Publication

Acute Encephalopathy・Status Epilepticus・Epilepsy

2023

• "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

• "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.

2021

• "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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• "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
• "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
• "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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• "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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2020

• "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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• "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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• "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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2019

• "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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• "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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2018

• "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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• "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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2017

• "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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• "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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2016

• "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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• "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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• "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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2015

• "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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• "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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• "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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2014

• "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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• "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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2013

• "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

• "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

• "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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• "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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2010

• "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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• "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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2009

• "Treatment for status epilepticus using intravenous phenobarbital"
  Imataka G, Igarashi A, Yamanouchi H, Arisaka O
  J New Rem & Clin 58, 1126-1130 (2009).
• "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).

2008

• "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

• "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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• "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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• "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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• "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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2006

• "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

• "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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• "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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• "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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2003

• "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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