Publications by authors named "H Matsukura"
Purpose: To define the clinical and histological characteristics of nephritis in patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) and their immunological profiles.
Methods: The clinical, immunological, and histological findings of nine patients with XLA and nephritis were retrospectively analyzed.
Results: Based on kidney histological findings, patients with XLA and nephritis could be divided into two groups, viz.
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- The study investigates the role of iron in pediatric Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) with macrohematuria-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) and its impact on long-term kidney health, noting that a significant percentage of adults with similar conditions develop chronic kidney disease.
- Researchers analyzed renal biopsy samples from 44 children to assess iron deposition and immune cell characteristics, finding extensive iron accumulation in children with both IgAN and AKI.
- The findings suggest that although iron builds up in the kidneys of affected children, their overall kidney function appears to remain stable, indicating a favorable prognosis for pediatric patients with this condition.
Background: Marital status is a well-known social determinant of health. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect attachment, critical to establishing and maintaining intimate relationships, such as marital status.
Objective: This study examined the association between ACEs and marital status among older Japanese adults.
Longitudinal change in flourishing during the pandemic of COVID-19 would provide new insight to reveal determinants of well-being. We aimed to describe changes in flourishing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and to examine the association of sex, age, education, and income with changes in flourishing. Utsunomiya COVID-19 seROprevalence Neighborhood Association (U-CORONA) study conducted in October 2020 and November 2021 was used (n = 419 in 2020 and n = 478 in 2021, and n = 327 for both waves).
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