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Masakatsu Motomura

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Kitanosono H, Motomura M, Tomita H, Iwanaga H, Iwanaga N, Irioka T, et al.
Brain Nerve . 2019 Feb; 71(2):167-174. PMID: 30718446
A 63-year-old female who developed dizziness, diplopia and subsequent gait disturbance from September X-1 year was analyzed. The first neurological findings in May X year revealed cerebellar ataxia, weakness in...
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Nakajima H, Motomura M, Morikawa M, Ando T, Kawakami A, Tsujino A
Magn Reson Med Sci . 2018 Nov; 18(3):181-183. PMID: 30416177
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Nakamura R, Makino T, Hanada T, Terakawa M, Nagahira K, Yamate J, et al.
J Neuroimmunol . 2018 May; 320:64-75. PMID: 29759142
Many myasthenia gravis (MG) patients have auto-antibodies against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), and monoclonal antibodies against the main immunogenic region (MIR) of nAChR can induce experimental autoimmune MG (EAMG)....
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Kitanosono H, Shiraishi H, Motomura M
Brain Nerve . 2018 Apr; 70(4):341-355. PMID: 29632282
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction. Approximately 50-60% of patients with LEMS have a tumor, most often small cell lung cancer (SCLC), making LEMS...
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Murai H, Utsugisawa K, Nagane Y, Suzuki S, Imai T, Motomura M
Ann N Y Acad Sci . 2018 Jan; 1413(1):35-40. PMID: 29377151
According to the 2014 Japanese clinical guidelines for myasthenia gravis, the most important priority in treatment is maintaining patients' health-related quality of life. Therefore, the initial treatment goal is defined...
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Nakajima M, Uchibori A, Ogawa Y, Miyazaki T, Ichikawa Y, Kaneko K, et al.
Intern Med . 2018 Jan; 57(11):1645-1649. PMID: 29321433
A 61-year-old woman who had smoked for 41 years developed subacute dizziness, ataxic gait, opsoclonus, and right visual impairment. She had right optic disc swelling and optic nerve gadolinium enhancement...
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Deguchi K, Matsuzono K, Nakano Y, Kono S, Sato K, Deguchi S, et al.
Intern Med . 2018 Jan; 57(10):1455-1458. PMID: 29321424
A 37-year-old man with anti-muscle-specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibody-positive myasthenia gravis (MG) presented with subacute progressive dysphagia and muscle weakness of the neck and bilateral upper extremities. Conventional immune-suppressive treatments...
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Takasugi J, Shimamura M, Koda T, Kishikawa T, Hanamoto A, Inohara H, et al.
Intern Med . 2017 Nov; 57(4):587-590. PMID: 29093415
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (PCD-LEMS) are usually associated with small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). PCD-LEMS with extrapulmonary non-SCLC tumors; however, has not been previously reported. A 78-year-old man...
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Makino T, Nakamura R, Terakawa M, Muneoka S, Nagahira K, Nagane Y, et al.
PLoS One . 2017 Oct; 12(10):e0185976. PMID: 29040265
The majority of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), an organ-specific autoimmune disease, harbor autoantibodies that attack the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR-Abs) at the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscles, resulting in...