Publications by authors named "Junya Shindo"
Article Synopsis
- Haploinsufficiency of the SHOX gene is a significant genetic cause of nonsyndromic short stature, with eight potential enhancer regions identified near its exons.
- A study reported a deletion in a boy that was over 60kb downstream from these known enhancers, correlating with his moderate short stature and nonspecific skeletal changes; his father's height was normal but lower than expected.
- The deletion overlaps with previously identified copy-number variations (CNVs) in other short stature patients, suggesting that this far-downstream area functions as a novel enhancer, contributing to varied short stature phenotypes and indicating genomic instability around the SHOX region.
Introduction: The relationship between visuospatial ability and cognitive function is still controversial among the patients with right-hemisphere damage.
Aim: To elucidate the relationship between the visuospatial ability and cognitive function in patients with right-hemisphere infarction, we analyzed the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and behavioral inattention test (BIT).
Methods: The present study was based on 54 right-handed patients (35 men, 19 women; 69.
Possibility of oral feeding after induction of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
July 2010
Background And Aim: Although percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has become established as a useful enteral nutrition technique, the associated risks must always be kept in mind. Recently, we experienced several patients who could orally ingest after PEG. To avoid unnecessary PEG, we investigated patients who could orally ingest after PEG, and analyzed predictive factors of postoperative oral feeding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To investigate and predict enteral nutrition problems after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data for 252 out of 285 patients who underwent PEG at our hospital from 1999 to 2008. Enteral nutrition problems after PEG were defined as: (1) patients who required > or = 1 mo after surgery to switch to complete enteral nutrition, or who required additional parenteral alimentation continuously; or (2) patients who abandoned switching to enteral nutrition using the gastrostoma and employed other nutritional methods.
Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has become established as a useful enteral nutrition technique. Although various adverse events related to PEG are known, few reports have described Clostridium difficile-associated enteric disease (CDED) after PEG. We encountered several cases of CDED with onset soon after PEG.
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