Mutations in the Precore Region of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Patients with Fulminant and Severe Hepatitis

Masao Omata, Toshiki Ehata, Osamu Yokosuka, +1

New England Journal of Medicine

Portal hemodynamics in patients with gastric varices

Kiyoshi Watanabe, Kunio Kimura, Shoichi Matsutani, +2

Gastroenterology

VaricesGastroenterologyGastric VaricesVisceral SurgerySurgery +2

Natural history of minute hepatocellular carcinoma smaller than three centimeters complicating cirrhosis

Masaaki Ebara, Masao Ohto, Takashi Shinagawa, +7

Gastroenterology

Minute Hepatocellular CarcinomaHepatologyMedicineLiver PhysiologySurgical Pathology +13

Detection of ras gene mutations in pancreatic juice and peripheral blood of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Motohisa Tada, Masao Omata, S Kawai, +4

PubMed

Ras Gene MutationsTumor BiologyMutant Ras GenesPancreatic CancerMedicine +11

Abdominal wall fat index, estimated by ultrasonography, for assessment of the ratio of visceral fat to subcutaneous fat in the abdomen

Ryouichi Suzuki, Satoe Watanabe, Yasuo Hirai, +11

The American Journal of Medicine

ObesityMedical UltrasoundBody CompositionHealth SciencesAbdominal Imaging +9

Association of gallbladder carcinoma and anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal union

Kunio Kimura, Masao Ohto, Hiromitsu Saisho, +6

Gastroenterology

Gallbladder CarcinomaHepatologyBiliary TractBiliary CancerSurgical Pathology +6

Percutaneous ethanol injection for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma. Study of 95 patients

Masaaki Ebara, Masao Ohto, Nobuyuki Sugiura, +5

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Quantification of hepatitis C virus by competitive reverse transcription—polymerase chain reaction: Increase of the virus in advanced liver disease

Naoya Kato, Osamu Yokosuka, Kazuhiko Hosoda, +3

Hepatology

Viral ReplicationHepatitis C VirusPathologyCirrhosisHepatic Disorders +14

Comparison of CT Findings with Resected Specimens After Chemoembolization with Iodized Oil for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Kenichi Takayasu, Shigeki Arii, Naoki Matsuo, +7

American Journal of Roentgenology

Resolution of acute hepatitis C after therapy with natural beta interferon

Masao Omata, Osamu Yokosuka, S. Takano, +6

The Lancet

Acute Hepatitis CHepatologyHepatitis CViral HepatitisImmunology +6