objective: this study aimed to determine prevalence and predisposing factors of personality disorders among infertile in comparison to fertile women. materials and methods:  by a descriptive- analytic study in vali-e-asr reproductive health research center, 300 women entered the research.  eysenck personality (epq) and structured researcher questionnaires were applied for all patients. demograp...

BACKGROUND Women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and T-helper (Th)1-type immunity to trophoblast antigens have an increased frequency of the IL1B-511*1 promoter variant. Since CD46 gene products also regulate maternal immune responses including Th1 immunity, we investigated whether CD46 gene polymorphisms are also associated with RPL in women with and without Th1 immunity to trophoblast, an...

This paper examines how socio-economic contexts shape local meanings of infertility, how the prevalence of infertility affects these meanings, and how the above affect community responses, life experiences and infertility treatment-seeking behaviors in two African communities. The paper is based on interdisciplinary research conducted among the Ijo and the Yakurr people of southern Nigeria that...

OBJECTIVE To compare the ovarian reserve and BMI in fertile and subfertile women aged 20-39 years by ultrasonography. STUDY DESIGN A comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Ultrasound Clinic, PECHS, Karachi, from March to December 2006. METHODOLOGY Eighty women, 40 fertile and 40 subfertile, were subdivided into age groups of 20-29 and 30-39 years. Total ovarian volume (OV) was...

objective: the purpose of this study was to compare the relationship between spiritual growth and perceived stress with happiness, in infertile and  infertility women in tehran.   method: society is include all of fertile and infertile women who were referred to 25 infertility treatment centers  in tehran . of these centers, the laleh and avicenna infertility treatment centers selected randomly...