Katsunori Kashima

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2003-2013

Study types

  • article 4
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
article 2013
Journal of human genetics ·doi:10.1038/jhg.2013.32

Our previous genome-wide association study has demonstrated that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in intronic and downstream regions of IL1A (interleukin 1α) were associated with the risk of endometriosis. These SNPs on the ge…

article 2012
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.01963.x

Ovarian pregnancy very rarely occurs and its exact mechanism is unclear. Here, we report a case of ovarian pregnancy resulting from cryopreserved blastocyst transfer. The patient was a 34-year-old woman who had undergone bilateral ovarian c…

article 2012
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/des080

BACKGROUND: Endometriotic cells display invasive characteristics, despite their benign histological appearance. Recently, the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, in which epithelial cells acquire mesenchymal and migratory properties, has att…

other 2003
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deg192

BACKGROUND: Although the aetiology of endometriosis remains unclear, many immunological abnormalities involving changes in cell-mediated and humoral immunity may be associated with endometriosis. Several disorders are thought to be associat…

article 2003
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(03)00340-0

OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to examine the prevalence of endometriosis among female siblings of patients with endometriosis in Japan. METHODS: A total of 339 patients with endometriosis were questioned about endometriosis in their s…