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    Brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity predicts all-cause mortality in the general population: findings from the Takashima study, Japan

    Brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is a relatively new non-invasive measure of arterial stiffness obtained using an automated system. We assessed the relationship between baPWV and 6.5-year overall mor...

    Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Yoshikuni Kita, Nahid Rumana in Hypertension Research (2010)

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    Incidence, admission and case-fatality of acute myocardial infarction: weekend versus weekday in a Japanese population: 16-year results from Takashima AMI Registry (1988–2003)

    For acute myocardial infarction (AMI), “weekend” has been associated with higher incidence, admission, and fatality. But, very few studies in this regard are available in Japan. Day of the week variation in AM...

    Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Yoshikuni Kita, Nahid Rumana in European Journal of Epidemiology (2009)

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    Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Combined with Progesterone for Luteal Support Improves Pregnancy Rate in Patients with Low Late-Midluteal Estradiol Levels in IVF Cycles

    Purpose : To investigate how late-midluteal estradiol levels relate to the pregnancy outcome in IVF cycles, and to assess whether human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for luteal support benefits the pregnancy outc...

    Akihisa Fujimoto, Yutaka Osuga in Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genet… (2002)

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    Silencing of HTR1B and reduced expression of EDN1 in human lung cancers, revealed by methylation-sensitive representational difference analysis

    Aberrantly hypermethylated genes in human lung cancers were searched for by a genome scanning technique, methylation-sensitive-representational difference analysis (MS-RDA). A total of 59 DNA fragments were is...

    Daiya Takai, Yukiko Yagi, Kuniko Wakazono, Nobuya Ohishi, Yutaka Morita in Oncogene (2001)

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    A new dynamic myocardial phantom for the assessment of left ventricular function by gated single-photon emission tomography

    Gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission tomography (SPET) has been used for the measurement of left ventricular (LV) function and validated by means of comparison with other imaging modalities. We h...

    Naoki Kubo, Koichi Morita, Chietsugu Katoh in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2000)

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    Gianturco stents for the venous system: A detailed pathological study

    This study was designed to examine the short-term performance of Gianturco stents placed in the venous system, in comparison with that of stents placed in the arterial system. Single-bodied modified Gianturco ...

    Kyosuke Miyazaki, Toshiya Nishibe, Hiroto Manase, Hideki Ohkashiwa in Surgery Today (1998)

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    Esophageal candidiasis

    Among 3,501 individuals receiving endoscopic examination for the upper digestive tract, 41 were found to have esophageal candidiasis including 17 malignancies, 14 immunological disorders, 4 diabetes mellitus, ...

    Yuji Naito, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Hirokazu Oyamada in Gastroenterologia Japonica (1988)