• Investigates chronic and intractable diseases with unidentifiable causes

• Presents insights from epidemiological studies from a clinical perspective

• Provides a foundation for new ideas, further development and establishing treatment procedures

  Investigates chronic and intractable diseases with unidentifiable causes Presents insights from epidemiological studies from a clinical perspective Provides a foundation for new ideas, further development and establishing treatment procedures

  Autorentext

  Masakazu Washio

St. Mary's College

Kurume, Japan

Gen Kobashi

Dokkyo Medical University

Tochigi, Japan

Inhalt

1 Introduction.- 2 Risk factors for Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament in Japan.- 3 Descriptive and analytic epidemiology of idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head in Japan.- 4 Risk factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Screlosis.- 5 Risk and preventive factors for Parkinson's disease in Japan.- 6 Descriptive and analytic epidemiology of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) in Japan.- 7 Risk and preventive factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Japan.- 8 Epidemiology of ulcerative colitis in Japan.- 9 Epidemiology of Crohn's disease in Japan.- 10 The role of gene environment interaction in the aetiology of SLE.- 11 TNF receptorassociated periodic syndrome (TRAPS).