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Intro -- INFERTILITY: GENETIC FACTORS, TREATMENT RISKS AND BENEFITS, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES -- INFERTILITY: GENETIC FACTORS, TREATMENT RISKS AND BENEFITS, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Infertility: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Approach to Fertility Management, Menstrual Health, Fertility Awareness and Emotional Well-being -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Part 1: -- Meta-analyses of the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine versus Western Medicine in the Management of Infertility -- Meta-analysis of RCTs -- Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies -- Part 2: TCM Pattern Diagnosis and the Menstrual Cycle -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Parts 3 and 4: -- Interviews with Women Seeking Holistic Therapies Including Traditional Chinese Medicine to Overcome Infertility -- Prologue -- Part 3: Listen to your Body -- Story 1: A Fertile Menstrual Cycle -- Menstrual Cycle -- Trying to Conceive -- My TCM Experience -- Coping Emotionally -- The Difference between TCM and Western Practitioners -- Story 2: Overcoming Recurrent Miscarriages -- My TCM Experience -- Coping with the Emotions -- Raising Awareness -- Story 3: Overcoming Conception Problems -- Success -- Trying to Conceive -- Turning Point - Believe in Oneself -- Trying Alternative Therapies -- My TCM Experience -- Finding out I Was Pregnant -- Doctors' Influence and Responsibility -- My Second Pregnancy with Twins -- Story 4: Overcoming Secondary Infertility -- My First Two Children -- Trying to Conceive for the Third Time -- My Experience with Naturopathy -- Miscarriage -- IVF or Not? -- The Idea of Traditional Chinese Medicine -- My TCM Experience -- Menstrual Changes -- Diet Influences Basal Body Temperature, Fertility and General Well-being -- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back.
My Experience with TCM Herbal Therapy -- Part 4: Unexplained Infertility Explained -- Story 5: Temperature Charts -- Unexplained Infertility -- Unexplained Explained -- Regulating the Menstrual Cycle with TCM -- Complementing of IVF Treatment with TCM -- Story 6: Low Temperature and Oligomenorrhea -- Unexplained Infertility -- Treating Oligomenorrhea and low BBT with TCM -- Story 7: High Temperature and Recurrent Miscarriages -- Story 8: Intestinal Candida -- Unexplained Infertility -- Holistic Approach to Infertility through TCM -- Story 9: Candida and Temperature -- Unexplained Infertility -- Unexplained Explained -- Story 10: Inflammation and Food Intolerance -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2: Adverse Outcomes of Assisted Reproduction Techniques -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome -- Diagnosis -- Treatment and Prevention -- Ectopic Pregnancy -- Diagnosis -- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin -- Transvaginal Ultrasound -- Treatment -- Medical Treatment -- Surgical Treatment -- Expectant Management -- Multiple Pregnancy -- Perinatal Outcomes -- Children Conceived by ART -- Birth Defects -- Chromosomal Abnormalities -- Epigenetic Inheritance -- Growth and Physical Health -- Neurological Development -- Psychosocial and Familiar Development -- References -- Chapter 3: The Impact of Follicular Fluid Components and Embryo-endometrial Cross-talk on the Oocyte Quality or Embryo Viability: Search for New Biomarkers -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Assisted Reproductive Technologies - On the Search of "Positive" and "Negative" Predictive Markers -- What is the Role of Genetic Alterations in Infertility? -- p53 - A New Player in Reproduction Regulation -- The Role of LIF in Embryo Implantation -- The Role of IL-11 in Endometrial Decidualisation -- The Oocyte - Another Key Player in the Success of Implantation.
Oxidative Stress in Follicular Fluid (FF) - A Field for Search of Valid Biomarkers? -- Infertility in Endometriosis Patients -- Role of NK Cells in Endometriosis and Infertility in General -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4: The Potential Effect of Clinician-Induced (Iatrogenic) Damage Incurred During Fertility Treatment Upon Gamete Competence and Embryonic Viability -- 1Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Embryo Culture -- Sperm Processing in ART -- Density-Gradient Centrifugation (DGC) -- and Swim-up (SUP) Protocols -- Cryopreservation -- and Fertility Preservation -- The Effects of Freeze-Thawing upon Sperm -- Embryo Cryopreservation -- Cryopreservation and Vitrification of Oocytes -- Conclusion and Future Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 5: Genetic Factors of Male Infertility -- Abstract -- Introduction -- X-Chromosome Abnormalities and Infertility -- Meiotic Drive and Sexually Antagonistic Genes -- Chromosomal Aneuploidies -- Klinefelter Syndrome -- Y-Chromosome Microdeletions -- Other Structural Anomalies -- Other Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies -- Kallmann Syndrome -- Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens (CBAVD) -- Androgen Insensitivity Syndromes -- Complete Androgen Insensitivity -- Partial Androgen Insensitivity -- Minimal Androgen Insensitivity -- Defects in the Gonadotropins and their Receptors -- Mutations in FSH and LH Subunits -- LH and FSH Receptors -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6: Animal Models for Studying Female Infertility -- Clínica de Medicina de la Reproducción y Ginecología, FivMadrid, Madrid, Spain -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Knockout and Transgenic Mice as Animal Models.
Knockout and Transgenic Mice Contribute to Elucidate the Molecular Mechanisms of Infertility -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Treatment of Endometriosis Associated with Infertility and Chronic Pelvic Pain -- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine of -- Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. Treatment of Infertility Associated with Endometriosis -- 1.1. Endometriosis and Fertility -- 1.2. Clinical Medicinal Treatment -- 1.3. Surgical Treatment -- 1.4. Endometriomas -- 1.5. Pre- and Post-Operative Treatment -- 1.6. Assisted Reproduction Technologies -- 2. Treatment of Endometriosis Associated with Pelvic Pain -- 2.1. Clinical Treatment of Endometriosis Associated with Pelvic Pain -- 2.1.1. Progestogens and Combined Oral Contraceptives -- 2.1.2. Danazol -- 2.1.3. GnRH Agonists (GnRHa) -- 2.2. Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis Associated with Pelvic Pain -- 2.2.1. Laparoscopy Versus Laparotomy -- 2.2.2. Laparoscopic Treatment -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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Infertility [[electronic resource] ] : genetic factors, treatment risks and benefits, social and psychological consequences / / Renato Nascimento and Henrique Vilas Boas, editors
