Yuko Nemoto
Chiba University
16 Papers
82 Citations
Yuko Nemoto is an academic researcher from Chiba University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myasthenia gravis & Thymectomy. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 16 publications.
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Papers
Patterns and severity of neuromuscular transmission failure in seronegative myasthenia gravis
Yuko Nemoto,Satoshi Kuwabara,Sonoko Misawa,Naoki Kawaguchi,Takamichi Hattori,Masaharu Takamori,Angela Vincent +6 more
TL;DR: Seronegative MG is heterogeneous with respect to the presence of antibodies to MuSK and RyR, and impairment of neuromuscular synaptic transmission in EDC is less marked in ser onegative than seropositive MG despite the similar clinical severity.
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Treatment and outcome of myasthenia gravis: retrospective multi-center analysis of 470 Japanese patients, 1999-2000.
Naoki Kawaguchi,Satoshi Kuwabara,Yuko Nemoto,Toshio Fukutake,Yoichi Satomura,Kimiyoshi Arimura,Mitsuhiro Osame,Takamichi Hattori +7 more
TL;DR: The prognosis of MG in Japan was generally favorable, but despite the frequent use of thymectomy and immunosuppressive treatments, approximately one-third of patients still had generalized weakness.
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Effects of thymectomy on late-onset myasthenia gravis without thymoma.
Naoki Kawaguchi,Satoshi Kuwabara,Yuko Nemoto,Toshio Fukutake,Kimiyoshi Arimura,Mitsuhiro Osame,Takamichi Hattori +6 more
TL;DR: Thymectomy is a potentially effective treatment for late onset, non-thymomatous patients with mild generalized myasthenia gravis with no thymoma, particularly for those with Mild generalized weakness.
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Primary Sjogren's syndrome presenting with generalized autonomic failure.
Ryuji Sakakibara,Shigeki Hirano,M. Asahina,Setsu Sawai,Yuko Nemoto,Akiyuki Hiraga,Tomoyuki Uchiyama,Takamichi Hattori +7 more
TL;DR: A 64 year‐old woman developed Raynaud's phenomenon and dry eyes/mouth and Laboratory examination revealed positive Schirmer's test, rheumatoid factor and anti‐nuclear antibody, and lymphocytic sialoadenitis on salivary gland biopsy, which strongly suggested the diagnosis of primary Sjogren's syndrome.
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Concomitant chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and myasthenia gravis following cytomegalovirus infection.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a patient who concomitantly developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and myasthenia gravis (MG) following cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.
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