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  1. Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) is a rare condition in which there is gonadal hypofunction due to absence of gonadotropin drive. In this condition, there are very low serum levels of gonadotropins. Pituitar...

    Authors: Ahmed Elsayed Abdelaal, Mohamed Atef Behery and Ahmed Farouk Abdelkawi
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:11
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  2. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of mean blastomere diameter (MBD) on pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization (IVF) cases undergoing the long agonist cycle protocol. A total of 84...

    Authors: Suleyman Guven, Sebnem Alanya Tosun and Emine Seda Guvendag Guven
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:10
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  5. Obstetrical outcomes in assisted reproduction techniques (ART) were compared with naturally conceived pregnancies and among each other in multiple reports. However, many important changes in the practice of in...

    Authors: Adhwaa Khudhari, Ali Mourad, Simon Phillips, Mohammad Zubair Alam, Robert Hemmings and Wael Jamal
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:7
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  6. We aimed to determine if the success of TESE and live-birth following TESE-ICSI can be predicted from readily available preoperative parameters for couples with azoospermia. Our methodology was as follows, thi...

    Authors: L. Lacey, I. Henderson, S. Hassan, H. Hunter, Y. Sajjad and M. A. Akhtar
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:6
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  7. Purslane is a widely distributed shrub used for the treatment of different ailments. The increasing reproductive complications associated with herbal treatments have led to the need to critically evaluate the ...

    Authors: Izuchukwu Azuka Okafor, Uchenna Somtochukwu Nnamah and Jude Nnaka
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:5
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  8. Next-generation sequencing isolates culturable and unculturable bacteria from the female reproductive tract. Current literatures surrounding the impact of endometrial microbiome on fertility are reviewed.

    Authors: Aboubakr Mohamed Elnashar
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:4
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  9. Studies have shown that olfactory receptor genes are the largest in the human genome, which are significantly expressed in olfactory and non-olfactory tissues such as the reproductive systems where they perfor...

    Authors: Olugbemi T. Olaniyan, Ayobami Dare, Gloria E. Okotie, Charles O. Adetunji, Babatunde O. Ibitoye, Olugbenga Eweoya, Joseph B. Dare and Bamidele J. Okoli
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:3
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  10. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate sexual and marital satisfaction in couples with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). A case-control study was conducted on 90 couples with PCOS and 90 healthy coup...

    Authors: Seyed-Abdolvahab Taghavi, Shahintaj Aramesh, Maryam Azizi-Kutenaee, Helen Allan, Tahereh Safarzadeh, Mojgan Taheri, Shohreh Salari, Zahra Khashavi and Fatemeh Bazarganipour
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:2
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  11. COVID-19 is the most recent zoonotic outbreak of coronaviruses. Mostly, it invades the cells of the respiratory system by binding to the receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) which is also present in...

    Authors: Indu Sharma, Priti Kumari, Anuradha Sharma and Subhas Chandra Saha
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:1
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  12. Endometrial osseous metaplasia (EOM) is an uncommon condition characterised by metaplastic transformation of endometrial tissue into osteoblasts (mature or immature bone in the endometrium). Etiopathogenesis o...

    Authors: Abdul Haseeb Wani, Arshed Hussain Parry, Imza Feroz, Majid Jehangir and Masarat Rashid
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:35
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  13. Ovarian tissue vitrification is an alternative fertility preservation procedure for young female patients prior to gonadotoxic treatment. Primordial follicle loss might be a potential issue for vitrification a...

    Authors: Shofwal Widad, Detty Siti Nurdiati, Sarrah Ayuandari, Kuky Cahya Hamurajib, Muhammad Dimas Reza Rahmana, Nurulita Ainun Alma and Agung Dewanto
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:34
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  14. Considerable attention is being directed nowadays towards using probiotics as an alternative therapy in treating several human diseases including gastrointestinal tract diseases especially colorectal cancers, ...

    Authors: Nagham Younis and Adel Mahasneh
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:33
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  15. A belief exists that transferring multiple embryos can improve pregnancy rates. However, this concept is flawed. Multiple factors affect outcomes when transferring embryos, endometrial receptivity, and rates o...

    Authors: Michael H. Dahan and Samer Tannus
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:32
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  16. The potential of COVID-19 severe pandemic necessitates the development of an organized and well-reasoned plan for the management of embryology/andrology laboratories while safeguarding the wellbeing of patient...

    Authors: Fadi Choucair, Nagham Younis and Alia Hourani
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:31
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  17. The first live birth after uterus transplantation took place in Sweden in 2014. It was the first ever cure for absolute uterine factor infertility. We report the surgery, assisted reproduction, and pregnancy b...

    Authors: Randa Akouri, Ghassan Maalouf, Joseph Abboud, Toufic Nakad, Farid Bedran, Pascal Hajj, Chadia Beaini, Laura Mihaela Cricu, Georges Aftimos, Chebly El Hajj, Ghada Eid, Abdo Waked, Rabih Hallit, Christian Gerges, Eliane Abi Rached, Matta Matta…
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:30
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  18. Despite the vulnerability of pregnant women, few studies have been conducted on their perceived risk and protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present cross-sectional study aims to investigate...

    Authors: Soodabeh Aghababaei, Saeed Bashirian, Alireza Soltanian, Mansoureh Refaei, Tahereh Omidi, Samereh Ghelichkhani and Farzaneh Soltani
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:29
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  20. Infertility affects almost one in five couples but is still poorly understood by the general public. Although the socio-cultural aspect of infertility has already been covered in some countries, there is curre...

    Authors: Jean-Paul K. K. Sahakian, Elie El Helou, Jessica Azoury, Laure Salameh, Imad Abou Jaoude and Ghassan Sleilaty
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:27
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  21. Vitamin D3 (Vit.D3) is an antioxidant that can improve sperm motility. However, the specific mechanisms of Vit.D3’s effect on sperm are not yet elucidated. Since heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and oxidative str...

    Authors: Mahin Taheri Moghadam, Omid Hamidian, Esrafil Mansouri and Roshan Nikbakht
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:26
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  23. Cognitive strategies play an important role in the prevention of psychological disorders. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships of cognitive emotion regulation with anxiety and depression symp...

    Authors: Fatemeh Foroudifard, Payam Amini, Behnaz Navid, Reza Omani-Samani, Mahdi Sepidarkish and Saman Maroufizadeh
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:24
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  24. Recurrent pregnancy loss is defined as having the experience of three or more repeated pregnancy losses. Despite numerous studies, RPL etiology remains unclear; in this respect, many etiological factors have b...

    Authors: Marjan Pourfahraji Fakhrabadi, Seyed Mahdi Kalantar, Fatemeh Montazeri, Mahmood Dehghani Ashkezari, Majid Pourfahraji Fakhrabadi and Samira Sabbagh Nejad Yazd
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:23
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  25. Recently, vitamin D was discovered to have an important role in female reproduction and IVF. However, there were no studies specifically addressed its role in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) patients underg...

    Authors: Eman Fawzy Omran, Abdelmaguid Ramzy, Amal Shohayeb, Nermeen Farouk, Mahmoud Soliman, Heba Baz and Marwa Foad Sharaf
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:22
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  26. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: O. Abuzeid, J. LaChance, O. Zaghmout, J. Corrado, J. Hebert, M. Ashraf and M. I. Abuzeid
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:21
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:1

  27. This paper describes a blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to evaluate the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) administration on outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection ...

    Authors: Nasrin Saharkhiz, Saghar Salehpour, Sedighe Hosseini, Hossein Hosseinirad and Leila Nazari
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:20
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  28. Previous studies reported that self-reported stress, stressful life events, and psychological distress influence ovarian ageing and response. However, there are limited, yet conflicting findings on the effect ...

    Authors: Oyinkansola Islamiyat Lawal, Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi, Jameelu-deen Omokunmi Yusuff and Micheal Abiola Okunlola
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:19
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  29. While a relationship between embryo morphology, developmental ability, and genetic integrity exists, the selection of embryos with higher implantation potential remains a major challenge in assisted reproducti...

    Authors: Fatemeh Taheri, Mohammad Ali Khalili, Seyed Mehdi Kalantar, Farzaneh Fesahat, Fatemeh Montazeri, Maria Grazia Palmerini and Bryan Woodward
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:18
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  30. Worldwide, there is an increase in uptake of assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. The impact of paternal age on ART outcomes is unclear. In view of the conflicting results reported by studies eval...

    Authors: Treasa Joseph, Reka Karuppusami, Muthukumar Karthikeyan, Aleyamma T. Kunjummen and Mohan S. Kamath
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:17
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  31. Depression is a common mental disorder. Infertility can lead to depression. The current systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to estimate the pooled prevalence of depression among Iranian infertil...

    Authors: Yousef Alimohamadi, Ahmad Mehri, Mojtaba Sepandi, Firooz Esmaeilzadeh and Roya Rashti
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:16
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  32. The main objective of this randomized controlled trial was to study the impact of LOD on the pregnancy rate after ICSI-ET in PCOS.

    Authors: Adel M. Nada, Hala Abdelwahab, Hala Nabil and Reham A. Mohsen
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:15
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  33. Male infertility is usually caused via the inability to produce adequate quantities of healthy and active sperms. Nicotine (NIC) is an alkaloid organic compound, predominantly found in the leaves of the tobacc...

    Authors: Mohammad Rahimi-Madiseh, Mohsen Mohammadi, Amin Hassanvand, Reza Ahmadi, Maasume Shahmohammadi and Ayoob Rostamzadeh
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:14
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  35. The influence of thyroid autoimmunity in in–vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles is still a controversial issue. Although some women are euthyroid, some studies found thyroid dysf...

    Authors: Vehbi Yavuz Tokgoz, Berker Isim and Ahmet Basar Tekin
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:12
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  36. The microdeletions of the Y chromosome are associated with a decreased number of sperm cells in the ejaculate and male infertility. One such deletion is the gr/gr, which leads to reduction of the alleles in th...

    Authors: Mariya Levkova, Trifon Chervenkov and Lyudmila Angelova
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:10
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  37. Humans are exposed to identifiable multiple environmental stressors. However, there is paucity of studies assessing chronic variable stress (CVS) exposure together with antioxidant supplementation on reproduct...

    Authors: Shakiru Ademola Salami, Hussein Mofomosara Salahdeen, Oyinlola Toluwani Moronkola, Babatunde Adekunle Murtala and Yinusa Raji
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:8
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  39. The use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) is increasing worldwide, and observational studies have indicated that women who conceived by ART have an increased risk of pregnancy complications including g...

    Authors: Maryam Mohammadi, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Saman Maroufizadeh, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Behnaz Navid, Payam Amini, Reza Omani-Samani and Ahad Alizadeh
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  40. Thin endometrium could be a major contributing factor in decreasing pregnancy rates with in-vitro fertilization. Several treatments have been studied in patients with thin endometrium, like hormonal therapy by...

    Authors: Ahmed Samy, Ahmed M. Abbas, Ahmed Elmoursi, Mohamed Elsayed and Reda S. Hussein
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:5
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  41. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting women. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Stachys sylvatica hydroalcoholic extract on biochemical and histological...

    Authors: F. Alizadeh, M. Ramezani and Z. Piravar
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:4
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  42. In patients with low numbers of embryos, there is not yet consensus on whether to extend culture to the blastocyst stage, especially due to the risk that some or all of the embryos will not make it to the blas...

    Authors: Stephanie Smeltzer, Kelly Acharya, Tracy Truong, Carl Pieper and Suheil Muasher
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:3
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  43. An age-matched controlled study, to assess the outcome of IVF/ICSI in low and extremely low AMH levels in different age groups by comparing the live birth rate

    Authors: Yomna I. Zaghloul, Yahia M. Amin, Ragaa T. Mansour, Ahmed Serour, Mona M. Aboulghar, Mohamed A. Aboulghar and Gamal I. Serour
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:2
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  44. To determine the accuracy of measurement of internal indentation length on transvaginal 3D ultrasound scan (TV 3D US) in detecting patients with an incomplete uterine septum (IUS) or a significant arcuate uter...

    Authors: O. Abuzeid, J. LaChance, O. Zaghmout, J. Corrado, J. Hebert, M. Ashraf and M. I. Abuzeid
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:21

  45. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive endocrine co-morbidity of obesity. Ghrelin is a peptide which regulates food intake and body weight. The aim of this study was to measure ghrelin level...

    Authors: Nearmeen M. Rashad, Yasser S. Saraya, Samir A. Afifi, Ayman E. Ali and Radwa M. Al-sayed
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2019 24:12
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  47. In assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles in addition to embryo quality, the receptivity of the endometrium plays the main role in clinical outcomes. Endometrial receptivity is necessary to implantation...

    Authors: Maryam Eftekhar, Sara Zare Mehrjardi, Behnaz Molaei, Fatemeh Taheri and Esmat Mangoli
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2019 24:10
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  48. With the development of assisted reproductive technology (ART), diseases believed to be caused by ART have begun to be identified as imprinted disease. However, no conclusion has been reached. So we sought to ...

    Authors: Yu Horibe, Kazuhiko Nakabayashi, Miyuki Arai, Kohji Okamura, Kazunori Hashimoto, Hideo Matsui and Kenichiro Hata
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2019 24:9
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  50. The 6-item Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a short form of the original 19-item FSFI that measures sexual function in women. The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure and reliability of ...

    Authors: Saman Maroufizadeh, Hedyeh Riazi, Hajar Lotfollahi, Reza Omani-Samani and Payam Amini
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2019 24:7
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