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Takumi Kudo

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1 Prognostic impact of serum thyroglobulin doubling-time under thyrotropin suppression in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma who underwent total thyroidectomy. Thyroid 2011 1.96
2 Our experience of treatment of cribriform morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma; difference in clinicopathological features of FAP-associated and sporadic patients. Endocr J 2011 1.72
3 Methimazole-induced agranulocytosis in patients with Graves' disease is more frequent with an initial dose of 30 mg daily than with 15 mg daily. Thyroid 2009 1.48
4 Benefit of short-term iodide supplementation to antithyroid drug treatment of thyrotoxicosis due to Graves' disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2009 1.47
5 Prognostic factors for recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma in the lymph nodes, lung, and bone: analysis of 5,768 patients with average 10-year follow-up. World J Surg 2012 1.47
6 Cloning and characterization of the 5(')-flanking region of the human ghrelin gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003 1.18
7 Clinical characteristics of 852 patients with subacute thyroiditis before treatment. Intern Med 2008 1.18
8 Menstrual disturbances in various thyroid diseases. Endocr J 2010 1.14
9 Serial changes in liver function tests in patients with thyrotoxicosis induced by Graves' disease and painless thyroiditis. Thyroid 2008 1.13
10 Relationship of biochemically persistent disease and thyroglobulin-doubling time to age at surgery in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Endocr J 2012 0.99
11 Effect of levo-thyroxine replacement on non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in hypothyroid patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 0.96
12 TSH-suppressive doses of levothyroxine are required to achieve preoperative native serum triiodothyronine levels in patients who have undergone total thyroidectomy. Eur J Endocrinol 2012 0.96
13 The RASSF6 tumor suppressor protein regulates apoptosis and the cell cycle via MDM2 protein and p53 protein. J Biol Chem 2013 0.93
14 Prognostic significance of changes in serum thyroglobulin antibody levels of pre- and post-total thyroidectomy in thyroglobulin antibody-positive papillary thyroid carcinoma patients. Endocr J 2013 0.93
15 Roles of mammalian sterile 20-like kinase 2-dependent phosphorylations of Mps one binder 1B in the activation of nuclear Dbf2-related kinases. Genes Cells 2009 0.89
16 Initial treatment with 15 mg of prednisolone daily is sufficient for most patients with subacute thyroiditis in Japan. Thyroid 2013 0.86
17 Intravenous administration of ghrelin stimulates growth hormone secretion in vagotomized patients as well as normal subjects. Eur J Endocrinol 2004 0.86
18 Two-day thionamide withdrawal prior to radioiodine uptake sufficiently increases uptake and does not exacerbate hyperthyroidism compared to 7-day withdrawal in Graves' disease. Endocr J 2006 0.86
19 A novel homozygous missense mutation of the dual oxidase 2 (DUOX2) gene in an adult patient with large goiter. Thyroid 2008 0.86
20 Sporadic congenital hyperthyroidism due to a germline mutation in the thyrotropin receptor gene (Leu 512 Gln) in a Japanese patient. Endocr J 2006 0.84
21 Prognosis of low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma patients: its relationship with the size of primary tumors. Endocr J 2011 0.84
22 Expression of RASSF6 in kidney and the implication of RASSF6 and the Hippo pathway in the sorbitol-induced apoptosis in renal proximal tubular epithelial cells. J Biochem 2012 0.82
23 Lymph node recurrence in patients with N1b papillary thyroid carcinoma who underwent unilateral therapeutic modified radical neck dissection. World J Surg 2012 0.82
24 Prognostic factors of papillary thyroid carcinoma vary according to sex and patient age. World J Surg 2011 0.80
25 Differentiation of postpartum Graves' thyrotoxicosis from postpartum destructive thyrotoxicosis using antithyrotropin receptor antibodies and thyroid blood flow. Thyroid 2014 0.80
26 Multiple thyroid cysts may be a cause of hypothyroidism in patients with relatively high iodine intake. Thyroid 2010 0.80
27 Reference values of serum calcitonin with calcium stimulation tests by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay before/after total thyroidectomy in Japanese patients with thyroid diseases other than medullary thyroid carcinoma. Endocr J 2016 0.79
28 Benign thyroid teratomas manifest painful cystic and solid composite nodules: three case reports and a review of the literature. Endocrine 2006 0.79
29 Pathological characteristics of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma with progression during active surveillance. Endocr J 2016 0.79
30 Improvement of lymph node recurrence rate, but not distant recurrence and carcinoma death rates, in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma after disease-free survival for 5 years. Endocr J 2012 0.79
31 Effect of L-thyroxine replacement on apolipoprotein B-48 in overt and subclinical hypothyroid patients. Endocr J 2012 0.78
32 Kinetic analyses of changes in serum TSH receptor antibody values after total thyroidectomy in patients with Graves' disease. Endocr J 2015 0.76
33 Effect of high dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy followed by oral prednisolone administration on the production of anti-TSH receptor antibodies and clinical outcome in Graves' disease. Endocr J 2005 0.76
34 Partial prediction of postpartum Graves' thyrotoxicosis by sensitive bioassay for thyroid-stimulating antibody measured in early pregnancy. Endocr J 2016 0.76
35 Effects of Pregnancy on Papillary Microcarcinomas of the Thyroid Re-Evaluated in the Entire Patient Series at Kuma Hospital. Thyroid 2015 0.75
36 Pathologic features of polycystic thyroid disease: comparison with benign nodular goiter. Endocr J 2011 0.75
37 Sustained fever resolved promptly after total thyroidectomy due to huge Hashimoto's fibrous thyroiditis. Endocrine 2007 0.75
38 Low serum IGF-I/GH ratio is associated with abnormal glucose tolerance in acromegaly. Horm Res 2008 0.75
39 A case of hypothyroid Graves' disease following external radiation therapy to the cervical region. Endocr J 2006 0.75
40 Serial changes in liver function tests in patients with subacute thyroiditis. Thyroid 2008 0.75
41 Successful use of iodine and levothyroxine to treat Graves' disease in a pregnant patient with allergy to antithyroid drugs and high thyrotropin-binding inhibitor immunoglobulin after radioiodine therapy. Thyroid 2005 0.75
42 Histopathological diagnoses of "accessory" thyroid nodules diagnosed as benign by fine-needle aspiration cytology and ultrasonography. Thyroid 2012 0.75
43 Calcitonin doubling time in medullary thyroid carcinoma after the detection of distant metastases keenly predicts patients' carcinoma death. Endocr J 2016 0.75
44 Thyroxine treatment may be useful for subclinical hypothyroidism in patients with female infertility. Endocr J 2014 0.75
45 Occurrence of thyroxine tablet (Thyradin S(®)) - induced liver dysfunction in a patient with subclinical hypothyroidism. Endocr J 2015 0.75
46 Errata:Preoperative diagnostic algorithm of primary thyroid lymphoma using ultrasound, aspiration cytology, and flow cytometry [Endocrine Journal Vol. 64 (9): 859-865, 2017]. Endocr J 2017 0.75
47 Prognostic significance of carcinoma extension from primary lesions and metastatic nodes in papillary thyroid carcinoma: appropriateness of three subdivisions of extension. Endocr J 2011 0.75
48 The prevalence of transient thyrotoxicosis after antithyroid drug therapy in patients with Graves' disease. Thyroid 2008 0.75
49 The prevalence of polycystic thyroid disease in hypothyroid patients with negative thyroid autoantibodies. Thyroid 2010 0.75