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Behavioral neurology in language and aphasia: from basic studies to clinical applications.
Acta Med Indones
October 2012
Department of Geriatric Behavioral Neurology, Tohoku University Faculty of Medicine 2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, 980-8575 Sendai, Japan.
With increasing aging population, cognitive deteriorations due to neuro- degenerative diseases or stroke are so commonly observed that it is thought to be inevitable with aging. For dementia and stroke, a communication disorder due to language deterioration is one of the main problems. Behavioral neurology aims to clarify the relationship between brain function and behavior; language deterioration is one of the main targets, and its clinical applications are really useful for making better understanding of patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncrease of colon and rectal cancer incidence rates in Japan: trends in incidence rates in Miyagi Prefecture, 1959-1997.
J Epidemiol
November 2006
Division of Community Health, School of Health Sciences, Tohoku University Faculty of Medicine, Sendai.
Background: During recent decades, colorectal cancer incidence rates have been rapidly increasing in Japan. To investigate trends in colorectal cancer incidence rates, we analyzed incidence data during 39 years between 1959 and 1997 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
Methods: Using age-period-cohort models, we evaluated the effects of time period and cohort on colon and rectal cancer incidence.