The Tokyo Guidelines 2013 (TG13) for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis were globally
disseminated and various clinical studies about the management of acute cholecystitis were …

We propose a new flowchart for the treatment of acute cholecystitis ( AC ) in the Tokyo
Guidelines 2018 (TG18). Grade III AC was not indicated for straightforward laparoscopic …

Although the diagnostic and severity grading criteria on the 2013 Tokyo Guidelines ( TG 13)
are used worldwide as the primary standard for management of acute cholangitis ( AC ), …

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a novel clinical disease entity characterized by elevated
serum IgG4 concentration and tumefaction or tissue infiltration by IgG4+ plasma cells. …

… RK Pearson DS Longnecker ST Chari TC Smyrk K Okazaki L Frulloni et al. (2003)
ArticleTitleControversies in clinical pancreatology: autoimmune pancreatitis: does it exist …

… 2 (hMATE2-K), has been isolated from the human kidney. The hMATE2-K cDNA had an open
reading … Reverse transcriptase–PCR revealed that hMATE2-K mRNA but not hMATE2 was …

… We reported that the valinomycin- and K + -induced transmembrane potential (inside …
depolarization of the basolateral membranes created by high K + or Ba 2+ suppressed TEA uptake, …

In some cases, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) may be difficult to perform in patients with
acute cholecystitis (AC) with severe inflammation and fibrosis. The Tokyo Guidelines 2018 (…

… of Liver and Biliary Tract (Chairman, Hirohito Tsubouchi) in association with the Ministry of
Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan, and the Japan Biliary Association (Chairman, Kazuo Inui…

ABSTRACT. Renal excretion of organic anions and cations is mediated by the organic ion
transporter family (SLC22A). In this study, the mRNA levels of the organic ion transporters …