Published in Cell and tissue banking
Numbers of women worldwide face infertility, which will have a significant impact on a couple's life. As a result, assisting with the treatment of these individuals is seen as a critical step. Successful births following uterus and ovary donation have been reported in recent. When immunosuppressive drugs are used in patients who receive donated tis...
Published in Journal of ultrasound
To assess the utility of comprehensive sonographic examination including scrotal sonography, Testicular Doppler and Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) to evaluate the male reproductive system and differentiate between obstructive (OG) and non-obstructive (NOG) causes of azoospermia. 30 infertile men with azoospermia and 30 control subjects with normospe...
Published in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a mysterious and complicated endocrine disease with the combination of metabolic, reproductive, psychological dysfunctions. Impaired endometrial receptivity and ovulation disorders/anovulation are both important causes of PCOS-related infertility. However, change in endometrium has never received the same attenti...
Published in Biological trace element research
We aimed to explore the relationship between intakes of food-derived antioxidants (zinc, vitamin E, β-carotene, and selenium) and semen parameters in an infertile male population. This is a cross-sectional study among infertile men (> 18 years) referred to Isfahan Fertility and Infertility Center in Iran from March 2019 to October 2019. The main ou...
The tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor (TRAIL-R) suppresses inflammation and could therefore affect the course of Chlamydia infections and their long-term sequelae. Wild-type (WT) and TRAIL-R-/- C57BL/6 mice were inoculated vaginally with Chlamydia muridarum; the course of the infection was followed with vaginal ...
Published in Biological trace element research
The aim of the study is to investigate the in vivo attenuation of alcohol- and cadmium chloride-induced testicular toxicity modulated by Silymarin in male Wistar rats. A total of fifty-six (56) Wistar rats were used for this study and they were randomized into seven (7) groups of eight (8) rats each. Group 1 was control rats; Groups 2-7 served as t...
Published in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of intimate partner and family violence among women attending an infertility clinic and the relationship between violence and quality of life (QoL). The research sample consisted of 125 women who received infertility treatment between June and September 2019 at Gaziantep University Hospital, Gyna...
Published in International journal of fertility & sterility
Advanced age is associated with a decline in the natural oocytes, low oocyte yield, and also increases the assisted reproductive technology (ART) failure rate, and consequently resulted in a pregnancy rate decrease. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is one of the proposed therapeutic strategies for women with poor ovarian response (POR). Because of the au...
Published in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common pelvic tumor in women. While the decreased quality of life and significant morbidity has been implicated with UFs, several important questions regarding the effect of UFs on reproductive outcomes remain unanswered. Furthermore, there is a disproportionate impact of UFs in Black women, in whom these tumors ...
Published in Human fertility (Cambridge, England)
This systematic review and meta-analysis has addressed ongoing controversy surrounding the association between pre-treatment anxiety, stress and depression and assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes. Medline, Embase and PsycINFO were searched up to November 2019. The eligibility criterion was observational studies reporting the association...
