OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the clinical, biochemical and ultrasonic features of infertile women with PCOS from the two infertility centers of Karachi, The Aga Khan University Hospital and Concept Fertility Centre. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Aga Khan University Hospital, and Concept Fertility Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, from January ...

BACKGROUND While multiple factors can contribute to male infertility, genetic factors, such as chromosomal disorders or Y-chromosome microdeletion, are responsible for about 10% of male infertility. Considering the role of Y-chromosome micro-deletions in men with oligozoospermia who volunteer for in vitro fertilization (IVF), the prevalence of such microdeletions in each particular community ne...

Objective Due to the worldwide increase in infertility, it is both necessary and important to have assisted reproductive technology (ART) registries. In Iran, donation and surrogacy programs are approved by decrees from religious scholars. ART has been used since 1984 in Iran and the first Iranian infant conceived by gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT) was born in 1989. This report, however,...

Background Millions of men and women suffer from infertility worldwide. In many cultures, infertile women are at risk of social and emotional problems. Infertility may affect the public health in many countries. Domestic violence is the intentional use of physical force, power or threat against oneself, another person or another group or community which leads to injury, death, mental harm, lack...

s:1640:"Background: Surrogacy is one of the most controversial procedures in infertility treatment. Despite increasing of using this technology in Iran, there are few practical data about surrogacy. There isn't any study assessing experiences of commissioning mothers about surrogate mother selection. The purpose of this study was exploring of commissioning mothers' experiences in sele...

Background: Pregnancy after assisted reproduction technology is the one of risk factors that can result in anxiety. Many studies showed that for up to 20% of infertile women, the emotional burden of infertility persist even after successful treatment. This study aims to determine anxiety level and its relation with duration of infertility in ARTs pregnant women undergoing sample infertility cen...

Purpose: This study aims to determine the psychosocial problems experienced by infertile women and their stigmatization statuses. 
 Methods: qualitative was conducted in Assisted Reproductive Treatment Center of a university hospital Turkey between November 2016-May 2017. Sample consisted 42 who agreed participate study. Data were collected through semi-structured “Interview Form” consisti...

Ovarian stimulation, a hormonal treatment technique aimed at collecting several oocytes from women for artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization, has not sufficiently interested researchers the human and social sciences, particularly psychopathologists clinicians. However, this technique, carried out prolonged way, induces psychological suffering some because of considerable weight gain...

OBJECTIVES Women with infertility experience higher rates of psychological distress compared with their fertile counterparts. In developing countries, socio-cultural factors may aggravate this distress. We aimed to determine the prevalence of psychological distress as well as its associated socio-cultural characteristics among women attending the infertility clinic of a tertiary hospital in Nig...

Subjects and methods: A prospective study was performed in a referral (clinical) population, included 397 infertile women (134 with PCOS, aged 28.2 ±4.7 years (Group A) and 263 without PCOS, aged 29.4 ±5.4 years (Group B); 363 Caucasians and 34 Asians), who were referred for the evaluation of infertility at clinical research centers in Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude (Eastern Siberia) between 2007 and 201...