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  1. Women of reproductive age undergoing chemotherapy face the risk of irreversible ovarian insufficiency. Current methods of ovarian reserve testing do not accurately predict future reproductive potential for pat...

    Authors: Bei Sun and John Yeh
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. A number of studies have looked at dual triggers with hCG and GnRH agonist (GnRHa) in varying doses, but the question remains: what is the optimal dose of hCG to minimize ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHS...

    Authors: Maren Shapiro, Phillip Romanski, Ann Thomas, Andrea Lanes and Elena Yanushpolsky
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. In the current context of a global pandemic it is imperative for fertility clinics to consider the necessity of individual tests and eliminate those that have limited utility and may impose unnecessary risk of...

    Authors: Victoria O’Driscoll, Ilinca Georgescu, Irene Koo, Rebecca Arthur, Rita Chuang, Jillian Ann Dempsey, Giulia De Franco and Claire Ann Jones
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Promoter region SNPs in TNF-α have been studied in association with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL) occurrence in various populations. Among them, −238G > A, −308G > A and − 376G > A have been frequently invest...

    Authors: Sofoklis Stavros, Despoina Mavrogianni, Myrto Papamentzelopoulou, Evaggelos Basamakis, Hend Khudeir, Alexandros Psarris and Peter Drakakis
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Abnormalities in endometrial receptivity has been identified as a major barrier to successful embryo implantation. Endometrial receptivity refers to the conformational and biochemical changes occurring in the ...

    Authors: Sadaf Zafir, Wei Zhou, Ellen Menkhorst, Leilani Santos and Evdokia Dimitriadis
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:8
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Infertility history may have important implications for clinical practice and scientific discovery. Previous research on the validity of self-reported infertility measurements has been limited in scope and dur...

    Authors: Alesia M. Jung, Stacey A. Missmer, Daniel W. Cramer, Elizabeth S. Ginsburg, Kathryn L. Terry, Allison F. Vitonis and Leslie V. Farland
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Infertile women’s mental health problems, including depression, are key fertility health issues that affect infertile women more severely than infertile men. Depression may threaten the health of individuals a...

    Authors: Zahra Kiani, Masoumeh Simbar, Sepideh Hajian and Farid Zayeri
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  9. Adenomyosis remains an enigma for the reproductive endocrinologist. It is thought to contribute to sub-fertility, and its only curative treatment is hysterectomy. However, studies have documented increased liv...

    Authors: Shilpi Agrawala, Jeevitha Patil, Sukhkamal Campbell and Terri Lynn Woodard
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:5
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. More than 67% of all embryos transferred in the United States involve frozen-thawed embryos. Progesterone supplementation is necessary in medicated cycles to luteinize the endometrium and prepare it for implan...

    Authors: Ian N. Waldman, Catherine Racowsky, Emily R. Disler, Ann Thomas, Andrea Lanes and Mark D. Hornstein
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. To determine the prevalence, authorship, and types of fertility-related information shared on Instagram targeted toward a new patient interested in fertility options using hashtag and content analysis. Seconda...

    Authors: Alexandra Peyser, Liat Goldstein, Christine Mullin and Randi H. Goldman
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Infertility affects 48.5 million couples globally. It is defined clinically as failure to conceive after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. The contribution of various aetiological fa...

    Authors: Mugove G. Madziyire, Thulani L. Magwali, Vasco Chikwasha and Tinovimba Mhlanga
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2021 7:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a frequently utilized method of assisted reproduction for patients with mild male factor infertility, anovulation, endometriosis, and unexplained infertility. The purpose of ...

    Authors: Anabel Starosta, Catherine E. Gordon and Mark D. Hornstein
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:23
    Content type: Review Published on:

  15. To evaluate fertility knowledge among current Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) residents using a recently published validated instrument, the Fertility and Infertility Treatment Knowledge Score (FIT-KS).

    Authors: Leah May Roberts, Rashmi Kudesia, Huaqing Zhao, Shaliz Dolan and Marisa Rose
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:22
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between depression and sexual function in women with recurrent pregnancy loss.

    Authors: Seyed Ali Azin, Fahimeh Golbabaei, J. Catja Warmelink, Sadaf Eghtedari, Shima Haghani and Fahimeh Ranjbar
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:21
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. In large population-based studies, there is a lack of existing survey instruments designed to ascertain menstrual cycle characteristics and androgen excess status including hirsutism, alopecia, and acne. Our o...

    Authors: Shruthi Mahalingaiah, Carol Cosenza, J. Jojo Cheng, Erika Rodriguez and Ann Aschengrau
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:19
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Many reproductive aged women with new oncologic diagnoses choose to undergo emergency oocyte or embryo cryopreservation prior to initiating potentially gonadal toxic oncologic therapies. Ovarian hyperstimulati...

    Authors: Emily Spurlin and Paula Brady
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:18
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  20. Double ovarian stimulation (DuoStim) involves two rounds of controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) and oocyte retrieval in immediate succession. It represents a promising approach to increase oocyte yield for pa...

    Authors: Laura C. Gemmell, Jason D. Wright and Paula C. Brady
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:17
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. Vaginal cuff dehiscence (VCD) is a rare but potentially serious complication following hysterectomy with an estimated incidence of 0.14–1.4%. There is a wide range of risk factors thought to contribute to VCD,...

    Authors: Sarah K. O’Connor, David A. Ryley, Charles W. Obasiolu, Katharine M. Esselen, Christine C. Skiadas and Wendy Kuohung
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:16
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  22. Few studies have examined health literacy and fertility knowledge among women from low income, socio-culturally diverse communities presenting for fertility care in the United States. Our study sought to exami...

    Authors: Jacquelyn R. Hoffman, Meaghan A. Delaney, Cecilia T. Valdes, Diana Herrera, Samuel L. Washington, Lusine Aghajanova, James F. Smith and Christopher N. Herndon
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Azoospermia is present in 10% of men presenting with infertility and surgical sperm retrieval rates for men with azoospermia due to spermatogenic dysfunction remain low. We investigated the incidence of failed...

    Authors: Alexandra Joice Berger, Valary Raup, Ramy Abou Ghayda, Andrea Lanes and Martin Kathrins
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. The first biosimilar of recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH) launched in Europe was Bemfola® in 2014 following a clinical development programme demonstrating efficacy and safety to the satisfaction ...

    Authors: Marcos Ferrando, Buenaventura Coroleu, Luis Rodríguez-Tabernero, Gorka Barrenetxea, Cristina Guix, Fernando Sánchez and Julian Jenkins
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:13
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Online educational information is highly sought out by patients with infertility. This study aims to assess patient-reported usage and helpfulness of fertility educational material on a clinic website and soci...

    Authors: Claire Ann Jones, Chaula Mehta, Rhonda Zwingerman and Kimberly E. Liu
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. The optimal route of progesterone administration for luteal support in cryopreserved embryo transfer (CET) has been the subject of much debate. While most published research has pertained to day 3 transfers, r...

    Authors: Jennifer B. Bakkensen, Catherine Racowsky, Ann M. Thomas, Andrea Lanes and Mark D. Hornstein
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. The number of families conceived through sperm donation to single women is increasing. However, there is limited knowledge about health care professionals’ attitudes towards solo-mothers by choice, and there i...

    Authors: Gabriela Armuand, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Claudia Lampic, Evangelia Elenis and Gunilla Sydsjö
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Eccentrically located intracavitary pregnancies, which include pregnancies traditionally termed as cornual and/or angular, have long presented complex diagnostic and management challenges given their inherent ...

    Authors: Alex R. Finlinson, Kassie J. Bollig and Danny J. Schust
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:8
    Content type: Review Published on:

  30. Infertile women are exposed more frequently to anxiety risk than are infertile men, thereby adversely affecting the procedures with which they are treated and the quality of their lives. Yet, this problem is o...

    Authors: Zahra Kiani, Masoumeh Simbar, Sepideh Hajian, Farid Zayeri, Maryam Shahidi, Marzieh Saei Ghare Naz and Vida Ghasemi
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:7
    Content type: Review Published on:

  31. Given no consensus in the literature, this study sought to determine if a protocol of measuring serum estradiol and progesterone the day prior to frozen embryo transfer (FET) improves likelihood of pregnancy a...

    Authors: Snigdha Alur-Gupta, Margaret Hopeman, Dara S. Berger, Kurt T. Barnhart, Suneeta Senapati and Clarisa Gracia
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only potentially curative treatment for thalassemia major (TM). Infertility and its indicators have been assessed in transfusion dependent ...

    Authors: Tahereh Rostami, Mohammad Amir Mohammadifard, Shahla Ansari, Azadeh Kiumarsi, Nasrollah Maleki, Amir Kasaeian, Fatemeh Aghamahdi, Soroush Rad and Ardeshir Ghavamzadeh
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Infertility is the inability to sustain a pregnancy in a woman with regular (2–3 times per week) unprotected sexual intercourse for a period of 1 year. This is a major public health problem that remains under-...

    Authors: Thomas Obinchemti Egbe, Theophile Nana-Njamen, Felix Elong, Robert Tchounzou, Andre Gaetan Simo, Gaelle Padjip Nzeuga, Cedric Njamen Nana, Emmanuella Manka’a, Charlotte Tchente Nguefack and Gregory Edie Halle-Ekane
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. To evaluate if it is safe and effective to transfer poor quality embryos.

    Authors: Anastasia Kirillova, Sergey Lysenkov, Maria Farmakovskaya, Yulia Kiseleva, Bella Martazanova, Nona Mishieva, Aydar Abubakirov and Gennady Sukhikh
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Since 1992 ART clinics have been required to report outcome data. Our objective was to assess practitioners’ opinions of the impact of public reporting of assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes on tre...

    Authors: Stephanie Gunderson, Emily S. Jungheim, Caleb B. Kallen and Kenan Omurtag
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2020 6:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Since the 2008 economic crisis in Spain, overall fertility has continued to decrease, while urban inequalities have increased. There is a general lack of studies of fertility patterns in small-areas of Spanish...

    Authors: Brenda Biaani León-Gómez, Mercè Gotsens, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Ma. Felicitas Domínguez-Berjón, Miguel Ángel Luque-Fernandez, Unai Martin, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz and Gloria Pérez
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:17
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. The impact of current C. trachomatis on clinical pregnancy and live birth rates among women undergoing tubal flushing is largely unknown. This study aimed to investigate whether current female genital C. trachoma...

    Authors: Anthony Kayiira, Daniel Zaake, Michael Webba Lwetabe and Peter Sekweyama
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:16
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. T- shaped uterus may be associated with infertility and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Hysteroscopic metroplasty may improve the reproductivity for these cases. To our knowledge, there is no data in literature ab...

    Authors: Esra Uyar, Deniz Usal, Belgin Selam, Mehmet Cincik and Tayfun Bagis
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Prevalence of infertility in sub-Saharan Africa is high yet fertility care, its development and access is limited in resource-poor countries like Nigeria so infertile women resort to different forms of treatme...

    Authors: Amina Mohammed-Durosinlorun, Joel Adze, Stephen Bature, Amina Abubakar, Caleb Mohammed, Matthew Taingson and Lydia Airede
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Sexual function plays an essential role in the bio-psychosocial wellbeing and quality of life of women and disturbances in sexual functioning often result in significant distress. Female sexual dysfunction (FS...

    Authors: Felix Mwembi Oindi, Alfred Murage, Valentino Manase Lema and Abraham Mwaniki Mukaindo
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Vaginal cuff dehiscence is a rare complication of hysterectomy. Those who choose to undergo controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) and oocyte cryopreservation following hysterectomy must be aware that elevated a...

    Authors: Alexandra Peyser, Avner Hershlag, Antoinette Sakaris and Tomer Singer
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:11
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  48. Partner support is very important in alleviating the burden of infertility related stress and although understudied, partner coping patterns also play a key role in the other partner’s ability to cope with the...

    Authors: Daniel Zaake, Anthony Kayiira and Imelda Namagembe
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. To assess knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation among female undergraduate students (UG) and medical students (MS) in Eastern Virginia.

    Authors: Arnold M. Mahesan, Seifeldin Sadek, Hadi Ramadan, Silvina Bocca, Anthea B. M. Paul and Laurel Stadtmauer
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Ovarian transposition is a procedure that can help preserve fertility for female patients requiring radiation in the abdominopelvic region. However, the displacement of ovaries from its original anatomic locat...

    Authors: Benjamin Jang, Aaron Rohr, Paras P. Vakharia, Zachary Collins, Courtney Marsh, Isabella Herrera and Thomas Fahrbach
    Citation: Fertility Research and Practice 2019 5:4
    Content type: Case report Published on:

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