Background: The objective was to compare the use of micronized vaginal progesterone 800 mg daily and oral dydrogesterone 40 in endometrial preparation for frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET). Methods: Prospective randomized study with women undergoing FET along hormone replacement therapy preparation, between September 2019 February 2021. A total 73 patients were randomly selected orally receiv...

BACKGROUND We aimed to explore the endometrial histology and endocrine profiles on day 21 of an artificial cycle in patients with premature ovarian failure (POF) treated with oral dydrogesterone (DG) or vaginal micronized progesterone. METHODS The study was designed as a prospective pilot study at an academic reproductive medicine unit. Six POF patients were included in the study. After estro...

INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular disease (CVD) including coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke is the most common cause of female death. Premenopausal CHD is very rare but when women enter the menopause the incidence of CHD increases markedly. CHD presents 10 years later in women than in men. The reason is still unclear but the protective effects of estrogens have been suggested. AIMS To formula...

OBJECTIVES Evidence is accumulating that progestogens may play a crucial role in the development of breast cancer under contraception and hormone therapy in reproductive and menopausal women. Progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (PGRMC1) expressed in breast cancer may be important in tumorigenesis and thus may increase breast cancer risk. The aim of this project was to investigate the inf...

UNLABELLED To compare Crinone vaginal progesterone gel with intramuscularly injected progesterone for luteal phase support in progesterone-supplemented frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles, a randomized prospective study of patients qualified for FET was conducted between September 2010 and January 2013 at a hospital in Shanghai, China. From the day of transformation into secretory phase ...

A retrospective study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital to evaluate the drug utilization pattern pregnant women. total of 876 women were enrolled study. Parameters such as demography, gravidity, comorbid illness, neonatal outcome, drugs prescribed and their details collected. The mean age population found be 29.4±4.4 y (mean±standard deviation). Majority them underwent caesarea...