Professor, Medicine; Associate Professor, MEDICAL ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY, UCLA School of Medicine

Hematology

Dr. Yutaka Niihara works in the field of Hematology. He graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Dr. Yutaka Niihara is a published doctor as well. He has 14 publications published. The latest was: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a patient with sickle cell anemia.

Publications

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• Multiple organ dysfunction in a 33-year-old woman due to hereditary hemochromatosis.
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a patient with sickle cell Anemia.
• Concurrent thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and immune thrombocytopenic purpura in an HIV-positive patient: case report and review of the literature.
• Desferrioxamine (DFO) conjugated with starch decreases NAD redox potential of intact red blood Cells (RBC): evidence for DFO as an extraCellular inducer of oxidant str...
• Oral L-glutamine therapy for sickle cell Anemia: I. Subjective clinical improvement and favorable change in red cell NAD redox potential.
• Increased red cell glutamine availability in sickle cell Anemia: demonstration of increased active transport, affinity, and increased glutamate level in intact red cells.
• Characterization of the anaemia associated with Graves' Disease.
• Aged garlic extract is a potential therapy for sickle-cell Anemia.
• Aged garlic extract may be safe for patients on warfarin therapy.
• L-glutamine therapy reduces endothelial adhesion of Sickle red blood cells to human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
• Inhibiting progression of coronary calcification using Aged Garlic Extract in patients receiving statin therapy: a preliminary study.
• Changing pattern of AIDS: a bone marrow study.
• Desferrioxamine decreases NAD redox potential of intact red blood Cells: evidence for desferrioxamine as an inducer of oxidant stress in red blood Cells.

Schools

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• Loma Linda University

• Kettering Med Center

• Harbor UCLA

Conditions Treated

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• Anemia
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Lymphoma
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Doctors Specialties

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• Hematology
• Medical Oncology
• Oncology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Covered California - Bronze PPO
• Health Net PPO
• Individual and Family PPO
• Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO

Education

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• Harbor - UCLA Medical Center
• Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Torrance Memorial Medical Center
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

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