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Effects of financial support on treatment of adolescents with growth hormone deficiency: a retrospective study in Japan

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
Background Treatment costs for children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency are subsidized by the government in Japan if the children meet clinical criteria, including height limits (boys: 156.4 cm; girls: 145.4 cm).
Eri Maeda, Takahiro Higashi, Tomonobu Hasegawa, Susumu Yokoya, Takahiro Mochizuki, Tomohiro Ishii, Junko Ito, Susumu Kanzaki, Akira Shimatsu, Koji Takano, Toshihiro Tajima, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yusuke Tanahashi, Akira Teramoto, Toshiro Nagai, Kunihiko Hanew, Reiko Horikawa, Toru Yorifuji, Naohiro Wada, Toshiaki Tanaka   +19 more
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Compliance with occlusion therapy for childhood amblyopia [PDF]

, 2013
Purpose. Explore compliance with occlusion treatment of amblyopia in the Monitored and Randomized Occlusion Treatment of Amblyopia Studies (MOTAS and ROTAS), using objective monitoring. Methods.
Fielder, A. R., Monitored Occlusion Treatment Amblyopia Study (MOTAS), Moseley, M. J., Randomized Occlusion Treatment Amblyopia Study (ROTAS) Cooperatives, Stephens, D. A., Stewart, C. E., Wallace, M. P.   +6 more
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Recurrent graft failure secondary to portal vein steal syndrome: a case report with an unusual indication for a third liver transplant

BMC Surgery, 2022
Background Portal vein shunt is common in chronic hepatic diseases and after a liver transplant. Ensuring a satisfactory portal flow is essential to support a rapid liver recovery, of paramount importance to meet the recipient’s metabolic needs.
Alessandro Tropea, Marco Barbàra, Duilio Pagano, Gianluca Marrone, Ioannis Petridis, Sergio Li Petri, Davide Cintorino, Salvatore Gruttadauria   +7 more
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Long-term Effects of Cabergoline and Levodopa in Japanese Patients with Early Parkinson’s Disease: A 5-Year Prospective Study [PDF]

, 2012
Several international studies have suggested that treatment of early Parkinsonʼs disease (PD) with a dopamine agonist instead of levodopa delays the occurrence of motor complications.
Cabergoline as the Starting Treatment and its Long-term Effects (CASTLE) Study Group,, Utsumi, Hiroya   +1 more
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Echocardiography to estimate high filling pressure in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction

ESC Heart Failure, 2020
Aims Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular filling pressures is performed using a multi‐parametric algorithm. Unselected sample of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) patients may demonstrate an indeterminate ...
Giuseppe Romano, Serena Magro, Valentina Agnese, Chiara Mina, Gabriele Di Gesaro, Calogero Falletta, Salvatore Pasta, Giuseppe Raffa, Cesar Mario Hernandez Baravoglia, Giuseppina Novo, Caterina Gandolfo, Francesco Clemenza, Diego Bellavia   +12 more
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Improvement of Asthma Management in Actual Practice Consistent with Prevalence of Anti-inflammatory Agents—Based on Questionnaire Surveys in Niigata Prefecture, Japan from 1998 to 2002—

Allergology International, 2005
Background: Because bronchial inflammation was recognized as a basic component of bronchial asthma, the strategy for asthma management has changed in the last two decades.
Takashi Hasegawa, Eiichi Suzuki, Masaki Terada, Toshiyuki Koya, Shinichi Toyabe, Kohei Akazawa, Hirohisa Yoshizawa, Masaaki Arakawa, Fumitake Gejyo   +8 more
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Atlas-Based Evaluation of Hemodynamic in Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Applied Sciences, 2021
Atlas-based analyses of patients with cardiovascular diseases have recently been explored to understand the mechanistic link between shape and pathophysiology.
Chiara Catalano, Valentina Agnese, Giovanni Gentile, Giuseppe M. Raffa, Michele Pilato, Salvatore Pasta   +5 more
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Epsomite as flame retardant treatment for wood: Preliminary study [PDF]

, 2016
The effect of epsomite as flame retardant for wood has been investigated and compared with a commercial boron salt. Both flame retardants have been introduced into wood samples by vacuum impregnation.
Chimenos Ribera, Josep Maria, Elvira, J.C., Formosa Mitjans, Joan, Haurie Ibarra, Laia, Isabal Revilla, Carmen, Montón Lecumberri, Joaquín   +5 more
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Sludge treatment studies [PDF]

, 1997
Solid formation in filtered leachates and wash solutions was seen in five of the six sludges treated by Enhanced Sludge Washing. Solid formation in process solutions takes a variety of forms: very fine particles, larger particulate solids, solids floating in solution like egg whites, gels, crystals, and coatings on sample containers.
Beahm, E. C., Weber, C. F., Dillow, T. A., Bush, S. A., Lee, S. Y., Hunt, R. D.   +5 more
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Gender Differences in Susceptibility of Asthma to Active Smoking—Questionnaire Based Analysis in the Niigata Prefecture, Japan—

Allergology International, 2005
Background: The importance of smoking in bronchial asthma has been thoroughly investigated. Although a high smoking rate has been recognized in Japan, there have been few studies of the relationship between active smoking and bronchial asthma, and little
Hideo Satoh, Takashi Hasegawa, Eiichi Suzuki, Masaki Terada, Hideaki Nakayama, Shinichi Toyabe, Kouhei Akazawa, Ariyoshi Kondoh, Masaaki Arakawa, Hirohisa Yoshizawa, Fumitake Gejyo   +10 more
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