BACKGROUND: Family-planning policies have focused on contraceptive approaches to avoid unintended pregnancies, postpone, or terminate pregnancies and mitigate population growth. These policies have contributed to significantly slowing world…
Infertility is a major, multifaceted issue worldwide whose prevalence is increasing in both high- and low-income countries. The reasons are numerous, and may differ among world regions, but lifestyle and nutritional factors, epidemic infect…
This chapter considers each stage of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and discusses its possible complications with options for prevention. The frequency of complications of ART varies among series and depending on whether the complic…
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to evaluate the outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in patients with advanced pelvic endometriosis and previous surgical treatment. STUDY DESIGN: A case controlled study was performed. RESULTS: Pat…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible role of vascular endothelial growth factor, interleukin-2, soluble interleukin-2 receptor alpha, interleukin-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptor in the pathogenesis of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrom…