Shouichi Fujimoto

Renal vasculitis in Japan and the UK--are there differences in epidemiology and clinical phenotype? (2008)

Watts, Richard A., Scott, David G. I., Jayne, David R. W., Ito-Ihara, Toshiko, Muso, Eri, Fujimoto, Shouichi, ...

Background. The epidemiology of renal vasculitis in different populations is poorly understood. A recent study from Japan suggests that whilst the overall incidence is similar to that reported from...

Risk factors of the progression of abdominal aortic calcification in patients on chronic haemodialysis (2007)

Yamada, Kazuhiro, Fujimoto, Shouichi, Nishiura, Ryosuke, Komatsu, Hiroyuki, Tatsumoto, Mariko, Sato, Yuji, ...

Background. Vascular calcification is an independent determinant of cardiovascular events in maintenance haemodialysis (HD) patients. It is not known whether acute changes of the serum calcium...

Plasma levels of mature form of adrenomedullin in patients with haemodialysis (2001)

Tokura, Takeshi, Kinoshita, Hiroshi, Fujimoto, Shouichi, Hisanaga, Shuichi, Kitamura, Kazuo, Eto, Tanenao

Background. Adrenomedullin (AM) is a potent vasodilator and natriuretic peptide with hypotensive effects. Immunoreactive AM in human plasma consists of the biologically active mature...

Effect of Tonsillectomy Plus Steroid Pulse Therapy on Clinical Remission of IgA Nephropathy: A Controlled Study

Komatsu, Hiroyuki, Fujimoto, Shouichi, Hara, Seiichiro, Sato, Yuji, Yamada, Kazuhiro, Kitamura, Kazuo

Background and objectives: Few well-designed investigations have examined how tonsillectomy plus steroid pulse therapy affects IgA nephropathy. A prospective, controlled study therefore was performed...