Masakazu Washio

ORCID: 0000-0002-6839-8233 · 3 papers in corpus
2016
Increase in colonic diverticular hemorrhage and confounding factors.
World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics ·doi:10.4292/wjgpt.v7.i3.440

AimTo classify changes over time in causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) and to identify factors associated with changes in the incidence and characteristics of diverticular hemorrhage (DH).MethodsA total of 1803 patients underw…

article 2008
FokI Variant of Vitamin D Receptor Gene and Factors Related to Atherosclerosis Associated With Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Spine
·doi:10.1097/brs.0b013e31817e9de2

STUDY DESIGN: A sex- and age-matched case-control study with genotyping of the FokI variant of the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) was carried out. OBJECTIVES: To facilitate the early prediction, prevention, and treatment of ossification of t…

article 1991
[A role of postsurgical macrophage activation by peritoneal injury].

At a site of peritoneal injury after abdominal surgery, macrophages are thought to be a principle type of inflammatory cells. Therefore, we determined the metabolic activities of postsurgical peritoneal exudate macrophages using standardize…