Association between maternal infertility treatment and child neurodevelopment: findings from the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, Japan by Mami Ishikuro, Shinichi Kuriyama, Shigeo Kure, Junichi Sugawara, Taku Obara, Nobuo Yaegashi, Tatsui Otsuka, Aoi Noda, Keiko Murakami, Fumihiko Ueno, Fumiko Matsuzaki, Tomomi Onuma, Zen Watanabe, Naomi Shiga, Noriyuki Iwama, Hamada Hirotaka, Masahito Tachibana, Hiroaki Tomita, Masatoshi Saito

“…Objectives This study aimed to examine the association between infertility treatment and neurodevelopment in children at 2 and 3.5 years of age.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting and participants The study population consisted of mother–child pairs who participated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, Japan. Pregnant women were recruited in obstetric clinics or hospitals and their children were followed up by the questionnaire.Outcome measures The children’s neurodevelopmental outcomes were assessed at 2 and 3.5 years of age using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, third edition (ASQ-3), which consists of questions on five developmental domains. …”
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Characterization of Follicular Lymphoma in the Small Intestine Using Double-Balloon Endoscopy by Manzurul Chowdhury, Masaki Endo, Toshimi Chiba, Norihiko Kudara, Shuhei Oana, Kunihiko Sato, Risaburo Akasaka, Kazumitsu Tomita, Saori Fujiwara, Tomomi Mizutani, Tamotsu Sugai, Yasuhiro Takikawa, Kazuyuki Suzuki

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Comparison of the Effects of Carperitide and Tolvaptan on Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Two-Center Retrospective Study by Chikahiko Koeda, Shohei Yamaya, Maiko Hozawa, Masayuki Sato, Kazuhiro Nasu, Tomohiro Takahashi, Katsutoshi Terui

“…Sixty-one consecutive patients admitted to the Iwate Prefectural Kuji Hospital or the Emergency Center of the Iwate Medical University between July 2011 and April 2015 were included in this study. …”
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A novel frameshift variant of GATA3 (p.Ala17ProfsTer178) responsible for HDR syndrome in a Japanese family by Yutaka Hasegawa, Toshie Segawa, Ai Chida, Eriko Yoshida, Hirofumi Kinno, Hiraku Chiba, Tomoyasu Oda, Yoshihiko Takahashi, Koji Nata, Yasushi Ishigaki

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Comparison of Photopic Negative Response of Full-Field and Focal Electroretinograms in Detecting Glaucomatous Eyes by Shigeki Machida, Kunifusa Tamada, Taku Oikawa, Yasutaka Gotoh, Tomoharu Nishimura, Muneyoshi Kaneko, Daijiro Kurosaka

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Severe Bradycardia Possibly due to a Local Anesthetic Oral Mucosal Injection during General Anesthesia by Kenichi Satoh, Ayako Ohashi, Miho Kumagai, Hideki Hoshi, Kousei Otaka, Shigeharu Joh

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The Effectiveness of Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Insertion in Treating Right-Sided Colonic Obstruction: A Comparison between SEMS and Decompression Tube Placement and an Investi... by Rintaro Moroi, Katsuya Endo, Ryo Ichikawa, Hiroshi Nagai, Hirohiko Shinkai, Tomoya Kimura, Fumitake Ishiyama, Kei Yaguchi, Shoichi Kayaba, Tooru Shimosegawa

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Impact of shear wave elastography and attenuation imaging for predicting life-threatening event in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by Yudai Fujiwara, Hidekatsu Kuroda, Tamami Abe, Tomoaki Nagasawa, Ippeki Nakaya, Asami Ito, Takuya Watanabe, Kenji Yusa, Hiroki Sato, Akiko Suzuki, Kei Endo, Yuichi Yoshida, Takayoshi Oikawa, Keisuke Kakisaka, Kei Sawara, Toshifumi Tada, Akio Miyasaka, Takuma Oguri, Naohisa Kamiyama, Takayuki Matsumoto

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Enhancement of Anti-Inflammatory and Osteogenic Abilities of Mesenchymal Stem Cells via Cell-to-Cell Adhesion to Periodontal Ligament-Derived Fibroblasts by Keita Suzuki, Naoyuki Chosa, Shunsuke Sawada, Naoki Takizawa, Takashi Yaegashi, Akira Ishisaki

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Supplementation with Branched-Chain Amino Acids Induces Unexpected Deleterious Effects on Astrocyte Survival and Intracellular Metabolism with or without Hyperammonemia: A Prelimin... by Ting Wang, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Toshimi Chiba, Keisuke Kakisaka, Yasuhiro Takikawa

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Successful Use of Cyclophosphamide as an Add-On Therapy for Multiple Myeloma Patients with Acquired Resistance to Bortezomib or Lenalidomide by Shigeki Ito, Tatsuo Oyake, Kazunori Murai, Yoji Ishida

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Possible Usefulness of Gadolinium-Enhanced Brain MRI for Evaluating Risk of Perioperative Hemorrhage: A Case of Infective Endocarditis by Chikahiko Koeda, Atsushi Tashiro, Tomohiro Takahashi, Masanobu Niiyama, Ryohei Sakamoto, Takumi Kimura, Yoshihiro Morino, Katsutoshi Terui, Ryoichi Tanaka, Kunihiro Yoshioka, Hajime Kin, Hitoshi Okabayashi, Motoyuki Nakamura

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Effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and TGF-β signaling pathway by Hideki Kumagai, Akira Sasaki, Akira Umemura, Keisuke Kakisaka, Takeshi Iwaya, Satoshi S Nishizuka

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Essential Role of Thioredoxin 2 in Mitigating Oxidative Stress in Retinal Epithelial Cells by Eriko Sugano, Namie Murayama, Maki Takahashi, Kitako Tabata, Makoto Tamai, Hiroshi Tomita

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Usefulness of Double-Balloon Endoscopy in the Postoperative Gastrointestinal Tract by Masaki Endo, Yukito Abiko, Syuhei Oana, Norihiko Kudara, Takashi Kosaka, Toshimi Chiba, Yasuhiro Takikawa, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Tamotsu Sugai

“…DBE was performed in the postoperative intestines of 91 patients (128 DBE examinations) at Iwate Medical University between 2004 and 2010. There were 61 male and 30 female patients, and their mean age was 69.7 years (range: 30–80 years). …”
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Multiple Transverse Colonic Perforations Associated with Slow-Release Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Corticosteroids: A Case Report by Nobuki Shioya, Shigehiro Shibata, Masahiro Kojika, Shigeatsu Endo

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The Blood Compatibilities of Blood Purification Membranes and Other Materials Developed in Japan by Takaya Abe, Karen Kato, Tomoaki Fujioka, Tadao Akizawa

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A Real-Time Angle- and Illumination-Aware Face Recognition System Based on Artificial Neural Network by Hisateru Kato, Goutam Chakraborty, Basabi Chakraborty

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Proinflammatory Cytokines and Potassium Channels in the Kidney by Kazuyoshi Nakamura, Hikaru Hayashi, Manabu Kubokawa

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Fabrication of self-standing hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine) film with shape-memory and copper adsorption behavior via simple polymer reaction with tetraazacalix[2]arene[2]triazi... by Tomohiro Suzuki, Ryota Shibata, Tadashi Tsukamoto, Yuji Shibasaki

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