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Office
1000 W Carson St
Box 480
Torrance, CA 90502Phone+1 310-222-3695
Education & Training
- Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1954 - 1957
- Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State UniversityResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1953 - 1954
- University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1952 - 1953
- Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 1952
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1953 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 60 citationsL-Glutamine therapy reduces endothelial adhesion of sickle red blood cells to human umbilical vein endothelial cellsYutaka Niihara, Neil M. Matsui, Yamin M Shen, Dean A Akiyama, Cage S. Johnson
BMC Blood Disorders. 2005-07-25 - 11 citationsDesferrioxamine decreases NAD redox potential of intact red blood cells: evidence for desferrioxamine as an inducer of oxidant stress in red blood cells.Yutaka Niihara, Junli Ge, Oded Shalev, Huiyuan Wu, Amy Tu
BMC Clinical Pharmacology. 2002-10-24 - 4 citationsDesferrioxamine (DFO) conjugated with starch decreases NAD redox potential of intact red blood cells (RBC): evidence for DFO as an extracellular inducer of oxidant str...Yutaka Niihara, Oded Shalev, Robert P. Hebbel, Huiyan Wu, Amy Tu
American Journal of Hematology. 2000-12-01
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