OBJECTIVES To standardize the TUNEL assay by establishing inter- and intraobserver variability, interassay variability, cutoff values, sensitivity and specificity of the assay, and studying the distribution of the DNA damage in a population of infertile men referred to a clinical andrology laboratory. METHODS Seminal ejaculates from 25 healthy male volunteers (controls) and 194 infertile men ...

INTRODUCTION Robertsonian translocation is one of the major chromosomal rearrangements with a prevalence rate of 0.1% of the general population and 1% of the infertile population. In this report, we present a nonhomologous Robertsonian translocation in a female patient with a history of repeated abortions. CASE PRESENTATION A couple with the complaint of repeated abortions was admitted in the...

BACKGROUND The available evidence on the role of obesity and body mass index (BMI) on male infertility has been controversial or inconclusive to some extent. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the role of BMI on some male-fertility laboratory indicators both among infertile and fertile men in an Iranian population. METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 159 male patients who had ...

Background: Reproductive variables may play an important role on the correlation between irrational parenthood cognition (IPC) and destructive behaviors of infertile couple. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between IPC and destructive behaviors by reproductive variables in primary infertile women. Methods: The study was descriptive-analytic. 183 cases of prim...

About infertility Infertility is the inability of a couple to get pregnant despite having regular unprotected sex. A couple is regarded as infertile if, after regular sexual intercourse, they have not conceived in two years. It is estimated that one in seven UK couples has difficulty conceiving (HFEA, 2006). Identifiable causes of infertility include: ovulatory disorders in 27% of couples; tuba...