Yang YC
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· 11 papers in corpus
observational
2026
BACKGROUND/AIM: Pterygium is a common ocular surface disorder with multifactorial etiology involving environmental exposure and immune dysregulation. Interleukin-12 (IL-12), a key immunomodulatory cytokine, has been implicated in inflammati…
observational
2024
BACKGROUND/AIM: The activity and expression of matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP7) have been found to be upregulated in the late stages of endometriosis. However, the contribution of MMP7 genotype to endometriosis has seldom been examined. Th…
observational
2021
Endometriosis is a common systemic chronic inflammatory disease. Inflammation is the key mechanism responsible for the development of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. We aimed to investigate the risk of coronary artery disease (…
observational
2021
Background: Air pollution is speculated to affect the reproductive health of women. However, a longitudinal association between exposure to air pollution and dysmenorrhea has not been identified, which this study aimed to examine this point…
observational
2021
Background: Abnormalities in the immune system of endometriosis has been demonstrated and may reflect the chronic inflammatory response or the autoimmune reaction to the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a…
observational
2020
Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is the second common histology of epithelial ovarian cancer in Taiwan. Stage IC is common, especially during minimally invasive surgery. Adjuvant chemotherapy in stage IC OCCC is unavoidable, and paclitax…
observational
2020
BACKGROUND: Women with endometriosis (EM) have increased vulnerability to certain psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety, as well as bipolar disorder (BD). This study investigates the risk of BD development in EM patients. …
observational
2020
PURPOSE: The etiology of endometriosis is mostly under-explored, but abnormalities in the immune system leading to an autoimmune reaction have been suggested. The systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the most common autoimmune disea…
case-report
2011
A 37-year-old woman presented with a brownish tumor protruding from her umbilicus, noting that it bled cyclically, with her menstrual period. Her medical history was significant for dysmenorrhea and recent resections of endometriomas.
other
2007
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a microwave endometrial ablation (MEA) procedure to treat patients with menorrhagia after endometrial curettage but without medical pretreatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From February to Sep…
case-report
1994
Although gynecologic laparoscopic surgery has recently become a routine and widespread operative procedure in Taiwan, the potential risks and complications in the clinical practice of laparoscopy should not be overlooked. Whilst the inciden…