The Kitasato Medical Journal
	Vol. 44 No. 1   Mar. 2014    Kitasato Medical Society
	ISSN(Print):1349-8568?? ISSN(Online):2187-9699
CONTENTS
● Original Contributions
	Psychology of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
	Masafuchi Ryoh, Kazuko Hasegawa, Yoshitsuna Fukuyama, Kazutoshi Nishiyama, Hisayuki Kowa	1
	Psychology of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared with that of cancer patients
	Masafuchi Ryoh, Kazuko Hasegawa, Eimei Furusawa, Yoshitsuna Fukuyama, Kazutoshi Nishiyama, Hisayuki Kowa	6
	Psychology of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared with spinocerebellar degeneration, Parkinson's disease, and cerebrovascular disease
	Masafuchi Ryoh, Kazuko Hasegawa, Yoshitsuna Fukuyama, Fumihiko Sakai, Norihisa Furuhashi, Kazutoshi Nishiyama, Hisayuki Kowa	12
	Auditory temporal resolution and word recognition in noise in older women
	Maki Yazaki, Toshimasa Matsuhira	17
	Development of word fluency and expressive vocabulary in Japanese kindergarten children
	Ikuyo Ishizaka, Mari Higashikawa, Yuki Hara, Wakana Hata, Keiko Suzuki	26
	Nutritional evaluation of children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities
	Yoshito Fujitake, Toshiyuki Iwasaki, Noriko Suyama, Shigeko Endo, Mariko Arai, Miwako Sasaki, Masae Yazawa, Shigeyuki Otsu, Masahiro Ishii	31
	Hypertrophic fat cells in hypophagic intrauterine growth restricted rats without catch-up growth
	Kazuteru Kitsuda, Rie Yamaguchi, Eiko Nagata, Yuuichi Nakagawa, Takehiko Ohzeki, Tsutomu Ogata, Masahiro Ishii, Toshiki Nakanishi	38
	Analysis of gene mutations encoding sarcomeric proteins in sudden death cases caused by cardiomyopathy
	Chikako Murakami, Shigeki Nakamura, Kazuho Maeda, Wataru Irie, Momoko Oishi, Chizuko Sasaki, Naomi Nakamaru, Katsuyoshi Kurihara	47
	Improvement of gas exchange during high frequency intermittent oscillation in rabbits
	Shingo Kasahara, Kagami Miyaji	56
	Changes in mortality rate of extremely preterm infants born at 22－25 weeks of gestation in Kitasato University Hospital
	Manabu Kemmochi, Masako Kitsunezaki, Yuichirou Yokozeki, Mari Ohoka, Ayano Yamaguchi, Kazumasa Akiyama, Masahiro Ishii	69
	Prostate tumor cell growth induced by proliferin secreted from castrated mice adipose stromal cells
	Takahiro Hirayama, Kazumasa Matsumoto, Sho Minami, Morihiro Nishi, Shinji Kurosaka, Ken-ichi Tabata, Tetsuo Fujita, Kazunari Yoshida, Masatsugu Iwamura	74
	Assessment of the osteogenic potential of maxilla-derived mesenchymal stromal cells and the utilization of serum-free medium for culture thereof
	Masashi Ishiguro, Yasuharu Yamazaki, Kyoko Baba, Takayuki Sugimoto, Akira Takeda, Eiju Uchinuma	84
	Osteogenic potential, multipotency, and cytogenetic safety of human bone tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hBT-MSCs) after long-term cryopreservation
	Kenichi Kumazawa, Takayuki Sugimoto, Yasuharu Yamazaki, Akira Takeda, Eiju Uchinuma	95
● Case Report
	Neurofibroma of the penis due to neurofibromatosis type 1: von Recklinghausen's disease
	Takahiro Hirayama, Kazumasa Matsumoto, Sho Minami, Shoji Nagi, Masatsugu Iwamura	104
Kitasato Medical Society Invitational Academic Lecture Series Abstracts		107
Information for Authors		108