Jinju Kim

ObjectiveTo identify the power of tumor markers for predicting ovarian cancer according to menopausal status.MethodsThe medical records of 876 women with ovarian cysts were retrospectively reviewed. Cancer antigen 125 (CA 125), human epidid…

Study objectiveTo investigate the association between the androgen receptor (AR) cytosine, adenine, and guanine (CAG) repeat polymorphisms and endometriosis.Study designA prospective case-control, genetic association study was performed on …

Pathogenesis of the endometriosis is complex and the etiology is still unclear. The objective of this study was to examine that endometrial gene expression in late secretory phase endometrium differs between patients with and without endome…

ObjectiveTo investigate whether specific genetic polymorphisms in the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2B antisense RNA (CDKN2B-AS) gene and near the wingless-type MMTV integration site family member 4 (WNT4) gene are associated with endom…

PROBLEM: To investigate whether the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-γ2 Pro12Ala polymorphism is associated with a risk of advanced-stage endometriosis in a Korean population. METHODS OF STUDY: Case-control study in a colle…

ObjectiveTo investigate whether the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) gene -509 C/T polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to advanced-stage endometriosis.DesignCase-control study.SettingUniversity department of obstetrics …

Objective: To explore the association of the interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene -592 promoter polymorphism with endometriosis in a Korean population. Methods: This study comprised 254 women with surgically or histologically diagnosed endometriosis…