MASANORI IGARASHI, M.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Neurology & Pediatrics

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Address

777 Washington Ave. #335

Memphis, TN 38105

Tel: (901) 287-4513

Education

M.D. Institution: University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Residency Training : Pediatrics, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Research Interests

Muscle and nerve disorders

Recent Publications

• Escolar D, Buyse G, Bertorini T, Igarashi M. CINRG randomized controlled trial of Creatinine and glutamine in Duchenne muscular atrophy. Annals of Neurology 2005; 58: 151-155
• Igarashi M. Floppy Infant Syndrome. Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 2004; 6: 69-90
• Bertorini TE, Igarashi M. Congenital Muscular Dystrophy. In Neuromuscular Diseases Expert Clinician's View. Ed. Pourman R., 2001 Butterworth & Heinemann
• Bertorini TE, Sebes JI, Palmieri GMA, Igarashi M, Horner LH. Diltiazem in Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Neurology 50: A205, 1998
• Igarashi M. Rose DF. Storgion S. Moebius Syndrome and Central Respiratory Dysfunction. Pediatric Neurology 16: 237-40; 1997
• Palmieri GA, Bertorini TE, Griffin JW, Igarashi M, Karas JG. Assessment of whole body composition with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Correlation of lean body mass with muscle function. Muscle and Nerve; 19: 777-779; 1996

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