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Kayoko Kitatani

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Okuno S, Ishimura E, Kitatani K, Fujino Y, Kohno K, Maeno Y, et al.
Am J Kidney Dis . 2007 Mar; 49(3):417-25. PMID: 17336703
Background: Although abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is reported as a predictor for cardiovascular mortality in the general population, it is unknown whether this is also true in hemodialysis patients in...
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Kitatani K
Clin Calcium . 2004 Dec; 14(1):98-101. PMID: 15576963
It is thought that the decrease in bone mass after menopause is attributable to the changes with increasing age physiologically caused by rapid decrease in female hormone, decline in calcium...
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Ishimura E, Okuno S, Kitatani K, Maekawa K, Izumotani T, Yamakawa T, et al.
Semin Nephrol . 2004 Oct; 24(5):408-12. PMID: 15490400
Although evidence has accumulated indicating a close relationship between inflammation and atherosclerosis, the relationship between inflammation and vascular calcification in patients with chronic renal failure is unclear. In the present...
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Okuno S, Inaba M, Kitatani K, Ishimura E, Yamakawa T, Nishizawa Y
Osteoporos Int . 2004 Aug; 16(5):501-9. PMID: 15309383
Renal osteodystrophy is a major complication in hemodialysis patients. Measurement of serum peptide derived from the degradation of bone collagen could potentially provide an indirect estimate of bone resorption. The...
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Okuno S, Ishimura E, Kitatani K, Chou H, Nagasue K, Maekawa K, et al.
Nephrol Dial Transplant . 2003 Nov; 18(12):2613-21. PMID: 14605286
Background: Although vitamin D has been reported to be useful in the treatment of patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism, it is not effective in some of them. The goal of this...
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Kitatani K, Nakatsuka K, Naka H, Miki T, Morii H, Nishizawa Y
J Bone Miner Metab . 2003 Jun; 21(4):217-24. PMID: 12811626
Deoxypyridinoline (DPD) in urine, which reflects systemic bone resorption, is considered useful for assessing the effects of osteoporosis treatment. However, there are various methods of measuring DPD in urine but...
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Miki T, Nakatsuka K, Naka H, Kitatani K, Saito S, Masaki H, et al.
J Bone Miner Metab . 2003 Apr; 21(3):161-5. PMID: 12720050
Twenty elderly osteoporotic women with vertebral fracture(s) were randomly allocated to two groups; women in the MK(4) group received calcium with menaquinone 4 (MK(4)) at a dose of 45 mg/day...
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Ueda M, Inaba M, Okuno S, Nagasue K, Kitatani K, Ishimura E, et al.
Am J Kidney Dis . 2002 Sep; 40(4):802-9. PMID: 12324916
Background: An intact collagen I amino-terminal propeptide (PINP) assay has been developed as a useful assay for bone formation. The present study was performed to investigate the clinical usefulness of...
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Kitatani K, Nakatsuka K
Nihon Rinsho . 2002 May; 60 Suppl 3:243-8. PMID: 11979914
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Saito S, Nakatsuka K, Miki T, Naka H, Kitatani K, Nishizawa Y, et al.
Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi . 2002 Feb; 39(1):62-8. PMID: 11857976
Oral administration of active vitamin D3 can reduce the loss of bone mass and the incidence of fractures in patients with osteoporosis in Japan. We conducted a prospective study to...