Vol. 237 No. 1 SEPTEMBER 2015

Regular Contributions
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis after Esophagectomy: Respiratory Complications and Role of Nerve Reconstruction Kazuo Koyanagi, Hiroyasu Igaki, Jun Iwabu, Hiroki Ochiai and Yuji Tachimori [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.1-8, 2015
Review
Pretreatment Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Ryu Watanabe, Tomonori Ishii and Hideo Harigae [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.9-15, 2015
Regular Contributions
Low Serum Level of Klotho Is an Early Predictor of Atherosclerosis Nursen Keles, Mustafa Caliskan, Burcu Dogan, Necibe Nur Keles, Macit Kalcik, Feyza Aksu, Osman Kostek, Soe Moe Aung, Banu Isbilen and Aytekin Oguz [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.17-23, 2015
CRP 1846C>T Genetic Polymorphism Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis and/or Severe Lymphatic Invasion in Endometrial Cancer Masahiko Kito, Satoru Motoyama, Kazuma Fujita, Masatomo Miura, Hiroshi Nanjo, Jin Kumagai, Akira Sato, Naoki Sato, Dai Shimizu, Toshiharu Sato, Yukiyo Kumazawa, Wataru Sato, Hiroshi Miura, Hiromitsu Shirasawa, Aya Kato, Kenichi Makino, Tae Sugawara, Daisuke Tamura, Kazue Takahashi and Yukihiro Terada [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.25-30, 2015
Porphyromonas bronchialis sp. nov. Isolated from Intraoperative Bronchial Fluids of a Patient with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Takuichi Sato, Junko Tomida, Takashi Naka, Nagatoshi Fujiwara, Ayako Hasegawa, Yasushi Hoshikawa, Junko Matsuyama, Naoko Ishida, Takashi Kondo, Kaori Tanaka, Nobuhiro Takahashi and Yoshiaki Kawamura [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.31-37, 2015
Letter to the Editor
Comment on "Gender Gap in Medicine: Only One Woman Councilor in the Japan Surgical Society" Masaki Nio [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.39-40, 2015
Commentary
Mental Health Crisis in Northeast Fukushima after the 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster Hisanori Fukunaga and Hiromi Kumakawa [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.41-43, 2015
Medical Hypothesis
A Synthetic Serine Protease Inhibitor, Nafamostat Mesilate, Is a Drug Potentially Applicable to the Treatment of Ebola Virus Disease Hidekazu Nishimura and Mutsuo Yamaya [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.45-50, 2015
Regular Contributions
Do Oral Contraceptives Alter Knee Ligament Damage with Heavy Exercise? Haneul Lee, Jerrold S. Petrofsky and JongEun Yim [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.51-56, 2015
Global Gene Expression Profile of the Hippocampus in a Rat Model of Vascular Dementia Lin Wu, Xiao-Tao Feng, Yue-Qiang Hu, Nong Tang, Qing-Shan Zhao, Tian-Wei Li, Hai-Yuan Li, Qing-Bi Wang, Xin-Ya Bi and Xin-Kun Cai [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.57-67, 2015
Maternal Body Mass Index Correlates with the Neonatal Physique of Male Infants Sayuri Fukuda, Yurika Tanaka, Kiyomi Harada, Ayako Saruwatari, Kaori Kitaoka, Kiyoko Odani, Wataru Aoi, Sayori Wada, Tatsuya Oguni, Hiroaki Asano, Nobuko Hagiwara and Akane Higashi [PDF]	Vol. 237, No. 1 pp.69-75, 2015