Shizu Aikawa

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 2017-2026

Study types

  • article 3
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • adenomyosis 4
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • endometriosis 2
  • infertility 2
article 2026
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2026.105699

RESEARCH QUESTION: Does adenomyosis increase the risk of thromboembolic events, including both arterial and venous thromboembolism, compared with endometriosis, and what clinical factors may contribute to this association? DESIGN: This ret…

other 2026
Journal of the Endocrine Society ·doi:10.1210/jendso/bvag056

Adenomyosis is an intractable gynecological disorder that can give rise to severe pelvic pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, and infertility, predominantly affecting women of reproductive age. The limited efficacy of current pharmacological int…

2026
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.70028

PurposeRecurrent implantation failure (RIF) is a form of refractory infertility that persists despite assisted reproductive technology. Cine magnetic resonance imaging (cine MRI) enables the visualization of uterine peristalsis; however, it…

article 2025
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-025-03817-w

Adenomyosis often causes dysmenorrhea in women of reproductive age. Progestins such as levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) are often used for treatment, but some patients experience progesterone resistance, showing poor treatment r…

2023
Cell death & disease ·doi:10.1038/s41419-023-05832-x

Infertility occurs in 15% of couples worldwide. Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is one of the major problems in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) programs, and how to manage patients with RIF to achieve successful pre…

article 2022
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/endocr/bqac044

Adenomyosis is a benign uterine disease that causes dysmenorrhea, heavy menstrual bleeding, and infertility; however, its pathophysiology remains unclear. Since signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is crucial for endom…

2017
The EMBO journal ·doi:10.15252/embj.201696290

During pregnancy, up-regulation of heparin-binding (HB-) EGF and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the uterine epithelium contributes to decidualization, a series of uterine morphological changes required for placental formation and fetal develop…