Michio Kitajima
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· 70 papers in corpus
· active 2001-2026
Study types
- article 54
- review 6
- other 4
- book-chapter 2
- preprint 2
Condition tags
- endometriosis 60
- infertility 12
- adenomyosis 8
- endometrioma 6
- chronic_pelvic_pain 4
- mesh:D004716 2
- dyspareunia 1
- bowel_endometriosis 1
- dysmenorrhea 1
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- Hideaki Masuzaki 59
- Khaleque Newaz Khan 53
- Akira Fujishita 52
- Kitajima M 39
- Masuzaki H 37
- Fujishita A 33
- Khan KN 32
- Tadayuki Ishimaru 32
- Koichi Hiraki 25
- Ishimaru T 25
2026
BackgroundThyroid autoimmunity (TAI) is prevalent among women of reproductive age and has been associated with impaired fertility; however, its effects on ovarian reserve and infertility treatment outcomes remain controversial.MethodsA narr…
2022
PurposeOvarian tissue cryopreservation and its auto-transplantation is promising technique in fertility preservation. Longevity of grafted tissue is limited though mechanism of follicle reduction is not fully understood. We evaluated histol…
article
2022
More than 10 years following the publication of "The General Rules for Clinical Management of Endometriosis: The second edition" in January 2010, the long-awaited third edition has arrived. The second edition represents the bible for endome…
article
2022
Obstructed hemi-vagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis (OHVIRA) syndrome is a complex of Müllerian and Wolffian duct anomalies constituted by obstructed hemi-vagina that may form hematocolpos with ipsilateral renal anomaly and different degr…
article
2021
PROBLEM: Despite abundant reports on the risk role of uterine outflow tract obstruction in endometriosis, information on the occurrence of endometriosis in women with Chlamydia trachomatis infection causing fallopian tube obstruction is unk…
book-chapter
2021
article
2021
Infertility is a main manifestation of endometriosis, though the exact pathogenesis of endometriosis-associated infertility remains unclear. Compromised ovarian functions may be one of the causes of endometriosis related infertility. The ov…
article
2020
[Background] As its name indicates, anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is primarily found as an inhibitor of Müllerian duct in male fetus. On the other hand, AMH may act as a mediator of Müllerian duct derived female tissue, such as endometrium i…
preprint
2020
Abstract Background Surgery for endometriomas may cause detrimental effects on ovarian reserve. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of three-step laparoscopic surgery for endometriomas utilizing novel progestin, dienogest in terms of p…
preprint
2020
Abstract Background Surgery for endometriomas may cause detrimental effects on ovarian reserve. In this study, we evaluated the safety of three-step laparoscopic surgery for endometriomas utilizing novel progestin, dienogest in terms of pos…
article
2020
Abstract Purpose Surgery for endometriomas may cause detrimental effects on ovarian reserve. We evaluated the safety of three‐step laparoscopic surgery for endometriomas utilizing dienogest in terms of post‐surgical ovarian reserve. Methods…
other
2019
BACKGROUND: Autoimmune reactions and subsequent inflammation may underlie spermatogenic dysfunction and endometriosis-related infertility. The aim of this study is to identify disease-specific antigens in immune complexes (ICs) in seminal p…
review
2018
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease that mainly affects women of reproductive age. The exact pathogenesis of this disease is still debatable. The role of bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) and Toll-like receptor…
article
2018
The ovaries of women of reproductive age may show specific histological structures that may relate to the maintenance of primordial follicles and the regulation of early follicular development, which are keys to understanding the dynamics o…
review
2017
Endometrioma is one of the main pathologies of endometriosis, though its pathogenesis still remains enigmatic. Ovarian reserve is defined as the number and quality of the follicles left in the ovary at any given time. The cause of infertili…
article
2017
article
2016
ObjectiveEndometriosis is commonly believed to originate from functionalis endometrium and adenomyosis from basalis endometrium. Due to the lack of enough information, we investigated the biological differences between these two layers of e…
article
2016
article
2016
article
2016
ObjectiveIncreased intrauterine microbial colonization by bacteria culture method and occurrence of endometritis have been reported in women with endometriosis. Here we investigated microbial colonization in intrauterine environment and cys…
article
2016
BACKGROUND: The different macromolecules as secreted by macrophages (Mw) in the pelvic environment are believed to enhance the growth of endometriosis. However, the possible mediator that stimulates Mw for the production of different growth…
article
2016
article
2015
article
2015
ObjectiveA prominent stress reaction in the pelvis of women with endometriosis and the role of human heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in inflammation and the growth of endometriosis has been recently demonstrated. We report here expression of …
article
2015