Vol. 241 No. 4 APRIL 2017

Regular Contribution
Successful Management of Gorham-Stout Disease in the Cervical Spine by Combined Conservative and Surgical Treatments: A Case Report Satoshi Tateda, Toshimi Aizawa, Ko Hashimoto, Haruo Kanno, Susumu Ohtsu, Eiji Itoi and Hiroshi Ozawa [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.249-254 2017
Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Hyperlipidemia Patients Liu Yang, Tingting Li, Wenmin Li, Xi Tang, Jinfeng Li, Ruiwen Long, Yongshui Fu, Jean-Pierre Allain and Chengyao Li [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.255-261, 2017
Non-Invasive Assessment of Early Atherosclerosis Based on New Arterial Stiffness Indices Measured with an Upper-Arm Oscillometric Device Yaping Zhang, Ping Yin, Zuojun Xu, Yushui Xie, Changqian Wang, Yuqi Fan, Fuyou Liang and Zhaofang Yin [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.263-270, 2017
Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis-Associated IgA Nephropathy with ESAT-6 Nan Zhao, Jing-Yi Sun, Hai-Ping Xu and Fu-Yun Sun [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.271-279, 2017
Therapeutic Potential of Docetaxel plus Cisplatin Chemotherapy for Myasthenia Gravis Patients with Metastatic Thymoma Guoyan Qi, Peng Liu, Huimin Dong, Shanshan Gu, Hongxia Yang and Yinping Xue [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.281-286, 2017
A SLC24A2 Gene Variant Uncovered in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Whole Exome Sequencing Lei Wang, Zhuo Shao, Shiyue Chen, Lu Shi and Zhaoshen Li [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.287-295, 2017
The T Allele of rs8075977 in the 5'-Flanking Region of the PEDF Gene Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Elderly Chinese Men Shou-Yuan Ma, Yuan-Yuan Guo, Shu-Xia Wang, Jin-Xin Shi, Jie Liu, Jian-Feng Liu and Ping Zhu [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.297-308, 2017
Left Recumbent Position Decreases Heart Rate without Alterations in Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Healthy Young Adults Konosuke Sasaki, Mayu Haga, Yoichi Endo, Junko Fujiwara and Ryoko Maruyama [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.309-318, 2017
Alfacalcidol Increases the Therapeutic Efficacy of Ibandronate on Bone Mineral Density in Japanese Women with Primary Osteoporosis Yukio Nakamura, Takako Suzuki, Mikio Kamimura, Shota Ikegami, Shigeharu Uchiyama and Hiroyuki Kato [PDF]	Vol. 241, No. 4 pp.319-326, 2017