Approximately 8-10% of couples are facing some kind infertility problem. Infertility is defined as a couple's inability to achieve pregnancy over an average one year without using birth control methods and while engaging in normal sexual intercourse. Primary secondary the two types infertility. The high percentage female reproductive age factors influencing infertility, well existing studies on...

BACKGROUND The prevalence and etiology of infertility are not similar in different parts of the world. There are only few reports of this topic in Iran. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine the clinical patterns and major causes of infertility in Mazandaran province in north of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of 3734 consecutive couples attending two infertility c...

Objective Infertility is one of the most common challenges that women of reproductive age would encounter today. The maternal nutritional status is a particularly important determinant of oocyte quality and embryonic growth. Studies on whether the overall diet can affect reproductive outcomes in infertile women are few. So this study was conducted to assess the relationship between dietary patt...

OBJECTIVES A large prospective clinical trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of single dose uFSH and clomiphene citrate combination with clomiphene citrate alone for ovulation induction to improve the pregnancy rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was a randomized, prospective clinical trial. Totally, 1527 infertile women (4381 cycles) with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) (n=911/25...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate some epidemiologic and aetiologic factors for male infertility in our patients. METHOD All male patients who presented with infertility in urology clinic of the department of surgery between 1991and2005 were retrospectively reviewed. Epidemiologic and aetiological factors of male infertility were studied. RESULT There were 537 patients; age ranged 18 to 56 years with a...

BACKGROUND The subject of infertility has taken its place in the health sector at the top level. Since primary health care services are insufficient, most people, especially women, keep on suffering from it all over the world, namely in underdeveloped or developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine primary care physicians' opinions about the approach to infertility cases and the...