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    Longitudinal analysis of 5-year refractive changes in a large Japanese population

    Refractive changes are reportedly affected by age, sex, and current refractive error. To clarify the pattern of refractive changes in a Japanese population, we conducted a 5-year follow-up longitudinal analysi...

    Masaki Takeuchi, Akira Meguro, Masao Yoshida, Takahiro Yamane in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Factors associated with enlargement of chorioretinal atrophy after intravitreal bevacizumab for myopic choroidal neovascularization

    To determine the factors significantly associated with an enlargement of the area of a chorioretinal atrophy (ChRA) after intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) to treat myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV).

    Riyo Uemoto, Houmei Nakasato-Sonn in Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experime… (2012)

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    Anatomical and functional changes of retina following subretinal injection of high-speed fluid

    Riyo Uemoto, Houmei Nakasato-Sonn in Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experime… (2012)

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    Genome-wide association studies identify IL23R-IL12RB2 and IL10 as Behçet's disease susceptibility loci

    Nobuhisa Mizuki and colleagues report a genome-wide association study for Behçet's disease, a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder, in a Japanese population. They identify variants at IL23R-IL12RB2 and IL10 ass...

    Nobuhisa Mizuki, Akira Meguro, Masao Ota, Shigeaki Ohno, Tomoko Shiota in Nature Genetics (2010)

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    The COL1A1 gene and high myopia susceptibility in Japanese

    The collagen type Ι alpha Ι (COL1A1) gene encodes the extracellular matrix component, collagen, and resides in candidate MYP5 for high myopia on the chromosome 17q22–q23.3. This locus has recently been implica...

    Yumiko Inamori, Masao Ota, Hidetoshi Inoko, Eiichi Okada in Human Genetics (2007)

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    Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms at 13 loci within the transforming growth factor-induced factor gene shows no association with high myopia in Japanese subjects

    A previous study in China first indicated that the transforming growth factor-induced factor (TGIF) is a probable candidate gene for high myopia. The purpose of our study was to investigate whether there are sign...

    Yukiko Hasumi, Hidetoshi Inoko, Shuhei Mano, Masao Ota, Eiichi Okada in Immunogenetics (2006)