Kunihiro Okamura
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· 18 papers in corpus
· active 2000-2013
Study types
- article 13
- other 4
- review 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 17
- dysmenorrhea 3
- infertility 2
- adenomyosis 2
- chronic_pelvic_pain 1
- dyspareunia 1
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Frequent coauthors
- Okamura K 16
- Takashi Murakami 13
- Murakami T 13
- Nobuo Yaegashi 10
- Terada Y 9
- Yukihiro Terada 9
- Sachiko Matsuzaki 9
- Matsuzaki S 8
- Yaegashi N 8
- Michel Canis 7
article
2013
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have indicated new physiological roles for erythropoietin (Epo) unrelated to erythropoiesis. We previously demonstrated that the Epo concentrations in peritoneal ¯uid from patients with stage I endometriosis were …
other
2008
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid (ALA) on human adenomyosis xenografts in a mouse model. DESIGN: Human adenomyosis tissues were implanted SC into nude mice. We measured 5-aminolevulinic aci…
article
2007
Endometriotic nodules in the lower genital tract often cause dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia. We report here a case of posterior vaginal fornix endometriosis that was overlooked for several years. We performed a trans-vaginal resection after t…
article
2006
ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of a selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor on endometriosis xenografts in immunodeficient mice.DesignProspective placebo-controlled study.SettingAn academic facility at a Japanese university graduate…
article
2006
ObjectiveTo evaluate the potential of photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid (ALA) on human adenomyosis-derived cells compared with endometrial stromal cells.DesignIn vitro study.SettingDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku…
review
2006
Endometriosis is a condition characterized by ectopic endometrial tissues located outside of the uterus, most commonly found on the pelvic peritoneum or ovary. Endometriosis, which occurs in 7-10% of women in the general population and 71-8…
article
2004
ObjectiveTo identify any relationship between cyclooxygenase-2 expression and the intensity of severe, endometriosis-related dysmenorrhea.DesignProspective study.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Patients with deep endometriosis.Interven…
other
2004
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Cox-2 inhibition on surgically induced endometriosis in rats. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized study SETTING: Academic facility. ANIMAL(S): Seventy adult female Sprague-Dawley rats. INTERVENTION(S): Uterine fragmen…
other
2003
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clonality of ectopic gland cells in peritoneal endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. University hospital. PATIENT(S): Seventeen women with surgically diagnosed endometriosis. INTERVENTION(S): Samples of …
article
2003
article
2003
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have indicated new physiological roles for erythropoietin (Epo) unrelated to erythropoiesis. We previously demonstrated that the Epo concentrations in peritoneal fluid from patients with stage I endometriosis were…
other
2003
PROBLEM: We sought to examine the role of Hsp60, a 60-kDa stress-responsive protein (hsp60) with potent immunostimulatory properties, in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. We investigated the response of peritoneal fluid mononuclear cell…
article
2002
To estimate the probability of pregnancy in infertile women with endometriosis, two series of multivariate analyses were performed in Tohoku University Hospital. In the first series, from 1993 to 1997, 103 patients participated. The Cox pro…
article
2001
ObjectiveTo quantify and compare messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of ER-alpha and ER-beta among ovarian endometriotic cysts and red and black peritoneal endometriotic lesions.DesignProspective study.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Patients …
article
2001
ObjectiveThis study was undertaken to evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of the cell cycle inhibitor p27Kip1 and proliferation marker Ki67 in peritoneal endometriosis and eutopic endometrium.DesignProspective study.SettingUniversit…
article
2001
A 21-year-old-woman had a double uterus with noncommunicating right uterine horn and communicating left uterine horn. The pelvic cavity showed evidence of endometriosis and adhesions from previous laparotomy. A finger was inserted under lap…
article
2001
ObjectiveTo investigate the angiogenic status of the vasculature in peritoneal endometriosis based on macroscopic appearance.DesignProspective study.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Patients with peritoneal endometriosis.Intervention(s)…
article
2000
ObjectiveTo quantify messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of the two estrogen receptor isoforms, estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-alpha) and estrogen receptor-beta (ER-beta) in the eutopic endometrium and ovarian endometriotic cysts.DesignProspective stu…