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Loss‐of‐Function Variants in CCDC189 Cause Human Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia by Disrupting Sperm Flagellar and Acrosomal Architecture

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT), characterized by reduced sperm count, impaired motility, and abnormal morphology, is a major cause of male infertility with substantial genetic heterogeneity. However, the underlying genetic etiology remains unresolved in a large proportion of affected individuals.
Jianteng Zhou, Ghulam Mustafa, Tingting Lin, Jingwei Ye, Huan Zhang, Hanwei Jiang, Kexin Yang, Guoning Huang, Qinghua Shi   +8 more
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Can Hormonal Therapy Improve the Outcomes of mTESE in Patients With Non‐Obstructive Azoospermia?

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Non‐obstructive azoospermia (NOA) represents the most severe form of male infertility. Hypogonadism is common in NOA patients, and normal testosterone (T) levels are considered essential for spermatogenesis. Fertility‐preserving hormonal therapy (FpHT) has been proposed to optimize hormonal milieu and improve sperm retrieval rates ...
Mattia Anfosso, Maria Schubert, Jann‐Frederik Cremers, Sabine Kliesch, Michael Zitzmann, Simone Bier   +5 more
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Gestational carriers: A viable alternative for women with medical contraindications to pregnancy* [PDF]

, 2015
These authors contributed equally to this work. Objective—Compare the efficacy of surrogate or gestational carrier (GC) cycles to that of autologous in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injections (ICSI) in patients with gynecologic or ...
Ginsburg, Elizabeth, Raymond M. Anchan, Stacey A. Missmer, Anchan, Raymond, Correia, Katharine F., Missmer, Stacey, Katharine F. Correia, Elizabeth S   +7 more
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Changes in Testosterone Levels Following Surgical Sperm Retrieval in Men with Non-Obstructive Azoospermia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The World Journal of Men's Health
Purpose: Surgical sperm retrieval (SSR) is used to extract spermatozoa for use with intracytoplasmic sperm injection in men with obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA).
Wael Zohdy, Rupin Shah, Christopher Chee Kong Ho, Gokhan Calik, Vineet Malhotra, Bircan Kolbaşı Erkan, Mesut Berkan Duran, Georgios Tsampoukas, Garaz Radion, Ramadan Saleh, Ahmed M. Harraz, Parviz Kavoussi, Eric Chung, Edmund Ko, Luca Boeri, Naveen Kumar, Selahittin Çayan, Amarnath Rambhatla, Osvaldo Rajmil, Mohamed Arafa, Rossella Cannarella, Omer Raheem, Taymour Mostafa, Widi Atmoko, Taha Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid Hamoda, Armand Zini, Ashok Agarwal   +26 more
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Spontaneous miscarriage after intracytoplasmic sperm injection with frozen sperm of patients with testicular germ cell tumour

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objective To clarify the impact of chromosomal aberrations on the offspring of patients with testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT) by evaluating the outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Patients and Methods Under the ethical review of Yokohama City University, 12 patients with TGCT and 25 with non‐TGCT cancer who had cryopreserved sperm ...
Haru Hamada, Akifumi Ijuin, Tomonari Hayama, Naoki Tsuchiya, Sumiko Sueyoshi, Misaki Toda, Ai Miyakoshi, Mayuko Kurumizaka, Marina Saito, Yuki Oike, Hiroe Ueno, Shinnosuke Kuroda, Kazumi Takeshima, Teppei Takeshima, Shin Saito, Ryoko Asano, Taichi Mizushima, Yasushi Yumura, Hideya Sakakibara, Etsuko Miyagi, Miki Tanoshima, Mariko Murase   +21 more
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The unbearable (financial) burdens of parenting

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Alya Guseva
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The Efficiency of Introducing Intrauterine Infusion of Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma versus Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor in Repeated Implantation Failure Patients: An Unblinded Randomised Clinical Trial [PDF]

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility
Background: Repeated implantation failure (RIF) refers to the condition where high quality embryos are unable tosuccessfully implant after multiple cycles of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.
Marzieh Mehrafza, Gholamreza Pourseify, Tahereh Zare Yousefi, Raoufi Azadeh, Sahar Saghati Jalali, Elmira Hosseinzadeh, Sajedeh Samadnia, Maliheh Habibdoost, Amirhossein Tamimi, Ahmad Hosseini   +9 more
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Management of Azoospermia: A Systematic Approach

The Obstetrician &Gynaecologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Key Content Work‐up of azoospermic men includes a detailed history, physical examination and investigations to find the underlying cause. Causes and management of azoospermia (pre‐testicular, testicular and post‐testicular) with case presentations.
Naimah Raza, Alex Grammatis, Philippa Sangster, Jackson Kirkman‐Brown   +3 more
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Effect of androgen treatment during foetal and/or neonatal life on ovarian function in prepubertal and adult rats [PDF]

, 2012
We investigated the effects of different windows of testosterone propionate (TP) treatment during foetal and neonatal life in female rats to determine whether and when excess androgen exposure would cause disruption of adult reproductive function ...
Alan S McNeilly, Amanda J Drake, Michelle Welsh, Broyde, Marie, Tyndall, Victoria, Welsh, M., McNeilly, Alan S, Drake, Amanda J, Victoria Tyndall, Richard Sharpe, Marie Broyde, Broyde, M., Welsh, Michelle, Sharpe, Richard, McNeilly, A.S., Drake, A.J., Sharpe, R., Tyndall, V.   +17 more
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Spaceborne and spaceborn: Physiological aspects of pregnancy and birth during interplanetary flight

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Crewed interplanetary return missions that are on the planning horizon will take years, more than enough time for initiation and completion of a pregnancy. Pregnancy is viewed as a sequence of processes – fertilization, blastocyst formation, implantation, gastrulation, placentation, organogenesis, gross morphogenesis, birth and neonatal ...
Arun V. Holden
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