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Objective: To clarify how often infertile men should have intercourse to achieve conception, the effect of sequential ejaculation on total motile sperm counts was investigated. Design: Case-control st...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the ability of luteal phase length determined by basal body temperature (BBT) pattern and a midluteal serum progesterone level to predict the result of an endometrial biopsy in...

Objective: Insufficient breast milk is the most common reason for premature termination of breast-feeding. The causes of lactation insufficiency are usually multifactorial; in a small percentage of ca...

Research on inflammatory bowel disease risk among oral contraceptive users has reached conflicting conclusions. This population-based case-control study evaluated the effects of oral contraceptive use...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of subfertility with miscarriage, low birth weight, and preterm delivery. DESIGN: Comparison of time to pregnancy distributions between pregnancies that had dif...

We measured plasma Cu. Zn and Mg levels in 40 women suffering from premenstrual tension syndrome (PMTS) and in 20 control subjects by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Mean plasma Cu, Zn and Mg lev...

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether luteal E2 is obligatory for obtaining an adequately developed endometrium. DESIGN: Survey of women with premature ovarian failure (POF) in a prospective, controlled, ran...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the sensitivity and specificity of common clinical tests used for the diagnosis of luteal phase defect (LPD). DESIGN: The sensitivity and specificity of these tests for predictin...

Objective: To follow-up and expand discussion on the action mechanisms of antisperm antibodies in human infertility, the etiology and control of antisperm antibody induction, sperm antigens involved i...

This paper describes the evaluation of a new method of natural family planning (NFP) in Liberia. The Modified Mucus Method (MMM) was developed to address the need for a simple method of charting for p...

Objective: Bone loss occurs in young women who experience amenorrhea or ovulatory disturbances. The purpose of this study was to determine whether bone loss could be prevented by simulating a more nor...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the use of luteal phase support improves pregnancy rate (PR) in infertility. DESIGN: A meta-analysis of randomized trials of luteal phase support. Search of the Nation...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the use effectiveness of the Creighton model ovulation method in avoiding and achieving pregnancy. DESIGN: Prospective, descriptive. SETTING: A natural family planning clinic...

OBJECTIVES: To define relation between mood and concentrations of progesterone and cortisol during perinatal period to test hypothesis that rapid physiological withdrawal of steroid hormones after del...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To characterize ampullary endosalpingeal findings in women with occlusive or nonocclusive salpingitis isthmica nodosa. DESIGN: Prospective case study. SETTING: Obstetrics and Gyneco...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between some reproductive variables and infertility caused by tubal obstruction. DESIGN: A retrospective, case-control study. SETTING: A tertiary care univer...

Natural family planning (NFP) methods can be effective if taught well and practised by well-motivated couples. Midwives should be able to give couples an understanding of the basic principles of the m...

OBJECTIVE: To establish age-stratified reference values for salivary luteal P levels. DESIGN: One hundred thirty-six regularly menstruating women (18 to 48 years of age), screened for weight, exercis...

"Uterine Isolation" has been discussed, in one form or another, since the early 1940's by such notable American theologians as Fr. John C. Ford, SJ, Fr. Gerald Kelly, SJ; Fr. Francis J. Connell, C.SS....

OBJECTIVE: To (1) review the events leading to peritoneal adhesion formation; (2) review traditional adhesion prevention adjuvants; (3) overview studies for adhesion prevention barriers including a pe...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate further the safety and efficacy of selective ostial salpingography combined with transcervical wire recanalization for the diagnosis and treatment of proximal tubal obstruction....

To determine the accuracy of postoperative recall of preoperative pain, this prospective, longitudinal study was conducted by a general gynecologist in private practice at a referral center. Before ex...

An introduction to and some new anatomical and physiological aspects of the cervix and vagina are presented and also an explanation of the biosynthesis and molecular structure of mucus.

Silent intrauterine infection as cause of preterm labour should be recognised early by measuring C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in the maternal serum. Ensuing antibiotic therapy may not only cause ge...

We examined the latent structure underlying the criteria for DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text revision). Washingt...

Objective: To determine whether cyclic medroxyprogesterone treatment given without estrogen causes adverse symptoms in postmenopausal women. Methods: This was a placebo-controlled, double-blind, cros...

OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this prospective study was to test whether preterm birth prevention education plus increased clinic visits and selected prophylactic interventions reduce preterm bi...

The following is an address presented to a summit meeting on natural family planning sponsored by the Pontifical Councilfor the Family in December, 1992 I am honored and privileged to have this opport...

We assessed the relationship between dietary restraint and menstrual cycle characteristics in 27 ovulatory women, previous participants in a longitudinal study of spinal cancellous bone mineral densit...

A group of 119 patients suffering from a severe psychiatric postpartum disorder who were admitted for the first time in their life to a psychiatric hospital has been investigated. The onset of illness...

The sperm function of fertile men (control), infertility patients (experimental), and men with varicocele were compared. The bioassays used were the follicular fluid-induced acrosome reaction, the bin...

OBJECTIVE: To determine prospectively the incidence of several pulmonary diagnoses among infants born through clear or meconium-stained amniotic fluid (AF) managed by a selective approach to tracheal ...

Annual report (Jahrbuch) of the Deutsches IVF-Register (DIR) for treatment year 1993. DIR is the German national IVF/ICSI registry, founded 1982 — the oldest continuously operating ART registry. Volun...

Since 1989 an international multicenter prospective study to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of natural family planning (NFP) methods in Europe has been conducted by the NFP Research Cent...

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of fertility drugs and IVF on the outcome of triplet pregnancies. DESIGN: Prospective clinical study. SETTING: A single university medical center. PATIENTS: One hun...

good of all, and above all, for the protection of the weak."2I submit that, no matter how appealing a marketplace model may seem for the NHS, it is a business model.As such the destruction of either p...

The constant infusion of [3H]equilin sulfate ([3H]EqS) was used to estimate the MCR of equilin sulfate (EqS) and to measure the conversion of this estrogen to equilin (Eq), equilenin (Eqn), equilenin ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of luteal support with vaginal P suppositories

To determine if laparoscopic excision of endometriosis by electrosurgery is more rapid than by sharp dissection, a retrospective comparative study was made of operative times for the two procedures. M...

Lignans are a group of phytochemicals shown to have weakly estrogenic and antiestrogenic properties. Two specific lignans, enterodiol and enterolactone, are absorbed after formation in the intestinal ...

OBJECTIVE: To establish a nomogram for the length of the uterocervical canal and to determine whether this can be used to predict preterm delivery. METHODS: Cervical length was measured by transvagin...