Publications by authors named "I Ozeki"
Article Synopsis
- This study investigated the link between low serum zinc levels and common symptoms in patients with chronic liver disease.
- A total of 578 patients were assessed, with 193 (33.4%) reporting symptoms like taste disorders, mouth sores, skin issues, hair loss, and loss of appetite.
- The findings revealed that as serum zinc levels fell, the occurrence of these symptoms increased, particularly noting a strong association between dermatitis and low zinc levels.
The recently approved direct-acting antivirals (DAA) agents are effective in terms of sustained virologic response (SVR) rates and are well tolerated in most hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients. This study aimed to analyze the association between serum zinc levels in patients who developed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following HCV eradication after DAA treatment. The retrospective study included 769 HCV-infected patients who achieved SVR after DAA treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study aimed to reveal characteristic imaging features of bile duct adenoma (BDA) by radiologic-pathologic correlation.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed pathological and imaging findings of seven patients with BDA.
Results: The median maximum diameter of BDA was 5.
Aim: This study aimed to determine the distributions of serum zinc levels and the prevalence of zinc deficiency in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) in actual clinical practice, and to analyze the association between serum zinc levels and clinical characteristics.
Methods: This study analyzed 1973 patients with CLD, including 749 with liver cirrhosis, who were admitted to Sapporo Kosei General Hospital in 2017.
Results: Zinc deficiency, defined as a serum zinc level of <60 μg/dL, was observed in 555 patients overall (28.