Background Several recent reviews, based mainly on observational studies, have however identified that micronutrient concentrations in the peri-conception period influence female fertility and embryogenesis, and may prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes.The possible effects on subfertility of two micronutrients(Zinc and Selenium), Components of antioxidant enzymes which are commonly included in or...

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Background: Folate has been discussed in relation to fertility among women, but studies on women under treatment for infertility are lacking. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate folic acid supplement use and folate status among women under treatment for infertility (hereafter infertile) and fertile women also in regard to socioeconomic and lifestyle factors. Design: Lifest...

background: one of the affected aspects in infertile women that have not been given sufficient attention is sexual function. sexual function is a key factor in physical and marital health, and sexual dysfunction could significantly lower the quality of life. aim of this study was to assess the comparison sexual dysfunction in women with infertility and without infertility, admitted to al- zahra...

background: the experience of infertility can be extremely stressful and associated with a range of psychiatric problems in infertile women. generally; some of the risk factors which may lead to psychiatric problem are repeated unsuccessful treatment of infertility, low socioeconomic status, lack of partner support, being female, life events, etc. objective: in this study, we have analyzed the ...

BACKGROUND Uterine lymphoid cell repertoires are specialized in order to meet the twin demands of successful pregnancy and local immunosurveillance. The possibility that some of these populations might differentiate locally from progenitor cells has been proposed. METHODS Endometrial tissue from women with a history of infertility as well as fertile controls was examined for haematopoietic st...

background: the relationship between metabolism and reproduction has been always considered as an important topic in female endocrinology. it seems that leptin is one of the involved factors in infertility. leptin, in addition to regulating body weight plays an important role in regulation of endocrine, reproductive and immune systems. the aim of this stduy is to compare serum and follicular fl...

Background Infertility is a factor which has been linked to higher prevalence of sexual dysfunctions in women; however, ambiguous results have been reported about the impact of infertility on women’s sexual satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to compare sexual and dyadic functioning in infertile and fertile women. Furthermore, the associations between sexual variables and clinical varia...

BACKGROUND Infertility is often associated with a chronic state of stress which may manifest itself in anxiety-related and depressive symptoms. The aim of our study is to assess the psychological state of women with and without fertility problems, and to investigate the background factors of anxiety-related and depressive symptoms in women struggling with infertility. METHODS Our study was co...

BACKGROUND In order to test our hypothesis that endometriosis is associated with abnormal expression of telomerase and telomere lengthening in endometrium, we assessed endometrial expression of the human telomerase enzyme and telomere length (TL). METHODS This prospective pilot study, included 29 women with symptomatic, surgically diagnosed endometriosis (Group 1) and 27 healthy, fertile, sym...