Background Reduced ovarian reserve has been known to predict poor ovarian response and poor success rates in infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive technology. Ovarian reserve also decreases with age but the rate of decline defers from a woman to another. The aim of this study was to detect any difference in ovarian reserve as measured by basal serum FSH and AMH between matched cohort...

Background: Some authors detected significantly higher IL-18 levels in serum, peritoneal, and pleural fluids of patients with severe OHSS as compared with control groups and suggest a role of IL- 18 as a marker of OHSS. Lower levels of IL-18 have been found to characterize unexplained infertility. In this study, we analyzed the importance of IL-18 levels in serum and follicle fluid in response ...

The standard goal of all fertility treatments is the improvement of pregnancy rates in infertile patients. Within the last 20 years, ovulation induction has contributed to the success of assisted reproduction techniques e.g. in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo-transfer (ET). The efficacy of these techniques depends on a personalized protocol of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) and ...

BACKGROUND Poor ovarian response to controlled ovarian stimulation is one of the most important interest points in assisted reproduction. Mild ovarian stimulation seems to be preferable to high dose of FSH regimens in women with a history of poor ovarian response in previous protocol. Clomiphene citrate and letrozole alone or in combination with FSH have been used in mild ovarian stimulation pr...

Failure to respond adequately to standard protocols and to recruit adequate follicles is called 'poor response'. This results in decreased oocyte production, cycle cancellation and, overall, is associated with a significantly diminished probability of pregnancy. It has been shown that ovarian reserve tests, such as basal FSH, antimullarian hormone (AMH), inhibin B, basal estradiol, antral folli...

background: microdose flare-up gnrh agonist and gnrh antagonist have become more popular in the management of poor ovarian responders (por) in recent years; however, the optimal protocol for por patients undergoing in vitro fertilization has still been a challenge. methods: in this observational study design, two hundred forty four poor ovarian responders were retrospectively evaluated for thei...

BACKGROUND Poor ovarian response and retrieval of no oocytes following ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization (IVF) is a challenging problem for both the patient and the clinician. FINDINGS Recent evidence indicates that folliculogenesis occurs in a wave-like fashion indicating that there are multiple follicular recruitment waves in the same menstrual cycle. This relatively new scient...