Background: A polygenic risk score (PRS) estimates an individual's genetic liability for diseases based on accumulated genetic variations. While the PRS has been shown to contribute to the prediction of dementia risk, its utility in predicting the effectiveness of multifactorial interventions to reduce the risk of dementia remains unclear.
Methods: A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted to identify dementia-related traits in the Japanese population.
Background: Oral thrombopoietin receptor agonists are used to treat thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic liver disease who are scheduled for invasive procedures. The efficacy of lusutrombopag based on the pretreatment platelet count was investigated.
Methods: Patients treated at nine hospitals from December 2015 to December 2023 were included.
Background: Flow diverters (FDs) have been introduced for the management of large or giant cavernous carotid aneurysms (CCAs) in addition to conventional modalities, dramatically changing treatment strategies. The aim of this study was to examine the management of unruptured large/giant CCAs in Japan when FDs were being introduced using a nationwide survey.
Methods: 540 unruptured large/giant CCAs treated at neurosurgical teaching departments in Japan between 2012 and 2016 were retrospectively studied.
Male-killing is a microbe-induced reproductive manipulation in invertebrates whereby male hosts are eliminated during development. In the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima, Osugoroshi viruses 1‒3 (OGVs), belonging to Partitiviridae induce male-killing. The infection patterns of OGVs are diverse; however, how the influence of these patterns of host phenotypes remains largely unknown.
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