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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
- 36 citationsIncreased red cell glutamine availability in sickle cell anemia: Demonstration of increased active transport, affinity, and increased glutamate level in intact red cellsYutaka Niihara, Charles R. Zerez, Dean S. Akiyama, Kouichi R. Tanaka
The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 1997-07-01 - 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 - 28 citationsAntioxidant metabolism during blood storage and its relationship to posttransfusion red cell survivalNeil A. Lachant, Nancy A. Noble, Byron A. Myrhe, Kouichi R. Tanaka
American Journal of Hematology. 1984-11-01
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