background: pregnancy has a huge impact on the thyroid function in both healthy women and those that have thyroid dysfunction. the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women is relatively high. objective: the objective of this review was to increase awareness and to provide a review on adverse effect of thyroid dysfunction including hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmun...

background: female age and basal fsh level are independently associated with ivf outcome. they are both related to the same phenomenon, namely ovarian reserve. objective: to evaluate the effective role of serum fsh concentration at the start of treatment cycle on art outcome. materials and methods: a total of 207 women undergoing ivf and icsi cycles were included in this study. basal fsh concen...

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...

Lorzadeh N1, Ghafarzadeh M1, Vahabi S2, Lashgar-ara GhR3 1. Assistant professor, Department of gynecology, Faculty of medicine, Lorestan University of medical sciences 2. Assistant profwssor, Department of anesthesiology, Faculty of medicine, Lorestan University of medical sciences 3. General practitioner, Information and drugs center of Lorestan health department Abstract Background...

chorionic villus sampling (cvs) is a new method and its true risk of fetal loss and complications is not still clearly determined. the objective of this study was to review the clinical pregnancy outcome of transabdominal cvs (ta-cvs) performed on women with minor beta thalassemia. ta-cvs performed on 300 women with a singleton pregnancy and we could follow 213 women until delivery. data regard...

background and objectives intimate partner abuse during pregnancy is a major problem associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. however, this relationship has not been adequately explored, especially in the developing countries. the present study seeks to determine the relationship between of intimate partner abuse and reproductive health outcome among pregnant women attending gachs...

Background: The admission test (AT) has been carried out for many years, but there are still debates about the prognostic value of the test. Therefore, we aimed to examine the value of the AT in predicting the adverse outcome in neonates.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 425 pregnant women with normal vaginal delivery were studied between2009 and 2014at Vali-e-Asr Hospital. Based on the r...

background: intracytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi) is an advanced technique employed in assisted reproductive clinics for treatment of infertile couples. the reproductive endocrinologists try their level best to identify factors that enhance success rate after icsi. objective: to compare estradiol progesterone ratio on ovulation induction day amongst pregnancy outcome groups following icsi. ma...

abstract background and objective: nutritional factors are a matter of debate in the etiology of preterm labor. this study was conducted to assess the association of maternal folic acid consumption with preterm labor .comprised and materials and methods: this cohort study was conducted on 191 healthy pregnant women in 2009, referring to two teaching hospitals in tehran (iran). the folic acid in...