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Koichi Nishimura

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1 COPD in Japan: the Nippon COPD Epidemiology study. Respirology 2004 2.81
2 Analysis of the factors related to mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: role of exercise capacity and health status. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 2.41
3 CT scan findings of emphysema predict mortality in COPD. Chest 2010 1.57
4 Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respirology 2008 1.32
5 Surveillance of pathogens in outpatients with gastroenteritis and characterization of sapovirus strains between 2002 and 2007 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. J Med Virol 2009 1.18
6 Longitudinal deteriorations in patient reported outcomes in patients with COPD. Respir Med 2006 1.18
7 Optimal cutoff level of breath carbon monoxide for assessing smoking status in patients with asthma and COPD. Chest 2003 1.11
8 Natural Japanese encephalitis virus infection among humans in west and east Japan shows the need to continue a vaccination program. Vaccine 2010 1.05
9 COPD and disease-specific health status in a working population. Respir Res 2013 1.00
10 Exercise capacity deterioration in patients with COPD: longitudinal evaluation over 5 years. Chest 2005 0.98
11 Operation for lung cancer in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: surgical contraindication? Ann Thorac Surg 2003 0.98
12 Large coalescent parenchymal nodules in pulmonary sarcoidosis: "sarcoid galaxy" sign. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2002 0.91
13 Association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the suppressor of cytokine signaling 2 (SOCS2) gene with type 2 diabetes in the Japanese. Genomics 2006 0.90
14 Comparison of the responsiveness of different disease-specific health status measures in patients with asthma. Chest 2002 0.90
15 Dyspnoea with activities of daily living versus peak dyspnoea during exercise in male patients with COPD. Respir Med 2005 0.90
16 Dietary intake of isoflavones and polyunsaturated fatty acids associated with lung function, breathlessness and the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: possible protective effect of traditional Japanese diet. Mol Nutr Food Res 2010 0.88
17 Analysis of longitudinal changes in dyspnea of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational study. Respir Res 2012 0.88
18 Relationship between different indices of exercise capacity and clinical measures in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Heart Lung 2002 0.86
19 Change in generic and disease-specific health-related quality of life during a one-year period in patients with newly detected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiration 2002 0.86
20 Molecular epidemiology of the attachment glycoprotein (G) gene in respiratory syncytial virus in children with acute respiratory infection in Japan in 2009/2010. J Med Microbiol 2012 0.85
21 A comparison of the effects of salbutamol and ipratropium bromide on exercise endurance in patients with COPD. Chest 2003 0.84
22 Genetic analysis of the VP4/VP2 coding region in human rhinovirus species C in patients with acute respiratory infection in Japan. J Med Microbiol 2013 0.84
23 Predictive properties of different multidimensional staging systems in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2011 0.84
24 Follow-up survey of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in Kumamoto Prefecture, South-West Japan: status during 2009-2011. Jpn J Infect Dis 2012 0.83
25 Multidimensional analyses of long-term clinical courses of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Allergol Int 2010 0.83
26 A comparison of the responsiveness of different generic health status measures in patients with asthma. Qual Life Res 2003 0.83
27 EBV-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma arising in the chest wall with surgical mesh implant. Pathol Int 2008 0.83
28 Do vegetables and fruits reduce the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A case-control study in Japan. Prev Med 2009 0.83
29 Detection of endogenous DNA adducts, O-carboxymethyl-2'-deoxyguanosine and 3-ethanesulfonic acid-2'-deoxycytidine, in the rat stomach after duodenal reflux. Cancer Sci 2008 0.82
30 Antibodies to bovine serum albumin in human sera: problems and solutions with casein-based ELISA in the detection of natural Japanese encephalitis virus infections. Jpn J Infect Dis 2010 0.81
31 Development of an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method for pear (Pyrus communis L.) with leaf-section and axillary shoot-meristem explants. Plant Cell Rep 2005 0.81
32 Analysis of longitudinal changes in the psychological status of patients with asthma. Respir Med 2007 0.81
33 A confirmation of sapovirus re-infection gastroenteritis cases with different genogroups and genetic shifts in the evolving sapovirus genotypes, 2002-2011. Arch Virol 2012 0.80
34 Improvements in quadriceps force and work efficiency are related to improvements in endurance capacity following pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients. Intern Med 2011 0.80
35 Identification and quantification of the oxidation products derived from α-acids and β-acids during storage of hops ( Humulus lupulus L.). J Agric Food Chem 2013 0.80
36 New cyclic peptides from Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis SWINGLE. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2002 0.80
37 Possible maximal change in the SF-36 of outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. J Asthma 2004 0.78
38 Soy consumption and risk of COPD and respiratory symptoms: a case-control study in Japan. Respir Res 2009 0.78
39 Longitudinal changes in patient vs. physician-based outcome measures did not significantly correlate in asthma. J Clin Epidemiol 2005 0.77
40 Exercise responses during endurance testing at different intensities in patients with COPD. Respir Med 2004 0.77
41 A discriminative study of health-related quality of life assessment in HIV-1-infected persons living in Japan using the Multidimensional Quality of Life Questionnaire for persons with HIV/AIDS. Int J STD AIDS 2004 0.76
42 Alcohol consumption in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Japan. Asia Pac J Public Health 2008 0.75
43 Low hospital referral rates of school scoliosis screening positives in an urban district of mainland China. Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 0.75
44 Urinary incontinence in men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Int J Urol 2008 0.75
45 [Approach to sick building problem in schools: a workshop "Saga Forum on Environment" project]. Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi 2009 0.75
46 Letter from the guest editor: Interstitial pneumonia and related disorders. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2013 0.75
47 Association of impaired respiratory function with urinary incontinence. Respirology 2009 0.75
48 Opioid use in end-of-life care in patients with interstitial pneumonia associated with respiratory worsening. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother 2013 0.75
49 Rapid method for the analysis of plutonium isotopes in a soil sample within 60 min. Anal Sci 2006 0.75
50 Longitudinal changes in airflow limitation and airway hyperresponsiveness in patients with stable asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2002 0.75