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Yukihiro Shimizu
Researcher at University of Toyama
Publications - 15
Citations - 504
Yukihiro Shimizu is an academic researcher from University of Toyama. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liver injury & Hepatitis B virus. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 15 publications receiving 406 citations.
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Gut microbiota and liver diseases.
Masami Minemura,Yukihiro Shimizu +1 more
TL;DR: The current understanding of the changes in gut microbiota associated with various liver diseases is summarized, and the therapeutic trials of probiotics for those diseases are described.
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Liver physiology and liver diseases in the elderly
Kazuto Tajiri,Yukihiro Shimizu +1 more
TL;DR: Collectively, aged patients show various changes of the liver and other organs that could affect the clinical characteristics and management of liver diseases in these patients.
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Liver in systemic disease
TL;DR: In patients without etiology of liver injury by screening serology and diagnostic imaging, but who have systemic diseases, the abnormal liver function test results might be caused by the systemic disease.
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Liver involvement in systemic infection
TL;DR: In most patients with systemic infections, treatment for the invading microbes is enough to normalize the liver function tests, however, some patients may show severe liver injury or fulminant hepatic failure, requiring intensive treatment of the liver.
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Unsolved problems and future perspectives of hepatitis B virus vaccination
Kazuto Tajiri,Yukihiro Shimizu +1 more
TL;DR: The necessity, timing and method of booster vaccination in responders with decreased anti-HBs responses, and effective vaccination against S-mutant HBV, are issues requiring resolution in the global prevention of HBV infection.