Large-needle percutaneous aspiration biopsy of the testicle in men with nonobstructive azoospermia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether differences existed in mood and coping styles among fertile men, oligoasthenospermic men, or euspermic men whose wives were undergoing ovulation stimulation with clomiphene and IUI. DESIGN:A cross-sectional research design. SETTING:Hospital-based academic fertility clinic. PATIENT(S):3...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Dhillon R,Cumming CE,Cumming DC

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a 5-year experience of fluoroscopically guided hysteroscopic synechiolysis for Asherman's syndrome. DESIGN:Retrospective, uncontrolled cohort study. SETTING:Department of Endo-Gynaecology, University of New South Wales, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. PAT...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Thomson AJ,Abbott JA,Kingston A,Lenart M,Vancaillie TG

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether advanced sperm retrieval is appropriate in cases of obstructive and nonobstructive azoospermia. DESIGN:Prospective controlled study. SETTING:Tertiary care center. PATIENT(S):Men with obstructive and nonobstructive azoospermia, and their partners. INTERVENTION(S):Surgical sperm retriev...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Jaroudi K,Coskun S,Hollanders J,Al-Hassan S,Al-Sufayan H,Atared A,Merdad T

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop molecular tools increasing the sensitivity of breast cancer micrometastases detection within ovarian tissue cryopreserved for fertility preservation. DESIGN:Expression of breast markers was evaluated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in ovarian tissue from patients with benign or cancerous...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bockstaele L,Boulenouar S,Van Den Steen G,Dechène J,Tsepelidis S,Craciun L,Noël JC,Demeestere I

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the impacts of obesity on women's reproductive health and fertility. DESIGN:Literature review. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENT(S):Forty articles are referenced. The number of patients evaluated in each of the studies varies from 33 to 213,208. INTERVENTION(S):Articles were identified fr...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Lash MM,Armstrong A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrafollicular insemination is a promising new development that may have a major impact on ART, notably in the treatment of male factor infertility. Reported is the first successful intrafollicular insemination in the United States and the first successful intrafollicular insemination for male factor infertility. Alt...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Zbella EA,Tarantino S,Wade R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationships between sperm acrosin activity, sperm morphology evaluated according to strict criteria, visually observed acrosomal morphology, and IVF rates. DESIGN:Prospective analytic study. Acrosin activity was determined on all semen samples together with a standard semen analysis. Empha...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Menkveld R,Rhemrev JP,Franken DR,Vermeiden JP,Kruger TF

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Danazol was found to possess androgenic and glucocorticoid activity in rat bioassays. In contrast, danazol displayed no significant estrogenic activity. In support of these findings, danazol bound to the 8 S androgen receptor of rat prostate cytosol and to the glucocorticoid receptor of rat liver cytosol, but danazol ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Barbieri RL,Lee H,Ryan KJ

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one female volunteers used a superactive stimulatory luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) analog for suppression of ovulation for 3 to 12 months. The potent LH-RH agonist D-Ser(TBU)6-EA10-LH-RH was administered intranasally once daily in a dose of 400 or 600 micrograms. No pregnancies occurred during th...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bergquist C,Nillius SJ,Wide L

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a paucity of data concerning the factors involved in the growth of uterine leiomyomata. The expression of mRNAs encoding EGF and the EGF receptor in myometrial and leiomyoma cultures suggest that EGF may be involved in the autocrine/paracrine regulation of human uterine leiomyomata and myometrial growth. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Yeh J,Rein M,Nowak R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that adrenal androgen (AA) secretion is an inherited trait in PCOS and that serum DHEAS concentrations, as a marker of AA secretion, will be correlated between women with PCOS and their sisters. DESIGN:Prospective case-control. SETTING:Tertiary care center. PATIENT(S):Sixty-two PCOS ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Yildiz BO,Goodarzi MO,Guo X,Rotter JI,Azziz R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether testicular cytology by fine needle aspiration (FNA) may be considered a diagnostic parameter in the evaluation of the azoospermic subject. DESIGN:Cytologic smears were obtained using a 23-G needle, stained with May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain and examined under a light Orthoplan microscope (...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Foresta C,Varotto A,Scandellari C

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the immunoactivity of human follicular fluids (FFs) of ovaries stimulated with exogenous gonadotropins. PARTICIPANTS:Follicular fluids and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained at the time of ovum pick-up from 15 women (25 to 34 years of age) undergoing gonadotropin stimulation...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Macciò A,Mantovani G,Turnu E,Artini P,Contu G,Volpe A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify aldosterone and precursors in ovarian follicles and to relate levels of mineralocorticoids to previously described renin-angiotensin system follicular fluid content. DESIGN:Experimental. SETTING:Academic laboratory and affiliated large private practice. PATIENT(S):Women undergoing oocyte retrie...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Sneeringer R,Penzias AS,Barrett B,Usheva A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a program of human in vitro fertilization (IVF), the results of 204 attempted intracervical embryo transfers (ETs), using a variety of catheters in three trials over 18 months, have been analyzed for the ease of transfer and pregnancy rate. In nulliparous patients, transfers were more difficult than in multiparous ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Leeton J,Trounson A,Jessup D,Wood C

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the extent of phenotypic heterogeneity for premature pubarche and polycystic ovary syndrome between and within families. DESIGN:Association study. SETTING:Academic research environment. PATIENT(S):Three families in which the propositus had presented with either premature pubic hair or adolesce...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Sanders EB,Aston CE,Ferrell RE,Witchel SF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrepancies about a possible relationship between prothrombotic mutations and a decreased uteroplacental blood flow are present in literature. We prospectively evaluated a cohort of pregnant women (n = 41) with bilateral uterine artery notches and found that women with inherited thrombophilia showed a sixfold higher...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Grandone E,Colaizzo D,Martinelli P,Paladini D,di Minno G,Margaglione M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate three approaches to uterine artery occlusion at time of myomectomy as a blood-sparing intraoperative technique. DESIGN:A step-by-step explanation of the procedure with surgical video footage. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENT(S):Patients undergoing laparoscopic myomectomy, for whom a ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Zakhari A,Sanders AP,Murji A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilization, embryo development, and successful pregnancy can be achieved after transfer of embryos derived from brown oocytes at the same rate as embryos from morphologically normal oocytes. Therefore, brown oocytes are probably normal and this morphological criterion does not seem to be indicative of any adverse o...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Esfandiari N,Burjaq H,Gotlieb L,Casper RF

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared the three most commonly used sperm preparation techniques--swim-up, fall-down, and Percoll gradient--for their ability to recover highly motile sperm and minimize bacterial contamination. Eleven human semen samples collected by masturbation were used and run in parallel with the three methods. A s...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Sun LS,Gastaldi C,Peterson EM,de la Maza LM,Stone SC

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship of ovulation-inducing drugs and ovarian cancer. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study, with additional follow-up since initial report. SETTING:Five large reproductive endocrinology practices. PATIENT(S):In a retrospective cohort of 9,825 women evaluated for infertility at five clini...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Trabert B,Lamb EJ,Scoccia B,Moghissi KS,Westhoff CL,Niwa S,Brinton LA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness and safety of the Filshie Clip and Tubal Ring systems when applied via minilaparotomy and laparoscopy. DESIGN:Prospective, multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial, with postoperative evaluation by a physician who was masked to the operative technique. SETTING:Healthy vo...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Sokal D,Gates D,Amatya R,Dominik R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether foot reflexology, a complementary therapy, has an effect greater than sham reflexology on induction of ovulation. DESIGN:Sham-controlled randomized trial with patients and statistician blinded. SETTING:Infertility clinic in Plymouth, United Kingdom. PATIENT(S):Forty-eight women attendi...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Holt J,Lord J,Acharya U,White A,O'Neill N,Shaw S,Barton A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate concentration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in serum and follicular fluid (FF) at the time of oocyte retrieval and to detect expression of G-CSF and its receptor by luteinized granulosa cells (GCs). DESIGN:Collection of serum and FF at the time of oocyte retrieval. SETTING:A u...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Salmassi A,Schmutzler AG,Huang L,Hedderich J,Jonat W,Mettler L

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of hypoxia on the production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) in the human fallopian tube. DESIGN:The secretion of VEGF and sFlt-1 by cultured oviductal epithelial cells (OECs) and oviductal stromal fibroblasts (OSFs) in respo...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Itoh H,Nasu K,Matsumoto H,Kawano Y,Yoshimatsu J,Narahara H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the effect of competition among fertility centers on pregnancy and high-order multiple (HOM) gestation rates after IVF. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Four hundred eight fertility clinics registered with the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology as providing IVF services in 200...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Steiner AZ,Paulson RJ,Hartmann KE

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of Buserelin (Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Somerville, NJ) (0.2 mg subcutaneously [SC] or 1.2 mg intranasally [IN] per day) and danazol (800 mg per day) in inducing ovarian suppression for the management of endometriosis was compared in a prospective randomized study. During 6 months of tre...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Dmowski WP,Radwanska E,Binor Z,Tummon I,Pepping P

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a primate model, we have tested a novel regimen of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist plus pulsatile GnRH for the achievement of controlled restoration of gonadotropin secretion and ovulation induction. As a prelude, ovariectomized cynomolgus monkeys (n = 3) were treated with Antide ([N-Ac-D-Nal(2)...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Gordon K,Williams RF,Danforth DR,Hodgen GD

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential treatment with clomiphene citrate, human menopausal gonadotropin, and human chorionic gonadotropin was successfully applied to 149 women in the framework of an in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer program and led to the birth of normal children. An average of 3.5 follicles was promoted at each cycle. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Plachot M,Mandelbaum J,Cohen JJ,Debache C,Pigeau F,Junca AM

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether bisphenol A (BPA) exposure is associated with uterine decidualization and embryo implantation failure in mice. DESIGN:Experimental animal study and in vitro study. SETTING:University-based infertility center. ANIMAL(S):ICR mice. INTERVENTION(S):Mice treated with different doses of B...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Yuan M,Hu M,Lou Y,Wang Q,Mao L,Zhan Q,Jin F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00