Epidemiological Studies of Specified Rare and Intractable Disease

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This book presents research findings from epidemiological studies investigating chronic and intractable diseases with unidentifiable causes from a clinical perspective. Each chapter provides the latest findings on specific diseases, including procedures for their study, insights into their causes, risk factors and preventive factors providing a foundation for new ideas and further development as well as establishing treatment procedures. Epidemiological Studies of Specified Rare and Intractable Disease(Nanbyo in Japanese) is a valuable resource for both new and established researchers as well as students who are seeking information on public health and on environmental and clinical epidemiology. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Introduction of Epidemiological Studies of “Nanbyo” (Masakazu Washio, Yutaka Inaba)....Pages 1-13 Risk Factors for Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (Mitsumasa Umesawa, Koji Uchiyama, Hiroshi Taneichi, Gen Kobashi)....Pages 15-31 Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology of Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in Japan (Wakaba Fukushima)....Pages 33-45 Risk Factors in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Kazushi Okamoto)....Pages 47-59 Case-Control Study of Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease in Japan (Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Miyake)....Pages 61-81 Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) in Japan (Nagato Kuriyama, Masakazu Miyajima, Madoka Nakajima, Takeo Kato, Michiko Kurosawa, Wakaba Fukushima et al.)....Pages 83-102 Case-Control Study of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Japan (Yoshihiro Miyake)....Pages 103-116 Epidemiology of Ulcerative Colitis in Japan (Satoko Ohfuji)....Pages 117-131 Epidemiology of Crohn’s Disease in Japan (Koji Uchiyama, Mitsumasa Umesawa, Yasuo Haruyama, Toshimi Sairenchi, Gen Kobashi)....Pages 133-146 The Role of Gene–Environment Interaction in the Etiology of SLE (Chikako Kiyohara, Masakazu Washio)....Pages 147-162 Epidemiological Studies of Specified Rare and Intractable Disease (Naoyasu Ueda, Takahiko Horiuchi)....Pages 163-183