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    Clinical features of Japanese patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Exacerbations are critical events in chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD). The frequency of COPD exacerbations is associated with the prognosis, including mortality, but no useful biomarker has been es...

    Hiroki Tashiro, Yuki Kurihara, Koichiro Takahashi in BMC Pulmonary Medicine (2020)

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    Clinical impact of advanced chronic kidney disease in patients with non-HIV pulmonary cryptococcosis

    Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an uncommon infectious disease that can develop in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) was reported to be one of the ri...

    Hiroki Tashiro, Tetsuro Haraguchi, Koichiro Takahashi in BMC Pulmonary Medicine (2020)

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    Pre-existing chronic interstitial pneumonia is a poor prognostic factor of Goodpasture’s syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

    Goodpasture’s syndrome is a rare disease that is characterized by rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.

    Hiroki Tashiro, Koichiro Takahashi, Yuki Ikeda in Journal of Medical Case Reports (2017)

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    Coexistence of lung cancer and immunoglobulin G4-related lung disease in a nodule: a case report

    Immunoglobulin G4-related disease is characterized by infiltration of immunoglobulin G4-positive plasmacytes in various organs. The radiological findings of lung involvement of immunoglobulin G4-related diseas...

    Hiroki Tashiro, Koichiro Takahashi, Tomomi Nakamura in Journal of Medical Case Reports (2016)