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  1. Female infertility is a public health problem, contributing to 65.9% of infertility in Tanzania. Lifestyle and oxidative stress (OS) have been suggested to affect female fertility; however, there are limited a...

    Authors: Anna Gideon Kasililika, Akin-Tunde Ademola Odukogbe, Magbagbeola David Dairo, Belinda Stella Balandya and Emmanuel Kulwa Bunuma
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:33
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  2. Many issues need to be studied regarding pregnant women during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess fetal growth, fetal well-being, and any observed gross anomalies...

    Authors: Emad Eltemamy, Sameh Salama, Sondos M. Salem, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed, Ehab Salama, Sherif Elsirgany and Tamer Elnahas
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:32
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  3. Knowledge of the microbiome is in its infancy in health and human illness, especially concerning human reproduction. We will be better able to treat dysbiosis of the reproductive tract clinically if it is bett...

    Authors: Manisha Vajpeyee, Lokendra Bahadur Yadav, Shivam Tiwari and Parikshit Tank
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:31
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  4. The successful use of PRP in regenerative medicine has led investigators to study its effect in the treatment of conditions like decreased ovarian reserve, poor responders, and premature ovarian insufficiency.

    Authors: Aboubakr Mohamed Elnashar
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:30
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  5. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders of reproductive age women with a prevalence of 4-12%. The study aimed to investigate the potential benefit of adding thymoquinone ...

    Authors: Islam Mohamed Magdi Ammar and Mostafa Abdo Ahmed Salem
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:29
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  7. Women’s fecundity is known to decrease with the increase in chronologic age. Several biomarkers of the ovarian reserve, including follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), anti Müllerian hormone (AMH), have been pro...

    Authors: Sameh Salama, Marwa Sharaf, Sondos M. Salem, Mazen Abdel Rasheed, Ehab Salama, Tamer Elnahas and Rehab Lotfy
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:27
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  8. Based on the information from other SARS-CoV infections in the patients recovered from COVID-19, particularly cases in the reproductive age, gonadal function evaluation and andrological consultation comprising...

    Authors: Mobina Fathi, Kimia Vakili, Abbas Aliaghaei, Shahrzad Nematollahi, Tahmineh Peirouvi and Ali Shalizar-Jalali
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:26
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  9. Impaired fertility is one of the side effects of effective cancer therapy. Saving the potential or storing the material to enable people to have biological children after cancer treatment can be of high import...

    Authors: Reza Omani-Samani, Samira Vesali, Behnaz Navid, Marzieh Mohajeri, Khadijeh Arjmandi Rafsanjani, Seyyedeh Zahra Nemati Aghamaleki and Maryam Mohammadi
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:25
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  10. Vitrification has become the method of choice for cryopreservation of human embryos and gametes. There are multiple commercial media, containing different combinations and concentrations of cryoprotectants, av...

    Authors: Somayeh Keshavarzi, Azadeh Dokht Eftekhari, Hajar Vahabzadeh, Marzieh Mehrafza, Robabeh Taheripanah, Masoumeh Asgharnia, Sahar Esfandyari, Alaleh Ghazifard, Hossein Hosseinirad and Shahrokh Paktinat
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:24
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  11. Anti-Müllerian hormone is a dimeric glycoprotein produced by the granulosa cells of preantral and small antral follicles of the ovaries. It is a reliable biomarker of ovarian reserve, ageing, and response in t...

    Authors: Oyinkansola Islamiyat Lawal and Jameelu-deen Omokunmi Yusuff
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:23
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  13. Epigenetics refers to an alteration in gene expression without alteration in the sequence of DNA and this process may be affected by environmental factors and lifestyle like cigarette smoking. This study was d...

    Authors: Mohammed M. Laqqan and Maged M. Yassin
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:21
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  14. Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common clinical finding in patients with uterine leiomyomas that can negatively impact their quality of life. Recently, a novel oral GnRH-antagonist (elagolix) has emerged a...

    Authors: Mustafa Ali, Aruna Kumari Hira, Haris Jawaid, Faiza Zakaria and Zehra Somjee
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:20
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  15. Genetic blood disorders are prevalent in the Middle Eastern countries causing physical, mental, and economic handicap. Premarital screening (PMS) is actively implemented to reduce the burgeoning load of these ...

    Authors: Jansirani Natarajan and Mickael Antoine Joseph
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:19
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  16. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has turned into a global pandemic with multitudinous health impacts.

    Authors: Koushik Bhattacharya, Lipika Das Mukhopadhyay, Ratnadeep Goswami, Sulagna Dutta, Pallav Sengupta, Tulay Irez, Habibah Abdul Hamid and Alak Kumar Syamal
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:18
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  17. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate obstetric, maternal, and neonatal outcomes in COVID-19 compared to healthy pregnant women in Iran.

    Authors: Seyed-Abdolvahab Taghavi, Solmaz Heidari, Shayesteh Jahanfar, Shakiba Amirjani, Amireh Aji-ramkani, Maryam Azizi-Kutenaee and Fatemeh Bazarganipour
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:17
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  18. Prediction of ovarian response prior to the ovarian stimulation cycle is useful in determining the optimal starting dose of recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (r-FSH). This study was designed to (I) eval...

    Authors: Mohammed M. Laqqan and Maged M. Yassin
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:16
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  20. The knowledge and the beliefs of people could affect the fertility of women and men all over the society. According to gender, the aim of this study was to describe knowledge level and attitude of Moroccan you...

    Authors: Sana El Adlani, Abdelhafid Benksim, Yassir Ait Ben Kaddour, Abderraouf Soummani and Mohamed Cherkaoui
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:14
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  21. Oxidative stress has an undeniable role in the impairment of sperm function and idiopathic male infertility. On the other hand, the local antioxidant system particularly glutathione peroxidase 3 (GPX3) as an e...

    Authors: Milad Pournasir, Saied Ghorbian, Tohid Ghasemnejad, Amir Fattahi and Mohammad Nouri
    Citation: Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2021 26:13
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  23. 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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  24. 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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  27. 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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  28. 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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  29. 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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  30. 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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  31. 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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  32. 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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  33. 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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  34. 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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  35. 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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  36. 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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  37. 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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  38. 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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  39. 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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  40. 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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  42. 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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  43. 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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  45. 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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  46. 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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  47. 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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  48. 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
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    The original article was published in Middle East Fertility Society Journal 2020 25:1

  49. 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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  50. 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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