Publications by authors named "K Izaki"

A 64-year-old male patient who presented with symptoms indicative of hemolytic anemia was referred to our hospital. After obtaining the patient's history, it was found that hemolysis occurred 14 years after he underwent ascending aortic replacement for acute type A aortic dissection. Enhanced computed tomography revealed an aortic pseudoaneurysm at the proximal anastomosis, which was thought to be the cause of hemolysis.

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BACKGROUND Various neoplasms, including neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs), can arise from the presacral space. Most presacral lesions are detected due to symptoms arising from tumor growth. However, diagnosing small, asymptomatic presacral tumors is challenging because of their unique location.

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Fabry disease is an X-linked disorder of α-galactosidase A (GLA) deficiency. Our previous interim analysis (1 July 2014 to 31 December 2015) revealed plasma globotriaosylsphingosine as a promising primary screening biomarker for Fabry disease probands. Herein, we report the final results, including patients enrolled from 1 January to 31 December 2016 for evaluating the potential of plasma globotriaosylsphingosine and GLA activity as a combined screening marker.

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Filamentous anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria grow by photosynthesis and aerobic respiration. The present study investigated the effects of light and O on bacteriochlorophyll contents and the transcription levels of photosynthesis-related genes in Chloroflexus aurantiacus J-10-fl . Under aerobic conditions, C.

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