Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the plasma asymmetric dimethyl arginine (ADMA) levels and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:University medical center. PATIENT(S):Thirty-five patients with PCOS and 31 healthy controls. INTERVENTION(S):Peripheral venous puncture, ultrasonography, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Plasma ADMA, serum FSH, LH, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), free T and total T, insulin, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglyceride, homocysteine, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein, and carotid IMT. RESULT(S):The PCOS group had higher levels of androgens, triglycerides, homocysteine, insulin, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance when compared with controls. There were no significant differences in ADMA levels and IMT between the two groups. The fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, fibrinogen, and C-reactive protein levels were not different among the groups. Intima-media thickness was significantly correlated with DHEAS, but there was no association between IMT and ADMA. CONCLUSION(S):Results of our study revealed that ADMA levels and carotid IMT in patients with PCOS are not different from healthy controls.
journal_name
Fertil Steriljournal_title
Fertility and sterilityauthors
Pamuk BO,Torun AN,Kulaksizoglu M,Ertugrul D,Ciftci O,Kulaksizoglu S,Yildirim E,Demirag NGdoi
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.073subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-03-01 00:00:00pages
1227-33issue
4eissn
0015-0282issn
1556-5653pii
S0015-0282(08)04432-4journal_volume
93pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:To report a case of Klinefelter's syndrome with unilateral absence of vas deferens. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Tertiary-care infertility clinic. PATIENT(S):A 28-year-old man with the complaint of infertility. INTERVENTION(S):None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Physical examination, genetic and hormonal evalua...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.02.017
更新日期:2010-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.04.030
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of coital lubricants and oils on sperm motility. DESIGN:Comparative prospective in vitro study. SETTING:University Andrology laboratory. PATIENT(S):Twenty-two normozoospermic donors. INTERVENTION(S):Semen samples were incubated in modified human tubal fluid (mHTF) control and in 10...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.12.024
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To describe the use of Essure microinsert placement in patients with hydrosalpinges before IVF. DESIGN:Retrospective case-series. SETTING:An advanced endoscopic practice within a university-affiliated teaching hospital. PATIENT(S):Five women with unilateral or bilateral hydrosalpinges on transvaginal ultra...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.050
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a patient undergoing hMG-induced superovulation who demonstrated delayed excretion of hCG, originally believed to be because of successive biochemical pregnancies. However, sequential hCG titers after administration of exogenous hCG demonstrated a longer than normal half-life for the excretion of hCG in this...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54618-4
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To report a rare case of true hermaphroditism presenting in adolescence as bilateral gynecomastia in a phenotypic male. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENT(S):A 19-year-old phenotypic male who presented with pronounced bilateral gynecomastia and was ultimately diagnosed with true h...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.09.036
更新日期:2005-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00298-8
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Semen analyses were performed and serum and seminal plasma prolactin (PRL) concentrations were determined in 165 samples from 120 men seen with their wives because of infertility. The mean (+/- standard deviation) serum and seminal plasma PRL concentrations were 6.5 +/- 3.3 and 7.5 +/- 3.1 ng/ml, respectively. The mea...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59664-2
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine whether patients support a mandatory single blastocyst transfer (mSBT) policy in IVF. DESIGN:Prospective survey study. SETTING:Academic hospital-based infertility center. PATIENT(S):Two hundred sixty-two female patients presenting for fresh or cryopreserved/thawed ET after IVF. INTERVENTION(S...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.1140
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine if human luteinized granulosa cells (GCs) exhibit angiotensin II (AII) receptors and if AII affects GC steroidogenesis. DESIGN:Luteinized GCs were either treated immediately or maintained in culture for up to 6 days before use. The presence of functional AII receptors was evaluated using the fol...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55630-1
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Certainly, varicoceles can have a substantive effect on sperm production in infertile males. In addition, varicocele repair may optimize sperm production. However, additional studies and evaluation of the role of varicocele repair in men with this condition (nonobstructive azoospermia) are warranted. ...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.11.057
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Dihydrotestosterone released continuously from a subcutaneously implanted Silastic elastomer was more potent than testosterone in reducing circulating gonadotropin and androgen concentrations and in inducing testicular atrophy and infertility despite normal ejaculatory function as judged by the presence of vaginal plu...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)45566-4
更新日期:1981-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::No nerve fibers are found in endometriomas or in the endometrioma-containing ovaries. These findings are consistent with our previous report that no correlation exists between the presence of nerve fibers and endometriosis. ...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.11.049
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of supernumerary preovulatory follicular reduction as an approach to avoid multiple pregnancies in ovulation induction or superovulation cycles. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Tertiary referral center. PATIENT(S):In 26 cycles, 24 patients underwent ovulation induction or superov...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02379-2
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Hammen semen quality classification system is a fertility index with six qualities based on sperm count, assessment of sperm motility, number of immotile spermatozoa, number of abnormal sperm heads, and sperm viability. It was developed by Hammen during the 1940s. In the present study, the fertility of 1077 men cl...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)45624-4
更新日期:1981-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To study and evaluate a sequential, extended embryo culture system. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:University-affiliated IVF clinic. PATIENT(S):All couples who were treated between October 1997 and July 1998. INTERVENTION(S):A standard human tubal fluid plus 10% serum substitute supplement (SSS) cultur...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00294-0
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of on-demand intranasal oxytocin administration on female sexual function and activity. DESIGN:Randomized, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial with duration of 22 weeks. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENT(S):Thirty pre-and postmenopausal women with sexu...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.06.010
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To critically examine ovarian reserve testing before assisted reproduction. DESIGN:A PUBMED computer search to identify relevant literature. SETTING:Multiple sites. PATIENT(S):Patients undergoing assisted reproduction. INTERVENTION(S):Testing for ovarian reserve. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Assisted reproduc...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.080
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The International Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ICMART) is an independent international nonprofit organization that has taken a leading role in the development, collection, and dissemination of worldwide data on assisted reproductive technology (ART). Information on availability, efficacy, a...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.04.018
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Luteinization of an unruptured ovarian follicle has been reported as a cause of infertility and has heretofore been diagnosed only by direct visualization of the ovarian surface. Four patients who demonstrated defects in ovulation requiring therapy to induce ovulation and who were not achieving desired conception desp...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)46160-1
更新日期:1982-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE(S):To investigate the pattern of follicular development in transplanted fetal and neonatal mouse ovaries in the presence or absence of the recipient's own ovaries. DESIGN:Controlled experiment. SETTING:Academic research laboratory, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia. INTERVENTI...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00635-x
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To perform a cost-benefit analysis of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for carrier couples of cystic fibrosis (CF) compared with the alternative of natural conception (NC) followed by prenatal testing and termination of affected pregnancies. DESIGN:Cost-benefit analysis using a decision analytic model...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.053
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Transferrin and somatomedin C receptors (TFr and SMCr) were studied in human ovaries by immunostaining using monoclonal antisera. The oocyte of evoluting follicles was intensely positive for both types of receptors, but this positivity decreases in large follicles. An evident positivity for both TFr and SMCr was shown...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59533-8
更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The role of the macromolecular constituents of human oviductal fluid (hOF) in reproductive physiology is poorly understood. Oviductal fluid contains proteins derived by transudation from serum and those synthesized and secreted by the tubal mucosa. In this communication, we describe purification of hOF-specific protei...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)60433-8
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of solid barriers (PDLA membrane and foil, Interceed), innovative barrier solutions (Adept and Hyalobarrier Gel, phospholipid emulsion), and Ringer's lactate solution in preventing postsurgical peritoneal adhesions in the rat. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized experimental study. SETTING...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.05.023
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Semen specimens were obtained for analysis from nine men immediately before vasectomy and 3 days following the vasectomy procedure. After vasectomy there was a significant decrease in seminal sperm concentration, percentage of sperm motility, and mean swimming speed. In seven of nine cases the spermatozoa did not surv...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)48262-2
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess whether gonadotropin-induced changes in E(2) alter serum levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) and proinflammatory cytokines. DESIGN:Prospective collection of serum in patients undergoing IVF. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENT(S):Twenty-four infertile women. INTERVENTI...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.039
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A liquefraction factor from normal human seminal plasma was purified by cation and anion exchange chromatography. It is nondialyzable, heat-labile, and has many properties in common with the seminal protease "chymotrypsin-like enzyme." Its lytic effect is most distinctly observed in abnormal semen that is semisolid or...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)41471-8
更新日期:1975-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To ascertain whether obstetric, gynecologic, or congenital variables affect implantation efficiency or eventual delivery in donor oocyte recipients. DESIGN:Clinical study. SETTING:Academic tertiary care infertility clinic. PATIENT(S):A total of 370 recipients. INTERVENTION(S):Fresh ET following oocyte don...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00420-8
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the discriminative capacity of Chlamydia antibody titers in the diagnosis of tubed pathology in subfertile patients. DESIGN:Meta-analysis of studies comparing Chlamydia antibody titers and laparoscopy for tubal patency and peritubal adhesions. PATIENTS:A total of 2,729 patients with subfertility i...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81435-5
更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00