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A Case of Pulmonary Mycobacterium heckeshornense Infection in which the Causative Microorganism was Difficult to Identify by Kobashi, Yoshihiro, Mitarai, Satoshi, Oga, Toru

“…A 44-year-old woman underwent a follow-up examination for Crohn's disease 9 years ago. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed an infiltration shadow with a…”
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Pneumococcal Pneumonia Co-infection with Mycobacterium avium and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in an Immunocompetent Patient by Kobashi, Yoshihiro, Yoshioka, Daisuke, Kato, Shigeki, Oga, Toru

“…A 61-year-old woman was transferred with a complaint of a fever and productive cough. She had tested positive for Mycobacterium avium and Nocardia…”
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Changes in Energy Metabolism after Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Tachikawa, Ryo, Ikeda, Kaori, Minami, Takuma, Matsumoto, Takeshi, Hamada, Satoshi, Murase, Kimihiko, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Inouchi, Morito, Oga, Toru, Akamizu, Takashi, Mishima, Michiaki, Chin, Kazuo

“…Disrupted energy homeostasis in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may lead to weight gain. Paradoxically, treating OSA with continuous positive airway pressure…”
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CD44 is critical for the enhancing effect of hyaluronan in allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy in a murine model of chronic asthma by Katoh, Shigeki, Uesaka, Tae, Tanaka, Hitomi, Matsuhara, Hiroki, Ohashi-Doi, Katsuyo, Oga, Toru

“…Allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) is a potentially effective disease-modification treatment for patients with allergic asthma. Because CD44…”
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The relationship between neoliberal belief and socio-political attitude in Japan: conservative psychological tendencies of neoliberals by Nawata, Kengo, Oga, Toru, Fujimura, Makoto

“…The study aimed to examine the correlation between neoliberal beliefs and socio-political attitudes in Japan. A comprehensive four-factor scale was customized…”
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Friend–Enemy Divided Thinking from the Perspective of Intergroup Conflict: Relationship with International Attitudes and Conspiracy Beliefs by Nawata, Kengo, Fujimura, Makoto, Oga, Toru

“…The cognitive process of social categorization and perceived outgroup threat leads to the perception of the world as divided into intergroup conflict relations…”
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Analysis of the relationship between comorbid obstructive sleep apnea and clinical outcomes in patients with asthma in Japan by Ikegami-Tanaka, Hitomi, Yasokawa, Naoya, Kurose, Koji, Tajima, Shonosuke, Abe, Masaaki, Katoh, Shigeki, Kobashi, Yoshihiro, Oga, Toru

“…Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are prevalent chronic respiratory disorders, which often coexist and interact with each other. Obesity is an important…”
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Regional Human Rights Mechanism And Civil Society Advocacies: A Transformation Of Regional And Civil Society by Oga, Toru

“…This paper focuses on the dynamics of civil society that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently has activated at regional level by…”
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Thoracoscopic Findings in IgG4-related Pleuritis by Yasokawa, Naoya, Shirai, Ryo, Tanaka, Hitomi, Kurose, Koji, Oga, Toru, Oka, Mikio

“…A 46-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital with a 1-year history of dyspnea and persistent right-dominant bilateral pleural effusions. Chest and…”
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Impact of sleep characteristics and obesity on diabetes and hypertension across genders and menopausal status: the Nagahama study by Matsumoto, Takeshi, Murase, Kimihiko, Tabara, Yasuharu, Gozal, David, Smith, Dale, Minami, Takuma, Tachikawa, Ryo, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Oga, Toru, Nagashima, Shunsuke, Wakamura, Tomoko, Komenami, Naoko, Setoh, Kazuya, Kawaguchi, Takahisa, Tsutsumi, Takanobu, Takahashi, Yoshimitsu, Nakayama, Takeo, Hirai, Toyohiro, Matsuda, Fumihiko, Chin, Kazuo

“…The individual prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), short sleep duration, and obesity is high and increasing. The study aimed to investigate…”
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Changes in mortality among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from the 1990s to the 2000s: a pooled analysis of two prospective cohort studies by Sato, Susumu, Oga, Toru, Muro, Shigeo, Tanimura, Kazuya, Tanabe, Naoya, Nishimura, Koichi, Hirai, Toyohiro

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to identify and investigate changes in the mortality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the same…”
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Dyspnea is a better predictor of 5-year survival than airway obstruction in patients with COPD by Nishimura, Koichi, Izumi, Takateru, Tsukino, Mitsuhiro, Oga, Toru

“…FEV(1) is regarded as the most significant correlate of survival in COPD and is used as a measure of disease severity in the staging of COPD. Recently,…”
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Development of a Communication Tool between Patients and Physicians for Recognizing COPD Exacerbations in Japan by Jones, Paul, Hataji, Osamu, Suzukamo, Yoshimi, Crawford, Bruce, Sakai, Yoko, Ishii, Takeo, Sato, Keiko, Sasaki, Eri, Hashimoto, Kenichi, Oga, Toru

“…In Japan, exacerbations are underreported compared with other countries, possibly due in part to a failure to recognize them. This study aimed to create a…”
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Filaggrin-deficient rats generated using zinc-finger nucleases spontaneously exhibit dry scaly skin by Nakashima, Chisa, Doi, Hiromi, Nakajima, Saeko, Mashimo, Tomoji, Oga, Toru, Ishida-Yamamoto, Akemi, Honda, Tetsuya, Ishida, Yoshihiro, Otsuka, Atsushi, Kabashima, Kenji

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The prognostic value of HRCT in myositis-associated interstitial lung disease by Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Handa, Tomohiro, Nakashima, Ran, Kubo, Takeshi, Hosono, Yuji, Aihara, Kensaku, Ikezoe, Kohei, Watanabe, Kizuku, Taguchi, Yoshio, Hatta, Kazuhiro, Oga, Toru, Chin, Kazuo, Nagai, Sonoko, Mimori, Tsuneyo, Mishima, Michiaki

“…Summary Background Polymyositis and dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease (PM/DM-ILD) can have variable courses. We evaluated the prognostic…”
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Adrenal gland size in obstructive sleep apnea: Morphological assessment of hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis activity by Minami, Takuma, Tachikawa, Ryo, Matsumoto, Takeshi, Murase, Kimihiko, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Inouchi, Morito, Handa, Tomohiro, Oga, Toru, Hirai, Toyohiro, Chin, Kazuo

“…The association of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis activation has not been fully understood from results of…”
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Prospective associations of sleep apnea, periodic limb movements, and plasma fibrinogen level by Murase, Kimihiko, Azuma, Masanori, Tachikawa, Ryo, Minami, Takuma, Matsumoto, Takeshi, Hamada, Satoshi, Nakatsuka, Yoshinari, Takahashi, Naomi, Takeyama, Hirofumi, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Oga, Toru, Handa, Tomohiro, Hirai, Toyohiro, Chin, Kazuo

“…Purpose Our previous cross-sectional study showed that periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) were frequently found in patients with obstructive sleep…”
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Predictive value of serum high‐mobility group box 1 levels for checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis by Tanahashi, Hiroki, Yamaguchi, Kakuhiro, Kurose, Koji, Nakao, Satoshi, Sakamoto, Shinjiro, Horimasu, Yasushi, Masuda, Takeshi, Miyamoto, Shintaro, Nakashima, Taku, Iwamoto, Hiroshi, Fujitaka, Kazunori, Hamada, Hironobu, Oga, Toru, Oka, Mikio, Hattori, Noboru

“…Background and Objective Checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP), caused by the anti‐programmed cell death‐1 (PD‐1)/programmed cell death ligand‐1 (PD‐L1)…”
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Analysis of longitudinal changes in dyspnea of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational study by Oga, Toru, Tsukino, Mitsuhiro, Hajiro, Takashi, Ikeda, Akihiko, Nishimura, Koichi

“…Guidelines recommend that symptoms as well as lung function should be monitored for the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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Clinical significance of radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis pattern in interstitial lung disease patients registered for lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study by Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Handa, Tomohiro, Kubo, Takeshi, Chen-Yoshikawa, Toyofumi F, Aoyama, Akihiro, Motoyama, Hideki, Hijiya, Kyoko, Yoshizawa, Akihiko, Oshima, Yohei, Ikezoe, Kohei, Tokuda, Shinsaku, Nakatsuka, Yoshinari, Murase, Yuko, Nagai, Sonoko, Muro, Shigeo, Oga, Toru, Chin, Kazuo, Hirai, Toyohiro, Date, Hiroshi

“…Radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) lesion is characterized by pleural thickening with associated signs of subpleural fibrosis on…”
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