Shimizu K
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· 11 papers in corpus
diagnostic-accuracy
2025
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We identified a fully sialylated glycopeptide of the α-chain of Complement 4 binding protein (C4BP) in blood using Liquid chromatography/Mass spectrometry, which helps differentiate ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) f…
other
2025
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop and validate a screening tool tailored for working women to comprehensively assess premenstrual symptoms-including physical, psychological, and work-related domains-and to examine its reliability, vali…
nonrandomized-trial
2021
PURPOSE: To determine the influence of a patient education and care program on the quality of life (QOL) of female patients undergoing non-assisted reproductive technology (ART) fertility treatment. METHODS: Participants completed the MOS …
observational
2020
Background: Low fertility persists but remains unexplained in Japan. We examined whether the probability of pregnancy was influenced by coital frequency, age, reproductive age (assessed by antimüllerian hormone, AMH), and BMI. Methods: We e…
nonrandomized-trial
2019
BACKGROUND: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a fibro-inflammatory disease of the pancreas. Early diagnosis and intervention, before CP becomes established and irreversible, are essential to improve the long-term outcomes. The world's first diag…
case-report
2017
A 49-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to macroscopic hematuria. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed left hydronephrosis, a tumor at her left ureter, pseudoaneurysm and ovarian cystoma. Prior to the operation, the t…
other
2017
Endometriosis is a benign gynecologic disease characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrium and associated with inflammation and immune abnormalities. However, the molecular basis for endometriosis is not well understood. To address …
lab-animal
2014
OBJECTIVES: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a chronic fibro-inflammatory disease of the pancreas constituting, in part, a recently defined nosological entity of IgG4-related systemic sclerosing diseases. The pathogenetic factors of AIP hav…
lab-animal
2011
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a lack of prostaglandin E receptor 4 (EP4) on bone marrow-derived cells would increase local inflammation and enhance the formation of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in vivo. METHODS AND RESULTS: Prostaglandi…
case-report
1997
A 34-year-old woman with a left ovarian cyst (clinically diagnosed as endometrial cyst) was treated with 400 mg of danazol per day. On the next day, after a total dose of only 600 mg of danazol, gingival bleeding and purpura occurred. Her l…
other
1985
CA 125, CA 19-9, TPA and IAP were useful for diagnosis of ovarian cancer. CA 125 was localized immunohistochemically in the surface and cytoplasma of cancer cells of serous cystadenocarcinomas, clear cell carcinomas, endometrioid carcinomas…