Kim H
ORCID: 0000-0003-0356-5042
· 88 papers in corpus
lab-animal
2011
Recent studies have shown that leptin (an adipocytokine) played an important role in nociceptive behavior induced by nerve injury, but the cellular mechanism of this action remains unclear. Using the whole-cell patch-clamp recording from ra…
review
2011
Rectal submucosal lesions encompass a wide variety of benign and malignant tumors involving the rectum. With optical colonoscopy, any mass-like protrusion covered by normal mucosa, whether the underlying process is intramural or extramural …
observational
2011
PROBLEM: To investigate the association between endometriosis, transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFB1) gene polymorphisms, and serum TGF-β1 levels in Korean women. METHOD OF STUDY: The -509C/T, 868T/C, 913G/C and 979G/A polymorphisms of the …
other
2010
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the "mushroom cap" sign on T2-weighted MR imaging in patients with submucosal tumors in the rectosigmoid colon. METHODS: From January 2001 to August 2009, 12 patients with four different di…
case-report
2009
Malignant transformation of endometriosis is an infrequent complication. Clear cell carcinoma from endometriosis is very rare in the paraovarian cyst. To date no cases have been reported. We report a case of clear cell carcinoma arising fro…
observational
2009
BACKGROUND: Altered expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) has been reported to be involved in the development of endometriosis. The genotypes of eNOS gene (NOS3) may be responsible for variation in its enzymatic activity as…
case-report
2009
Among women with intestinal endometriosis, the sigmoid colon and rectum are the most commonly involved areas. Sometimes, the differential diagnosis of colorectal endometriosis from carcinoma of the colon and rectum is difficult due to simil…
nonrandomized-trial
2008
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term clinical effects of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) on adenomyosis. STUDY DESIGN: A LNG-IUD was inserted into 47 patients who were diagnosed with adeno…
observational
2008
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the associations between endometriosis and the G(-2518)A polymorphism of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), and serum and peritoneal fluid MCP-1 levels in Korean women. STUDY DESIGN: The G(-2518)A polymorphi…
observational
2008
PROBLEM: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the polymorphisms of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNT-alpha) and TNF receptor (TNFR) genes and serum levels of TNF-alpha and its soluble receptor (sTNFR) in Kore…
observational
2004
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between the alpha 2-Heremans Schmidt glycoprotein (AHSG) gene polymorphism and endometriosis. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University …
observational
2001
The expression patterns of CD44s and CD44v6 were immunohistochemically compared with those of normal, hyperplastic and malignant endometrium. In normal endometria (n=37), endometrioses (n=46) and adenomyoses (n=20), the surface and glandula…
case-report
1992
Vesical endometriosis is the abnormal growth of endometrial tissue in the bladder. Usually small lesions occur. Three cases of endometriosis of the bladder are presented. Each case demonstrates a large intravesical lesion with striking radi…