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What is hCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin hormone?
hCG is a type of gonadotropin that is used to determine whether a woman is pregnant, since its presence in blood or urine is indicative of pregnancy. In addition, this hormone can be administered exogenously in assisted reproduction treatments to induce follicular maturation and ovulation.
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Genetic infertility: causes, diagnosis and treatment
Infertility of genetic origin is caused by aneuploidy or genetic mutations in the DNA of the parents or their gametes, which would result in defective embryos unable to implant or develop normally.
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Swyer's syndrome: causes, symptoms and possibility of pregnancy
Swyer syndrome or pure 46 XY gonadal dysgenesis is a genetic alteration of unknown exact cause. It is the absence of correlation between phenotypic and genotypic sex. Therefore, these females are XY instead of being XX, although they have female genitalia.
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What Genetic Diseases Can PGD Test for?
PGD is a reproductive technology that is used to prevent the transfer to the uterus of embryos with chromosomal or genetic disorders, which could result in recurrent miscarriages or the birth of children with severe diseases.
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What is the price of assisted reproduction treatments?
The costs of assisted reproduction treatments may vary depending on the fertility clinic where they are performed, the techniques used and the special needs of each patient.
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Testicular Trauma: Cause for Male Infertility?
Even though a kick in the testicles may be painful, it's not one of the main causes of sterility in men, which are: hormonal factors, testicular factors and problems when ejaculating.
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Sperm Infections: orchitis, epididymitis and prostatitis
The presence of leukocytes in the sperm is a symptom of an infection that may cause male sterility, which may be temporary. The infection must be treated, so that sterility doesn’t become irreversible.
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Ovarian stimulation protocols - process, medications and symptoms
Controlled ovarian stimulation is a phase of IVF or IUI treatment whose objective is to achieve an adequate number of eggs and thus increase the chances of pregnancy. For this purpose, it is necessary for the patient to be administered hormonal medication at a dose and for a duration determined by the specialist.
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Urinary Tract Infections & Sexual Intercourse
Urinary tract infections are a pathology with a high prevalence in women, especially in the case of cystitis. It is also important to know that sexual intercourse does not transmit urinary tract infections, but it can favour their appearance.
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IMSI in IVF - differences to ICSI, advantages and disadvantages
IMSI consists of an improved technique of the classic ICSI in which spermatozoa are morphologically selected to be microinjected. Therefore, IMSI is especially indicated in males with severe teratozoospermia, as well as fertilization failure, implantation failure, etc.
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Azoospermia - Can a Man Actually Have Zero Sperm Count?
In secretory azoospermia and obstructive azoospermia, the number of spermatozoa found in the ejaculate is zero. This alteration of the semen can only be detected by a seminogram or spermogram, since it does not cause any apparent symptoms in the male.
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Advanced sperm analysis: evaluating the total motile sperm count
The TMSC semen analysis is a male fertility test to determine the concentration of progressive motile sperm in a semen sample.
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