Epidemiological Studies of Specified Rare and Intractable Disease

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
 Introduction of Epidemiological Studies of “Nanbyo”  (Masakazu Washio, Yutaka Inaba)....Pages 1-13
 Risk Factors for Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament  (Mitsumasa Umesawa, Koji Uchiyama, Hiroshi Taneichi, Gen Kobashi)....Pages 15-31
 Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology of Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in Japan  (Wakaba Fukushima)....Pages 33-45
 Risk Factors in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis  (Kazushi Okamoto)....Pages 47-59
 Case-Control Study of Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease in Japan  (Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Miyake)....Pages 61-81
 Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) in Japan  (Nagato Kuriyama, Masakazu Miyajima, Madoka Nakajima, Takeo Kato, Michiko Kurosawa, Wakaba Fukushima et al.)....Pages 83-102
 Case-Control Study of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Japan  (Yoshihiro Miyake)....Pages 103-116
 Epidemiology of Ulcerative Colitis in Japan  (Satoko Ohfuji)....Pages 117-131
 Epidemiology of Crohn’s Disease in Japan  (Koji Uchiyama, Mitsumasa Umesawa, Yasuo Haruyama, Toshimi Sairenchi, Gen Kobashi)....Pages 133-146
 The Role of Gene–Environment Interaction in the Etiology of SLE  (Chikako Kiyohara, Masakazu Washio)....Pages 147-162
 Epidemiological Studies of Specified Rare and Intractable Disease  (Naoyasu Ueda, Takahiko Horiuchi)....Pages 163-183