From October 1990, to June 1992, more than 800 electroejaculations and 108 intrauterine inseminations (IUI) were performed in 250 paraplegic males and their wives. Seven successful pregnancies are the results of this 20-month effort. This is the first report of electroejaculation and successful pregnancy with its use in paraplegics in Iran and the Middle East.

Hormones must be balanced and dynamically controlled for the Female Reproductive Tract (FRT) to function correctly during menstrual cycle, pregnancy, delivery. Gamete selection successful transfer uterus, where it implants pregnancy occurs, is supported by mucosal epithelial lining of FRT ovaries, cervix, fallopian tubes, vagina. Successful implantation placentation in humans other animals rely...

background: miscarriage is a common phenomenon complicating more than half of pregnancies. recurrent pregnancy loss (rpl) is defined as three or more pregnancies lost before the twentieth week of gestation. it is believed that abnormality in maternal immune reaction to fetus and sharing of hla antigens might be associated with rpl. objective: to investigate the effect of hla-drb1 sharing betwee...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has a high incidence predominantly in young individuals, it also affects family planning and pregnancy. In this review we will summarize a number of issues and challenges that arise from this, such as the chances of having a successful pregnancy, how IBD affects pregnancy, what investigations are needed during pregnancy, as well as what is the correct management...

A pregnancy in a patient undergoing regular dialysis treatment was successfully managed. Premature labour occurred at 32 weeks. Fetal nutrition was satisfactory and the infant developed normally and showed no congenital abnormality during 12 months' observation.

A 31 year old female presented to the ante-natal clinic at 9 weeks of her pregnancy. She was diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus, 5 years previously and was on oral hypoglycemic agents. She also had hyperlipidemia on previous laboratoiy investigations. She conceived soon after her marriage. There was no family history of diabetes or other abnonnalities. When seen initially, she had almost com...