Showing papers in "Fertility and Sterility in 1982"

TL;DR: Measurements of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) have been used to assess early embryo loss in women and found that 92.7% of conceptuses will be lost prior to 12 weeks, without the knowledge of the mother.

TL;DR: The prevalence of endometriosis visualized at laparoscopy in 100 patients being evaluated for infertility and in 200 fertile control subjects (two age-matched to each patient) undergoing tubal ligation support the clinical impression that an association exists.

TL;DR: A brief report of a general nature covering the period from the beginning of the effort in late February 1980 through December 31, 1981, when all patients had either no fallopian tubes or irreparable tubes.

TL;DR: The psychologic aspects of infertility in men and women are reviewed, neuroendocrinologic factors thought to affect reproduction physiologically are described, and awareness of the stresses that infertility places on a couple's relationship is encouraged.

TL;DR: The low rate of complications of this treatment, 5.1% cyst formation as well as the 14% abortion rate and the 2.6% congenital anomaly rates and the excellent gestational outcome in those who conceived support the use of thistreatment regimen.

TL;DR: Of the conventional parameters of semen analysis examined, the most revealing was the morphologic character of the sperm, which was significantly poorer in the group with unexplained infertility than in the normal fertile control group and also showed a significant relationship with the presence of subnormal fertilizing capacity in the hamster egg assay.

TL;DR: In this article, an inverse relationship was found between the number of sperm adherent to the zona and the proportion of sperm exhibiting binding of IgA or IgG immunoglobulins over the head, indicating that the presence of these antibodies in the acrosomal region of the sperm head inhibited their ability to attach to the human zona pellucida.

TL;DR: In this paper, the characteristics of 26 patients with presumptive premature ovarian failure have been examined and the initial diagnosis was based on any single serum FSH concentration of greater than 40 mIU/ml in karyotypically normal women under 35 years of age with irregular menses or amenorrhea.

TL;DR: In three abnormal pregnancies, all of which ended in spontaneous abortion, hCG concentrations became progressively more abnormal from within 2 to 5 days of the appearance of this hormone in maternal plasma, despite this, actual abortion did not occur for several days, or in one case for several weeks, after the divergence of hCG concentration from the normal range.

TL;DR: Review of the case records of 500 consecutive couples attending one Scottish infertility clinic revealed a group of patients whose infertility remained unexplained after completion of a standard protocol of investigations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the possibility that obesity per se may give rise to androgen excess through alterations in estrogen metabolism and, consequently, alterations in gonadotropin secretion, and concluded that obesity may play a role in the genesis of polycystic ovarian disease.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that the apparent fertility of normal fertile men is compatible with a wide range of intrinsic sperm quality as reflected by penetration rates ranging from 14% to 90% and differences in the minimum concentration of motile spermatozoa required to initiate penetration.

TL;DR: Follicular aspiration was performed in 30 infertile patients by ultrasonically guided percutaneous puncture in 18 cases under local anesthesia and in the remaining 12 under general anesthesia as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The findings in treated conception cycles suggest that a higher value may be needed after treatment with clomiphene or gonadotropins because of the contribution from other stimulated follicles, and there is an optimal range for fertility with both an upper and a lower limit.

TL;DR: Subclinical infections with Chlamydia trachomatitis may be a major cause of tubal infertility in the United States, and chlamydial serologic studies may be useful in identifying the subset of infertile women likely to have tubal factor.

TL;DR: Clinical tissues concerning the use of danazol with or without surgery and the miscarriage rate following danazole therapy are discussed and major side effects were weight gain, edema, decrease in breast size, oily skin, hirsutism, and deepening of the voice.

TL;DR: The combination of 200 micrograms of ethinyl estradiol and 2 mg of dl-norgestrel seems to be effective as a postcoital contraceptive with several advantages over estrogens alone.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship of the parameters of seminal fluid analysis and seminal fluid leukocyte concentration to the in vitro sperm penetration assay (SPA) was studied in 217 men from infertile couples.

TL;DR: In utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol results in permanent impairment of female mouse reproductive capacity, and structural abnormalities of the oviduct, uterus, cervix, and vagina were observed, and contributed to infertility.

TL;DR: The calculated mean integrated testosterone and estradiol levels indicated that the 200-mg testosterone enanthate injection in the hypogonadal subjects maintained eugonadal levels of these hormones through day 11.

TL;DR: Although the ovulatory dose of clomiphene was positively correlated with both weight and obesity, neither weight nor any laboratory parameter could accurately predict the clomIPhene response.

TL;DR: The menopause is regarded to be a hormonal deficiency state, and, like all endocrinopathies, should be managed as vigorously as need be, and without a necessary limitation of time.

TL;DR: Sperm initial motility was significantly decreased in smokers, and the percentage of abnormal forms of spermatozoa was significantly elevated, while there was no significant difference in sperm count between smokers and nonsmokers.

TL;DR: The effect of chronic treatment with the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonist Buserelin (Hoechst AG, Frankfurt/Main, West Germany) for periods of 1 to 8 months was studied on serum sex steroids and LH levels in 18 patients with cancer of the prostate as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The incidence of subsequent pregnancy in 376 infertile couples was reduced significantly if one or both partners had antisperm antibodies in serum or in genital tract secretions and the latter was reflected by evaluation of the immobilization, penetration, and shaking phenomenon of sperm in CM.