Joanne Y. Kwak-Kim, M.D., Associate Professor Specialty: OB/GYN
1. Kwak YH, Cho JS and Park TK. Psychological and physical changes both before and after hysterectomy. Korean J Obstet Gynecol 1987;30:1260-1277. 2. Kwak HM, Song CH and Kwak YH. A clinical trial of the multiload copper-375 intrauterine contraceptive device among Korean women. Korean J Obstet Gynecol 1987;30:1543-1548. 3. Beer AE, Kwak JYH. What is the evidence for immunologic pregnancy loss?: lymphocyte immunization the supportive view. In: Mowbray JF and Chaoaut G, eds. Molecular and cellular biology of maternal-fetal relationship. Paris: Inserm Libbey, 1990;285-295. 4. Kwak JYH, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD, and Beer AE.: Reproductive outcome in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions of alloimmune and autoimmune etiologies; pre and post conception treatment. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1992:166;1787-1798. 5. Kwak JYH, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD and Beer AE. Autoantibodies in women with primary recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) of unknown etiology. J Reprod Immunol 1992:22;15-31. 6. Barini R, Kwak-Kim JYH, Beer AE. Immunologia da Reproducao. In: Neme B ed. Obstetricia Basia. 1st Edi. Sao Paulo: Sarvier. 1994:938-945. 7. Beer AE, Kwak JYH. Recurrent spontaneous abortions, Immunological evaluation. In: Quilligan EJ and Zuspan FP eds. Current therapy in obstetrics and gynecology. 4th Edi. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. 1994:300-305. 8. Beer AE, Kwak JYH, Beaman KD, Gilman-Sachs A. Antiphospholipid antibodies in women with recurrent pregnancy losses: Elicitation, expression and therapy. In: Mowbray JF and G Chauat eds. Molecular and cellular biology of maternal-fetal relationship. 1992:256-272. 9. Bahar AM, Kwak JYH, Beer AE, Kim JH, Nelson LA, Beaman KD, Gilman-Sachs A. Antibodies to phospholipids and nuclear antigens in non-pregnant women with unexplained spontaneous recurrent abortions. J Reprod Immunol 1993:24;213-222. 10. Lubinski J, Vrdoljak, VJ, Beaman KD, Kwak JYH, Beer AE, Gilman-Sachs A. Characterization of antibodies induced by paternal lymphocyte immunization in couples with recurrent spontaneous abortion. J Reprod Immunol 1993:24;81-96. 11. Kwak JYH, Barini R, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD, Beer AE. Down regulation of maternal antiphospholipid antibodies during early pregnancy and pregnancy outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1994;171:239-246. 12. Beer AE, Kwak JYH, Gilaman-Sachs A, Beaman KD. New horizons in the evaluation and treatment of recurrent pregnancy loss. In: Hunt JS, ed. Serono Symposia, USA Immunobiology of reproduction. Norwell: Springer-Verlag 1994:316-334. 13. Ober C, Steck T, van der Ven K, Billstrand C, Messer L, Kwak J, Beaman K, Beer A. MHC Class II compatibility in aborted fetuses and term infants of couples with recurrent spontaneous abortion. J Reprod Immunol 1993:25;195-207. 14. Beer AE, Kwak JYH, Ruiz J. Reproductive Immunology. In: Rich RR, Fleisher TA, Schwartz BD, Shearer WT, Stober W, eds. Clinical Immunology. 1995;Vol 2:1537-1550. 15. Beer AE, Kwak JYH, Ruiz JE. The Biological basis of fetal cellular material into the maternal circulation. Ann N Y Acad Scien 1994:731;21-35. 16. Kwak JYH, Beer AE, Cubillos J, Sandoval P, Mendoza JC, Espinel F. Biological basis of fetoplacental antigenic determinants in the induction of the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and recurrent pregnancy loss. Ann N Y Acad Scien 1994:731;242-245. 17. Chedid A, Chadalawada KR, Morgan TR, Moritz TE, Mendenhall CL, Hammond JB, Emblad PW, Cifuentes DC, Kwak JY, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD. Phospholipid antibodies in alcoholic liver disease. Hepatology 1994;20:1465-1471. 18. Ruiz JE, Cubillos J, Mendoza JC, Espinel F, Kwak JYH, Beer AE. Autoantibodies to phospholipids and nuclear antigens in non-pregnant and pregnant Colombian women with recurrent spontaneous abortions. J Reprod Immunol 1995:28;41-51. 19. Steck T, van der Ven K, Kwak J, Beer A, Ober C. HLA DQA1 and HLA DQB1 haplotypes in aborted fetuses and couples with recurrent spontaneous abortion. J Reprod Immunol 1995:29;95-104. 20. Kwak JYH, Quilty EA, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD, Beer AE. Intravenous immunoglobulin G infusion therapy in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions of immune etiologies. J Reprod Immunol. 1995:28;175-188. 21. Kwak JYH, Beaman KD, Gilman-Sachs A, Ruiz JE, Schewitz D, Beer AE. Up-regulated expression of CD56+, CD56+/16+ and CD19+ cells in peripheral blood lymphocytes in pregnant women with recurrent pregnancy losses. Am J Reprod Immunol 1995;34:90-96. 22. Beaman KD, Beer AE, Kwak JYH, Gilman-Sachs A. Immunological evaluation of women with recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) of putative immunological origin. Immunopathology 1995:19;59-68. 23. Gilman-Sachs A, Kwak-Kim JYH, Beer AE, Beaman KD. Reproductive Immunology: Laboratory tests for analysis of recurrent spontaneous abortion. Clin Immunol News Lett 1995;15:23-26. 24. Kwak JYH, Beaman KD, Gilman-Sachs A, Ruiz J, Shewitz D, Beer AE. Up-regulated expression of CD56+, CD56+/16+, and CD19+ cells in peripheral blood lymphocytes in women with recurrent pregnancy loss. Clin Immunol News Lett. 1995;15:17-22. 25. Engemann KJ, Beer AE, Kwak JYH, Gruber L. Analysis of health insurance coverage for reproductive immunology. Human Reprod 1996:11;72-76. 26. Ruiz AM, Kwak JYH, Kwak F, Beer AE. Impact of age on reproductive outcome in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions and infertility of immune etiology. Am J Reprod Immunol 1996;35:408-414. 27. Beer AE, Kwak JYH, Ruiz EJ. Immunophenotypic profiles of peripheral blood lymphocytes in women with recurrent pregnancy losses and in infertile women with multiple failed in vitro fertilization cycles. Am J Reprod Immunol 1996;35:376-382 28. Kwak JYH, Kwak FMY, Ainbinder SW, Ruiz A, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD, Beer AE. Elevated peripheral blood natural killer cells are effectively down regulated by immunoglobulin G infusion in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions. Am J Reprod Immunol 1996;35:363-369. 29. Ruiz JE, Kwak JYH, Baum L, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD, Kim YB, Beer AE. Effect of intravenous immunoglobulin G on natural killer cell activity in vitro in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion. J Reprod Immunol 1996;31:125-141. 30. Ruiz JE, Kwak JYH, Beaman KD, Beer AE. Effect of intravenous immunoglobulin G on natural killer cell activity in vivo in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion. Am J Reprod Immunol 1996:35:370-375. 31. Kwak JYH, Kwak FM, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD and Beer AE: Intravenous immunoglobulin G infusion therapy in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions of immune etiology. In: Kazatchkine MD and Morell A, eds. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Research and Therapy. New York: Parthenon Publishing Group, 1996:368-369. 32. Mantouvalos H, Exarchakos AV, Kwak JYH and Beer AE. Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in Greek women with recurrent spontaneous abortions of alloimmune and autoimmune etiology. In: Kazatchkine MD and Morell A, eds. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Research and Therapy. New York: Parthenon Publishing Group, 1996:370. 33. Coulam CB, Clark DA, Beer AE, Kutteh WH, Silver R, Kwak J, Stephenson M. Current clinical options for diagnosis and treatment of recurrent spontaneous abortion. Am J Repro Immnol 1997; 38:57-74. 34. Beer AE and Kwak JYH: Immunology of Normal Pregnancy In: Shearer WI and Mofenson L, eds. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, HIV and women and pregnancy. 1998 :18;249-270. 35. Kwak JYH, Gilman-Sachs A, Moretti M, Beaman KD and Beer AE. Natural Killer cell cytotoxicity and paternal lymphocyte immunization in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions. Am J Reprod Immunol, 1998;40:352-358. 36. Kwak JYH, Beer AE, Kim SH, Mantoubalos HP. Immunopathology of the implantation site utilizing monoclonal antibodies to natural killer cells in women with recurrent pregnancy losses. Am J Reprod Immunol, 1999:41;91-98. 37. Gilman-Sachs A, DuChateau B, Aslakson C, Ghislaine P, Wohlgemuth M, Kwak J, Beer AE and Beaman K. The Use of a Flow Cytometric Natural Killer(NK) Cell Cytotoxicity Assay to Determine the Relationship Between NK Cell Subsets and Cytotoxicity. Am J Reprod Immunol 1999:41;99-105. 38. Kwak JYH, Kwak FM, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD, Cho DD and Beer AE. Immunoglobulin G infusion treatment for women with recurrent abortions and elevated CD56+ natural killer cells. Early pregnancy: Biology and Medicine, 2000:4;154-164. 39. Beer AE, Kwak-Kim JYH, Cubillos J. Immunología del embarazo normal. Medicina Reproductiva 1999:2;35-45. 40. Grene, E., Pinto, LA, Kwak-Kim, JY, Giorgi, JV, Landay, AL, Kessler, HA, Beer, AE and Searer, GM: Increased levels of anti-CCR5 antibodies in sera from individuals immunized with allogeneic lymphocytes. AIDS 2000 10;14(16):2627-8. 41. Beer, AE and Kwak-Kim, JYH: Assessment of antiphospholipid antibodies in IVF – relevance to incidence and success rates. Clinical Application of Immunological Investigations Vol. 1, No. 2:64-68, 2001. 42. Beer, AE and Kwak-Kim, JYH: Intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG: dream or reality? Clinical Application of Immunological Investigations Vol. 1, No. 2:69-74, 2001. 43. Ng SC, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD, Beer AE, Kwak-Kim JYH. Expression of Intracellular Th1 and Th2 Cytokines in Women with Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion, Implantation Failures after IVF/ET or Normal Pregnancy. Am J Reprod Immunol. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2002 Aug;48(2):77-86. 44. Kwak-Kim JYH, Chung-Bang HS, Ng SC, Ntrivalas EI, Beaman KD, Beer AE Gilman-Sachs A. Increased T helper 1 cytokine responses by circulating T cells are present in women with recurrent pregnancy losses and in infertile women with multiple implantation failures after IVF. Human Reproduction 2003;18 (4): 767-773
1. Heparin, Aspirin, Prednisone, Immunoglobulin G instruction (For patient education) 2. Beer AE and Kwak JYH. Immuno-genetic studies define a new etiology and treatment for recurrent pregnancy losses. The Genetics Letter (Alfigen: The Genetics Institute Newsletter) 1992. 3. Beer, AE and Kwak, JYH: Assessment of antiphospholipid antibodies in IVF-Relevance to Incidence and Success Rates. ART: State of the Art: Serono Symposium 1999. 4. Beer, AE and Kwak, JYH: Intravenous Immunoglobulin G (IVIG) Dream or Reality. ART: State of the Art, Serono Symposium 1999.
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