Ho PC
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· 14 papers in corpus
other
2022
INTRODUCTION: Medical treatment is a less invasive alternative to surgical management of missed miscarriage. Studies have shown that pretreatment with mifepristone can increase the complete abortion rate in management of first-trimester mis…
nonrandomized-trial
2015
OBJECTIVE: To determine the live birth and cumulative live birth rates of expected poor ovarian responders according to the Bologna criteria and to compare their outcomes with those of expected normal responders. DESIGN: Retrospective anal…
observational
2014
PURPOSE: This retrospective cohort study evaluated the cumulative live birth rate in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and isolated polycystic ovaries (PCO) undergoing in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. METHODS: We studied 1…
observational
2014
PURPOSE: To validate the use of the ovarian sensitivity index (OSI) as a measure of ovarian response during in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. METHODS: This is a retrospective study carried out in an assisted reproduction unit in a te…
observational
2013
OBJECTIVE: This retrospective study determined for the first time the role of baseline antral follicle count (AFC) and serum anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level in the first in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycle in predicting cumulative live bi…
diagnostic-accuracy
2012
PURPOSE: Analysis of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is becoming of recognized importance in reproductive medicine, but assays are not standardized. We have evaluated the correlation between the new Gen II ELISA kit (Beckman-Coutler) and the o…
lab-animal
2012
Ectopic pregnancy (EP) occurs when the embryo fails to transit to the uterus and attach to the luminal epithelium of the Fallopian tube (FT). Tubal EP is a common gynecological emergency and more than 95% of EP occurs in the ampullary regio…
observational
2009
OBJECTIVE: To study the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), endocrine gland-derived VEGF (EG-VEGF/PK1), and its receptors (PKR1 and PKR2) in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues. DESIGN: A case-control study. SETTI…
review
2006
Mifepristone is a progesterone antagonist that has been studied for a number of clinical applications. It is a well-known abortifacient that is effective for both first- and second-trimester medical abortion when used with a prostaglandin a…
other
2005
BACKGROUND: Literature supports the efficacy of psychosocial intervention for infertile women. An eastern body-mind-spirit group intervention has been developed to help infertile women in the Chinese population cope with the distress arisin…
rct
2003
PURPOSE: To compare the effectiveness of three different doses of lignocaine used in paracervical block (PCB) during transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval (TUGOR) METHODS: In this double-blind study, 153 patients undergoing TUGOR …
observational
2002
BACKGROUND: There is no consensus as to whether uterine fibroids have any adverse effects on the outcomes of assisted reproduction treatment. This prospective study compared implantation/pregnancy rates of women with and without fibroids un…
other
2001
Chlamydia antibody testing (CAT) has been used to predict tubal pathology associated with Chlamydia infection, the leading cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Tubal pathology not related to C. trachomatis is unlikely to be identifie…
nonrandomized-trial
1998
This study compared the effects of human follicular fluid (hFF) from women with endometriosis, tubal factor and male factor on the zona binding capacity of human spermatozoa. Samples of hFF were collected from 30 patients, 10 patients for e…