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• Cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of nitric oxide metabolites in spinal cord injury.

  Multiple center study to evaluate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of nitric oxide metabolites [NOx] in relation to neurologic severity and pr…

  Authors: Shinji Kimura, Noboru Hosaka, Itaru Yuge, Akiyoshi Yamazaki, Kohta Suda, Hiroshi Taneichi, Hiroshi Denda, Naoto Endo

  Source: Spine. 2009 Aug 15

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• Transplanted human amniotic epithelial cells express connexin 26 and Na-K-adenosine triphosphatase in the inner ear.

  Cochlear fibrocytes are the crucial component of the inner ear homeostasis and its defect by various causes; GJB2 (connexin [Cx] 26) mutation, for exa…

  Authors: Isamu Yuge, Yutaka Takumi, Kuni Koyabu, Shigenari Hashimoto, Seiji Takashima, Tetsuhiro Fukuyama, Toshio Nikaido, Shin-ichi Usami

  Source: Transplantation. 2004 May 15

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• GJB2 deafness gene shows a specific spectrum of mutations in Japan, including a frequent founder mutation.

  Mutations in the GJB2 gene (connexin 26) are the major cause of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing impairment in many populations. In contrast …

  Authors: Akihiro Ohtsuka, Isamu Yuge, Shinobu Kimura, Atsushi Namba, Satoko Abe, Lut Van Laer, Guy Van Camp, Shin-ichi Usami

  Source: Human genetics. 2003 Apr

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• Intramucosal PCO2 measurement as a new monitoring method of free jejunal transfer following pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy.

  The choices for practical monitoring of free jejunal transfer have been quite limited because of its own characteristics, such as buried form, lack of…

  Authors: Yorihisa Imanishi, Hideo Nameki, Kiyoshi Isobe, Toru Kaneda, Daisuke Yamashita, Isamu Yuge, Waichiro Okada, Ichirota Nameki, Yasutomo Araki, Takafumi Suzuki

  Source: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2003 Oct

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• Evaluation of the quality of life in sudden deafness patients by HHIA (hearing Hatidicap Inventory) and questionnaire].

  After treatments, several patients with sudden deafness (SD) continued to have symptoms, including hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness. These unresol…

  Authors: Minako Sato, Kaoru Ogawa, Hideyuki Saito, Daisuke Yamashita, Isamu Yuge, Masatsugu Masuda, Yasuhide Okamoto, Akihiro Kurita

  Source: Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai kaiho. 2005 Dec

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• Identification of 605ins46, a novel GJB2 mutation in a Japanese family.

  Connexin 26 gene (GJB2) mutations are known to be responsible for a significant portion (30-80%) of autosomal recessive congenital severe to profound …

  Authors: Isamu Yuge, Akihiro Ohtsuka, Tatsuo Matsunaga, Shin-ichi Usami

  Source: Auris, nasus, larynx. 2002 Oct

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• Mutations in the COCH gene are a frequent cause of autosomal dominant progressive cochleo-vestibular dysfunction, but not of Meniere's disease.

  The COCH gene is the only gene identified in man that causes autosomal dominantly inherited hearing loss associated with vestibular dysfunction. The c…

  Authors: Shin-ichi Usami, Kentaro Takahashi, Isamu Yuge, Akihiro Ohtsuka, Atsushi Namba, Satoko Abe, Erik Fransen, Laszlo Patthy, Gottfried Otting, Guy Van Camp

  Source: European journal of human genetics : EJHG. 2003 Oct

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• Tortuosity of the vertebral artery in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Risk factor for the vertebral artery injury during anterior cervical decompression.

  The case report presented herein shows tortuosity of the vertebral artery in a patient with cervical myelopathy. This case led the authors to evaluate…

  Authors: M Oga, I Yuge, K Terada, A Shimizu, Y Sugioka

  Source: Spine. 1996 May 1

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• Molecular diagnosis of deafness: impact of gene identification.

  Recent progress in identifying genes responsible for hearing loss enables the ENT clinician to apply molecular diagnosis by genetic testing. This arti…

  Authors: Shin-ichi Usami, Eiko Koda, Koji Tsukamoto, Akihiro Otsuka, Isamu Yuge, Kenji Asamura, Satoko Abe, Jiro Akita, Atsushi Namba

  Source: Audiology & neuro-otology. 2002 May-Jun

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• Pyogenic arthritis of a lumbar facet joint.

  We herein report the case of a 68-year-old man with diabetes who developed pyogenic arthritis of a lumbar facet joint after spinal injection. We perfo…

  Authors: K Okazaki, K Sasaki, S Matsuda, I Yuge, K Omiya, H Kido, H Ueda

  Source: American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.). 2000 Mar

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