Calcitriol for bone disease in patients with cirrhosis of the liver

S Shiomi, K Masaki, D Habu, T Takeda… - Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Background : Osteoporosis is associated with cirrhosis of the liver, but the effects of therapy
for osteoporosis associated with cirrhosis are still controversial. Methods : We evaluated the …

Calcitriol for bone loss in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

S Shiomi, K Masaki, D Habu, T Takeda… - Journal of …, 1999 - Springer
Because osteoporosis is a common complication of primary biliary cirrhosis, we evaluated
the effects of calcitriol (1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 ) on bone mineral density in 34 women …

Longitudinal changes of bone mineral content with age in patients with cirrhosis of the liver

K Masaki, S Shiomi, T Kuroki, T Tanaka… - Journal of …, 1998 - Springer
Bone disorders are associated with cirrhosis. Knowledge of the natural course of bone changes
in cirrhosis could help in decision-making about medical treatment. We carried out one …

Osteopenia in primary biliary cirrhosis and cirrhosis of the liver in women, evaluated by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

S Shiomi, T Kuroki, K Masaki, T Takeda… - Journal of …, 1994 - Springer
To study bone involvement in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), we used dual-energy X-ray
absorptiometry to measure bone mineral density (BMD) in Japanese women with PBC and with …

Two cases of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: value of scintigraphy with Tc-99m GSA and positron emission tomography with FDG

…, H Kurooka, Y Iwata, N Sasaki, K Masaki… - Annals of nuclear …, 1999 - Springer
Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver is relatively rare, and can be difficult to differentiate
from other benign tumors arising in the liver. We describe a 23-year-old woman and a 25-…

Diagnosis of chronic liver disease from liver scintiscans by artificial neural networks

…, T Kuroki, M Kuriyama, H Morikawa, K Masaki… - Annals of nuclear …, 1997 - Springer
Artificial neural networks were used in the diagnosis of chronic liver disease based on liver
scintiscanning. One hundred and thirty-seven patients with chronic liver disease (12 with …

Transient liver accumulation of Tc-99m phytate in hepatocellular carcinoma after percutaneous ethanol injection

S Shiomi, T Kuroki, K Masaki, H Sakaguchi… - Clinical nuclear …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: We report that colloid liver scanning gave early evidence of the return to normal of
Kupffer cell functions after ethanol injections into the liver. Patient and Methods: A 71-year-…

Analysis of liver scintigrams by neural network

…, Y Shimonishi, S Shiomi, Y Miyazawa, K Masaki… - Radioisotopes (Tokyo); …, 1994 - osti.gov
Colloid liver scintigraphy has been performed widely for diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal
liver disease. Pattern of these disease such as chronic hepatitis or liver cirrhosis is evaluated …

PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF COLONIC VASCULAR ECTASIA IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS

…, Y MORIYOSHI, K OTANI, K MASAKI… - …, 1992 - jstage.jst.go.jp
約 2 年間に 50 例の肝硬変患者に対して total colonoscopy を施行し, 大腸 vascular ectasia に関して
, prospective に, 臨床像, 背景因子の検討を行い以下の結論を得た. 1.50 例中 22 例, 44% に …

Experience of gastrointestinal polypectomy by bipolar polypectomy snare

…, Y MORIYOSHI, K OTANI, K MASAKI… - …, 1991 - jstage.jst.go.jp
新しく開発されたエベレストメディカル社製バイポーラ (双極子) ポリペクトミースネアーを用いて, 消化
管ポリープ 53 個 (25 症例) を切除した. その使用経験をモノポーラ (単極子) との比較を中心に報告…