Publications by authors named "Masashizu Nagahara"

Study Design: Case series.

Objective: To improve the isolation rate for pyogenic spondylodiscitis, we developed a new needle biopsy technique.

Summary Of Background Data: The biggest problem in treating lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis is a low success rate in isolating a causative microorganism.

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Objectives: To determine whether aquaporins (AQPs) are expressed in the synovial tissues of patients with OA and RA, and to examine the patterns of expression in patients with and without hydrarthrosis.

Methods: AQPs were detected in synovial tissue samples from patients with OA and RA using RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) from patients with OA and RA were cultured and stimulated with TNF-alpha.

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