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Akihiro Munakata
Researcher at Hirosaki University
Publications - 188
Citations - 3693
Akihiro Munakata is an academic researcher from Hirosaki University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Helicobacter pylori & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 188 publications receiving 3565 citations.
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Safety and efficacy of granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis in patients with active ulcerative colitis: a multicenter study.
Takashi Shimoyama,Koji Sawada,Nobuo Hiwatashi,Toshio Sawada,Kei Matsueda,Akihiro Munakata,Hitoshi Asakura,Takao Tanaka,Reiji Kasukawa,Ken Kimura,Yasuo Suzuki,Yukio Nagamachi,Tetsuichiro Muto,Hirokazu Nagawa,Bunei Iizuka,Shozo Baba,Masaru Nasu,Tatsuji Kataoka,Nobuhito Kashiwagi,Abby R. Saniabadi +19 more
TL;DR: Based on the results, it is believed that in patients with active severe UC, patients who are refractory to conventional drugs, granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis is a useful adjunct to conventional therapy.
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The non-lifting sign of invasive colon cancer.
Yoshiharu Uno,Akihiro Munakata +1 more
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Correlation of lifting versus non-lifting and microscopic depth of invasion in early colorectal cancer
TL;DR: Lesions classified as sm3 do not elevate in response to submucosal injection, and lesions that become elevated on injection can be resected endoscopically because they are sm1 or sm2 and have a thickness of normalSubmucosa of more than 1000 microm.
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Leukocytapheresis in ulcerative colitis: results of a multicenter double-blind prospective case-control study with sham apheresis as placebo treatment.
Koji Sawada,Kazuo Kusugami,Yasuo Suzuki,Tadao Bamba,Akihiro Munakata,Toshifumi Hibi,Takashi Shimoyama +6 more
TL;DR: It is confirmed that LCAP is a safe and effective therapeutic option for patients with active UC, and the clinical activity index (CAI) value of UC indicated that the active group showed a significantly greater improvement than the sham group.
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High Prevalence of the CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori Strains in Japanese Asymptomatic Patients and Gastric Cancer Patients
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that infection of Helicobacter pylori strains possessing cagA is associated with atrophic gastritis and gastric cancers, however, they did not suggest any specific association between cag4-positive strains and Gastric cancer.