Salim Erkaya

Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Healthcare Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

[ 1 ] - Do Serum Vitamin D Levels Have Any Effect on Intrauterine Insemination Success?

Objective Recent studies have shown that vitamin D has an essential role in the reproductive system. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of vitamin D levels in patients undergoing ovulation induction (OI), and subsequent intrauterine insemination (IUI) procedure. MaterialsAndMethods One hundred and four infertile and one hundred and three fertile women were recruited in this cross...

[ 2 ] - Clomiphene citrate treatment cycle outcomes of PCOS patients based on basal HS-CRP levels: a cross-sectional study

Objective Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is highly associated with anovulatory infertility, features of the metabolic syndrome, including obesity, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. Serum concentrations of high sensitive C- reactive protein (hs-CRP) were significantly higher in obese than in non-obese PCOS patients at baseline suggesting that the relationship between elevated hs-CRP levels ...