Publications by authors named "Yuki Kyono"

Although the causes of neurodevelopmental disorders remain unknown, several environmental risk factors have attracted considerable attention. We conducted a retrospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort study using data from infant health examinations of children born to mothers with pregnancies between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2016 in Kobe City to identify the perinatal factors associated with neurodevelopmental referrals in 3-year-old children. There were 15,223 and 1283 children in the normal and referral groups, respectively.

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  • * It found that children who went to bed earlier (between 18:00-20:00) scored higher in national language tests compared to those who had later bedtimes, with significant drops in scores as bedtime became later.
  • * Additionally, earlier bedtimes at age 3 were linked to better non-cognitive skills, such as diligence, suggesting that establishing good sleep patterns in early childhood could lead to better academic outcomes later on.
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Background: Free bilirubin (Bf) is a better marker than total serum bilirubin (TSB) for predicting bilirubin encephalopathy (BE). To date, two genetic variants (rs4148323 and rs3064744) have been associated with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; however, the direct association between variants and Bf levels in newborns has not been elucidated.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 484 infants, including the genotype data of two genetic variants.

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Although preterm infant mortality is low, the proportion of patients with treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity (TR-ROP) is high in Japan. Various multicenter studies have reported the risk factors for TR-ROP; however, no large-scale studies have been conducted in Japan. We retrospectively analyzed 13,645 infants born at < 28 weeks' gestation (January 1, 2009-December 31, 2018), and registered in the Neonatal Research Network of Japan database.

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For symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infections (CCMVI), the usefulness of changes in viral load during valganciclovir (VGCV) treatment for the prediction of hearing dysfunction (HD) is unclear. To determine the utility of viral load change in the whole blood or urine for the prediction of HD, we performed a retrospective study to compare viral load changes during VGCV treatment between CCMVI infants with ( = 12) or without ( = 8) HD at six months of corrected age, whose blood and urine viral loads were measured continuously for eight weeks from April 2009 to December 2019. There was no significant difference in the changes in both the blood and urine viral loads after the initiation of VGCV treatment between CCMVI infants between the groups.

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Severe small-for-gestational-age (sSGA) infants exhibit increased mortality and morbidity. Oxidative stress is suggested to be involved in intrauterine growth restriction. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the oxidative stress level at birth in an sSGA population.

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The stratum corneum (SC) of the epidermis acts as a skin permeability barrier, and abnormalities in SC formation lead to several skin disorders. Lipids, especially the epidermis-specific ceramide classes ω-O-acylceramides (acylceramides) and protein-bound ceramides, are essential for skin barrier formation. Ceramide synthase 3 (CERS3) is involved in the synthesis of acylceramides and protein-bound ceramides, and CERS3 mutations cause autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis.

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To date, the difference in neurodevelopmental outcomes between late preterm infants (LPI) born at 34 and 35 gestational weeks (LPI-34 and LPI-35, respectively) has not been elucidated. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 months of corrected age for LPI-34 and LPI-35, and to elucidate factors predicting neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI). Records of all LPI-34 ( = 93) and LPI-35 ( = 121) admitted to our facility from 2013 to 2017 were reviewed.

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Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a rare disease caused by a defect of urinary acidification. The ammonium chloride loading test is the gold standard method for determining the type of RTA. However, because this test has some side effects (e.

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