Yoshinori Kushiyama
Shimane University
45 Papers
300 Citations
Yoshinori Kushiyama is an academic researcher from Shimane University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 42 publications.
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Papers
Crystal violet chromoendoscopy with mucosal pit pattern diagnosis is useful for surveillance of short-segment Barrett's esophagus.
Yuji Amano,Yoshinori Kushiyama,Shunji Ishihara,Takafumi Yuki,Youichi Miyaoka,Nagisa Yoshino,Norihisa Ishimura,Hirofumi Fujishiro,Kyoichi Adachi,Riruke Maruyama,Mohammad Azharul Karim Rumi,Yoshikazu Kinoshita +11 more
TL;DR: The combination of crystal violet chromoendoscopy and pit pattern diagnosis is considered to be useful for the surveillance of short-segment Barrett's esophagus.
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Effectiveness of interferon-alpha therapy in chronic hepatitis C is associated with the amount of interferon-alpha receptor mRNA in the liver
Ryo Fukuda,Norihisa Ishimura,Yoshinori Kushiyama,Nobuyuki Moriyama,Shunji Ishihara,Sachiko Nagasawa,Tatsuya Miyake,Misa Niigaki,Shuichi Satoh,Shino Sakai,Shuji Akagi,Makoto Watanabe,Shiro Fukumoto +12 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the amount ofinterferon-alpha receptor mRNA is an important factor determining the response to interferon, and may be a new predictor of interferons response in chronic hepatitis C.
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Prevalence of and risk factors for Barrett's esophagus with intestinal predominant mucin phenotype
Yuji Amano,Yoshinori Kushiyama,Takafumi Yuki,Yoshiko Takahashi,Ichiro Moriyama,Hiroyuki Fukuhara,Norihisa Ishimura,Kenji Furuta,Shunji Ishihara,Kyoichi Adachi,Riruke Maruyama,Yoshikazu Kinoshita +11 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the prevalence of and risk factors for Barrett's esophagus with the intestinal predominant mucin phenotype in patients undergoing endoscopy found older age, male gender and the presence of hiatal hernia were the risk factors.
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Prevalence of organic colonic lesions in patients meeting Rome III criteria for diagnosis of IBS: a prospective multi-center study utilizing colonoscopy
Shunji Ishihara,Kazuo Yashima,Yoshinori Kushiyama,Akio Izumi,Kousaku Kawashima,Hirofumi Fujishiro,Haruhiko Kojo,Yoshinori Komazawa,Tetsuro Hamamoto,Tetsuo Yamamoto,Yuichiro Sasaki,Tatsunori Shimizu,Eiji Okamoto,Teiji Yoshimura,Koichiro Furuta,Naoya Noguchi,Hisao Tanaka,Yoshikazu Murawaki,Yoshikazu Kinoshita +18 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of organic colonic diseases in patients who met the Rome III criteria was at an acceptably low level, indicating that the Rome II criteria are adequately specific for the diagnosis of IBS without performing a colonoscopy examination.
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Abdominal symptom-related QOL in individuals visiting an outpatient clinic and those attending an annual health check.
Erina Kakuta,Noritsugu Yamashita,Tomoko Katsube,Yoshinori Kushiyama,Hiroshi Suetsugu,Kenji Furuta,Yoshikazu Kinoshita +6 more
TL;DR: Abdominal symptom-related QOL impairment is considered to lead patients to seek medical care, though different symptoms have varying levels of influence.
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