Objectives In genetic generalized epilepsies (GGE), valproic acid (VPA) is the most efficacious compound. However, due to teratogenicity and increased risk for impaired cognitive development after intrauterine exposure, its use in women of fertile age strictly regulated but sometimes unavoidable. Methods All patients with GGE treated at outpatient clinic a tertiary epilepsy center least one vis...

reproduction and fertility are one of the principles marital life. actually it can be said that the most important thing after survival is continued generation. the aim of this research was to determine the effects of mental health in womens of fertile and infertile. this research was performed at kowsar infertility clinic in tehran city. the scale ghq28 was used for this evaluate. this scale w...

CONTEXT Whether infertile women exhibit accelerated ovarian aging and whether a low ovarian reserve is overrepresented in infertility populations is not known. OBJECTIVE To compare the age-related decline in antral follicle count (AFC), a biomarker of the ovarian reserve, in fertile and infertile women. DESIGN Cross-sectional data from a large prospective cohort study conducted from January...

The expression of the Na/I Symporter (NIS) in the basolateral cell membrane of the thyroid follicular cells is responsible for the active accumulation of iodide within the thyroid gland and for the subsequent biosynthesis of thyroid hormones. However, several tissues, such as salivary glands, breast, stomach, colon, ovary and endometrium, express NIS even if they are unable to organify iodide. ...

This retrospective longitudinal study was undertaken in order to determine the incidence and reproductive impact of uterine malformations on women desiring to conceive during their reproductive years. A total of 3181 patients in whom the morphology of the uterus was ascertained by hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopy/laparotomy during the years 1980-1995 was included in the study. The po...