Masamune Higashigawa

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi Role of Ca2+ in the intracellular signaling pathway of anti-IgM-induced apoptosis in the human B-cell line, MBC-1, established from Burkitt lymphoma
    Masamune Higashigawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Mie, Japan
    Int J Hematol 76:44-9. 2002
  2. ncbi Prevalence of Mycoplasma IgM in children with lower respiratory tract illness
    Masamune Higashigawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Takabuku, Ise, Mie, Japan
    Pediatr Int 51:684-6. 2009
  3. ncbi Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in an infant with perianal abscesses
    Masamune Higashigawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, 810 Takabuku, Misono cho, Ise, 516 0805, Japan
    J Infect Chemother 16:356-9. 2010
  4. ncbi Evaluation of Japanese practice guidelines for newly diagnosed childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
    Masamune Higashigawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Mie, Japan
    Pediatr Int 53:701-5. 2011
  5. ncbi Acute motor-sensory axonal Guillain-Barré syndrome with unilateral facial nerve paralysis after rotavirus gastroenteritis in a 2-year-old boy
    Noriki Kamihiro
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, 810 Takabuku, Misono cho, Ise, Mie, 516 0805, Japan
    J Infect Chemother 18:119-23. 2012
  6. ncbi [Clinical investigation of nine pediatric Japanese spotted fever cases]
    Yuji Nashida
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital
    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 85:638-43. 2011
  7. ncbi Diamond-Blackfan anemia in Japan: clinical outcomes of prednisolone therapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
    Shouichi Ohga
    Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    Int J Hematol 79:22-30. 2004

Collaborators

  • S Ohga
  • Yuji Nashida
  • Noriki Kamihiro
  • Masakazu Inoue
  • Takashi Fujiwara
  • Keiko Sakata
  • Tomoaki Maji
  • Tomohiro Yamamoto
  • Ayako Yoshino
  • Kayoko Maegawa

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Role of Ca2+ in the intracellular signaling pathway of anti-IgM-induced apoptosis in the human B-cell line, MBC-1, established from Burkitt lymphoma
    Masamune Higashigawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Mie, Japan
    Int J Hematol 76:44-9. 2002
    ..Our results support the hypothesis that Ca2+ plays a significant role as a multifunctional second messenger providing specific information to the nucleus in anti-IgM antibody-induced apoptosis in MBC-1 cells...
  2. ncbi Prevalence of Mycoplasma IgM in children with lower respiratory tract illness
    Masamune Higashigawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Takabuku, Ise, Mie, Japan
    Pediatr Int 51:684-6. 2009
    ..Few data are available for the recent occurrence of Mycoplasma infections in children in Japan. The purpose of the present study was therefore to identify the prevalence of Mycoplasma infections in children in Japan...
  3. ncbi Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in an infant with perianal abscesses
    Masamune Higashigawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, 810 Takabuku, Misono cho, Ise, 516 0805, Japan
    J Infect Chemother 16:356-9. 2010
    ..Database search revealed that one of nine VAPP cases reported during 2003-2008 in Japan had a perianal abscess. Taken together, these reports and our case imply that we should give OPV with caution to infants with a perianal abscess...
  4. ncbi Evaluation of Japanese practice guidelines for newly diagnosed childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
    Masamune Higashigawa
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Mie, Japan
    Pediatr Int 53:701-5. 2011
    ..It is important to evaluate the feasibility and validity of the guidelines because the guidelines are based not on evidence but on opinion...
  5. ncbi Acute motor-sensory axonal Guillain-Barré syndrome with unilateral facial nerve paralysis after rotavirus gastroenteritis in a 2-year-old boy
    Noriki Kamihiro
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, 810 Takabuku, Misono cho, Ise, Mie, 516 0805, Japan
    J Infect Chemother 18:119-23. 2012
    ..We present a rare case of 2-year-old boy with acute motor and sensory polyneuropathy and left-sided facial nerve paralysis after rotavirus infection. He received immunoglobulin i.v. with subsequent satisfactory recovery...
  6. ncbi [Clinical investigation of nine pediatric Japanese spotted fever cases]
    Yuji Nashida
    Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital
    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 85:638-43. 2011
    ..Our findings show that children with high fever and spotted palmar and/or plantar erythema should be treated immediately for JSF in prevalent areas, even in the absence of eschars...
  7. ncbi Diamond-Blackfan anemia in Japan: clinical outcomes of prednisolone therapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
    Shouichi Ohga
    Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    Int J Hematol 79:22-30. 2004
    ..Two cord blood transplants from unrelated donors failed. These findings suggest the need for developing an integral treatment strategy including selective HSCT for refractory DBA...