Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (Makiko Taira)
2026.03.11

1.   Mizuta Ikuko, Yamashita Fumio, Sutoh Yoichi, et al. Significant Correlation Between White Matter Hyperintensity Volume and Rare NOTCH3 Variants in the General Japanese Population. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2026; 26 (2): . doi:10.1111/ggi.70400  
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6.   Shiraki Akihiko, Hirayama Atsushi, Fuse Nobuo, et al. Prevalence and Associations of Epiretinal Membrane by OCT in a Japanese Population-Based Cohort: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization Eye Study. Ophthalmology Science. 2025; 5 (4): 100752. doi:10.1016/j.xops.2025.100752  
7.   Mori Naoko, Mugikura Shunji, Hozawa Atsushi, et al. Language Registration-Based Scoring System for Handwritten Logical Memory of Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised: Developed and Validated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2025; 267 (1): 2025.J006. doi:10.1620/tjem.2025.J006  
8.   Kodama Eiichi N, Taira Makiko, Kiyomoto Hideyasu. Urgent Notification Intervention of Home Blood Pressure in Cohort Studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project. JMA Journal. 2024; 7 (3): 342-352. doi:10.31662/jmaj.2023-0215  
9.   Hozawa Atsushi, Nakaya Kumi, Nakaya Naoki, et al. Progress Report of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study: Study Profile of the Repeated Center-based Survey During Second Period in Miyagi Prefecture. Journal of Epidemiology. 2024; 34 (9): JE20230241. doi:10.2188/jea.JE20230241  
10.   Miki Atsuya, Fuse Nobuo, Fujimoto Satoko, et al. Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Inter-Eye Differences of Refractive Errors in a Population-Based Japanese Cohort: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Eye Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 2024; 31 (1): 46-54. doi:10.1080/09286586.2023.2203226  
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12.   Taira Makiko, Mugikura Shunji, Mori Naoko, et al. Tohoku Medical Megabank Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study: Rationale, Design, and Background. JMA Journal. 2023; 6 (3): 246-264. doi:10.31662/jmaj.2022-0220  
13.   Sato Shuichi, Imaeda Takao, Mugikura Shunji, et al. Association Between Olfactory Test Data with Multiple Levels of Odor Intensity and Suspected Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2023; 95 (4): 1469-1480. doi:10.3233/JAD-230318  
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15.   Ohneda Kinuko, Hiratsuka Masahiro, Kawame Hiroshi, et al. A Pilot Study for Return of Individual Pharmacogenomic Results to Population-Based Cohort Study Participants. JMA Journal. 2022; 5 (2): . doi:10.31662/jmaj.2021-0156  
16.   Fuse Nobuo, Sakurai Miyuki, Motoike Ikuko N., et al. Genome-wide Association Study of Axial Length in Population-based Cohorts in Japan. Ophthalmology Science. 2022; 2 (1): 100113. doi:10.1016/j.xops.2022.100113  
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