BACKGROUND: Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) comprises both natural and unnatural causes of death. However, few epidemiological surveys have investigated SUDI in Japan. OBJECTIVE: This retrospective study was conducted to investigate the ...
This study presents an autopsy case of unexpected sudden death caused by mitochondrial disorders with a subdural hematoma suspected to have manifested from Pearson’s marrow pancreas syndrome in a four-year-old boy. The cause of death was not deter...
Journal of forensic and legal medicine 66 144-146 2019年8月 [査読有り]
An autopsy case of sudden death due to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a 5-year-old boy whose cause of death was not determined during autopsy, but was later determined by postmortem examination, is presented. The boy developed convulsion...
Kozawa S   Ikematsu K   Murase T   Nata M   
Japanese Journal of Alcohol Studies and Drug Dependence 54(1) 25-38 2019年 [査読有り]
Alcohol intake induces cardiovascular effects. We performed a comprehensive analysis of the gene expression profiles of myocardial tissues from a mouse model of alcohol feeding by microarray to clarify the effect of alcohol on myocardium from the ...
Kozawa S   Sekijima H   Nata M   
New Bulletin of Medical Sciences 3(1) 7-14 2019年 [査読有り]
Heatstroke damages various organs, such as the brain and heart, either directly by heat exposure or by systemic inflammatory responses because of hypercytokinemia. Electrolyte drink intake before heat exposure might suppress heat exposure induced ...