Kyoko Itoh

No ORCID on file · 13 papers in corpus · active 2018-2025

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 2
  • preprint 2
  • erratum 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • adenomyosis 4
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • infertility 1
  • endometrioma 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
article 2025
·doi:10.1016/j.jeud.2025.100133

• Based on demographic profile, menstrual pain and medication usage for menstrual pain, multivariable logistic regression analysis indicted that older age and women with low BMI were found to be possible high-risk factors for the imaging di…

erratum 2024
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.02.004

The authors regret “We are very sorry for the careless printing mistake in the proper alignment of case numbers in Table 2, Table 3 of the mentioned article. These case numbers [(n = 25) and (n = 782)] should be read above the line and belo…

other 2024
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.12.033

OBJECTIVE: We examined the prevalence and risk factors in association with neonatal uterine bleeding (NUB) by retrospective search of contemporary and historical medical records and investigated the possible association between the history …

article 2023
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-023-01099-1

BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that the origin of early-onset endometriosis could be from endometrial mesenchymal stem cells (eMSCs) in neonatal uterine blood (NUB). There is no information on the possible mechanistic basis linking an…

preprint 2022
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1951340/v1
preprint 2022
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1951340/v2

Abstract Neonatal uterine bleeding (NUB) has been postulated to cause early-onset endometriosis, but so far there has been no information on whether young women with a history of NUB may manifest various symptoms related to endometriosis. …

article 2022
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2022.07.009

RESEARCH QUESTION: Would a properly designed educational programme offered to young women improve their awareness and fundamental knowledge of menstrual pain and endometriosis? DESIGN: A multinational cross-sectional study using a pen-and-…

article 2021
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deab090

STUDY QUESTION: Is there any change in the distribution of microvilli and microtubules in the apical endometria of women with adenomyosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: We observed microvilli damage in the apical endometria and an axonemal alteration cha…

other 2021
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.07.014

OBJECTIVE: We examined the hypothesis that antibiotic treatment with or without gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) may decrease intrauterine infection with consequent decrease in tissue inflammation, cell proliferation and angio…

article 2021
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.12421

Abstract Purpose Human adenomyosis has an adverse effect on female fertility. Exact mechanistic basis is still unclear. We investigated the occurrence of chronic endometritis (CE) in different types of human adenomyosis. Methods This is a p…

2020
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242246

Differential expressions of estrogen/progesterone receptors (ER/PR) and individual component of extracellular matrices derived from fibroid are reported. Information on the pattern of change in ER/PR expression and amount of tissue fibrosis…

article 2019
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2019.03.210

Research questionIs there a biological difference between intrinsic and extrinsic adenomyosis with coexisting deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE)?DesignIn this prospective controlled study, biopsy specimens were collected after surgery fr…

article 2018
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.12.015

Research questionIs there any difference in ovarian steroid receptor expression and pattern of fibrosis in focal and diffuse adenomyosis and response to hormonal treatment?DesignProspective controlled study where biopsy samples were prospec…