Shigeru Kinoshita

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The definition and classification of dry eye disease: Report of the definition and classification subcommittee of the international Dry Eye WorkShop (2007)

Timothy James McCulley, Stephen Carl Pflugfelder, +9 authors Juan Murube
The ocular surface
2007

The aim of the DEWS Definition and Classification Subcommittee was to provide a contemporary definition of dry eye disease, supported within a comprehensive classification framework. A new definition… (More)

Growth factor mRNA and protein in preserved human amniotic membrane.

Noriko Koizumi, Tsutomu Inatomi, Chie Sotozono, Nigel J Fullwood, Andrew J Quantock, Shigeru Kinoshita
Current eye research
2000

PURPOSE To investigate the expression of growth factor mRNA and the level of growth factor protein in preserved human amniotic membrane (AM). METHODS RT-PCR was used to examine the expression of… (More)

HLA-B locus in Japanese patients with anti-epileptics and allopurinol-related Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Nahoko Kaniwa, Yoshiro Saito, +16 authors Ryuichi Hasegawa
Pharmacogenomics
2008

INTRODUCTION Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are rare but life-threatening severe cutaneous adverse reactions. Recently, strong associations of HLA-B*1502 and… (More)

Dissemination of methicillin-resistant staphylococci among healthy Japanese children.

Ken Hisata, Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai, +9 authors Keiichi Hiramatsu
Journal of clinical microbiology
2005

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), regarded as a tenacious pathogen in the hospital, has recently become increasingly prevalent as a community pathogen. We evaluated the prevalence… (More)

Growth factors: importance in wound healing and maintenance of transparency of the cornea

Jiro Imanishi, Kimie Kamiyama, Ikuzo Iguchi, Mihori Kita, Chie Sotozono, Shigeru Kinoshita
Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
2000

The mechanism of corneal wound healing has not been clarified yet. However, evidence has accumulated that various kinds of growth factor such as epidermal growth factor (EGF), fibroblast growth… (More)

The IC3D classification of the corneal dystrophies.

Jayne S. Weiss, Hans Ulrik Møller, +14 authors Gordon K. Klintworth
Cornea
2008

BACKGROUND The recent availability of genetic analyses has demonstrated the shortcomings of the current phenotypic method of corneal dystrophy classification. Abnormalities in different genes can… (More)

HLA-B*1511 is a risk factor for carbamazepine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in Japanese patients.

Nahoko Kaniwa, Yoshiro Saito, +15 authors Ryuichi Hasegawa
Epilepsia
2010

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are rare but life-threatening severe cutaneous adverse reactions. Recently, strong associations of HLA-B*1502 with… (More)

Correlation of tear lipid layer interference patterns with the diagnosis and severity of dry eye.

N Yokoi, Yosida Takehisa, Shigeru Kinoshita
American journal of ophthalmology
1996

PURPOSE To observe and classify tear film lipid layer interference patterns in normal volunteers and dry eye patients and to investigate the relation between the lipid layer interference patterns in… (More)

Macular corneal dystrophy type I and type II are caused by distinct mutations in a new sulphotransferase gene

Tomoya O. Akama, Kohji Nishida, +14 authors Michiko N. Fukuda
Nature Genetics
2000

Macular corneal dystrophy (MCD; MIM 217800) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease in which progressive punctate opacities in the cornea result in bilateral loss of vision, eventually… (More)

Transient hyperopia with lens swelling at initial therapy in diabetes.

Yoshinobu Saito, Genjiro Ohmi, +4 authors Masaki Okada
The British journal of ophthalmology
1993

The clinical courses of 10 eyes of five diabetic patients who exhibited bilateral transient hyperopia (maximum: 1:1-4.9 dioptres, spherical equivalent) after initiation of strict control of diabetes… (More)

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