Thyroid disorders; an insidious cause leading to female infertility

Anastasios Potiris, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Ioannis Christidis, Theodoros Karampitsakos, Rita Variawa, Eirini Drakaki, Despoina Mavrogianni, Periklis Panagopoulos, Ekaterini Domali, Peter Drakakis, Sofoklis Stavros

The review aims to describe the effect of thyroid diseases on fertility. There are many causes of infertility in couples and thyroid dysfunction is a critical cause. Thyroid hormones and the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis interact in several ways and thyroid hormones may modulate ovarian functions. Hypothyroidism causes ovulatory dysfunction …

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Assisted Reproduction Techniques; What’s old and what’s new

Panagakis G, Asimakopoulos G, Sfakianakis A, Theofanakis Ch, Kallianidis K, Drakakis P

The greatest achievement of assisted reproductive medicine was the birth of Louise Brown in 1978. It was the result of many efforts by Edwards & Steptoe to achieve pregnancy with in vitro fertilization (IVF). Since then, there has been a rapid development of assisted reproduction techniques, with the ultimate aim of making infertility treatment more effective and affordable for most couples. The thorough study …

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