Vol. 243 No. 3 NOVEMBER 2017

Regular Contribution
Microalbuminuria Is Associated with Lower Weight and Taller Height in Adolescence Myung Hyun Cho, Kyo Sun Kim, and Sochung Chung [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.151-157, 2017
The IL18 Promoter Polymorphism, rs1946518, Is Associated with the Risk of Periodontitis in Japanese Women: The Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Miyake, Takashi Hanioka, Shinya Furukawa, Nobuyuki Miyatake and Masashi Arakawa [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.159-164, 2017
Elevated Expression Levels of Long Non-Coding RNA, Loc554202, Are Predictive of Poor Prognosis in Cervical Cancer Jiewen Chen and Jie Zhu [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.165-172, 2017
Coexistence of Trunk or Lower Extremity Pain with Elbow and/or Shoulder Pain among Young Overhead Athletes: A Cross- Sectional Study Takuya Sekiguchi, Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Haruki Momma, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Kaoru Kuroki, Kenji Kanazawa, Yutaka Yabe, Shinichiro Yoshida, Masashi Koide, Nobuyuki Itaya, Eiji Itoi and Ryoichi Nagatomi [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.173-178, 2017
Hemodynamic Implications of Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Nitrogen Oxide (NO) during Living Donor Liver Transplantation Hyunyoung Lim, Suk-Koo Lee and Gaabsoo Kim [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.179-186, 2017
Elevated Plasma Levels of Gas6 Are Associated with Acute Lung Injury in Patients with Severe Sepsis Li-Chun Yeh, Ping-Wun Huang, Kuan-Hsian Hsieh, Chung-Hsuan Wang, Yi-Kai Kao, Tzu-Hsiang Lin and Xiao-Lun Lee [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.187-193, 2017
Exploring Risk Factors of Patient Falls: A Retrospective Hospital Record Study in Japan Mami Ishikuro, Sergio Ramón Gutiérrez Ubeda, Taku Obara, Toshihide Saga, Naofumi Tanaka, Chiyo Oikawa, and Keisei Fujimori [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.195-203, 2017
Usefulness of the Combination of Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon-Gamma Release Assay in Diagnosing Children with Tuberculosis Hiroyuki Shimizu, and Masaaki Mori [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.205-210, 2017
Clinical Characteristics and Low Susceptibility to Daptomycin in Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia Hiroki Namikawa, Koichi Yamada, Wataru Shibata, Hiroki Fujimoto, Etsuko Takizawa, Makoto Niki, Kiyotaka Nakaie, Yasutaka Nakamura, Ken-Ichi Oinuma, Mamiko Niki, Yasuhiko Takemoto, Yukihiro Kaneko, Taichi Shuto and Hiroshi Kakeya [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.211-218, 2017
Overexpression of SMYD3 Is Predictive of Unfavorable Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Xiao Fei, Yun Ma, Xiaowei Liu and Zhixin Meng [PDF]	Vol. 243, No. 3 pp.219-226, 2017