Infertility, Female

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Absence of secretory endometrium after false-positive home urine luteinizing hormone testing. 
  • Acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in assisted reproduction: remaining uncertainties. 
  • Acute ureteral obstruction following transvaginal oocyte retrieval for IVF. 
  • Adjunctive leuprolide therapy does not improve cycle fecundity in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intrauterine insemination of subfertile women. 
  • Administration of antineoplastic drugs and fecundity in female nurses. 
  • An Update on Surgical versus Expectant Management of Ovarian Endometriomas in Infertile Women. 
  • Analysis of sequential treatment protocols for endometriosis-associated infertility. 
  • Antichlamydial antibodies, human fertility, and pregnancy wastage. 
  • Association Between Biomarkers of Ovarian Reserve and Infertility Among Older Women of Reproductive Age 
  • Association Between Patient Characteristics and Treatment Procedure Among Patients With Uterine Leiomyomas. 
  • Blunt trocar laparoscopy. 
  • Body mass index and intercourse compliance. 
  • Celiac disease is not more prevalent in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization and does not affect reproductive outcomes with or without treatment: a large prospective cohort study. 
  • Characterization of uterine NK cells in women with infertility or recurrent pregnancy loss and associated endometriosis. 
  • Clinical characteristics of ovulation induction with human menopausal gonadotropins with and without leuprolide acetate in polycystic ovary syndrome. 
  • Clomiphene, metformin, or both for infertility in the polycystic ovary syndrome. 
  • Cryopreservation of all prezygotes in patients at risk of severe hyperstimulation does not eliminate the syndrome, but the chances of pregnancy are excellent with subsequent frozen-thaw transfers. 
  • Culdoscopy: a foundation for natural orifice surgery--past, present, and future. 
  • Development of a fertility risk calculator to predict individualized chance of ovarian failure after chemotherapy. 
  • Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Uterine Anomalies in Pregnancy. 
  • Differential effects of interleukin-1 alpha, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, indomethacin, hydrocortisone, and macrophage co-culture on the proliferation of human fibroblasts and peritoneal mesothelial cells. 
  • Diminished ovarian reserve and poor response to stimulation in patients <38 years old: a quantitative but not qualitative reduction in performance. 
  • Disruption of the mouse oestrogen receptor gene: resulting phenotypes and experimental findings. 
  • Distribution of the FMR1 gene in females by race/ethnicity: women with diminished ovarian reserve versus women with normal fertility (SWAN study). 
  • Do media portrayals of obesity influence support for weight-related medical policy? 
  • Does progesterone supplementation improve pregnancy rates in clomiphene citrate and intrauterine insemination treatment cycles? 
  • Dyadic goal appraisal during treatment for infertility: how do different perspectives relate to partners' adjustment? 
  • Effects of infertility, pregnancy loss, and patient concerns on family size of women with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Effects of the severity of tubo-ovarian disease and previous tubal surgery on the results of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. 
  • Elevated prevalence of 35-44 FMR1 trinucleotide repeats in women with diminished ovarian reserve. 
  • Embryo transfer to the uterus or the fallopian tube after in vitro fertilization yields similar results. 
  • Endometrial BCL6 Overexpression in Eutopic Endometrium of Women With Endometriosis. 
  • Endometrial dating--still room for controversy. 
  • Endometrial receptivity and implantation require uterine BMP signaling through an ACVR2A-SMAD1/SMAD5 axis. 
  • Endometrial receptivity and intrauterine adhesive disease. 
  • Evidence-based treatments for couples with unexplained infertility: a guideline. 
  • Experience with diethylstilbestrol-exposed infertile women in a program of in vitro fertilization. 
  • Female fertility is reduced in mice lacking Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV. 
  • Fertility and Ovarian Reserve among Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
  • Fertility and infertility in rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Fertility treatment is associated with multiple meningiomas and younger age at diagnosis. 
  • Follicular development, acquisition of mature oocytes, and pregnancy after 2 weeks of leuprolide acetate administration during the midluteal phase. 
  • Fulminant hepatic failure due to herpes simplex after hysteroscopy. 
  • Gamma Knife radiosurgery as a primary surgical treatment for hypersecreting pituitary adenomas. 
  • Gene expression in oogenesis and implications for transgenerational effects of environmental toxicants. 
  • Gene expression profiling reveals progesterone-mediated cell cycle and immunoregulatory roles of Hoxa-10 in the preimplantation uterus. 
  • Genetic and epigenetic changes in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis: association with decreased endometrial αvβ3 integrin expression. 
  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog cotreatment for preservation of ovarian function during gonadotoxic chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • High throughput, cell type-specific analysis of key proteins in human endometrial biopsies of women from fertile and infertile couples. 
  • High-dose follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) ovarian stimulation in low-responder patients for in vitro fertilization. 
  • Histological dating of timed endometrial biopsy tissue is not related to fertility status. 
  • Homeostasis imbalance in the endometrium of women with implantation defects: the role of estrogen and progesterone. 
  • How Obamacare will impact reproductive health. 
  • Hysterectomy and loss of fertility: implications for women's mental health. 
  • Impact of a cryopreservation program on the multiple pregnancy rate associated with assisted reproductive technologies. 
  • Impact of leuprolide acetate on the response to follicular stimulation for in vitro fertilization in patients with normal basal gonadotropin levels. 
  • In Vitro Activation: A Possible New Frontier for Treatment of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency. 
  • In support of equitable infertility health insurance. 
  • In vitro fertilization and acupuncture: clinical efficacy and mechanistic basis. 
  • In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF/ET): an established and successful therapy for endometriosis. 
  • In vitro fertilization: effective alternative to surgery for distal tubal occlusion. 
  • Increased infertility with age in men and women. 
  • Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression by peritoneal macrophages in endometriosis-associated infertility. 
  • Intercourse compliance, ovulation, and treatment success in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-Reproductive Medicine Network's Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PPCOS) Trial. 
  • Interobserver and intraobserver variability in the histological dating of the endometrium in fertile and infertile women. 
  • Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: achievement of high pregnancy rates in couples with severe male factor infertility is dependent primarily upon female and not male factors. 
  • Late ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome after controlled ovarian stimulation in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis. 
  • Loss of HDAC3 results in nonreceptive endometrium and female infertility. 
  • Loss of MIG-6 results in endometrial progesterone resistance via ERBB2. 
  • Luteal supplementation in in vitro fertilization: more questions than answers. 
  • Macrophages and infertility: enhancement of human macrophage-mediated sperm killing by antisperm antibodies. 
  • Macrophages and infertility: oviductal macrophages as potential mediators of infertility. 
  • Major depression, antidepressant use, and male and female fertility. 
  • Markers of ovarian reserve as predictors of future fertility. 
  • Medication adherence and treatment success in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-Reproductive Medicine Network's Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Trial. 
  • Metformin and/or clomiphene do not adversely affect liver or renal function in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. 
  • Monitoring of ovulation in the assessment of reproductive hazards in the workplace. 
  • Moving forward during major goal blockage: situational goal adjustment in women facing infertility. 
  • Multi-modal magnetic resonance elastography for noninvasive assessment of ovarian tissue rigidity in vivo. 
  • Obesity in pregnancy. 
  • Oestrogen and progesterone action on endometrium: a translational approach to understanding endometrial receptivity. 
  • Oocyte cryopreservation versus ovarian tissue cryopreservation for adult female oncofertility patients: a cost-effectiveness study. 
  • Open laparoscopy without special instruments or sutures. Comparison with a closed technique. 
  • Ovarian hyperstimulation causing ureteral obstruction in a pregnant woman. 
  • Peritoneal fluid and plasma levels of human macrophage colony-stimulating factor in relation to peritoneal fluid macrophage content. 
  • Peritoneal fluid prolactin in infertile women with endometriosis: lack of evidence of secretory activity by endometrial implants. 
  • Peritoneal macrophages and infertility: the association between cell number and pelvic pathology. 
  • Postoperative adhesions in gynecologic surgery: a committee opinion. 
  • Preconceptional considerations and counseling for the infertile couple. 
  • Predictive value of progesterone and estradiol levels for pregnancy. 
  • Pregnancy outcomes decline with increasing body mass index: analysis of 239,127 fresh autologous in vitro fertilization cycles from the 2008-2010 Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology registry. 
  • Progesterone and the luteal phase: a requisite to reproduction. 
  • Progesterone function in human endometrium: clinical perspectives. 
  • Prospective assessment of midsecretory endometrial leukemia inhibitor factor expression versus ανβ3 testing in women with unexplained infertility. 
  • Proteomic analysis of endometrium from fertile and infertile patients suggests a role for apolipoprotein A-I in embryo implantation failure and endometriosis. 
  • Recommendations for reducing the risk of viral transmission during fertility treatment with the use of autologous gametes: a committee opinion. 
  • Reproductive failure and reduced blood pressure in mice lacking the EP2 prostaglandin E2 receptor. 
  • Requirement for the vasa RNA helicase in gurken mRNA localization. 
  • Results of in vitro fertilization attempts in patients with one or two ovaries. 
  • Role of SIRT1 and Progesterone Resistance in Normal and Abnormal Endometrium. 
  • SIRT1 plays an important role in implantation and decidualization during mouse early pregnancy. 
  • Salpingectomy improves the pregnancy rate in in-vitro fertilization patients with hydrosalpinx. 
  • Semen quality: is there a paternal effect on pregnancy outcome in in-vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection? 
  • Serum concentrations of enclomiphene and zuclomiphene across consecutive cycles of clomiphene citrate therapy in anovulatory infertile women. 
  • Smoking in infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome: baseline validation of self-report and effects on phenotype. 
  • Sperm phagocytosis by human peritoneal macrophages: a possible cause of infertility in endometriosis. 
  • Stress and Quality of Life for Taiwanese Women Who Underwent Infertility Treatment. 
  • Successful pregnancies in patients with estrogenic anovulation after low-dose human chorionic gonadotropin therapy alone following hMG for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. 
  • Superovulation with intrauterine insemination in the treatment of infertility: a possible alternative to gamete intrafallopian transfer and in vitro fertilization. 
  • Testing and interpreting measures of ovarian reserve: a committee opinion. 
  • The Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome study: baseline characteristics of the randomized cohort including racial effects. 
  • The appraisal of body content (ABC) trial: obesity does not significantly impact gamete production in infertile men and women. 
  • The impact of cyclophosphamide on menstruation and pregnancy in women with rheumatologic disease. 
  • The indications for in vitro fertilization. 
  • The luteal phase in polycystic ovary syndrome during ovulation induction with human menopausal gonadotropin with and without leuprolide acetate. 
  • The naturally occurring luteinizing hormone surge is diminished in mice lacking estrogen receptor Beta in the ovary. 
  • The nature of the intraperitoneal exudate associated with infertility: peritoneal fluid and serum lysozyme activity. 
  • The prognostic value of serum concentrations of progesterone, estradiol, and luteinizing hormone during superovulation with and without adjunctive leuprolide therapy. 
  • The significance of hydrosalpinx in in vitro fertilization. 
  • The stimulus responsible for the peritoneal fluid inflammation observed in infertile women with endometriosis. 
  • The value of basal serum follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone and oestradiol concentrations following pituitary down-regulation in predicting ovarian response to stimulation with highly purified follicle stimulating hormone. 
  • Timing of oocyte retrieval in cycles with a spontaneous luteinizing hormone surge in a large in vitro fertilization program. 
  • Treatment-independent, treatment-associated, and pregnancies after additional therapy in a program of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. 
  • Use and outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection for non-male factor infertility. 
  • Uterine Fibroids: Burden and Unmet Medical Need. 
  • Utility of screening for other causes of infertility in women with "known" polycystic ovary syndrome. 
  • Vitamin D Status Relates to Reproductive Outcome in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Secondary Analysis of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Wedge metroplasty for the septate uterus: an update. 
  • What exactly is endometrial receptivity? 
  • Willingness of Women with Endometriosis Planning to Undergo IVF to Participate in a Randomized Clinical Trial and the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Potential Participation. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Myers, Evan Robert, Walter L. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Woodward, Julia Taylor, Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology