| genetic diversity of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from foreign-born and japan-born residents in tokyo. | sequences of the full genomes of 259 clinical isolates of mycobacterium tuberculosis, obtained from foreign-born and japan-born patients in tokyo, japan, were determined, and a phylogenetic tree constructed by concatenated single-nucleotide polymorphism (snp) sequences. the 259 isolates were clustered into four clades: lineage 2 (east asian or "beijing" genotype; n = 182, 70.3%), lineage 4 (euro-american, n = 46, 17.8%), lineage 1 (indo-oceanic, n = 23, 8.9%), and lineage 3 (east african-indian, ... | 2015 | 25595707 |
| health-related quality of life (hrqol) in japanese osteoporotic patients and its improvement by elcatonin treatment. | health-related quality of life (hrqol; "qol" hereafter) was evaluated in japanese osteoporotic patients using three questionnaires; the sf-36 (mos 36-item short-form health survey; generic, profile-type), the eq-5d (euro qol-5 dimensions; generic, preference-based), and the joqol (japanese osteoporosis quality of life 1999; disease-targeted). the eight subscales and two summary scores of the sf-36 were impaired in these patients even after correction for age and sex. the scores on the eq-5d and ... | 2005 | 15750696 |
| transplantation of kidneys donated from the usa: long-term results and viability testing using 31p-mrs. | since june 1983, 27 kidneys have been shipped to the kidney center at the tokyo women's medical college (twmc) from the united states. these organs were divided into two groups, based on the years of their donation; 13 kidneys were assigned to group 1 and 14 to group 2. the differences between the two groups were as follows: donor age 19.8 +/- 10.0 years vs 51.9 +/- 14.5 years in group 2 (p < 0.0001); total ischemic time 42 h 12 min in group 1 vs. 65 h 42 min in group 2 (p = 0.0002); and euro-co ... | 1997 | 9002145 |