Vol.252 No. 1 SEPTEMBER 2020

Regular Contribution
Expression of Ganglioside Disialosyl Globopentaosyl Ceramide in Prostate Biopsy Specimens as a Predictive Marker for Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy Masahiko Sato, Shuichi Shimada, Mika Watanabe, Yoshihide Kawasaki, Tomonori Sato, Kento Morozumi, Koji Mitsuzuka and Akihiro Ito [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.1-8, 2020
Management of a Preterm Infant with Renal Tubular Dysgenesis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Tomomi Kondoh, Yuri Kawai, Yuji Matsumoto, Naonori Kumagai, Masafumi Miyata, Kazuki Tanaka, Satoshi Hibino, Naoya Fujita and Yohei Ikezumi [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.9-14, 2020
Shorter Interval between Onset and Admission to Convalescent Rehabilitation Wards Is Associated with Improved Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Patients Yoshihiro Yoshimura, Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Ryo Momosaki, Fumihiko Nagano, Sayuri Shimazu and Ai Shiraishi [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.15-22, 2020
Hybrid Training System Improves Insulin Resistance in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Sohei Iwanaga, Ryuki Hashida, Yoshio Takano, Masafumi Bekki, Dan Nakano, Masayuki Omoto, Takeshi Nago, Takumi Kawaguchi, Hiroo Matsuse, Takuji Torimura and Naoto Shiba [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.23-32, 2020
Coparenting Intervention for Expectant Parents Affects Relationship Quality: A Pilot Study Anna C. Philipp, Jin-kyung Lee, Tanja A. Stamm, Michael Wininger, Wilfried Datler and Nestor D. Kapusta [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.33-43, 2020
Refractory Hypertension in Infantile-Onset Denys-Drash Syndrome Kentaro Nishi, Koichi Kamei, Masao Ogura, Mai Sato, Miki Murakoshi, Chikako Kamae, Ryutaro Suzuki, Toru Kanamori, China Nagano, Kandai Nozu, Kenji Ishikura and Shuichi Ito [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.45-51, 2020
Recombinant Human Soluble Thrombomodulin Contributes to a Reduction In-Hospital Mortality of Acute Cholangitis with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: A Propensity Score Analyses of a Japanese Nationwide Database Kunio Tarasawa, Kenji Fujimori and Kiyohide Fushimi [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.53-61, 2020
Focal Parenchymal Atrophy and Fat Replacement Are Clues for Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer with Abnormalities of the Main Pancreatic Duct Shin Miura, Kiyoshi Kume, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Shin Hamada, Tetsuya Takikawa, Naoki Yoshida, Seiji Hongo, Yu Tanaka, Ryotaro Matsumoto, Takanori Sano, Mio Ikeda, Toru Furukawa, Masahiro Iseki, Michiaki Unno and Atsushi Masamune [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.63-71, 2020
Mortality Risk Factors among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in a Major Referral Center in Iran Nasser Malekpour Alamdari, Siamak Afaghi, Fatemeh Sadat Rahimi, Farzad Esmaeili Tarki, Sasan Tavana, Alireza Zali, Mohammad Fathi, Sara Besharat, Leyla Bagheri, Fatemeh Pourmotahari, Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani, Ali Dabbagh and Seyed Ali Mousavi [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.73-84, 2020
Flow-Mediated Vasodilation and Reactive Hyperemia Index in Heart Failure with Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction Ryutaro Waku, Seiko Tokoi, Shigeru Toyoda, Keijiro Kitahara, Jin Naganuma, Hiroko Yazawa, Masashi Sakuma, Shichiro Abe, Toshiaki Nakajima and Teruo Inoue [PDF]	Vol. 252, No. 1 pp.85-93, 2020