Lee DK

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2007-2014

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • infertility 1
2014
Korean journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery ·doi:10.14701/kjhbps.2014.18.2.60

Metastatic carcinoma that causes appendicitis is extremely rare. To our knowledge, metastatic cholangiocarcinoma in the appendix has been reported in only 1 case in the English literature. We report herein the case of an 87-year-old woman w…

article 2014
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2013-3717

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological diseases in women with a prevalence rate of approximately 10%. Chronic pelvic inflammation has been observed in patients with endometriosis and is associated with disease severi…

2013
Cancer research ·doi:10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-0241

Endometrial cancer is preceded by endometrial hyperplasia, unopposed estrogen exposure, and genetic alterations, but the precise causes of endometrial cancer remain uncertain. Mig-6, mainly known as a negative regulator of the EGF receptor,…

2011
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society ·doi:10.4174/jkss.2011.80.6.437

Round ligament varicosities during pregnancy are rare, and can easily be mistaken for an inguinal hernia. On physical examination, round ligament varicosities and groin hernia are difficult to distinguish. The diagnosis of round ligament va…

article 2009
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1095/biolreprod.109.081307

Normal endometrial function requires a balance of progesterone (P4) and estrogen (E2) effects. E2 acts to stimulate the proliferation of uterine epithelial cells, while P4 action inhibits E2-mediated proliferation of the epithelium. P4 thro…

other 2007
PLoS genetics ·doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030102

Progesterone and estrogen are critical regulators of uterine receptivity. To facilitate uterine remodeling for embryo attachment, estrogen activity in the uterine epithelia is attenuated by progesterone; however, the molecular mechanism by …