AIMS: Although skin manifestations are common in diabetic patients, its characteristics are poorly identified. This study explored the differentiation process of keratinocytes in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in vivo. METHODS: Back skin of T2DM ...
OBJECTIVES: Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis after a stressor. We hypothesized that frail older adults would tend to have electrolyte imbalances because they should have many stressors together with f...
OBJECTIVES: A highly invasive pathological diagnosis is necessary to differentiate central diabetes insipidus (CDI) with a thickened pituitary stalk. Lymphocytic infundibulo-hypophysitis (LIH) due to autoimmune involvement of the pituitary stalk i...
PURPOSE: To explore the clinical significance of anti-rabphillin-3A antibody for the differential diagnosis of lymphocytic panhypophysitis. METHODS AND RESULTS: A 58-year-old Japanese man developed uveitis of unknown cause in 2017. In 2019, he bec...
Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) is a rare condition caused by various underlying diseases including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and neoplasms. Obtaining an accurate definitive diagnosis of the underlying cause of CDI is difficult. Recen...