Cell-mediated immunity in vasectomized rhesus monkeys.

abstract：:Buserelin acetate, a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist, is known to be effective in the shrinkage of uterine fibroids. A prospective trial was undertaken (1) to compare the efficacy of intranasal (IN) and subcutaneous (SC) administration of buserelin acetate and (2) to assess if tumor regression correlated...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Vollenhoven BJ,Shekleton P,McDonald J,Healy DL

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the inheritance of a pericentric inversion in chromosome 7 through the three progenies, congenital hydronephrosis, and recurrent miscarriages in an extended family. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Medical Faculty of Cukurova University in Turkey. PATIENT(S):Referred by obstetrics and gynecology clini...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Demirhan O,Ozcan K,Taştemir D,Demir C,Tunç E,Solğun HA,Güzel AI

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of 254 infertile men with serum sperm agglutination titers ranging from 4 to 1024 determined by the Kibrick agglutination test between 1954 and 1968 and reexamined in the 1970s is presented. 36 of the subjects had become fertile in the years following the testing, 30 of whom were normospermic. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Rumke P,Van Amstel N,Messer EN,Bezemer PD

更新日期：1974-05-01 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

authors： Sandhu RS,Wong TH,Kling CA,Chohan KR

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the extent to which test accuracy studies published in two leading reproductive medicine journals in the years 1999 and 2004 adhered to the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) initiative parameters, and to explore whether the introduction of the STARD statement has led to an imp...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Coppus SF,van der Veen F,Bossuyt PM,Mol BW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the concentrations of angiopoietin 1 (ANGPT1) and ANGPT2 in individual human preovulatory follicles in relation to their diameter or volume to clarify the role of these molecules in folliculogenesis. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Research laboratory at Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japa...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Nishigaki A,Okada H,Tsuzuki T,Cho H,Yasuda K,Kanzaki H

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the impact of metformin therapy on in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) outcomes in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Metformin does not lead to any improvement in IVF/ICSI outcomes among patients with PCOS. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Onalan G,Pabuçcu R,Goktolga U,Ceyhan T,Bagis T,Cincik M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the histopathological effects of diabetes on spermatogenesis and to detect the proliferation of germ cells with proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). DESIGN:Controlled experimental study. SETTING:The animal laboratory of the Experimental Surgery Center of Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. ANIM...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Altay B,Cetinkalp S,Doganavşargil B,Hekimgil M,Semerci B

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the oncofetal protein IMP3 is detectable in endometriomas with or without histological atypia and whether IMP3 staining can be used as a triage tool to identify foci of atypical endometriosis in doubtful cases. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Academic department and referral center ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Vercellini P,Cribiù FM,Del Gobbo A,Carcangiu ML,Somigliana E,Bòsari S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effectiveness of autologous endometrial coculture by the cycle day of the endometrial biopsy. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:University-based IVF center. PATIENT(S):Two hundred eight patients with multiple IVF failures. INTERVENTION(S):Embryos were split and randomly allocated to growt...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Spandorfer SD,Barmat LI,Navarro J,Liu HC,Veeck L,Rosenwaks Z

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that during the luteal phase of the ovarian cycle, as compared with the follicular phase, the peripheral immune response is shifted toward a type-2 response. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Academic research setting. PATIENT(S):Women with regular menstrual cycles. INTERVENTION(S):...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Faas M,Bouman A,Moesa H,Heineman MJ,de Leij L,Schuiling G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the first case of delivery after the transfer of a single blastocyst derived from a vitrified mature human oocyte. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Private assisted reproduction clinic. PATIENT(S):A normal 31-year-old woman. INTERVENTION(S):An unsuccessful attempt was made to extract sperm from the...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kyono K,Fuchinoue K,Yagi A,Nakajo Y,Yamashita A,Kumagai S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific radioimmunoassay system was developed for the titration of the antibodies to porcine zona pellucida (ZP) in human sera by using 125I-labeled purified porcine ZP as antigen, which is known to have cross-reactivity with human ZP. The antibodies in human sera were detected in 3 of 11 (27%) women with unexpla...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kurachi H,Wakimoto H,Sakumoto T,Aono T,Kurachi K

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to determine whether prolactin influences estrogen biosynthesis in the ovary, the estrogenic responses of women with amenorrhea under treatment with human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG), with and without the simultaneous administration of the prolactin inhibitor bromocriptine, were investigated in a total...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Larsen S,Honoré E

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of methotrexate treatment in selected cases of extrauterine pregnancy (EUP) defined by stable or increasing hCG concentration. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Gynecology department of the Lis Maternity Hospital. PATIENT(S):Fifty women with EUP diagnosed whenever an intraut...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Gamzu R,Almog B,Levin Y,Avni A,Jaffa A,Lessing JB,Baram A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of estro-progestin supplementation on ghrelin-mediated GH release, we studied the consequence of ghrelin or saline injection before and after 60 days of hormone therapy or placebo administration in postmenopausal subjects. DESIGN:A prospective double blind, placebo-controlled, and paral...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Villa P,Costantini B,Perri C,Suriano R,Ricciardi L,Lanzone A

更新日期：2008-02-01 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

authors： Bostofte E,Serup J,Rebbe H

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the solubilized human zona pellucida (ZP)-induced acrosome reaction is mediated by protein kinases. DESIGN:Capacitated spermatozoa were incubated with inhibitors of cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent kinase (KT5720), Ca(2+)- and phospholipid-dependent kinase (Calphostin C),...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Bielfeld P,Faridi A,Zaneveld LJ,De Jonge CJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adaptive model for the evolution of reproductive failure predicted psychosocial stress to increase as anatomic causes of infertility decrease. The nonanatomic infertility group in our study reported greater psychosocial stress than intermediate (P < 0.008) or anatomic groups (P < 0.0005). Controls, women with nonan...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Wasser SK,Sewall G,Soules MR

更新日期：1993-03-01 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 determine whether the presence of soluble human leukocyte antigen G (sHLA-G) affects implantation and pregnancy outcomes in vitro. DESIGN:A multicenter retrospective study. SETTING:Six certified in vitro fertilization (IVF) units. PATIENT(S):Embryos obtained from 2,040 patients from six different IVF cl...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kotze D,Kruger TF,Lombard C,Padayachee T,Keskintepe L,Sher G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern technologies applied to the field of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for aneuploidy screening (PGD-A) have improved the ability to identify the presence of mosaicism. Consequently, new questions can now be addressed regarding the potential impact of embryo mosaicism on diagnosis accuracy and the feasibility o...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Vera-Rodriguez M,Rubio C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three groups of women with different types of ovulatory dysfunction who had failed to conceive on conventional therapy were treated with pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Group A consisted of nine patients with luteal phase defect; group B included four patients with apparently normal menstrual cycles b...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Phansey SA,Toffle R,Curtin J,Nagel TC,Tagatz GE,Barnes MA,Nair R

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the definition and diagnosis of interstitial and heterotopic interstitial pregnancy and to evaluate the conservative management of these conditions. DESIGN:A MEDLINE computer search was used to identify relevant studies. The mean values for the duration of amenorrhea, serum beta-hCG level, size of ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Lau S,Tulandi T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardized tubal anastomoses were performed alternatively using magnifying loupes or an operating microscope in 44 rabbits. The surgeon's personal assessment of the integrity of the anastomoses was subsequently compared with the histologic result and with pregnancies and nidation indices. After an initial learning p...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Hedon B,Wineman M,Winston RM

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of administration of a superactive and long-acting analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH), D-Trp6-LH-RH, in doses of 0.05 or 1 microgram/day for 10 days on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis was studied in immature female rats. Treatment with a 0.05-microgram dose of analog produced fe...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Vilchez-Martinez JA,Pedroza E,Arimura A,Schally AV

更新日期：1979-06-01 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 evaluate, using the hemizona assay (HZA), whether egg yolk treatment of human sperm enhances binding to the human zona pellucida in vitro and to determine whether such a treatment is as efficient as the standard swim-up procedure for promoting sperm binding ability. DESIGN:Ejaculates were divided into ali...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Lanzendorf SE,Holmgren WJ,Jeyendran RS

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively assess whether metformin diet safely provides primary and secondary prevention of gestational diabetes (GD). DESIGN:Assess development of GD on metformin diet. SETTING:Outpatient clinical research center. PATIENT(S):One hundred forty-two nondiabetic women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PC...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Glueck CJ,Pranikoff J,Aregawi D,Wang P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study, which is concerned with establishing clinically relevant corridors defining normal progesterone (P) levels in saliva, has addressed some of the shortcomings associated with previous equivalent studies (e.g., limited data, inadequately monitored ovulations, inadequately defined subjects). A sensitive, direc...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Finn MM,Gosling JP,Tallon DF,Madden AT,Meehan FP,Fottrell PF

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00