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‘I Wish I Fought for Myself More Instead of Just Letting Doctors Dismiss Me’: A Combined Qualitative Analysis of Four Cohorts of Aotearoa New Zealand Endometriosis Patients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Endometriosis is a chronic condition that affects around 10% of New Zealand women and people presumed female at birth, however, limitations in diagnosis and management mean patients wait a decade on average from symptom onset to diagnosis.
Katherine Ellis, Rachael Wood
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A negative correlation of thyroid stimulating hormone with anti_mullerian hormone and with luteinizing hormone in polycystic ovary syndrome and/or hypothyroid women

Middle East Fertility Society Journal, 2018
Background: Using anti_mullerian hormone (AMH) for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome diagnosis is not always constant. Thyroid dysfunction may effect on AMH levels.
Samal Hakeem Kareem AL-Jaff
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Salivary testosterone measurement in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome [PDF]

, 2017
Clinical and/or biochemical hyperandrogenism is one of the diagnostic criteria for PCOS. An evaluation of the role of salivary testosterone (salT) and androstenedione (salA) for the diagnosis of PCOS was undertaken in a cross sectional study involving 65
Adaway, Joanne, Al-Qaissi, Ahmed, Atkin, Stephen, Atkin, Stephen L., Dargham, Soha, Dargham, Soha R., Keevil, Brian, Kilpatrick, Eric, Kilpatrick, Eric S., Sathyapalan, Thozhukat   +9 more
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Kisspeptin as a test of hypothalamic dysfunction in pubertal and reproductive disorders

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract The hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis is regulated by the gonadotropin‐releasing hormone pulse generator in the hypothalamus. This is comprised of neurons that secrete kisspeptin in a pulsatile manner to stimulate the release of GnRH, and, in turn, downstream gonadotropins from the pituitary gland, and subsequently sex steroids and ...
Aureliane C. S. Pierret, Aaran H. Patel, Elisabeth Daniels, Alexander N. Comninos, Waljit S. Dhillo, Ali Abbara   +5 more
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Obesity and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
The core pathophysiology of polycystic ovary syndrome involves an overproduction of androgens primarily originating from ovarian thecal cells. Two major external triggers promote androgen overproduction in the ovaries: the increased secretion of ...
Jin Ju Kim
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The aporetic dialogues of Modena on gender differences: Is it all about testosterone? Episode II: Empathy

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract The exploration of gender differences in non‐andrological fields was the core focus of a series of discussions, which took place at the Endocrinology Unit in Modena, Italy in the form of the aporetic dialogue of ancient Greece. This second episode reports the transcript of the actual debate on testosterone's role in defining empathic behavior ...
Giulia Brigante, Clara Lazzaretti, Ali Ahmad, Massimiliano Colzani, Filippo Vignali, Michele Zoli, Manuela Simoni   +6 more
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Paternal ischemic heart disease and chance of successful pregnancy outcomes

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Only approximately 30% of conceptions result in live births. Historically, research has predominantly focused on maternal factors impacting pregnancy success, despite the cause remaining unidentified in most cases. The influence of paternal factors on a couple's likelihood of achieving a successful pregnancy is still not well ...
Anne‐Sofie Sønnichsen‐Dreehsen, Caroline Theilgaard Thorarinsson, Bente Mertz Nørgård, Jens Fedder, Mette Wod   +4 more
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Genetics of infertility and “assisted fertilization” in the Bible: The case of Abraham and his family

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni, Frank Tüttelmann, Livio Casarini   +2 more
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Gestational diabetes mellitus and offspring health: A 12‐year register‐based analysis of specialized health care utilization in Finland

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with increased morbidity in children up to 12 years of age, defined by specialized health care utilization. The difference in morbidity between exposed and unexposed children is not limited to a certain age period but is present from early childhood to school age. Abstract Introduction Gestational
Jenni Kinnunen, Hilkka Nikkinen, Elina Keikkala, Sanna Mustaniemi, Mika Gissler, Hannele Laivuori, Johan G. Eriksson, Eero Kajantie, Marja Vääräsmäki   +8 more
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The threshold of estradiol level for fresh embryo transfer differs between blastocyst and cleavage‐stage embryo

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Our results suggested that the difference in pregnancy outcomes between fresh and frozen embryo transfer is related to the peak estradiol level and embryo transfer stage. The cutoff values for peak estradiol level for performing freeze‐all strategy to improve pregnancy outcomes were different for cleavage‐stage and blastocyst‐stage embryo transfer ...
Dingying Zhao, Huiying Xiao, Gege Ouyang, Yuan Fang, Qiaoqiao Ding, Yue Niu, Jialin Zou, Yanran Liu, Xue Shang, Ze Wang, Zi‐Jiang Chen, Lianlian Liu, Daimin Wei   +12 more
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