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Endoscopic Diagnosis of Superficial Gastrointestinal Cancer.
Nakayama, A, Kato, M, Matsuura, N, Yahagi, N
Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America. 2024;(1):1-17
Abstract
White light image (WLI) findings are important for detection and characterization in the GI tract. However, magnified endoscopic examination with image enhanced endoscopy (IEE-NE) is becoming increasingly important for qualitative diagnosis of GI neoplastic lesions. IEE-ME is extremely useful for diagnosis of invasion depth in esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) and colorectal cancer, whereas macroscopic findings of WLI are still useful in Barrett's adenocarcinoma (BAC) and gastric cancer. IEE-ME is also useful for diagnosis of tumor extent in BAC and gastric cancer, whereas chromoendoscopy with indigo carmine is useful in colorectal cancer and iodine staining is indispensable in ESCC.
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[Neonatal hyperthyroidism and thyrotoxicosis].
Matsuura, N
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine. 2006;:271-5
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Type 1 diabetes in Japan.
Kawasaki, E, Matsuura, N, Eguchi, K
Diabetologia. 2006;(5):828-36
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes is a multifactorial disease which results from a T-cell-mediated autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta cells in genetically predisposed individuals. The risk for individuals of developing type 1 diabetes varies remarkably according to country of residence and race. Japan has one of the lowest incidence rates of type 1 diabetes in the world, and recognises at least three subtypes of the condition: acute-onset ('classical'), slow-onset, and fulminant type 1 diabetes. The incidence rate of type 1 diabetes in children aged 0-14 years in Japan increased over the period from 1973-1992, but remained constant over the last decade, averaging 2.37 cases per 100,000 persons per year; the incidence does not appear to have increased in older age groups. Although there are few reports regarding the incidence and prevalence of type 1 diabetes in adult-onset patients, it appears that the prevalence of type 1 diabetes in adults is more than twice that in childhood-onset patients and that two-thirds of them have a slow-onset form of type 1 diabetes. Differences and similarities in the association of MHC and non-MHC genes with type 1 diabetes are observed in Japan and in countries with Caucasoid populations. Highly susceptible class II HLA haplotypes identified in patients of Caucasoid origin are rarely seen in Japanese patients, whereas protective haplotypes are universal. Non-MHC genes associated with susceptibility to type 1 diabetes in both Japanese and Caucasoid patients include polymorphisms in the insulin gene, the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) gene, the interleukin-18 (IL18) gene and the major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A (MICA) gene. Fulminant type 1 diabetes is a unique subtype of type 1 diabetes that accounts for about 20% of acute-onset type 1 diabetes, and is seen mainly in adults. The challenge for the future is to investigate the underlying pathogenesis of beta cell destruction, including the genetic or environmental factors that may modify the form of onset for each subtype of Japanese type 1 diabetes.
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[Principle of treatment for diabetic children].
Matsuura, N
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine. 2002;:707-11