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Sakuma H, Okumura F, Miyabe S, Sugiura M, Joh T, Shimozato K, et al.
Scand J Immunol . 2010 Jul; 72(1):44-9. PMID: 20591075
IgG4-related sclerosing sialadenitis is currently considered as an autoimmune disease distinct from Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and responds extremely well to steroid therapy. To further elucidate the characteristics of IgG4-related sclerosing...
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Hutchin T, Preece M, Hendriksz C, Chakrapani A, McClelland V, Okumura F, et al.
J Inherit Metab Dis . 2009 Jun; 32 Suppl 1:S151-5. PMID: 19517266
Citrin deficiency is a disorder with two phenotypes: neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency (NICCD), and adult-onset type II citrullinaemia (CTLN2). NICCD presents in the first few weeks of...
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Kamisawa T, Shimosegawa T, Okazaki K, Nishino T, Watanabe H, Kanno A, et al.
Gut . 2009 Apr; 58(11):1504-7. PMID: 19398440
Objective: To establish an appropriate steroid treatment regimen for autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). Methods: A retrospective survey of AIP treatment was conducted in 17 centres in Japan. The main outcome measures...
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Tanito Y, Miwa T, Endou M, Hirose Y, Gamoh M, Nakaya H, et al.
Anesthesiology . 2001 Jun; 94(5):804-14. PMID: 11388532
Background: It has been reported that edrophonium can antagonize the negative chronotropic effect of carbachol. This study was undertaken to evaluate in detail the interaction of edrophonium with muscarinic Mz...
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Kudoh I, Miyazaki H, Yamada H, Fujimoto J, Ohara M, Tazawa T, et al.
Masui . 2000 Aug; 49(7):724-31. PMID: 10933021
Patients with acid lung injuries are at high risk for bacterial pulmonary infections which commonly occur several days after the acid aspiration. We reported that a specific neutrophil elastase inhibitor...
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Koide Y, Tanito Y, Okazaki K, Okumura F
Masui . 2000 May; 49(4):376-82. PMID: 10793522
We monitored of hemoglobin oxygen saturation of the hepatic vein (ShvO2) continuously in 6 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under inhalation anesthesia only, and in 6 patients under combined epidural and...
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Itoh H, Andoh T, Watanabe I, Sasaki T, Kamiya Y, Okumura F
Eur J Neurosci . 2000 Apr; 12(4):1253-62. PMID: 10762354
The authors have previously reported that dynorphin A (1-17), an endogenous kappa opioid agonist, inhibits the current mediated through neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) without the involvement of opioid receptors...
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Wu J, Kikuchi T, Wang Y, Sato K, Okumura F
Br J Anaesth . 2000 Apr; 84(2):183-9. PMID: 10743451
Using microdialysis, we have examined the effects of ketamine on concentrations of total nitric oxide oxidation products (NOx-) in the rat hippocampus and striatum in vivo to investigate the relationship...
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Wang Y, Kikuchi T, Sakai M, Wu J, Sato K, Okumura F
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand . 2000 Feb; 44(1):112-7. PMID: 10669282
Background: We sometimes encounter impairment of learning and memory after general anesthesia in elderly patients. The aim of this study was to examine age-related modifications of the effects of ketamine...
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Nishihama M, Miyamae T, Goshima Y, Okumura F, Misu Y
Neuroscience . 1999 Jul; 92(1):123-35. PMID: 10392836
We have proposed that L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) is a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system [Misu Y. et al. (1996) Prog. Neurobiol. 49, 415-454]. Herein, we attempt to clarify whether lesions...