JaLCDOI 10.18926/AMO/31301
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Author Yano, Akemi| Yamamoto, Yuji| Miyaishi, Satoru| Ishizu, Hideo|
Abstract

We performed haptoglobin (Hp) genotyping by polymerase chain reaction using allele-specific primer-pairs. The major six genotypes of Hp were identified using this method. Among Japanese individuals living in Ehime and Okayama Prefectures, the allele frequencies were estimated to be Hp2 = 0.723 and Hp1s = 0.277. Genotyping of Hp was possible with 0.3 ng of DNA and with 0.125 microliter of blood. It was also possible with whole blood left at room temperature for a month and also with the bloodstains left at room temperature for three years. In the heated blood samples, both alleles, Hp2 and Hp1s, were detected in those heated at 100 degrees C for 2 h. In bloodstains, Hp2 and Hp1s were detected in samples heated at 100 degrees C for 2 h and 120 degrees C for 30 min. In addition, the genotype could be detected in samples other than blood such as saliva, hair roots, tissue sections and dental pulps. The present method for Hp genotyping is expected to become a useful method in forensic analysis.

Keywords DNA polymorphism haptoglobin polymerase chain reaction allele-specific amplification personal identification
Amo Type Article
Publication Title Acta Medica Okayama
Published Date 1998-08
Volume volume52
Issue issue4
Publisher Okayama University Medical School
Start Page 173
End Page 181
ISSN 0386-300X
NCID AA00508441
Content Type Journal Article
language English
File Version publisher
Refereed True
PubMed ID 9781267
Web of Science KeyUT 000075623600001
JaLCDOI 10.18926/AMO/30747
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Author Redsch, Oliver| Miyaishi, Satoru| Heinemann, Axel| Fiedler, Georg| Puschel, Klaus| Yamamoto, Hideki| Ishizu, Hideo|
Abstract The authors designed a questionnaire to investigate the differences in German and Japanese general practitioners? (GP) awareness of suicide and attitudes toward patients with suicidal ideation in their respective societies. The purpose of this study was to obtain insights leading to a better means of suicide prevention in primary care in Japan. The background for conducting the study was declining suicides in the past 20 years and the lower suicide rate in Germany compared with the present situation in Japan, where the number of suicides has in recent years continued to exceed 30,000, resulting in a suicide rate approximately 2 times higher than that in Germany. The questionnaire was randomly mailed to GPs in Okayama-Prefecture (western Japan) and Hamburg-State (northern Germany) and was collected in the same way. The patterns of answers were compared between the 2 countries, and the differences were statistically analyzed. Japanese GPs seem to have a lower will to prevent suicide in daily practice compared to German GPs and a great lack of knowledge about treatment of suicidal patients. These observations suggest that improving GPs? interest in the problem of suicide and providing training programs for the treatment of patients with suicidal intentions might be a means of achieving better suicide prevention in Japan.
Keywords suicide prevention general practitioner Japan Germany
Amo Type Article
Publication Title Acta Medica Okayama
Published Date 2006-06
Volume volume60
Issue issue3
Publisher Okayama University Medical School
Start Page 159
End Page 165
ISSN 0386-300X
NCID AA00508441
Content Type Journal Article
language English
File Version publisher
Refereed True
PubMed ID 16838044
Web of Science KeyUT 000238503600003
Author Nanikawa, Ryo| Hashimoto, Yoshiaki| Moriya, Fumio| Miyaishi, Satoru| Nakai, Miyoko| Yang, Xu| Guo, Chun Gang|
Published Date 1990-02
Publication Title 岡山医学会雑誌
Volume volume102
Issue issue1-2
Content Type Journal Article
Author Miyaishi, Satoru| Kitao, Takashi| Moriya, Fumio| Yamamoto, Yuji| Ishizu, Hideo| Ishii, Hiroyuki|
Published Date 1991-10
Publication Title 岡山医学会雑誌
Volume volume103
Issue issue9-10
Content Type Journal Article
Author Ishizu, Hideo| Miyaishi, Satoru| Yamamoto, Yuji| Takata, Shingo|
Published Date 1993-10
Publication Title 岡山医学会雑誌
Volume volume105
Issue issue9-10
Content Type Journal Article
Author Ishikawa, Takaki| Miyaishi, Satoru| Yamamoto, Yuji| Yoshitome, Kei| Inagaki, Sachiyo| Okamura, Michihiko| Ishizu, Hideo|
Published Date 2001-12-31
Publication Title 岡山医学会雑誌
Volume volume113
Issue issue3
Content Type Journal Article
Author Ishikawa, Takaki| Miyaishi, Satoru| Doi, Yusuke| Takata, Tomoyo| Imabayashi, Kiyomi| Inagaki, Sachiyo| Yoshitome, Kei| Yamamoto, Yuji| Ishizu, Hideo|
Published Date 2003-01-31
Publication Title 岡山医学会雑誌
Volume volume114
Issue issue3
Content Type Journal Article
Author Ishikawa, Takaki| Furusato, Masakuni| Yoshitome, Kei| Miyaishi, Satoru| Ishizu, Hideo|
Published Date 2005-05-30
Publication Title 岡山医学会雑誌
Volume volume115
Issue issue1
Content Type Journal Article
Author Miyaishi, Satoru|
Published Date 2008-05-01
Publication Title 岡山医学会雑誌
Volume volume120
Issue issue1
Content Type Journal Article
Author 宮石 智|
Published Date 1991-03-28
Publication Title
Content Type Thesis or Dissertation