INTRODUCTION To study characteristics of birth defect cases among live births, stillbirths and abortions in Singapore between 1994 and 2000. METHODS Index cases for the National Birth Defects Registry (NBDR) were obtained from all neonatal nurseries in Singapore, all hospital discharge summaries, cytogenetic and pathology reports from all pathology laboratories in Singapore, and from the comp...

OBJECTIVE This retrospective study determined for the first time the role of baseline antral follicle count (AFC) and serum anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level in the first in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycle in predicting cumulative live birth from one stimulation cycle. METHODS We studied 1,156 women (median age 35 years) undergoing the first IVF cycle. Baseline AFC and AMH level on the day b...

Background: Human fertility has been declined all over the world. Advanced women’s age is one of the most important factors in determining the success of reproduction and ageing has negative impact on ART outcome and advanced female age decreases the chance of live birth rates achieved using ART, especially after 40 years of age. The purpose of this study was to evaluate ART outcomes regarding ...

OBJECTIVE To compare live birth rates after fresh embryo transfer (ET) and cumulative ongoing pregnancy rates after fresh ET and frozen-thawed (ET) between continents and overall after one treatment cycle with corifollitropin alfa or recombinant FSH. DESIGN Double-blind, multicenter, randomized controlled trial. SETTING Fourteen centers in North America (NA); 20 in Europe (EU). PATIENT(S)...

In order to explore the relationship between serum progesterone (P) level on the day of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) administration and cumulative live birth rate in patients with different ovarian response during in vitro fertilization (IVF), we carried out this retrospective cohort study including a total of 4,651 patients undergoing their first IVF cycles from January 2011 to December...

background: in recent years, concerns have been raised about human reproductive disorders. caffeine consumption is increasing by the world’s population and there is a relationship between caffeine intake and adverse reproductive outcomes. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of caffeine on implantation sites, number of live births, birth weight, crown-rump length (crl) and abnormal...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the utilization and live birth rates of assisted reproductive technology (ART) modalities among various racial and ethnic groups in recent years. METHODS We reviewed ART data reported to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies Clinic Outcome Reporting System (SART CORS) for autologous ART and third-party ART (3ART) cycles which ...

Introduction Reduction of neonatal mortality from the current levels of 29 neonatal deaths per 1000 live births to 21 per 1000 live births is one of the major goals of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Karnataka. Strategic focus on geographies and sub-populations within the state where neonatal mortality is the highest will enhance the speed and magnitude of its reduction. A recently ...

Sperm DNA damage has a negative impact on pregnancy rates following assisted reproduction treatment (ART). The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between sperm DNA fragmentation and live-birth rates after IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The alkaline Comet assay was employed to measure sperm DNA fragmentation in native semen and in spermatozoa following den...