Publication

2024

Child Neurology

• "The Therapeutic Potential of Oral Everolimus for Facial Angiofibromas in Pediatric Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Case-Based Analysis of Efficacy "
  George Imataka, Satoshi Mori, Kunio Yui, Ken Igawa, Hideaki Shiraishi, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Diseases 12, 12, 334 (2024).

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  • DOI: 10.3390/diseases12120334
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• "Gaming Disorders: Navigating the Fine Line between Entertainment and Addiction-Gaming History, Health Risks, Social Consequences, and Pathways to Prevention"
  George Imataka, Shu Izumi, Yuji Miyamoto, Akira Maehashi
  Journal of Clinical Medicine 13, 17, 5122 (2024).

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  • DOI: 10.3390/jcm13175122
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• "Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia with Identical Genotype but Distinct Phenotypes in Two Siblings"
  Megumi Sato, Yuji Fujita, George Imataka, Shigeko Kuwashima, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Tohoku J Exp Med (2024).

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  • DOI: 10.1620/tjem.2024.J035.
• "Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1B with involuntary movements: a case report and literature review"
  Junko Naganuma, Hiroshi Suzumura, Satomi Koyama, Miho Yaginuma, Yuji Fujita, Yoshiyuki Watabe, George Imataka, Keiko Matsubara, Masayo Kagami , Shigemi Yoshihara
  Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology ##, ##, ## (2024).

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  • DOI: I https://doi.org/10.1297/cpe.2023-0080
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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Pediatric Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Triggered by Concurrent Administration of Seasonal and H1N1 Influenza Vaccines: A Case Report and Review of Literature"
  George Imataka, Hideaki Shiraishi, Shigemi Yoshihara
  NeuroSci (2024).

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  • DOI: 10.3390/neurosci6010001
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Pediatrics

• "Youth Suicide in Japan: Exploring the Role of Subcultures, Internet Addiction, and Societal Pressures."
  George Imataka, Hideaki Shiraishi
  Diseases 13, 1, 2 (2024).

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  • DOI: 10.3390/diseases13010002
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• "The unexpected detection of Esophageal varices caused by liver cirrhosis in a 47-year-old man treated with a growth hormone in childhood"
  Osamu Arisaka, Satomi Koyama, George Imataka, Junko Naganuma, Takahiro Arisaka, Sei Akatsuka
  Diseases (2024).

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  • DOI: 10.3390/diseases12100251
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2023

Child Neurology

• "Lipid Peroxidation of the Docosahexaenoic Acid/Arachidonic Acid Ratio Relating to the Social Behaviors of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Relationship with Ferroptosis."
  Yui K, Imataka G, Shiohama T.
  Int J Mol Sci 24, 19, 14796 (2023).

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  • DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914796.
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• "Whole-body MRI revealed generalized subcutaneous oedema in a patient with juvenile dermatomyositis. "
  Fujita Y, Kuwashima S, Sakurai R, Suzuki A, Imataka G, Matsuda H, Ishida K, Matsushita T, Nishino I, Yoshihara S.
  Rheumatol Adv Pract 7, 2, rkad063. eCollection (2023).

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  • DOI: 10.1093/rap/rkad063.
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• "Lipid Peroxidation via Regulating the Metabolism of Docosahexaenoic Acid and Arachidonic Acid in Autistic Behavioral Symptoms: The role of ferroptosis"
  Yui K, Imataka G, Shiohama T.
  Current Issues in Molecular Biology (2023).

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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Brain Hypothermia Therapy and Targeted Temperature Management for Acute Encephalopathy in Children: Status and Prospects"
  George Imataka, Yuji Fujita, Jin Kikuchi, Koji Wake, Kazuyuki Ono, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, 6, 2095 (2023).

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  • DOI: 10.3390/jcm12062095
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2022

Child Neurology

• "Lipid-based Based Molecules on Signaling Pathways in Autism Spectrum Disorder"
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  International journal of Molecular Sciences 23, 9803 (2022).

  • DOI: 10.3390/ijms23179803
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• "Current Status of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in Japan: New Lifestyle-Related Disease in Children and Adolescents"
  George Imataka, Ryoichi Sakuta, Akira Maehashi, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, 15, 4566 (2022).

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  • DOI: org/10.3390/jcm11154566
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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "A Comprehensive Review of Pediatric Acute Encephalopathy."
  Imataka G, Kuwashima S, Yoshihara S.
  Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, 19, 5921 (2022).

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  • DOI: 10.3390/jcm11195921.
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• "Multiple encephalopathy syndrome: a case of a novel radiological subtype of acute encephalopathy in childhood"
  Y. Fujita, G. Imataka, H. Sakuma, J.-I. Takanashi, S. Yoshihara
  European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences 26, 5729-5735 (2022).
• "Increased cytokines/chemokines and hyponatremia as a possible cause of clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion associated with acute focal bacterial nephritis"
  Okada T, Fujita Y, Imataka G, Takase N, Tada H, Sakuma H, Takanashi JI
  Brain and Development 44, 1, 30-35 (2022).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2021.07.008.

Pediatrics

• "Acute urinary retention due to severe constipation in a 5-year-old boy: a case report"
  Yuhi Takagi, George Imataka, Yuji Kano, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Medical Journal of Malaysia (2022).
• "Elevated serum TARC/CCL17 levels associated with childhood interstitial lung disease with SFTPC gene mutation."
  Otsubo Y, Fujita Y, Ando Y, Imataka G, Yoshihara S.
  Pediatr Pulmonol Apr 29. (2022).

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  • DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25950
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2021

Child Neurology

• "Lipid Peroxidation With Implication of Organic Pollution in Autistic Behaviors"
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Hitomi Sasaki, Ryoichi Shiroki, Mamiko Koshiba
  Cureus 13, 3, e14188 (2021).

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  • DOI: 10.7759/cureus.14188
• "An infantile late-onset case Group of B Streptococcus meningitis diagnosed with a rapid latex kit"
  George Imataka, Yuto Otsubo, Yuji Fujita, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Med J Malaysia 76, 4, 588-590 (2021).

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• "Urinary and Plasma Antioxidants in Behavioral Symptoms of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder"
  George Imataka, Kunio Yui, Yuki Shiko, Yohei Kawasaki, Hitomi Sasaki, Ryoichi Shiroki, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Frontiers in Psychiatry 12, 684445, eCollection (2021).

  • DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.684445.

Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "A Case Report of Non-Herpetic Limbic Encephalitis with Psychological Symptoms and Parkinsonism"
  George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Iran J Public Health 50, 1, 203-204 (2021).

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• "Immature ovarian teratoma with anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis in a 13-year-old Japanese female patient: a case report"
  George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Med J Malaysia 76, 3, 251-252 (2021).

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• "Successful mild brain hypothermia therapy followed by targeted temperature management for pediatric hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome"
  Y. Fujita, G. Imataka, J. Kikuchi, S. Yoshihara
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 25, 7, 3002-3006 (2021).

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  • DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202104_25553
• "Kawasaki disease with mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion in a 2-year-old girl"
  Shinya Yoshihara, Yuji Fujita, Kenji Miyamoto, George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Indian Journal of Pediatrics published online 03/May (2021).

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  • DOI: 10.1007/s12098-021-03779-5
• "Cerebral haemorrhagic infarction associated with acute otitis media in a 4-year-old boy"
  Yuji Fujita, Kenji Miyamoto, George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  BMJ case report 14, e242098. (2021).

  • DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021- 242098
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Pediatrics

• "Brain sexual differentiation ang gender development"
  Osamu Arisaka, Negumi Iijima-Nozawa, Yukiko Shimada, Yoshiya Ito, George Imataka, Junko Naganuma, Go Ichikawa, Satomi Koyama
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 48, 1, 1-7 (2021).
• "Postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans misdiagnosed as bronchial asthma in a pediatric patient"
  Yuji Fujita, Kenji Miyamoto, George Imataka, shigemi Yoshihara
  Tohoku J Exper Med 254, 4, 257-260 (2021).

  • DOI: 10.1620/tjem.254.257.
• "Raccoon eye and Battle's sign in an infant with multiple Wormian bones."
  Yuji Fujita, Shigeko Kuwashima, George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  BMJ Case Rep 14, 6, e241785 (2021).

  • DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241785.

2020

Child Neurology

• "Low-birth-weight infant with Antley-Bixler syndrome-like phenotype caused by POR mutation: a rare case report "
  G Imataka, M Fujisawa, R Kuribayashi, G Ichikawa, Y Watabe, H Suzumura, O Arisaka, S Yoshihara
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 24, 23, 11998-12000 (2020).

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  • DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202012_23987
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• "The role of lipid peroxidation in individuals with autism spectrum disorders "
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Hitomi Sasaki, Ryoichi Shiroki
  Metab Brain Dis . 35, 7, 1101-1108 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.1007/s11011-020-00585-4
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• "Contribution of Transferrin and Ceruloplasmin Neurotransmission and Oxidant/Antioxidant Status to the Effects of Everolimus: A Case Series"
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Hitomi Sasaki, Yohei Kawasaki, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Cureus 12, 2, e6920 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.7759/cureus.6920
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• "Successful treatment of a 12-year-old boy with Guillain-Barré syndrome requiring tracheostomy due to respiratory muscle paralysis: A case report"
  Manabu Miyamoto, George Imataka, Go Ichikawa, Yutaka Saito, Takashi Kashiwagi, Yoshiyuki Kaji, Koji Wake, Kei Funakoshi, Takahide Nagashima, Norito Kokubun, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Exp Ther Med 19, 2, 1091-1094 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.3892/etm.2019.8311
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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "A girl with acute encephalitis followed by acute cerebellitis/cerebellopathy. "
  Imataka G, Wake K, Yoshihara S.
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 24, 20, 10708-10711 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202010_23430
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• "Long-term survival of a patient with acute neonatal-onset metabolic encephalopathy with carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency "
  G Imataka, J Ishii, Y Ando, S Yoshihara, Y Takagi, A Nitta, O Arisaka, S Yoshihara
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci . 24, 19, 10051-10053 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202010_23220
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• "A Case-Study of a Child with Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome (RPLS) Associated with Severe Burns throughout the Body "
  Koji Wake, George Imataka, Toshihiko Ohnishi, Jin Kikuchi, Eisei Hoshiyama, Kazuyuki Ono, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Iran J Public Health 47, 7, 1390-1391 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.18502/ijph.v49i7.3600
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• "Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of acute focal bacterial nephritis with MERS "
  Yuji Fujita, George Imataka, Shigeko Kuwashima, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Pediatr Int 62, 9, 1121-1122 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.1111/ped.14315
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• "Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute encephalopathy in childhood "
  Masashi Mizuguchi, Takashi Ichiyama, George Imataka, Akihisa Okumura, Tomohide Goto, Hiroshi Sakuma, Jun-Ichi Takanashi, Kei Murayama, Takanori Yamagata, Hideo Yamanouchi, Tokiko Fukuda, Yoshihiro Maegaki
  Brain Dev . 43, 1, 2-31 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2020.08.001
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• "Abnormal predominantly frontal high voltage and slow EEG findings with acute encephalopathy associated with acute focal bacterial nephritis "
  G Imataka, Y Fujita, Y Kano, S Yoshihara
  J Biol Regul Homeost Agents 34, 3, 1131-1133 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.23812/20-197-L-6
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• "Typical MRI Imaging with Clinically Mild Encephalitis/Encephalopathy of a Reversible Splenial Lesion (MERS) Caused by Influenza A Virus "
  George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Iran J Public Health 49, 1, 191-192 (2020).

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Pediatrics

• "Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus in a child with SMID leading to hypovolemic shock "
  Yuji Fujita, Satomi Koyama, Junko Naganuma, George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Pediatr Int . (2020).

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  • DOI: 10.1111/ped.14357
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• "Effectiveness of stenting with an intubation tube for a subglottic mass in an infant "
  Yuji Fujita, Hideki Hirabayashi, George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  BMJ Case Rep 13, 6, e235904 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235904
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• "Usefulness of Non-Contact Infrared Thermometer for Early Neonatal Period Using Bland-Altman Analysis "
  Saori Sugawara, George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Iran J Public Health . 49, 2, 411-413 (2020).

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• "Iron, ketone bodies, and brain development "
  Osamu Arisaka, Go Ichikawa, George Imataka, Satomi Koyama, Toshimi Sairenchi
  J Pediatr 222, 262-263 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.03.054
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• "Implications of late adiposity rebound"
  Osamu Arisaka, Go Ichikawa, George Imataka, Satomi Koyama, Toshimi Sairenchi
  J Pediatr 219, 284 (2020).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.12.024
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2019

Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Improvement in Impaired Social Cognition but Not Seizures by Everolimus in a Child with Tuberous Sclerosis-Associated Autism through Increased Serum Antioxidant Proteins and Oxidant/Antioxidant Status "
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Hitomi Sasaki, Yohei Kawasaki, Tohru Okanshi, Ryoichi Shiroki, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Case Rep Pediatr . 23, 2019, 2070619 (2019).

  • DOI: 10.1155/2019/2070619
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• "The Association between epileptiform activity and autistic symptoms in three cases with tuberous sclerosis"
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Hitomi Sasaki, Ryoichi Shiroki
  American Journal of Critical Medicine Research 7, 2, 57-59 (2019).

  • DOI: 10.12691/ajcmr-7-2-5
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2018

Child Neurology

• "The role of antioxidant protein in improvement of autism core symptoms in two patients with tuberous sclerosis treated with mTOR inhibitor everolims"
  Kunio Yui, Hitomi Sasaki H, George Imataka, Toru Okanishi
  Global Medicine and Therapeutics 1, 1, 1-9 (2018).

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  • DOI: 10.15761/GMT.1000101
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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "MERS associated with bacterial translocation in a pediatric patient with congenital portal vein hypoplasia: A case report"
  George Imataka, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Junpei Ishii, Kei Ogino, Kentaro Okamoto, Takashi Tsuchioka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Exp Ther Med 16, 4, 2831-2834 (2018).

  • DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.6532
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• "Efficacy of Single Administration of High-dose Phenobarbital Suppository as Initial Therapy for Benign Infantile Convulsions with Mild Gastroenteritis"
  George Imataka, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Iran J Public Health 47, 4, 608-609 (2018).

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Books

• "Therapeutic Hypothermia as Potential Intervention on Acute Encephalopathy"
  George Imataka
  Acute Encephalopathy and Encephalitis in Infancy and its Related Disorders, CHAPTER 29. Elsevir, 219-221 (2018).

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Pediatrics

• "Body mass index increase before 3 years-of-age augments the degree of insulin resistance corresponding to body mass index in adolescent girls"
  Osamu Arisaka, Go Ichikawa, Toshimi Sairenchi, George Imataka, Satomi Koyama
  J Diabetes Investig 9, 2, 450 (2018).

  • DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12700
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2017

Child Neurology

• "Rare de novo inversion-duplication case with pure 3qter duplication syndrome including an overlap of the dup(3q) critical region: A case report"
  George Imataka, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Sayuri Kajitani, Shun Watanabe, Junko Ichikawa, Fabrizio Drago, Hiroshi Suzumura, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Exp Ther Med 13, 6, 3494-3496 (2017).

  • DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4416.
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• "Bacterial study of 53 children with bacterial meningitis in our hospital (2000-2017)"
  Ariga S, Imataka G, Tarukawa T, Kurosawa H, Yoshihara S.
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 44, 2, 169-171 (2017).

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• "Imbalance between urinary hexanoyl-lysine and total antioxidant capacity levels and plasma superoxide dismutase levels in individuals with autism spectrum disorder"
  Kunio Yui, Naoyuki Tanuma, George Imataka, Yohei Kawasaki
  J Transl Med Dev Disorders 3, 1, 1-10 (2017).

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  • DOI: 10.12691/jtmdd-3-1-1
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• "Therapeutic potential of everolimus on core autism symptoms and increasing serum ceruloplasmin and transferrin levels in a pubescent boy with tuberous sclerosis"
  Yui K, Imataka G, Okanishi T, Oka H, Kawasaki Y.
  Neonat Pediatr Med 3, 1, 1-5 (2017).

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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Sociological histories on epilepsy as "causes for disqualification" stipulated in the Japanese Road Traffic Act of 1960 and Revised Road Traffic Act of 2001"
  G Imataka, S Yoshihara
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 21, 13, 3098-3104 (2017).

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• "Clinically mild encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion accompanying mumps infection"
  Ishii J, Imataka G, Kajitani S, Ichikawa J, Yoshihara S.
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 44, 3, 235-238 (2017).

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Pediatrics

• "3-Dimensional computed tomography imaging of the ring-sling complex with non-operative survival case in a 10-year-old female"
  Hironobu Fukuda, George Imataka, Fabrizio Drago, Kosaku Maeda, Shigemi Yoshihara
  Exp Ther Med 14, 3, 2600-2602 (2017).

  • DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4821
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2016

Child Neurology

• "Novel TK2 mutations as a cause of delayed muscle maturation in mtDNA depletion syndrome"
  Thanes Termglinchan, Seito Hisamatsu, Junko Ohmori, Hiroshi Suzumura, Noriko Sumitomo, George Imataka, Osamu Arisaka, Nobuyuki Murakami, Narihiro Minami, Ishiyama Akihiko, Masayuki Sasaki, Yuichi Goto, Satoru Noguchi, Ikuya Nonaka, Satomi Mitsuhashi, Ichizo Nishino
  Neurol Genet 2, 5, e95 (2016).

  • DOI: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000095.
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• "Long-term survival of full trisomy 13 in a 14 year old male: a case report"
  G Imataka, S Hagisawa, A Nitta, H Hirabayashi, H Suzumura, O Arisaka
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 20, 5, 919-922 (2016).

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• "Clinical features and survival in individuals with trisomy 18: A retrospective one-center study of 44 patients who received intensive care treatments"
  George Imataka, Hiroshi Suzumura, Osamu Arisaka
  Mol Med Rep 13, 3, 2457-2466 (2016).

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  • DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.4806.
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• "Competitive Interaction Between Plasma Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Arachidonic Acid is Related to Down-Regulation of A Signaling Mediator"
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Yohei Kawasaki
  Med Chem 12, 4, 318-327 (2016).

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  • DOI: 10.2174/1573406412666160107113725.
• "Increased ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid/arachidonic acid ratios and upregulation of signaling mediator in individuals with autism spectrum disorders"
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Yohei Kawasak, Hiroshi Yamada
  Life Sci 15, 145, 205-212 (2016).

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  • DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2015.12.039.
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• "Down-regulation of a signaling mediator in association with lowered plasma arachidonic acid levels in individuals with autism spectrum disorders"
  Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Yohei Kawasaki, Hiroshi Yamada
  Neurosci Lett 1, 610, 223-228 (2016).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.11.006.

Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Biallelic TBCD Mutations Cause Early-Onset Neurodegenerative Encephalopathy"
  Noriko Miyake, Ryoko Fukai, Chihiro Ohba, Takahiro Chihara, Masayuki Miura, Hiroshi Shimizu, Akiyoshi Kakita, Eri Imagawa, Masaaki Shiina, Kazuhiro Ogata, Jiu Okuno-Yuguchi, Noboru Fueki, Yoshifumi Ogiso, Hiroshi Suzumura, Yoshiyuki Watabe, George Imataka, Huey Yin Leong, Aviva Fattal-Valevski, Uri Kramer, Satoko Miyatake, Mitsuhiro Kato, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yoshinori Sato, Satomi Mitsuhashi, Ichizo Nishino, Naofumi Kaneko, Akira Nishiyama, Tomohiko Tamura, Takeshi Mizuguchi, Mitsuko Nakashima, Fumiaki Tanaka, Hirotomo Saitsu, Naomichi Matsumoto
  Am J Hum Genet 99, 4, 950-961 (2016).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.08.005.
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• "Epilepsy-related automobile accidents in Japan: legal changes about a precedent and penal regulations"
  G Imataka, K Arisue
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 20, 3, 491-497 (2016).

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• "Subacute encephalopathy with tarnshemispheric transition of a focal lesion following intrathecal methotrexate injection in pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report"
  Ando Y, Sato Y, Kuwashima S, Fukushima K, Okuya M, Imataka G, Kurosawa H, Arisaka O.
  Ann Hematol Oncol 3, 9, id1112 (2016).

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Pediatrics

• "Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is an early predictor of acute kidney injury in premature infants"
  Ryota Kuribayashi, Hiroshi Suzumura, Toshimi Sairenchi, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Yayoi Tsuboi, George Imataka, Hidemitsu Kurosawa, Osamu Arisaka
  Exp Ther Med 12, 6, 3706-3710 (2016).

  • DOI: 10.3892/etm.2016.3837
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• "Drop episodes improved after tracheotomy: a case of Coffin-Lowry syndrome associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome"
  G Imataka, I Nakajima, K Goto, W Konno, H Hirabayashi, O Arisaka
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 20, 3, 498-501 (2016).

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• "Early adiposity rebound and small dence low-density lipoprotein in childhood obesity"
  Arisaka O, Ichikawa G, Koyama S, Shimura N, Imataka G, Kurosawa H, Nitta A.
  J Obes Weight Loss Ther 6, 1, 1000301 (2016).

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2015

Child Neurology

• "Eicosanoids Derived From Arachidonic Acid and Their Family Prostaglandins and Cyclooxygenase in Psychiatric Disorders"
  Kunio Yui , George Imataka, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Naoki Ohara, Yukiko Naito
  Curr Neuropharmacol 13, 6, 775-785 (2015).

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  • DOI: 10.2174/1570159x13666151102103305
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• "Del(18)(q12.2q21.1) syndrome: a case report and clinical review of the literature"
  G Imataka, Y Ohwada, N Shimura, S Yoshihara, O Arisaka
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 19, 17, 3241-3245 (2015).

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• "Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Its Relationship with mTOR Signaling and Oxidative Damage in Autism Spectrum Disorders"
  Kunio Yui, Atsushi Sato, George Imataka
  Mini Rev Med Chem 15, 5, 373-389 (2015).

  • DOI: 10.2174/1389557515666150324122930
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• "Down-regulation of signaling mediator in related to increased ratio of docosahexaenoic acid/arachidonic acid in indivisuals with autism spectrum disorders"
  Yui K, Imataka G, Kawasaki Y, Yamada T.
  J Transl Med Dev Disorders 2, 1, 1-9 (2015).

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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Brain hypothermia therapy for childhood acute encephalopathy based on clinical evidence"
  George Imataka, Osamu Arisaka
  Exp Ther Med . 10, 5, 1623-1626 (2015).

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  • DOI: 10.3892/etm.2015.2760.
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• "Treatment with mild brain hypothermia for cardiopulmonary resuscitation after myoclonic seizures in infant with robertsonian type of trisomy 13"
  G Imataka, Y Tsuboi, Y Kano, K Ogino, T Tsuchioka, T Ohnishi, Y Kaji, K Wake, G Ichikawa, H Suzumura, O Arisaka
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 19, 15, 2852-2855 (2015).

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• "Acute encephalopathy associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by Escherichia coli O157: H7 and rotavirus infection"
  G Imataka, K Wake, M Suzuki, H Yamanouchi, O Arisaka
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 19, 10, 1842-1844 (2015).

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2014

Child Neurology

• "Terminal deletion 6q syndrome with 11q partial trisomy mosaicism due to maternal balanced translocation"
  G Imataka, M Okuya, J Hirao, O Arisaka
  Genet Couns 25, 1, 63-67 (2014).

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• "The spectrum of ZEB2 mutations causing the Mowat-Wilson syndrome in Japanese populations"
  Yasukazu Yamada, Noriko Nomura, Kenichiro Yamada, Mari Matsuo, Yuka Suzuki, Kiyoko Sameshima, Reiko Kimura, Yuto Yamamoto, Daisuke Fukushi, Yayoi Fukuhara, Naoko Ishihara, Eriko Nishi, George Imataka, Hiroshi Suzumura, Shin-Ichiro Hamano, Kenji Shimizu, Mie Iwakoshi, Kazunori Ohama, Akira Ohta, Hiroyuki Wakamoto, Mitsuharu Kajita, Kiyokuni Miura, Kenji Yokochi, Kenjiro Kosaki, Tatsuo Kuroda, Rika Kosaki, Yoko Hiraki, Kayoko Saito, Seiji Mizuno, Kenji Kurosawa, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Nobuaki Wakamatsu
  Am J Med Genet A 164A, 8, 1899-1908 (2014).

  • DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36551.
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• "Long-term, high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in a patient with banker-type juvenile dermatomyositis"
  George Imataka, Osamu Arisaka
  Cell Biochem Biophys 69, 3, 747-748 (2014).

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  • DOI: 10.1007/s12013-014-9833-7
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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Serial EEG study in a girl with Landau-Kleffner syndrome associated with continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep"
  G Imataka 1 , O Arisaka
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 18, 15, 2145-2147 (2014).

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• "Brain hypothermia therapy for status epilepticus in childhood"
  G Imataka, K Wake, H Yamanouchi, K Ono, O Arisaka
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 18, 13, 1883-1888 (2014).

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Pediatrics

• "An infant with steroid-refractory cytomegalovirus-associated ADEM who responded to immunoglobulin therapy "
  G Imataka, O Arisaka
  Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 18, 15, 2148-2151 (2014).

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2013

Child Neurology

• "Partial trisomy 3p and monosomy 5p diagnosed by spectral karyotyping (SKY)"
  G Imataka, T Tsuboi, R Kuribayashi, K Miyamoto, G Ichikawa, H Suzumura, O Arisaka
  Genet Couns 24, 4, 445-448 (2013).

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• "Ring chromosome 8 with mosaic trisomy 8 syndrome in an infant"
  G Imataka, J Ishii, K Tsukada, H Suzumura, O Arisaka
  Genet Couns 24, 4, 441-444 (2013).

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• "Monosomy 5p and partial trisomy 8q due to maternal balanced translocation"
  G Imataka, O Arisaka
  Genet Couns 24, 4, 435-437 (2013).

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• "Diagnosis of sex chromosomal abnormalities in neonatal intensive care units"
  G Imataka, H Suzumura, O Arisaka
  Genet Couns 24, 4, 399-403 (2013).

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• "Partial epilepsy and developmental delay in infant with ring chromosome 14"
  G Imataka, M Noguchi, K Tsukada, T Takahashi, H Yamanouchi, O Arisaka
  Genet Couns 24, 1, 81-83 (2013).

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• "Autopsy report of a 7-year old patient with the mosaic trisomy 13"
  George Imataka, Hideo Yamanouchi, Junko Hirato, Mitsuoki Eguchi, Masaru Kojima, Koichi Honma, Osamu Arisaka
  Cell Biochem Biophys 67, 2, 813-817 (2013).

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• "Novel c.2216T > C (p.I739T) mutation in exon 13 and c.1481T > A (p.L494X) mutation in exon 8 of MUT gene in a female with methylmalonic acidemia"
  George Imataka, Osamu Sakamoto, Hideo Yamanouchi, Shigemi Yoshihara, Yuki Omura-Hasegawa, Go Tajima, Osamu Arisaka
  Cell Biochem Biophys 67, 1, 185-187 (2013).

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  • DOI: 10.1007/s12013-013-9532-9
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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Presurgical Evaluation of Epileptogenic Focus in Temporal Lobe epilepsy by 11C-Flumazenil PET and 123I-Iomazenil SPECT: A Case Report"
  G Imataka, M Ogino, S Sakamoto, O Arisaka
  Hong Kong Journal of Paediatrics 18, 178-181 (2013).

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2012

Child Neurology

• "Transient ischaemic attack in a case of a morbidly obese girl associated with metabolic syndrome"
  George Imataka, Go Ichikawa, Naoto Shimura, Osamu Arisaka
  Acta Paediatr 101, 11, e483-484 (2012).

  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02816.x
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• "Better prognosis in newborns with trisomy 13 who received intensive treatments: a retrospective study of 16 patients"
  Keiko Tsukada, George Imataka, Hiroshi Suzumura, Osamu Arisaka
  Cell Biochem Biophys 63, 3, 191-198 (2012).

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  • DOI: 10.1007/s12013-012-9355-0.
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• "Chromosome analysis using spectral karyotyping (SKY) "
  George Imataka, Osamu Arisaka
  Cell Biochem Biophys (2012).

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  • DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9285-2.
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• "Long survival case of trisomy 13 mosaicism in a 7-year-old male"
  George Imataka, Tatsuo Tsuboi, Keiko Tsukada, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Susumu Hagisawa, Yoko Ohwada, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 39, 1, 81-84 (2012).

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• "Clinically Mild form of Joubert Syndrome-related Disorder in a 7-year-old Female: A case report"
  George Imataka, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 39, 2, 119-122 (2012).

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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Acute encephalopathy in children with Dravet syndrome"
  Akihisa Okumura, Mitsugu Uematsu, George Imataka, Manabu Tanaka, Tohru Okanishi, Tetsuo Kubota, Akira Sudo, Jun Tohyama, Megumi Tsuji, Iori Ohmori, Misako Naiki, Ayako Hiraiwa-Sofue, Hitoshi Sato, Shinji Saitoh, Toshiaki Shimizu
  Epilepsia 53, 1, 79-86 (2012).

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  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03311.x.
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2011

Child Neurology

• "Drug-indiced aseptic meningitis: development of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis following repeated intraventricular infusion therapy with interferon alpha/beta"
  George Imataka, Eiji Nakagawa, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Cell Biochem Biophys 61, 3, 699-701 (2011).

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  • DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9228-y
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• "Inflammatory changes in infantile-onset LMNA-associated myopathy"
  Hirofumi Komaki, Yukiko K Hayashi, Rie Tsuburaya, Kazuma Sugie, Mitsuhiro Kato, Toshiro Nagai, George Imataka, Shuhei Suzuki, Shinji Saitoh, Naoko Asahina, Kazuya Honke, Yoshihisa Higuchi, Hiroshi Sakuma, Yoshiaki Saito, Eiji Nakagawa, Kenji Sugai, Masayuki Sasaki, Ikuya Nonaka, Ichizo Nishino
  Neuromuscul Disord 21, 8, 563-568 (2011).

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  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.04.010.
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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Pyridoxine-dependent status epilepticus diagnosed during infanncy"
  George Imataka, Ryouta Kuribayashi, Keiko Tsukada, Tatsuo Tsuboi, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu arisaka
  Epilepsy & Seizure 4, 1, 9-14 (2011).

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• "A Fatal Case of Acute Enephalopathy in a 8-year-old girl from a Pandemic of Influenza A (H1N1) in 2009"
  George Imataka, Eisei Hoshiyama, Keiko Tsukada, Kenji Miyamoto, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Yuya Sato, Osamu arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 38, 2, 161-164 (2011).

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2010

Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Associated with Unilateral Hemispheric Porencephaly"
  George Imataka, Masahiro Ogino, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Shigeko Kuwashima, Teisuke Hashimoto, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 37, 2, 125-128 (2010).

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• "Image Analysis with the Brain Easy Analysis Tool (BEAT) Method in Cases of Encephalomalacia Following Shaken Baby Syndrome"
  George Imataka, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Keiko Tsukada, Shigeko Kuwashima, Teisuke Hashimoto, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 37, 2, 129-131 (2010).

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Pediatrics

• "Clinical features and subdural lesions in childhood onset Haemophilus influenzae meningitis"
  George Imataka, Atsushi Yoshida, Keiko Tsukada, Satomi Koyama, Naoto Shimura, Keitaro Fukushima, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 37, 3, 173-180 (2010).

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2009

Child Neurology

• "Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome in 13-year Old boy: A Case Report"
  George Imataka, Reina Yamazaki, Shigeko Kuwashima, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 36, 2, 89-93 (2009).

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• "Three Cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome without a History of Shaking"
  George Imataka, Shigeko Kuwashima, Kouji Wake, Keizo Chiba, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 36, 2, 99-102 (2009).

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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Outcome of acute necrotizing encephalopathy in relation to treatment with corticosteroids and gammaglobulin"
  Akihisa Okumura, Masashi Mizuguchi, Hiroyuki Kidokoro, Manabu Tanaka, Sinpei Abe, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Hideo Aiba, Yoshihiro Maegaki, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Takuya Tanabe, Eiko Noda, George Imataka, Hirokazu Kurahashi
  Brain Dev 31, 3, 221-227 (2009).

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  • DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.03.005.
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• "Usefulness of intravenous injection of phenobarbital for convulsions with gastroenteritis (CwG): a first case report"
  Imataka G, Tsuboi T, Kano Y, Yamanouchi H, Arisaka O
  J New Rem & Clin 58, 984-988 (2009).
• "Treatment for status epilepticus using intravenous phenobarbital"
  Imataka G, Igarashi A, Yamanouchi H, Arisaka O
  J New Rem & Clin 58, 1126-1130 (2009).

2008

Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Electroencephalography-guided resection of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: case report"
  George Imataka, Masahiro Ogino, Eiji Nakagawa, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 48, 7, 318-321 (2008).

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  • DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.318
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2007

Child Neurology

• "Survival of trisomy 18 cases in Japan"
  G Imataka, A Nitta, H Suzumura, H Watanabe, H Yamanouchi, O Arisaka
  Genet Couns 18, 3, 303-308 (2007).

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• "Dandy-Walker syndrome and chromosomal abnormalities"
  George Imataka, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Congenit Anom (Kyoto) 47, 4, 113-118 (2007).

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  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2007.00158.x
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• "MRA Diagnosis of Down Syndrome Associated with Moyamoya Syndrome Presenting Multiple Cerebral Infarctions in a 1-year-old Girl"
  George Imataka, Masahiko Mitsui, Naoto Shimura, Teisuke Hashimoto, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 34, 2, 115-118 (2007).

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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Acute purulent meningitis associated with chronic subdural hematoma and subdural hygroma"
  George Imataka, Kenji Miyamoto, Youko Fujiyama, Masahiko Mitsui, Atsushi Yoshida, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Turk J Pediatr 49, 4, 437-440 (2007).

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• "A Case of Schizencephaly Type 1 Associated with West Syndrome that Responded to ACTH Treatment"
  George Imataka, Shigeko Kuwashima, Teisuke Hashimoto, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 34, 1, 57-61 (2007).

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• "Lissencephaly Type 1 Associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome in a 20-Year-old man: a Case Report"
  George Imataka, Masahiko Mitsui, Wataru Konnno, Hideaki Hirabayashi, Jun-ichi Hirao, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 34, 1, 53-56 (2007).

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• "Clustered Tonic Spasms Developed after Disappearance of Hypsarrythmia in West Syndrome"
  George Imataka, Masahiko Mitsui, Teisuke Hashimoto, Hiroshi Suzumura, Jun-ichi Hirao, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 34, 1, 49-52 (2007).

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2006

Child Neurology

• "Brown-Sequard Syndrome in an 8-year-old Girl: a Case Report"
  George Imataka, Gen Yamazaki, Masaho Negishi, Masahiko Mitsui, Norito Kokubun, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 33, 2, 139-141 (2006).

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• "Callosal agenesis followed postnatally after prenatal diagnosis"
  George Imataka, Eiji Nakagawa, Shigeko Kuwashima, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hideo Yamanouchi, Osamu Arisaka
  Congenit Anom (Kyoto) 46, 3, 160-162 (2006).

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  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2006.00120.x.
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• "Expression of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit R1 in the developing human hippocampus"
  George Imataka, Junko Hirato, Yoichi Nakazato, Hideo Yamanouchi
  J Child Neurol 21, 3, 236-239 (2006).

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  • DOI: 10.2310/7010.2006.00060.
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Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Acute infantile encephalopathy predominantly affecting the frontal lobes"
  Hideo Yamanouchi, Naoko Kawaguchi, Masato Mori, George Imataka, Takanori Yamagata, Teisuke Hashimoto, Mariko Momoi, Mitsuoki Eguchi, Masashi Mizuguchi
  Pediatr Neurol 34, 2, 93-100 (2006).

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  • DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.08.002.
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2005

Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "A Patient with Influenza A-associated Encephalopathy Treated with Mild Hypothermic Therapy and Methylprednisolone Pulse Therapy"
  George Imataka, Hitoshi Katashio, Kouji Wake, Eiji Nakagawa, Hideo Yamanouchi, Mitsuoki Eguchi
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 32, 2, 149-152 (2005).

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• "Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood due to Influenza Type A Virus"
  George Imataka, Yuri Hagiwara, Tetsuya Mikami, Eiji Nakagawa, Hideo Yamanouchi, Mitsuoki Eguchi
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 32, 2, 153-155 (2005).

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• "An analysis of epilepsy with chromosomal abnormalities"
  Hideo Yamanouchi, George Imataka, Eiji Nakagawa, Akihisa Nitta, Naomitsu Suzuki, Jun-ichi Hirao, Hiroshi Suzumura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Osamu Arisaka, Mitsuoki Eguchi
  Brain Dev 27, 5, 370-377 (2005).

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  • DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2004.04.012.
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2004

Child Neurology

• "Trisomy 11/22 diagnosed by spectral karyotyping (SKY)"
  G Imataka, Y Takaya, S Hagisawa, H Yamanouchi, M Eguchi
  Genet Couns 15, 3, 391-394 (2004).

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• "Schizencephaly Type 1: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Features"
  Geprge Imataka, Teisuke Hashimoto, Hideo Yamanouchi, Mitsuoki Eguchi
  Dokkyo J Med Sci 31, 2, 159-160 (2004).

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Pediatrics

• "Vitamin D deficiency rickets due to soybean milk"
  G Imataka, T Mikami, H Yamanouchi, K Kano, M Eguchi
  J Paediatr Child Health 40, 3, 154-155 (2004).

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  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00320.x
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2003

Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

• "Reversible altered consciousness with brain atrophy caused by valproic acid"
  Hideo Yamanouchi, Takako Ota, George Imataka, Eiji Nakagawa, Mitsuoki Eguchi
  Pediatr Neurol 28, 5, 382-384 (2003).

  • DOI: 10.1016/s0887-8994(03)00005-5.
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1999

Child Neurology

• "GM2 gangliosidosis AB variant: clinical and biochemical studies of a Japanese patient"
  H Sakuraba, K Itoh, M Shimmoto, K Utsumi, R Kase, Y Hashimoto, T Ozawa, Y Ohwada, G Imataka, M Eguchi, T Furukawa, U Schepers, K Sandhoff
  Neurology 52, 2, 372-377 (1999).

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  • DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.2.372.