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  1. Endometriosis affects women in reproductive age and causes a great impact on their lives. When affecting the ovary, excision represents the main management option. However, recurrence represents a challenging ...

    Authors: Khaled A. Atwa, Zakia M. Ibrahim, Eman M. El Bassuony and Omima T. Taha
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:21
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  2. Endometrial hyperplasia is one of the common causes of bleeding in perimenopausal women. Variable treatment options aim to induce regression. The current study evaluated the regression rate of endometrial hype...

    Authors: Omima T. Taha, Mohammed M. Abd-Elgelil, Eman A. Kishk, Mohammed Shaaban and Rasha E. Khamees
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:20
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  3. We compared the rate, type and severity of vulvovaginitis in women who are practicing internal vaginal douching (IVD) or not while using an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD).

    Authors: Ahmed Alaa Youssef, Omar Mamdouh Shaaban, Mariam Kamal, Asmaa Shaltout, Ahmed Mohamed Abbas and Ahmed Aboelfadle Mohamed
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:19
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  4. Male infertility is a major health problem with multi-factorial etiology. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has revolutionized the treatment of men with severely compromised semen parameters and improved...

    Authors: Rania Fathy Elnahas, Amal Kotb Behery, Soha Kholeif, Yasser Ibrahim Orief and Ghada Mohamed Elhady
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:18
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  5. Endometriosis-related infertility is a disease associated with significant morbidity and distress to the couple and requires timely, multidisciplinary, and often high-cost care involving assisted reproductive ...

    Authors: Maryam Nasser Al Shukri, Al Shimaa Abdullah Al Riyami, Wadha Mohammed Al Ghafri and Vaidyanathan Gowri
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:17
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  6. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most typical endocrine disorder affecting women worldwide. Although the etiology of PCOS is not fully understood, genetic factors are believed to play an essential role ...

    Authors: Akeem Babatunde Sikiru, Muibat Adesola Adeniran, Karimot Akinola, Himanshu Behera, G. Kalaignazhal and Stephen Sunday Acheneje Egena
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  7. Boule, DAZLA, and DAZ are members of the Deleted in Azoospermia family of genes, which play significant roles in gametogenesis and are important fertility factors in humans. In a few studies, deletion of the Y...

    Authors: Puja Devi Nongthombam and Suttur S. Malini
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:15
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  8. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) cases undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) are widely at risk of ovarian hyperstimulation; therefore, elective freezing of all embryos to be transferred in a later cycle i...

    Authors: Mohamed Hussein, Abdullah Sayed, Ashraf Eldaly, Ahmed H. AlSawaf, Marwa M. Eid, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed and Ahmed S. Rashwan
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:14
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  9. Receptive endometrium is a restraining factor in the establishment of pregnancy in several estrogen-dependent gynecological disorders including uterine leiomyomas. Recently, data are beginning to accrue sugges...

    Authors: Annu Makker, Madhu Mati Goel, Dipti Nigam, Isha Makker and Amita Pandey
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:13
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  10. The mental health and well-being of millions of people worldwide are negatively impacted by infertility. A promising solution to meet the needs of people suffering from infertility is e-health interventions, s...

    Authors: Azam Hamidzadeh, Shahrbanoo Salehin, Tahereh Naseri Boori Abadi, Reza Chaman, Naser Mogharabian and Afsaneh Keramat
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:12
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  11. The microbiome is still a new area of research in human health and disease, especially in reproductive health. The present article aims to aid the perception on reproductive tract microbiome that may enable be...

    Authors: Koushik Bhattacharya, Sulagna Dutta, Pallav Sengupta and Sovan Bagchi
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:11
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  12. Sufficient endometrial preparation with or without progesterone supplementation is crucial in artificial cycles with frozen embryo transfer (FET). We aimed to study the effect of intramuscular progesterone sup...

    Authors: Ahmed Bakry, Abdelfatah Eldesouky, Fouad Abu-hamila, Aly Hossam Mowafy, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed and Radwa M. Fahmy
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:10
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  13. The selection of non-apoptotic sperm is related to successful fertilization. This study investigated the protective effects of melatonin and the role of the MACS (magnetically activated cell sorting) method to...

    Authors: Hassan Hassani Bafrani, Atiye Saeedi Sadr, Fatemeh Izadpanah and Hamed Haddad Kashani
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:9
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  14. The chance of achieving a successful pregnancy through in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) is limited despite recent scientific advances in this field due to several factors that are known to a...

    Authors: Rukayya Muhammad Babandi, Rais Shuaibu Ibraheem, Rayyan Muhammad Garba, Idris Muhammed Liman, Amina Ismail-Are and Yakubu Samuel
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:8
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  15. Many studies and organizations described bases of pregnancy timing after bariatric surgeries, but there is still a need for uniform scientific evidence for accurate timing.

    Authors: Ahmed Mahmoud Abdou, Mohamed A. Wasfy, Mohamed Negm, Walid A. Mawla, Loay M. Gertallah, Ahmed Embaby, Ahmed Fathy Gomaa, Ahmed Lotfy Sharaf, Ola A. Harb and Abdel-Razik El-Sayed Abdel-Razik
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:7
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  16. The interest in the HPV status of the male has risen after the discovery of HPV shedding in the semen. To date, there is no consensus on the true prevalence of male HPV infection, yet there is a rising body of...

    Authors: Mokhamad Zhaffal and Anastasia Salame
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:6
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  17. Assisted reproductive technology (ART) has positively impacted the field of human reproduction. Over the years, ART procedures have evolved to include several complex techniques, associated with various risks ...

    Authors: Chibuzor Williams Ifenatuoha, Chand Mohammed and Keshav Malhotra
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:5
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  18. Endometriosis is a chronic deliberating disease with devastating effects on reproductive health. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of education based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) on ...

    Authors: Niusha Zandi, Zahra Behboodi Moghadam, Batool Hossein Rashidi, Masoumeh Namazi and Shima Haghani
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:4
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  19. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOs) women usually exhibit a high luteinizing hormone (LH) and hypersensitivity to exogenous gonadotropins stimulation which is a tremendous risk to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrom...

    Authors: Amina Nagy Elasy and Amany Mohamed Abedlghany
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:3
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  20. The aim of controlled ovarian stimulation is to achieve an optimal number of mature oocytes to obtain good-quality embryos. High follicular fluid (FF) concentrations of FSH, hCG, and LH promote oocyte maturati...

    Authors: Gerardo Barroso-Villa, Carlos Valdespin-Fierro, Ariane-Estrella Weiser-Smeke, Ana-Paula Machargo-Gordillo, Arturo Flores-Pliego, Icela Palma-Lara and Sergio Oehninger
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2023 28:2
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  22. Tubal patency testing is an essential part of female subfertility evaluation. Hysterosalpingogram is less invasive and less expensive compared to laparoscopy and dye testing (LDT), i.e., laparoscopic chromoper...

    Authors: Marwa F. Sharaf, Ibrahim Fawzy, Islam T. Elkhateb, Yassin Elmahgoub, Omaima Idris and Mona Aboulghar
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:34
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  23. Infertility is a global health problem that represents an increasing trend due to new lifestyles following technological advances since individuals are facing more risk factors than before. The present systema...

    Authors: Sara Abdoli, Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi and Farideh Kazemi
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:33
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  24. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common gynecological endocrine disorders affecting up to 10% of all females in their reproductive age, and its cause of onset is still elusive. A spectrum of recent...

    Authors: Koushik Bhattacharya, Ishita Saha, Debanjana Sen, Chaitali Bose, Gargi Ray Chaudhuri, Sulagna Dutta, Pallav Sengupta, Soumita Bhattacharya, Sharit Shekhar Barman and Alak Kumar Syamal
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:32
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  25. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is considered as the most common endocrinopathy among women of childbearing age and the most important cause of anovulatory infertility. The present study aimed to estimate the...

    Authors: Mohsen Kazeminia, Fatemeh Rajati and Mojgan Rajati
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:31
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  26. Mayer-Rokitansky Küster-Hauser syndrome MRKHS represents class I of congenital Müllerian anomaly, which resulted from interruption of embryonic development of the paramesonephric ducts in early pregnancy. It i...

    Authors: Hana’ Qudsieh, Suhair Qudsieh and Nesrin Mwafi
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:30
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  27. Menopause is an important period in women’s life. It is characterized by many symptoms that affect women’s quality of life. This study aimed to the evaluation of the relation between vitamin D levels and menop...

    Authors: Noaman H. Hakim, Mariam L. Mohamed, Magda M. El-Biely, Omima T. Taha and Ahmed Hassan
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:29
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  28. To assess bacterial diversity in infertile couples with their biochemical pregnancy outcomes. Using a retrospective case-control study design, participants were recruited for collection of vaginal swab, follic...

    Authors: Manisha Vajpeyee, Shivam Tiwari, Lokendra Bahadur Yadav and Parikshit Tank
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:28
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  29. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) has unique and well-known functions in female fertility, according to documents reporting improved yield of oocytes, reinforced quality of the embryo, and enhanced live births ...

    Authors: Parivash Afradiasbagharani, Elham Hosseini, Azra Allahveisi and Mahshid Bazrafkan
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:27
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  30. The gene expression of anti-Mullerian hormone receptor type 2 (AMHR2) and follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) in cumulus cells (CCs) isolated from mature and immature oocytes was studied as a possible no...

    Authors: Fateme Montazeri, Seyed Mehdi Kalantar, Farzaneh Fesahat, Mohammad Hasan Sheikhha, Marjan Omidi, Hanieh Shafienia and Seyed Mehdi Hoseini
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:26
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  31. Polycystic ovary syndrome is a most common female reproductive disorder, involving endocrine and metabolic disorders with unclear etiology. Androgen-based rodent animal models like DHEA and DHT are most suitab...

    Authors: G. Santhana Kumar, Pravin Tirgar and Mittal Dalal
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:25
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  32. A recent systematic review with meta-analysis performed by Tiwari et al. (Middle East Fertil Soc J 26:44, 2021) suggested that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects both semen parameters and sexual hormo...

    Authors: Diogo Edele dos Santos, Tamy Colonetti, Lidia Rosi Medeiros, Maria Laura Rodrigues Uggioni, Antonio Jose Grande and Maria Inês da Rosa
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:24
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  33. Hydrosalpinx is considered one of the obstacles that could hinder the success of IVF techniques due to the toxic effect of the hydrosalpinx fluid pouring into the uterine cavity. Tubal disconnection by either ...

    Authors: Ahmed S. S. A. Rashwan, Mahmoud Alalfy, Reda I. Riad, Moutaz Elsherbini, M. A. Abdelsalam, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed and Yossra Lasheen
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:23
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  34. Density gradient centrifugation (DGC) is commonly used for sperm preparation before assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures. This technique separates superior motile spermatozoa with normal morpholog...

    Authors: Assila Hadj Ali, Tesnim Ajina, Maroua Ben Ali and Meriem Mehdi
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:22
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  35. Pregnancy of unknown location (PUL) is a term used to describe failure of visualization of intrauterine or extrauterine gestational sac in a woman with a positive pregnancy test.

    Authors: Sherif A. Shazly, Ahmad A. Radwan, Mohamed S. Abdo, Hajer Y. Moustafa, Ahmed Yassien Abd-Elkariem, Shimaa Salah Ali, Nermeen B. Ahmed, Esraa M. Hosny, Mostafa H. Abouzeid, Nashwa A. Eltaweel, Ismet Hortu, Amr S. Abdelbadie, Mohamed S. Fahmy, Mohamed I. Attyia, Abdelrahman A. Shawki, Aliaa E. Said…
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:21
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  36. The literature has always controversies on the use of freeze-all policy in high-responder women performing intracytoplasmic sperm injection. In this article, we discuss the benefits of freeze-all policy on the...

    Authors: Ehab Mohamed ELhelw, Ahmed Gamal Elden Abou El Serour, Mahmoud Salah Rady and Ahmed Abdeltawab
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:20
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  37. In Tokyo, where the highest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection rates have been reported nationally, we introduced and performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on the patients prior to them ...

    Authors: Yu Horibe, Akira Nakabayashi, Shuko Murata, Tomomi Hashimoto and Tsutomu Tabata
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:19
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  38. It has been established that assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles are usually accompanied by a defective luteal phase, and that luteal phase support (LPS) is mandatory to improve reproductive outcomes...

    Authors: Hasan Maghraby, Amr S. Abdelbadie, Ashraf Aboali and Aboubakr Elnashar
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:18
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  39. Blood groups are expressed on the surface of the red cells, and their association with the ovarian reserve and pregnancy outcomes has been an area of interest. The aim of the current study is to study the asso...

    Authors: Nithya Panapakkam Jayakumar, Karuppusami Reka, Chinta Parimala, Aleyamma Thayparmbil Kunjummen and Mohan Shashikant Kamath
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:17
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  40. To compare the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of subcutaneous vaginal progesterone suppository for luteal phase support (LPS) in assisted reproduction technology (ART) cycles in patients referred to the Ro...

    Authors: Ashraf Moini, Arezoo Arabipoor, Zahra Zolfaghari, Maria Sadeghi and Fariba Ramezanali
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:16
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  41. Nano-fibrous scaffolds provide a three-dimensional matrix that guides sufficient orientation of seeded cells similar to a natural niche. In this research, we designed a silk scaffold to improve the differentio...

    Authors: Zeinab Narimanpour, Maryam Nazm Bojnordi and Hatef Ghasemi Hamidabadi
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:15
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  43. Previous studies showed that top-quality embryo transfer (ET), number of transferred embryos, endometrial preparation with natural cycles or mild stimulation, and female BMI independently affected the outcome ...

    Authors: Ibrahim Albahlol, Mohamad Ghanem, Layla Elboghdady, Emad Sedeek, Yaser Mesbah, Adel Helal and Mohamed Abdelaziz
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:13
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  44. Frozen embryo transfer procedure is becoming more common in assisted reproduction technology. The effect of this technology is still not yet well studied in developing countries with limited resources, includi...

    Authors: R. Muharam, Erda Ayu Umami and Hartono Gunardi
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:12
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  45. False passage is a possible complication during operative hysteroscopy and can lead to termination of the intended procedure. The aim of this study is to describe two techniques to overcome the complication of...

    Authors: T. Hota, O. M. Abuzeid, R. Raju, J. Holmes, J. Hebert and M. I. Abuzeid
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:11
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  46. Chromosomal abnormalities represent an important cause of human infertility. Little is known about the prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities among Egyptian couples with infertility. We estimated the cytogene...

    Authors: Faeza El-Dahtory, Sohier Yahia, Rabab Ahmed Rasheed and Yahya Wahba
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:10
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  47. Premature ovarian failure (POF)/premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is characterized by disrupting ovarian function under 40 years old. A major health problem of this disorder is female infertility. There ar...

    Authors: Roya Kabodmehri, Seyedeh Hajar Sharami, Zahra Rafiei Sorouri and Nasrin Ghanami Gashti
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:9
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  48. The global prevalence of obesity has soared to a concerning height in the past few decades. Interestingly, the global decline in semen quality is a parallel occurrence that urges researchers to evaluate if obe...

    Authors: Gargi Ray Chaudhuri, Arnab Das, Swaraj Bandhu Kesh, Koushik Bhattacharya, Sulagna Dutta, Pallav Sengupta and Alak Kumar Syamal
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:8
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  50. Repeated implantation failure (RIF) is the main challenge in assisted reproduction; the present study aimed to compare the obstetric and perinatal outcomes between RIF and control patients who experienced a su...

    Authors: Saeideh Dashti, Maryam Mirzaei, Maryam Eftekhar and Esmat Mangoli
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2022 27:6
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