Kondo M

Gallbladder abscess is extremely rare. Aseptic abscesses are sometimes observed in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) with no history of colectomy; however, it is rare for an aseptic abscess in the gallbladder to develop after sur…

BackgroundVilaprisan is a selective progesterone receptor modulator with demonstrated efficacy in the management of uterine fibroids (UFs).ObjectivesTo evaluate the safety and efficacy of vilaprisan in Japanese women with UFs and heavy mens…

PURPOSE: To analyze whether response to the GnRH test is a predictor of empty follicle syndrome (EFS) and to analyze independent risk factors for EFS. METHODS: The GnRH test results of 3765 patients from 2016 to 2018 were used to define th…

PURPOSE: Dysmenorrhea negatively affects women's quality of life and poses a considerable economic burden. A recent study in Japanese patients with dysmenorrhea (NCT01892904) reported a significant reduction in the number of days with menst…

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a life-threatening disease and there is an urgent need to develop improved therapeutic approaches. The role of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in PDAC stroma is not well defined even though dense des…

BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhea is a common condition in women, which is characterized by menstrual pain. Low-dose estrogen/progestin combined oral contraceptives have been shown to reduce the severity of dysmenorrhea symptoms, and a 28-day cyclic…

We assessed the associations between preoperative and postoperative serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels and parameters of endometriosis and endometriomas surgery with the success of infertility treatments after cystectomy. Seventeen o…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the serum antimüllerian hormone (AMH) levels recover within 1 year after cystectomy for endometriomas, and to analyze the pattern of sequential changes in the serum AMH levels. DESIGN: Prospective study. …

A reduced response to progesterone in the eutopic endometrium with endometriosis and in endometriotic tissues is considered to be the underlying factor for endometriosis. CD10 is known to be expressed by endometrial and endometriotic stroma…

PURPOSE: This study evaluated the changes in psychological stress during in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) and the relationship of such stress to the patients' background and gender. METHODS: Sixty couples undergoing IVF-…

Authors present the statistics of the diagnosis and treatment of infertile patients who visited the outpatient clinic of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, J…