Abstract Study question Is patients’ BMI associated with oocyte yield and maturation following different trigger strategies r-hCG, GnRH agonist (GnRHa) or dual trigger? Summary answer Patients’ is not triggering rhCG, GnRHa trigger. What known already Triggering final a key step of ovarian stimulation for IVF/ICSI treatment. Although hCG has traditionally been the gold standard maturation, incr...

We have previously demonstrated that the release of arachidonic acid (AA) from human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-stimulated Leydig cells occurs in a dose- and time-dependent manner. In addition, the amount of AA released was dependent on the hormone-receptor interaction and the concentration of LH-hCG binding sites on the cell surface. The present study was conducted to evaluate the involvemen...

hCG exists in two analogous structures, as typified by the hormone hCG which binds an LH/hCG hormone receptor and the TGFß receptor binding autocrine hyperglycosylated hCG. Both share a common α-subunit and ß-subunit amino acid sequence. From the common hormone hCG and autocrine hyperglycosylated hCG structures there are seven common hCG variants with wildly varying hormone hCG or autocrine hyp...

Aim of the Work: To compare 2 stimulation protocols, mini-dose long gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist versus agonist flare for in vitro fertilization poor responders. Design: Prospective comparative nonrandomized clinical trial. Setting: Kasr Al Ainy IVF center, Cairo University Teaching Hospital from February 2013 to July 2013 on 50 women undergoing IVF/ICSI fulfilling the criteria...

A total number of 88 fishes Thai pangas were conducted for induced spawning experiments. Among them, 30 mature Pangasius sutchi were conducted for the length-weight relationship, 25 matured females for the fecundity and 33 fishes (12 males and 21 females) for induced spawning experiments. The total-standard length relationship curve shows a straight line with a strong correlation (r = 0.986 and...

A total number of 88 fishes Thai pangas were conducted for induced spawning experiments. Among them, 30 mature Pangasius sutchi were conducted for the length-weight relationship, 25 matured females for the fecundity and 33 fishes (12 males and 21 females) for induced spawning experiments. The total-standard length relationship curve shows a straight line with a strong correlation (r = 0.986 and...

A 27-year-old second gravid was admitted with history of amenorrhea of 8 weeks’ duration with lower abdominal pain and spotting per-vaginum of 2 days’ duration. Her vitals were stable, and abdominal examination revealed a soft bulky 6 weeks’ size uterus. Cervical motion tenderness was absent. In view of a positive urine pregnancy test, an urgent transvaginal ultrasound was performed, which reve...

Methotrexate treatment of unruptured ectopic pregnancy is safe and effective and preserves reproductive potential. Previous protocols have required multiple methotrexate doses with or without citrovorum rescue. The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients with an unruptured ectopic pregnancy 3.5 cm or less in greatest dimension could be treated with single-dose intramuscular meth...

Multiple pregnancies and ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome (OHSS) are the most serious complications of ovarian stimulation and IVF. Indeed, they are more or less the only ones. OHSS can effectively be prevented in three stages: Before stimulation, during stimulation and at ET. Before stimulation patients should be assessed as to age, the ovarian follicular count and/or anti mullerian hormone ...

BACKGROUND Home pregnancy testing devices claim >99% diagnostic accuracy for pregnancy and utility on the first day of the missed menses or earlier. We investigated the forms of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in early pregnancy urines, the diagnostic accuracy claim, and the abilities of 15 devices to detect the different forms of hCG. METHODS We measured the concentrations of regular hCG ...