OBJECTIVE To evaluate effects of G-CSF on a cancelled ART cycle due to thin endometrium. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a nonrandomized clinical trial from January 2011 to January 2013 in two tertiary university based hospitals fifteen patients undergoing embryo transfer and with the history of cycle cancellation due to thin endometrium were studied. Intrauterine infusion of G-CSF was done on the d...

There were no obvious differences between the primigravidae and multigravidae, and no apparent association between success and the duration of pregnancy or estimated time since fetal death. Four out of six patients with a missed abortion whose uterine size was below 14 weeks underwent suction evacuation 24 hours after treatment, abortion having failed to occur. All patients were well controlled...

conclusions using male methods are prevalent in abortion-seeker women. an increased focus is needed on training the regular use of pills and using the emergency contraception for all of the couples who are first-time abortion-seekers. moreover, information about the role of forced sex might be efficacious in decreasing illegally induced repeat abortion in couples who use condom or withdrawal me...

Background To investigate the effects of negative emotions and life events on women's missed miscarriage. Methods Overall, 214 women diagnosed with a missed miscarriage by prenatal examination from 2016-2017 in Xiamen Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Xiamen, China were selected as the observation group compared to 214 women as control group. The general data of the patients were inves...

BACKGROUND There has been recent evidence suggesting the presence of anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb) increases the risk of miscarriage, and levothyroxine can rescue miscarriages associated with TPOAb. We propose the most clinically pragmatic cohort to screen for TPOAb are women presenting for management of a missed miscarriage and have never birthed a liveborn. We measured serum TPOA...

It is increasingly recognized that few if any populations have undergone the transition from high to low fertility without significant recourse to induced abortion (Davis, 1963; Kirk, 1967). The strategic role played by induced abortion in helping to bring down the birth rate of Japan and the nations of Eastern Europe is well documented (Muramatsu, 1960; Hall, 1970). That its contribution to fa...

521 Abstract Background: TNF-α is one of the cytokines produced by the immune system. Many studies have been done to investigate the role of the immune system in first trimester pregnancy loss. Objective: To evaluate the association of TNF-α with recurrent and missed miscarriage. Method: a case-control study involved 35 women, 15 with recurrent miscarriage (at least three consecutive spontaneo...

OBJECTIVE To compare two methods for induction of second-trimester abortion after priming the cervix with mifepristone. METHODS This was a randomized prospective trial carried out between January 2009 and February 2012. The participants were healthy women between 14 and 24 weeks of gestation with missed miscarriage or need for termination of pregnancy. All participants received oral 200 mg mi...

We evaluated the incidence of congenital malformations in 566 children (median age: 8, M:F 1.3) with lymphomas and solid tumors using patient records. In this study, 12.7% of children either had a congenital malformation (7.8%) or a birthmark (4.9%). The incidence of patients with a childhood cancer syndrome was 3% and these cases developed typical tumors. The rate of consanguineous marriages w...