Magnetic resonance imaging and serum CA-125 in evaluating patients with endometriomas prior to medical therapy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze relationships between serum free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations and pregnancy. DESIGN:Prospective cohort. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENT(S):Ninety-one women undergoing IVF. INTERVENTION(S):Serum was analyzed for total and specific serum FFAs, including myristic, palmitic, stearic, oleic,...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Jungheim ES,Macones GA,Odem RR,Patterson BW,Moley KH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the level of distress and its relationship with other psychologic factors in women with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) who participated in a fragile X genetics study. DESIGN:Longitudinal data analyzed with structural equation modeling. SETTING:Four U.S. private and academic fertility centers. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Cizmeli C,Lobel M,Franasiak J,Pastore LM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate and compare spontaneous apoptosis and Bcl-2 and Bax expression in eutopic endometrium from women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN:Apoptosis and Bcl-2 and Bax expression were examined in eutopic endometrium from women with and without endometriosis. SETTING:Instituto de Biología y Medicina ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Meresman GF,Vighi S,Buquet RA,Contreras-Ortiz O,Tesone M,Rumi LS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of a series of pre-embryo transfers to 31 women with ovarian failure is described. Twenty six fertile women functioned as nonanonymous donors, providing oocytes for in vitro fertilization after undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and transvaginal ultrasound directed oocyte aspiration. Recipients...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Sauer MV,Paulson RJ,Macaso TM,Francis MM,Lobo RA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There was no difference in the density of nerve fibers across the menstrual cycle in peritoneal endometriotic lesions. These findings may explain why patients with peritoneal endometriosis often have painful symptoms throughout the menstrual cycle. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Wang G,Tokushige N,Fraser IS

更新日期：2011-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) with hysterectomy in patients with adenomyosis and to study the effects of both treatments on quality of life (QOL). DESIGN:Prospective randomized clinical trial. SETTING:Women's health teaching and research hospital. PATIENT(S):Eighty-six patient...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Ozdegirmenci O,Kayikcioglu F,Akgul MA,Kaplan M,Karcaaltincaba M,Haberal A,Akyol M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the immunomodulatory and gonadotropin-suppressing properties of danazol would improve follicle function or ovulation rates in patients with karyotypically normal spontaneous premature ovarian failure. DESIGN:Prospective, double-blind, crossover trial. SETTING:Tertiary care research instituti...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Anasti JN,Kimzey LM,Defensor RA,White B,Nelson LM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess sexual function in women with spontaneous 46,XX primary ovarian insufficiency after at least 3 months of a standardized hormone replacement regimen. DESIGN:Cross-sectional cohort, controlled. SETTING:National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center. PATIENT(S):Women with primary ovarian ins...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kalantaridou SN,Vanderhoof VH,Calis KA,Corrigan EC,Troendle JF,Nelson LM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of various doses of indomethacin and ketoprofen as compared with placebo were examined in 100 oligospermic patients who participated in this study. It was found that the treatment increased sperm count, sperm motility, and fertilizing capacity. The radioimmunoassay examination showed an increase in plasma ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Barkay J,Harpaz-Kerpel S,Ben-Ezra S,Gordon S,Zuckerman H

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether nicotine-induced testicular toxicity involves the induction of apoptosis in Leydig cells. DESIGN:Cell study using cells of the TM3 cell line derived from mouse Leydig cells. SETTING:Academic research laboratory. INTERVENTION(S):Morphological and biochemical analyses for the detection...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kim KH,Joo KJ,Park HJ,Kwon CH,Jang MH,Kim CJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a live birth after successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for carriers of complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) with translocation and deletion. DESIGN:Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was applied to PGD for CCR carriers. SETTING:University-based centers for reproductive me...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Lim CK,Cho JW,Kim JY,Kang IS,Shim SH,Jun JH

更新日期：2008-11-01 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(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

authors： Cox S,Shaw J,Jenkin G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the decline in infertility has been uniform across subgroups. DESIGN:Periodic data from the National Fertility Survey and the National Survey of Family Growth were used to determine which factors contributed to the decline in 12-month infertility in the United States. SETTING:National Survey...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Stephen EH,Chandra A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether treatment with progestogens in the first trimester of pregnancy would decrease the incidence of miscarriage in women with a history of unexplained recurrent miscarriage. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING:Not applicable. PATIENT(S):Women with a history of unexplained...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Saccone G,Schoen C,Franasiak JM,Scott RT Jr,Berghella V

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate serial hormone concentrations in subjects treated with vaginally administered misoprostol for early pregnancy failure. DESIGN:As part of a randomized clinical trial, serum was collected on treatment days 1, 3, 8, and 15. SETTING:Multicenter clinical trial. PATIENT(S):Women with a nonviable firs...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Barnhart KT,Bader T,Huang X,Frederick MM,Timbers KA,Zhang JJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the place of ultrasound-directed transvaginal transmyometrial ET in a protocol using both the transcervical and transmyometrial routes in a step-wise fashion. DESIGN:A prospective descriptive clinical study. SETTING:A university-based assisted conception unit. PATIENTS:Thirteen patients who had...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Sharif K,Afnan M,Lenton W,Bilalis D,Hunjan M,Khalaf Y

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the value that women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) assign to the health impact of future infertility. DESIGN:Cross-sectional observations on patient preferences. SETTING:Participants in an existing multicenter clinical trial of PID treatment options. PATIENT(S):Five hundred thirty-two ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Songer TJ,Lave JR,Kamlet MS,Frederick S,Ness RB,Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Evaluation and Clinical Health (PEACH) Study.

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) has been proposed to be an autocrine/paracrine factor involved in granulosa cell proliferation and differentiation. The present study focuses on a possible mitogenic effect of IGF-I in human granulosa cells. Insulin-like growth factor I (1 to 10 ng/mL) significantly stimulated 3H-t...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Olsson JH,Carlsson B,Hillensjö T

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a case of hyperreactio luteinalis (HL) with elevated levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and a severe imbalance of angiogenic factors, which developed into severe, early onset preeclampsia (PE). DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:University perinatal center. PATIENT(S):A 32-year-old primigravid...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Masuyama H,Tateishi Y,Matsuda M,Hiramatrsu Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Danazol and gestrinone are effective drugs in the treatment of endometriosis. Their mechanism of action remains uncertain, but may be related to their androgenic activity. The authors examined the effect of danazol on human endometrial cells cultured in vitro, its two major metabolites, ethisterone and 2 hydroxymethyl...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Rose GL,Dowsett M,Mudge JE,White JO,Jeffcoate SL

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively establish the specificity, sensitivity, and positive predictive value (PPV) of a basal 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-HP) level for the screening of 21-hydroxylase-deficient nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia (NCAH) among hyperandrogenic women. DESIGN:Prospective observational trial. SETTING:Tertia...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Azziz R,Hincapie LA,Knochenhauer ES,Dewailly D,Fox L,Boots LR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate how varicocele repair (VR) impacts pregnancy (PRs) and live birth rates in infertile couples undergoing assisted reproduction wherein the male partner has oligospermia or azoospermia and a history of varicocele. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING:Not applicable. PATIENT(S):Azoo...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Kirby EW,Wiener LE,Rajanahally S,Crowell K,Coward RM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of a low-dose mifepristone regimen on endometrium in the rhesus monkey by endometrial staging and analysis of molecular markers of endometrial receptivity. DESIGN:A prospective, randomized comparative study. SETTING:Academic research environment. ANIMAL(S):Normally cycling rhesus (...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Jimenez-Moreno V,Billeter M,Liu CQ,Gordon K,Mahony M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the peripheral blood concentration of CD56(+)/CD16(-)/CD3(-) cells, the main natural killer (NK) subpopulation that colonizes the endometrium in the middle and late secretory phase, can be related to fertility or infertility status. DESIGN:A case control study. SETTING:Immunopathology d...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Michou VI,Kanavaros P,Athanassiou V,Chronis GB,Stabamas S,Tsilivakos V

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under pressure from involved families and time limitations, Israeli judges tend to authorize postmortem sperm retrieval and freezing, even in unmarried men and in contradiction to current, albeit non-legally binding, guidelines of the Attorney General. Postmortem sperm retrieval in our institution (2003 to June 2009) ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Raziel A,Friedler S,Strassburger D,Kaufman S,Umansky A,Ron-El R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To achieve fertilization and cleavage by spermatids without tails from testicular biopsy. DESIGN:Clinical trial. SETTING:Reproductive unit of a university teaching hospital. PATIENT:A patient of obstructive azoospermia with defective spermiogenesis. INTERVENTION:Testicular biopsy after scrotal exploration...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Chen SU,Ho HN,Chen HF,Tsai TC,Lee TY,Yang YS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a consensus regarding the need for luteal phase support during assisted reproductive technology (ART), and to establish the optimal compound and route of administration for this purpose. DESIGN:Review of the published literature on luteal phase support. PATIENT(S):Women undergoing assisted reprod...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Penzias AS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oocyte donation (OD) from a family member may be more available to patients. Our objective was to compare reproductive outcomes of familial OD with those of unrelated OD. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study in a single university-affiliated center. SETTING:Not applicable. PATIENT(S):Four hundred thirty OD cy...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Hasson J,Tulandi T,Son WY,Al Ma'mari N,Badeghiesh A,Tannus S,Takefman J,Shavit T

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 68 men with varicoceles to determine preoperative parameters that are associated with improvements in semen analysis after varicocelectomy. Ultrasound-measured venous diameter and reversal of flow were found to correlate with successful outcome. ...

journal_title：Fertility and sterility

authors： Schiff JD,Li PS,Goldstein M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00