Evaluation of a new bio-impedance spectroscopy device in healthy Japanese.

Background: The use of a new bio-impedance spectroscopy device (Body Composition Monitor, BCM) in the field of dialysis became possible in Japan. However, it is unknown whether the data obtained using this apparatus are indicative for Japanese dialysis patients.

Objective: To compare individual fluid status in healthy Japanese using the BCM device with the data obtained from healthy Caucasians.

Development of a new disinfectant with very strong anti-influenza viral activity: a preliminary report.

Objectives: We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of a disinfectant newly developed by our laboratories for use against influenza viruses.

Methods: The effectiveness of our new disinfectant against avian, swine and human influenza viruses was tested in ovo. The acute toxicity of this disinfectant to two different cultured cell lines was investigated.

[Evaluation of technetium-99m-MIBI scintigraphy in metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer--comparison study with 131I and 201Tl].

Detectability of metastasis in differentiated thyroid cancer using technetium-99m-methoxyisobutyl isonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) was compared with that of 131I and 201Tl. Forty patients after total thyroidectomy were evaluated. The scan results were compared with those of 131I and 201Tl whole body scintigraphy per patient.

Identification of a novel splicing mutation and 1-bp deletion in the 17alpha-hydroxylase gene of Japanese patients with 17alpha-hydroxylase deficiency.

We report studies of two unrelated Japanese patients with 17alpha-hydroxylase deficiency caused by mutations of the 17alpha-hydroxylase (CYP17) gene. We amplified all eight exons of the CYP17 gene, including the exon-intron boundaries, by the polymerase chain reaction and determined their nucleotide sequences. Patient 1 had novel, compound heterozygous mutations of the CYP17 gene.