This prospective study was undertaken to reassess the prognostic value of leptin during critical stages of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) and address its role in the functional staging of assisted reproductive technologies at the level of embryo quality. Serum and follicular fluid samples of 100 selected women undergoing the long IVF-ET protocol were collected for leptin and em...

Background: Corifollitropin alfa (CFA) is a long-acting recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (rFSH) used for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). Several studies analyzing the clinical efficacy and safety of CFA compared to daily rFSH during COS have been carried out. The present study offers meta-analysis randomized trials (RCTs) on this topic. Methods: A computerized search published lit...

Spontaneous abortion (SAb) is the most common complication of early pregnancy. Numerous risk factors are associated with an increased risk of pregnancy loss such as: Blighted ovum. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of balanced chromosomal translocations in couples with a history of recurrent spontaneous abortions and ultrasound diagnosed blighted ovum. Sixty Eight couples wit...

condition?inflammatory or otherwise?interfering with the passage of the ovum along the tube and into the uterus ; and (2) some anomaly in the fertilised ovum, such as early disappearance of the corona radiata, favouring its immediate embedding in the uterine tube. The commonest site in which the ovum may become implanted is the ampulla, the widest part of the tube ; and this is accompanied by a...

of lectures on the above subject. The importance of the subject warrants the following abstract : Causation? Every pregnancy is the result of the impregnation of the ovum of the female by the spermatozoon of the male, and the normal place for the development of the impregnated ovum is the cavity of the uterus, while the channel through which the ovum must pass from the ovary in order to gain th...