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Open AccessPrevalence of family history of cancer in the NC-CCAPH consortium of Japan
The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence of family history of cancer using cohorts participating in the Japanese National Center Cohort Collaborative for Advancing Population Health (NC-CCAPH...
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Association between C-reactive protein and risk of overall and 18 site-specific cancers in a Japanese case-cohort
Evidence of the association between chronic low-grade inflammation, as reflected by C-reactive protein (CRP) measurements, and cancer risk is equivocal. Specifically, few studies have examined this in uncommon...
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Association of HLA-DRB1*04:05 allele with drug-induced interstitial lung disease in Japanese population
Drug-induced interstitial lung disease (DILD) is a life-threatening adverse reaction. The Japanese population is more susceptible to DILD as compared with other populations, suggesting its pathogenesis could v...
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Association between infection and severe drug adverse reactions: an analysis using data from the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database
It has been reported recently that immune reactions are involved in the pathogenesis of certain types of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). We aimed to determine the associations between infections and drug-induce...
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No causal impact of serum vascular endothelial growth factor level on temporal changes in body mass index in Japanese male workers: a five-year longitudinal study
It has been reported that adipocytes secrete vascular endothelial growth factor. Therefore, we conducted a 5-year longitudinal epidemiological study to further elucidate the association between vascular endoth...
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Open Access7th drug hypersensitivity meeting: part one
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Open AccessDoes antihypertensive treatment with renin-angiotensin system inhibitors prevent the development of diabetic kidney disease?
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors are the first-line treatment for diabetic patients with hypertension. However,...
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An outbreak of measles in Saitama City in 2007. What is the vaccination strategy to eliminate measles in Japan?
In the present study, to elucidate an outbreak of measles in Saitama City, Japan, we analyzed the data for all notified subjects with measles. According to an active surveillance program, a total of 464 subjec...
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Adiponectin Levels Associated with the Development of Hypertension: A Prospective Study
Adiponectin is a recently discovered protein that seems to be exclusively secreted by adipocytes and is the most abundant adipose tissue–derived protein. While some recent studies have demonstrated an associat...
