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• Successful treatment of cold agglutinin disease with anti-CD20 antibody (rituximab) in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

  Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare cause of anaemia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). CAD is usually refractory to glucocortic…

  Authors: T Kotani, T Takeuchi, Y Kawasaki, S Hirano, Y Tabushi, M Kagitani, S Makino, T Hanafusa

  Source: Lupus. 2006

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• A refractory case of MPO-ANCA-associated vasculitis presented with gastrointestinal ulcer, rapidly progressive glomerular nephritis and pulmonary multiple nodules

  The patient was a 57-year-old male, who developed bloody stool around May 2006. He was examined by another physician in the department of gastroentero…

  Authors: Daisuke Wakaura, Masako Yoneda, Takuya Kotani, Yutarou Egashira, Koji Nagai, Takeshi Shoda, Maki Kagitani, Tohru Takeuchi, Shigeki Makino, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Nihon Rinshō Men'eki Gakkai kaishi = Japanese journal of clinical immunology. 2010

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• Early intervention with corticosteroids and cyclosporin A and 2-hour postdose blood concentration monitoring improves the prognosis of acute/subacute interstitial pneumonia in dermatomyositis.

  OBJECTIVE: We retrospectively examined the effect of combination therapy with prednisolone and cyclosporin A (CSA) for dermatomyositis (DM) presenting…

  Authors: Takuya Kotani, Shigeki Makino, Tohru Takeuchi, Maki Kagitani, Takeshi Shoda, Ayu Hata, Yoko Tabushi, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: The Journal of rheumatology. 2008 Feb

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• The mechanism of hypoglycemia caused by hemodialysis.

  BACKGROUND: Although it is well-known that plasma glucose concentration ((G)p) decreases during hemodialysis, the precise mechanism underlying this de…

  Authors: A Takahashi, T Kubota, N Shibahara, J Terasaki, M Kagitani, H Ueda, T Inoue, Y Katsuoka

  Source: Clinical nephrology. 2004 Nov

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• A patient with interstitial pneumonia associated with dermatomyositis who relapsed after reducing cyclosporin-A treatment

  A 67-year-old female noticed dyspnea on exertion associated with the development of erythema in the eyelids and the bilateral fingers, and was admitte…

  Authors: Takuya Kotani, Shigeki Makino, Takeshi Shoda, Ayu Hata, Youko Tabushi, Maki Kagitani, Tohru Takeuchi, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Nihon Rinshō Men'eki Gakkai kaishi = Japanese journal of clinical immunology. 2007 Apr

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• A fatal aorto-oesophageal fistula complicating systemic sclerosis.

  Authors: T Kotani, T Takeuchi, S Makino, S Yoshida, T Shoda, S Hirano, Y Tabushi, M Kagitani, K Sumiyoshi, T Hanafusa

  Source: Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. 2008 May-Jun

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• Successful treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with repeated plasma exchange in a patient with microscopic polyangitis.

  Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is in rare cases associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, and o…

  Authors: Koji Nagai, Takuya Kotani, Tohru Takeuchi, Takeshi Shoda, Ayu Hata-Kobayashi, Daisuke Wakura, Maki Kagitani, Shigeki Makino, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Modern rheumatology / the Japan Rheumatism Association. 2008

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• Influence of sevelamer on mineral metabolism and hyperparathyroidism in Japanese hemodialysis patients.

  In June 2003, sevelamer hydrochloride became widely available in Japan and was expected to control hyperphosphatemia in hemodialysis patients without …

  Authors: Toru Inoue, Katsuyuki Nagatoya, Maki Kagitani, Nobuhisa Shibahara, Haruhiko Ueda, Yoji Katsuoka, Seiji Ohashi, Yoshiyuki Kitagawa, Kazuhiko Nishimoto, Hideaki Yasuda,…

  Source: Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy. 2007 Jun

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• A case of interstitial pneumonia associated with dermatomyositis effectively treated with cyclosporin-A and cyclophosphamide pulse

  A 46-year-old male demonstrated edematous fingers on both hands in November 2003, and interstitial pneumonia was noted on chest X-ray during a medical…

  Authors: Takuya Kotani, Shigeki Makino, Yoshiko Kawasaki, Suzue Hirano, Youko Tabushi, Maki Kagitani, Toru Takeuchi, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Nihon Rinshō Men'eki Gakkai kaishi = Japanese journal of clinical immunology. 2005 Jun

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• A case of systemic lupus erythematosus associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

  The patient was a 37-year-old female, who was diagnosed as having systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with nephrotic syndrome in 1991. SLE has been wel…

  Authors: Takuya Kotani, Tohru Takeuchi, Michiyo Sakamoto, Yoshiko Kawasaki, Suzue Hirano, Yoko Tabushi, Maki Kagitani, Shigeki Makino, Fumio Terasaki, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Nihon Rinshō Men'eki Gakkai kaishi = Japanese journal of clinical immunology. 2005 Dec

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