Showing papers in "Fertility and Sterility in 1997"

TL;DR: Peritoneal, ovarian and rectovaginal endometriotic lesions must be considered as three separate entities with different pathogeneses with a close relation with their mesodermal müllerian origin.

TL;DR: Viable human blastocysts can be obtained in sequential culture media in the absence of coculture and serum and will facilitate high PRs while limiting the number of embryos transferred and therefore minimizes the risk of multiple gestation.

TL;DR: The present data demonstrate an association between the level of oxidative DNA damage in spermatozoa and male infertility and point to the possible use of antioxidants to reduce this damage.

TL;DR: The combination of ICSI and oocyte cryopreservation is a new tool in assisted reproductive technology and achieves the first birth achieved after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) ofcryopreserved human oocytes.

TL;DR: Women with low day 3 serum inhibin-B concentrations demonstrate a poorer response to ovulation induction and are less likely to conceive a clinical pregnancy through ART relative to women with high day 3 inhibition-B.

TL;DR: No relation was found between age at menarche and age at natural menopause and Frisch's hypothesis could not be corroborated at the individual level, and it is suggested that age at Menarches and Menopause should be treated as independent risk factors for breast cancer.

TL;DR: In seminal plasma, ascorbate, urate, sulphydryl groups, tocopherol and carotenoid concentrations were measured and it was found that within sperm, this group is the major contributor and in samples exhibiting ROS activity, asCorbate concentrations in the seminal plasma are significantly reduced.

TL;DR: To prevent uterine rupture in cases of an EP developing in a caesarean section scar, a medical approach can be proposed.

TL;DR: Like mammalian estrogens, dietary soy isoflavones enhance the dilator response to acetylcholine of atherosclerotic arteries in female monkeys.

TL;DR: There is no difference in the reproductive outcome after treatment of EP by laparotomy and by Laparoscopy, and Methotrexate is a viable alternative to laparoscopic salpingostomy for a selected group of patients.

TL;DR: Primordial follicles can be isolated from fresh and cryopreserved human ovarian tissue with similar high efficiency and viability rates and Electron microscopy confirmed that the majority of the cells lacked ultrastructural signs of damage after isolation andCryopreservation.

TL;DR: The benefits of laser laparoscopy for painful pelvic endometriosis are continued in the majority of patients at 1 year, and the natural history of the disease at second-look laparoscope in symptomatic controls is observed.

TL;DR: The minimal effective dose of Cetrorelix able to prevent premature LH surge in COH cycles is 0.25 mg administered daily.

TL;DR: Used alone, dong quai does not produce estrogen-like responses in endometrial thickness or in vaginal maturation and was no more helpful than placebo in relieving menopausal symptoms.

TL;DR: The prognosis of IU pregnancy is not impaired in the unicornuate uterus although prematurity threatens, and the high number of EPs indicates removal of rudimentary horn and its tube when diagnosed.

TL;DR: The data suggest that an endometrial aspiration biopsy performed on the day of oocyte retrieval may be used to assess endometricrial receptivity in patients with serum P rise, and the effect of subtle P rise before hCG administration on endometrian maturation in stimulated cycles is investigated.

TL;DR: The available data suggest that the efficacy of progestins for temporary relief of endometriosis-associated pelvic pain is good and comparable to that of other, less safe treatments.

TL;DR: The estimated frequency of deletions involving the DAZ locus is 3% in azoospermic-severely oligozoospermic men consulting an infertility clinic, and polymerase chain reaction amplification of theDAZ loci is useful for the diagnosis of microdeletions of the Y chromosome.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that marked and safe relief from adenomyosis-associated menorrhagia can be obtained with the use of a levonorgestrel-releasing IUD.

TL;DR: Levels of reactive oxygen species were negatively correlated with sperm motility and the percentage of morphologically normal spermatozoa was significantly lower in men with spinal cord injury.

TL;DR: Nulliparous women had an increased risk of ovarian cancer compared with parous women, and infertility without medical treatment among these women increased the risk further, while treatment with fertility drugs did not increase the ovarian cancer risk among nontreated infertile women.

TL;DR: In the study group of normogonadotropic oligomenorrhea or amenorrheic infertile women, strict cutoff levels for various criteria used in the literature for defining PCOS were set, but sonographic parameters had limited predictive value for abnormal hormone serum levels.

TL;DR: Infertile patients classified as having a poor prognosis have a high percentage of chromosomally abnormal embryos, and the advantage of selecting and transferring embryos with normal fluorescence in situ hybridization results has an immediate impact on implantation.

TL;DR: A statistically significant correlation was found between plasma vascular endothelial growth factor levels and certain biologic characteristics of OHSS and of capillary leakage such as leukocytosis and increased hematocrit.

TL;DR: The microdose GnRH-a, FSH, GH protocol is superior to standard protocols for the treatment of patients with decreased ovarian reserve undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for IVF.

TL;DR: The human oviductin gene codes for a glycoprotein that shares the characteristics of epithelial mucins, and this gene is proposed to name MUC9, likely to include protection of the early embryo and of the fallopian tube itself.

TL;DR: The discriminative capacity of Chlamydia antibody titers by means of ELISA, microimmun ofluorescence, or immunofluorescence in the diagnosis of any tubal pathology is comparable to that of hysterosalpingography (HSG) in the diagnoses of tubal occlusion.

TL;DR: It is possible to grow small human follicles after they have been isolated manually, but they require a low concentration of human LH in addition to human FSH to develop successfully.

TL;DR: These findings contribute to the growing body of literature that suggests endometriosis has a genetic basis.