Ki-ichi Okumura

High serum pentosidine concentrations are associated with increased arterial stiffness and thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes

Noboru Yoshida, Ki-ichi Okumura, Yoshimasa Aso · Metabolism · 2005 · 135 citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pharmacology +9

Relationships of Plasma Interleukin-18 Concentrations to Hyperhomocysteinemia and Carotid Intimal-Media Wall Thickness in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Yoshimasa Aso, Ki-ichi Okumura, Kohzo Takebayashi et al. · Diabetes Care · 2003 · 114 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Immunology +16

Coagulation and inflammation in overt diabetic nephropathy: association with hyperhomocysteinemia

Yoshimasa Aso, Noboru Yoshida, Ki-ichi Okumura et al. · Clinica Chimica Acta · 2004 · 56 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Nephrology +12

Elevated Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A in Sera from Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Hypercholesterolemia: Associations with Carotid Atherosclerosis and Toe-Brachial Index

Yoshimasa Aso, Ki-ichi Okumura, Sadao Wakabayashi et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2004 · 50 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology +14

Results of Blood Inflammatory Markers Are Associated More Strongly With Toe-Brachial Index Than With Ankle-Brachial Index in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Yoshimasa Aso, Ki-ichi Okumura, Teruo Inoue et al. · Diabetes Care · 2004 · 30 citations · Full text

Medicine, Immunology, Internal Medicine +10