H Saito
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· 13 papers in corpus
review
2017
The core definition of endometriosis is when endometrial glands and stoma are identified outside the uterine cavity. It is estimated to affect 2-10% of women in their reproductive age, and 50% of patients complain of infertility. Ovarian en…
other
2004
OBJECTIVES: To clarify the role of specific genetic alterations in the multi-step process of malignant transformation of endometriosis. METHODS: In cases of ovarian endometrioid carcinoma, we separated regions of normal endometriosis, atyp…
case-report
2001
A 52-year-old woman suffered from acute massive myocardial infarction in association with a large thrombus in the ascending aorta. She was a moderate smoker and was taking hormone supplement therapy for menopausal hormone insufficiency and …
observational
2001
OBJECTIVE: Steroid sulfatase (STS) is an important enzyme that converts biological inactive steroid sulfate to active free steroid. As estrogen is thought to play an important role in cell proliferation in gynecological cancer, the existenc…
other
2000
PURPOSE: The objective was to determine the effects of women's age on the ovarian fecundity as assessed by the incidence of apoptotic granulosa cells. METHODS: Twenty-eight normo-ovulatory women underwent ovulation induction for standard I…
nonrandomized-trial
2000
PURPOSE: The aim was to investigate which ovarian hyperstimulation protocol performed in the same patients causes development of oocytes of good quality. METHODS: Twenty normo-ovulatory women underwent three different controlled ovarian hy…
lab-animal
2000
PURPOSE: This study was designed to examine whether hyaluronic acid (HA) inhibits apoptosis in cumulus and mural granulosa cells and to examine whether this effect of HA was mediated through CD44. METHODS: Mural and cumulus granulosa cells…
other
2000
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether folliculogenesis is impaired in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. PATIENT(S): Thirty women participating in an IVF pr…
other
1999
CD44 is a polymorphic and polyfunctional transmembrane glycoprotein widely expressed in many types of cells. Here, the expression of this protein on human membrana granulosa was studied by two techniques. Using confocal laser scanning micro…
other
1998
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of apoptotic bodies in membrana granulosa in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: Yamagata University Hospital. PATIENT(S): Fifty-eight normoovulatory women with en…
1997
nonrandomized-trial
1996
PURPOSE: To discriminate patients with severe mental disorders from those complaining of menopausal symptoms, psychological tests were performed on patients who visited the menopausal clinic. The effectiveness of hormone replacement therapy…
case-report
1991
Three cases of catamenial pneumothorax were presented. A 42-year-old woman with intrapelvic endometriosis had recurrent right-sided pneumothorax with menstruation more than six times. At the operation only a bleb was noted at the apex of th…