Rapid staining for the sperm penetration assay using a bisbenzimide dye.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether supplementation with hCG throughout the secretory phase of hormonally modulated cycles of frozen-thawed embryos might positively affect the outcome of such cycles. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized controlled trial. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENT(S):Patients undergoing frozen-...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Ben-Meir A,Aboo-Dia M,Revel A,Eizenman E,Laufer N,Simon A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To improve the maturation rate of murine and human germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes using human tubal epithelial cells (hTECs). DESIGN:Murine and human GV oocytes were randomized to human tubal fluid (HTF) media alone or cocultured with mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) or primary hTECs or immortalized hTECS (...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Lee HJ,Quaas AM,Wright DL,Toth TL,Teixeira JM

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A specially designed rigid salpingoscope has been developed to allow inspection of the tubal mucosa during laparoscopy. The presence and extent of intratubal adhesion formation can be evaluated more accurately by this technique than by either HSG or laparoscopy. In 22 patients with bilateral hydrosalpinges, an intraut...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： De Bruyne F,Puttemans P,Boeckx W,Brosens I

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The argon laser offers several theoretical advantages over excision, electrocautery, or CO2 laser therapy for the treatment of peritoneal implants of endometriosis. Therefore, a study of the feasibility of the argon laser for the treatment of endometriosis was performed using five virgin New Zealand White rabbits. Fol...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Keye WR Jr,Matson GA,Dixon J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two models of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devices were studied. Model A was designed to deliver 20 micrograms/day, and model B was designed to deliver 30 micrograms/day. Plasma concentrations of levonorgestrel were determined in blood samples taken from women who used the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterin...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Nilsson CG,Lahteenmaki PL,Luukkainen T,Robertson DN

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the pregnancy rates (PR) and live birth rates in once- versus twice-frozen ET treatment cycles in the same cohort of women. DESIGN:A retrospective study. SETTING:Fertility clinics, IVF Australia, New South Wales. PATIENT(S):The study population was all women who underwent thawing of twice-frozen...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Koch J,Costello MF,Chapman MG,Kilani S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the potential role of extraovarian factors such as endometrium in the reproductive outcome of obese patients. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:University-affiliated infertility clinic, between January 2001 and July 2005. PATIENT(S):Women undergoing a total of 2656 first ovum donation (OD) cyc...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bellver J,Melo MA,Bosch E,Serra V,Remohí J,Pellicer A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the daily levels of salivary progesterone (P) during the menstrual cycles of adolescent girls 14 to 19 years of age and the occurrence of anovulations and defective luteal phases. DESIGN:The salivary P levels were analyzed by radioimmunoassay from three age groups of girls (n = 65) and compared with...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Vuorento T,Huhtaniemi I

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the outcome of repeated electroejaculation for obtaining semen from adolescents and young men before initiation of anticancer therapies. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study. SETTING:Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. PATIENT(S):Six young male patients (average age, 18+/-3 years) with dia...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Hovav Y,Dan-Goor M,Yaffe H,Almagor M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In rodents, evidence suggests that the leptin system is mandatory for embryonic implantation. We aimed to investigate the functional relevance of the endometrial leptin receptor (OB-R) in the adhesion phase of human implantation. DESIGN:We used an in vitro model for embryonic adhesion, composed of a human en...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Cervero A,Domínguez F,Horcajadas JA,Quiñonero A,Pellicer A,Simón C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the use and effectiveness of IVF in a cohort of women undergoing surgery for endometriosis. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENT(S):Four hundred thirty-eight patients who attempted to become pregnant after conservative surgery for endometriosis. INTERVENTION(S):Interview. M...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Somigliana E,Daguati R,Vercellini P,Barbara G,Benaglia L,Crosignani PG

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a child with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) born after assisted reproductive technology (ART) to an HIV serodiscordant couple. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENT(S):A child with BWS born after ART to an HIV serodiscordant couple. INTERVENTION(S):Assisted reproductive...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kuentz P,Bailly A,Faure AC,Blagosklonov O,Amiot C,Bresson JL,Roux C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether routine prolactin measurement was of use when investigating men with infertility. Prolactin levels were slightly higher in men with primary infertility, compared with men with secondary infertility and a fertile control group. Although this slight increase was statist...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Hargreave TB,Richmond JD,Liakatas J,Elton RA,Brown NS

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies to both anionic and zwitterionic phospholipids in women with early recurrent pregnancy losses (RPLs). DESIGN:Retrospective data analysis. SETTING:Tokai University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan. PATIENT(S):One hundred thirty-nine patients with unexplaine...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Sugi T,Katsunuma J,Izumi S,McIntyre JA,Makino T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomic distances along retroperitoneal, inguinal, and infrainguinal segments of the vas deferens were measured in 14 formalin fixed cadavers and in 15 recently postmortem males. There were no significant differences in segment lengths between the two groups nor between the right and left vasa. Data from the recent p...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Buch JP,Woods T

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) on morphologic outcome in children. DESIGN:Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial (RCT). SETTING:University hospital. PATIENT(S):Two-year-old children born to mothers who participated in an RCT on the efficacy of PGS: 50 children born af...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Beukers F,van der Heide M,Middelburg KJ,Cobben JM,Mastenbroek S,Breur R,van der Lee JH,Hadders-Algra M,Bos AF,Kok JH,PGS Study Group.

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comprehensive "one-stop shop" ultrasound evaluation of an infertile woman, performed around cycle days 5 to 9, will reveal abundant information about the anatomy and morphology of the pelvic organs and thereby avoid costly radiation and iodinated contrast exposure. We propose a two-dimensional and three-dimensiona...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Groszmann YS,Benacerraf BR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review a 12-year experience of the world's three largest preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) centers. DESIGN:Multicenter analysis of the clinical outcome of PGD. SETTING:In vitro fertilization programs at the Reproductive Genetics Institute, Chicago, Illinois; Saint Barnabas Medical Center, West Oran...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Verlinsky Y,Cohen J,Munne S,Gianaroli L,Simpson JL,Ferraretti AP,Kuliev A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-designed and -conducted clinical trials are needed to further advance the field for reproductive medicine. However, current reporting of outcomes of trials is ambiguous and disparate. In this review it is offered that the preferred outcome for clinical trials in reproductive medicine should be live birth. Multipl...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Barnhart KT

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, in rats, how surgically induced endometriosis and a control surgery (partial hysterectomy; sutures in abdomen) affects micturition thresholds and bladder vascular permeability. DESIGN:Two animal studies, each performed in three groups of urethane-anesthetized rats in proestrus. SETTING:Academi...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Morrison TC,Dmitrieva N,Winnard KP,Berkley KJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is one of the most serious, and potentially lethal, complications of controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). Induction of final oocyte maturation with a bolus of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist (GnRHa), instead of the criterion standard hCG, in patients undergoing o...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Fatemi HM,Garcia-Velasco J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early years of in vitro fertilization, overall pregnancy rates were low, and it was considered necessary to transfer more than one embryo to increase the chances of pregnancy. It was not until advances in assisted reproductive technologies resulting in increased pregnancy rates that the concept of transferring ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Adamson GD,Norman RJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the heparin-glutathione test (HEGLUT) for the selection of viable sperm for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Valencia and Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad. PATIENT(S):Semen samples...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Vendrell FJ,Rubio C,Tarín JJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle on the mammary gland of female cynomolgus monkeys. DESIGN:Paired breast biopsy samples were obtained during the follicular and luteal phases of the cycle. Cycle characteristics were assessed by vaginal bleeding, serum hormones, vaginal ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Stute P,Wood CE,Kaplan JR,Cline JM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify nerve fibers and mast cells in human ovaries at different functional stages. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Research laboratory of the university. SPECIMEN(S): 8 human ovaries in the follicular (cyclic) phase, 7 polycystic ovaries, and postmenopausal ovaries with (n=5) or without (n=7) hype...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Heider U,Pedal I,Spanel-Borowski K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure activin A concentrations in uterine washing fluid collected from women with couple infertility undergoing intrauterine insemination (IUI). DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. SETTING:Tertiary university center for women's care. PATIENT(S):Fifty women, of whom 25 became pregnant after up to ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Florio P,Bruni L,Galleri L,Reis FM,Borges LE,Bocchi C,Litta P,De Leo V,Petraglia F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the hypersensitive status of PRL secretion in normoprolactinemic infertile women and determine the incidence of occult hyperprolactinemia among them. DESIGN:The potential for PRL secretion was examined in 463 women. SETTING:Outpatient clinic in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Three hundred sixty-...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Asukai K,Uemura T,Minaguchi H

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between educational level and cycle outcomes was quantified by applying multivariable logistic and linear regression within a prospective cohort of 2,569 women commencing their first in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. Although a woman's educational attainment was not associated with the likelihood of ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Mahalingaiah S,Berry KF,Hornstein MD,Cramer DW,Missmer SA

更新日期：2011-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A preliminary report on the effect of the addition of caffeine to 45 frozen sperm samples, in order to restore the effectiveness and motility of frozen stored human sperm, is presented. The addition of 7.2 mM caffeine proved optimal and resulted in 40% to 80% increased sperm motility after 30 days of frozen storage. T...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Barkay J,Zuckerman H,Sklan D,Gordon S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that oligo-ovulatory ovulation is associated with hyperandrogenemia in the absence of other clinical signs of androgen excess. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort controlled. SETTING:Tertiary care university-based outpatient clinic. PATIENT(S):Thirty-two consecutive nonhirsute oligo-ovulator...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Allen SE,Potter HD,Azziz R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00