Lin, Jingyu Zhang, Xiaoyan Li, Liguang Yang, Jianguo Huang, Zhongjin Zhou, Pei Liu and Naiqing Liu [PDF]	Vol. 236, No. 4 pp.311-318, 2015