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Akihiro Morikawa
Researcher at Gunma University
Publications - 322
Citations - 7535
Akihiro Morikawa is an academic researcher from Gunma University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asthma & Bronchial hyperresponsiveness. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 321 publications receiving 7049 citations.
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Prediction of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Unresponsiveness in Patients With Kawasaki Disease
Tohru Kobayashi,Yoshinari Inoue,Kazuo Takeuchi,Yasunori Okada,Kazushi Tamura,Takeshi Tomomasa,Takashi Kobayashi,Akihiro Morikawa +7 more
TL;DR: Predictors to predict unresponsiveness to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in Kawasaki disease (KD) showed high sensitivity and specificity in identifying IVIG nonresponders among KD patients.
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Efficacy of immunoglobulin plus prednisolone for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in severe Kawasaki disease (RAISE study): a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoints trial
Tohru Kobayashi,Tsutomu Saji,Tetsuya Otani,Kazuo Takeuchi,Tetsuya Nakamura,Hirokazu Arakawa,Taichi Kato,Toshiro Hara,Kenji Hamaoka,Shunichi Ogawa,Masaru Miura,Yuichi Nomura,Shigeto Fuse,Fukiko Ichida,Mitsuru Seki,Ryuji Fukazawa,Chitose Ogawa,Kenji Furuno,Hirohide Tokunaga,Shinichi Takatsuki,Shinya Hara,Akihiro Morikawa +21 more
TL;DR: Addition of prednisolone to the standard regimen of intravenous immunoglobulin improves coronary artery outcomes in patients with severe Kawasaki disease in Japan.
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International consensus on (ICON) pediatric asthma
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos,H. Arakawa,Adnan Custovic,James E. Gern,Robert F. Lemanske,Graham Roberts,Gary W.K. Wong,Heather J. Zar,Cezmi A. Akdis,Leonard B. Bacharier,Eugenio Baraldi,H. P. van Bever,J. de Blic,A. L. Boner,Wesley Burks,Thomas B. Casale,Jose A. Castro-Rodriguez,Y. Z. Chen,Yehia El-Gamal,M. L. Everard,Thomas Frischer,Mario Geller,J. Gereda,D. Y. T. Goh,Theresa W. Guilbert,G. Hedlin,Peter W. Heymann,Soo-Jong Hong,Elham Hossny,Jing-Long Huang,Daniel J. Jackson,Sharon Kling,Piotr Kuna,Steffen Lau,Dennis K. Ledford,Suk-Koo Lee,Andrew H. Liu,Richard F. Lockey,Karin Lodrup-Carlsen,Akihiro Morikawa,Antonio Nieto,H. Paramesh,Ruby Pawankar,Petr Pohunek,Jacqueline A. Pongracic,Colin F. Robertson,Nelson Rosario,L. J. Rossenwasser,Peter D. Sly,Renato T. Stein,Stephen M. Stick,Stanley J. Szefler,Lynn M. Taussig,Erkka Valovirta,Pakit Vichyanond,Dana Wallace,Eugene Weinberg,Göran Wennergren,J. Wildhaber,Robert S. Zeiger +59 more
TL;DR: The purpose of this document is to highlight the key messages that are common to many of the existing guidelines, while critically reviewing and commenting on any differences, thus providing a concise reference.
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Relationship between Concentration of Serum Leptin and Fetal Growth
TL;DR: Findings indicate that serum level of leptin correlates with fetal body weight gain.
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A multicenter prospective randomized trial of corticosteroids in primary therapy for Kawasaki disease: clinical course and coronary artery outcome.
Yoshinari Inoue,Yasunori Okada,Makoto Shinohara,Tohru Kobayashi,Takashi Kobayashi,Takeshi Tomomasa,Kazuo Takeuchi,Akihiro Morikawa +7 more
TL;DR: A combination of corticosteroids and IVIG improved clinical course and coronary artery outcome without causing untoward effects in children with acute KD.