BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous disorder with reproductive, metabolic, and psychological features, often underdiagnosed due to diagnostic inaccuracies and inconsistent knowledge among providers. These gaps hi…
RESEARCH QUESTION: How does follitropin delta administered with an individualized dose based on body weight and AMH perform in daily practice, and is this comparable to results from a randomized phase III clinical trial in terms of ovarian …
BACKGROUND: While Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) helps personalise In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) stimulation protocols, a significant number of women still do not achieve an optimal ovarian response. To address this, we explore the utility of …
BACKGROUND: The posttranslational histone modification H3K9me3 is crucial for constitutive heterochromatin (cHC) and supports genome stability and gene regulation during development. This epigenetic mark persists in human sperm post histone…
BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity affect millions of people globally, which has also serious implications for reproduction. For example, treatment outcomes after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) are worse in women with a high body mass index (…
BACKGROUND: Long-term effects of assisted reproductive technology (ART) on ovarian tumor risk are unknown. METHODS: This nationwide cohort study comprises 30 625 women who received ovarian stimulation for ART in 1983-2000 and 9988 subferti…
Inadequate nutrition and lifestyle behaviors, particularly during the periconception period, are associated with a negative impact on embryonic and subsequent fetal development. We investigated the associations between parental nutritional …
OBJECTIVE: Subfertility is frequently encountered among female rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and has been associated with disease activity and antirheumatic drugs. However, little is known about the results of the fertility assessments…
The role of sex steroid hormones in reproductive function in women is well established. However, in the last two decades it has been shown that receptors for estrogens, progesterone and androgens are expressed in non reproductive tissue /or…