background: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is a disease that commonly affects women of reproductive age and is associated with maternal and fetal complications. objective: the aim of the present study was to report the perinatal outcome in pregnant women with itp. materials and methods: twenty one pregnant women with itp admitted in a teaching hospital in tehran, from october 2008 to...

BACKGROUND The direct effect of hCG on the human endometrium was studied several times. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of intrauterine injection of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (rhCG) before embryo transfer (ET). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial, a total number of 182 infertile patients undergoi...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the clinical pregnancy rate of intrauterine insemination cycles in relation to patient age, cause of infertility, ovulation induction method, number of mature follicles and sperm with progressive motility. METHODS This retrospective observational study included 237 intrauterine insemination cycles performed from 2011 to 2015 at the Assisted Reproduction ...

Background: Intrauterine adhesion is a clinical entity that may present with subfertility. However, outcome of management depends on severity of intrauterine adhesion and type of treatment intervention employed. Objective: To evaluate clinical and investigative correlation of etiologic risk factors of intrauterine adhesion on fertility and pregnancy outcome following treatment. Patients and Met...

The concerns of relatively powerless groups may not be adequately addressed by health-care decisions based on market forces and on considerations of the general population. Calculations of the number of Navajo women at risk of unintended pregnancy suggest that several hundred such pregnancies would have occurred as a result of the withdrawal of intrauterine devices from the United States' marke...

In a retrospective survey of a large obstetrical ultrasound experience, 10 echogenic adnexal masses in nine patients with a coexistent intrauterine pregnancy were detected and analyzed. Definitive follow-up data available for seven of the nine patients disclosed three ovarian teratomas, two hemorrhagic corpus luteum cysts, one endometrioma, one inflammatory mass, and one colonic pseudomass. In ...

Tissue macrophages play an important role in all stages of pregnancy, including uterine stromal remodeling (decidualization) before embryo implantation, parturition, and post-partum uterine involution. The activation state and function of utero-placental macrophages are largely dependent on the local tissue microenvironment. Thus, macrophages are involved in a variety of activities such as regu...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between gestational complications and high levels of maternal serum alfa-fetoprotein (MSAFP) and/or beta human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and to determine whether these markers are effective predictors of poor pregnancy outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we enrolled a total of 679 women at 15-20 gestational weeks with MSAFP and hCG below...

BACKGROUND Lymphocytic hypophysitis is an unusual autoimmune disease that causes partial or total hypopituitarism and often is associated with pregnancy. Only four spontaneous pregnancies have been reported after this disease. We report a case of ovulation induction in a woman with this antecedent as well as the course of the subsequent pregnancy. CASE Ovulation was induced with gonadotropins...

Objectives: To screen subclinical hypothyroid cases in antenatal checkups and to assess the impact of this condition on fetomaternal outcome.
 Study Design: Prospective cohort study.
 Place Duration Study: Department Gynecology Obstetrics, Pakistan Naval Ship Shifa Hospital Karachi Pakistan, from Jun 2019 May 2020.
 Methodology: During study period, all singleton pregnant women w...