Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF )
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (50)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Antinori, S.
Right arrow Articles by Caffa, B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Antinori, S.
Right arrow Articles by Caffa, B.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Human Reproduction, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 1487-1490, 1993
© 1993 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

research-article

Pregnancy: Oocyte donation in menopausal women

S. Antinori1, C. Versaci, G.Hossein Gholami, C. Panci and B. Caffa

R.A.P.R.U.I. Day Hospital (Associated Research Institute for Human Reproduction) Via Properzio, 6, 00192 Rome, Italy

Correspondence: 1To whom correspondence should be addressed

Oocyte donation was performed by in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in 82 women. The average age of the patients was 48 years (range 26–60), and 71 were over 40 years old, with an average follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) value of 74±14 IU and oestradiol concentration of 30 ± 9 pg/ml. Overall 32 clinical pregnancies were achieved, of which 21 reached term, three are ongoing, and eight were lost (six miscarriages, one abruptio placentae, and one severe gestational proteinuria hypertension in the second trimester). The 21 term pregnancies produced 26 newborns; one patient who had had three embryos replaced delivered triplets and three patients had twins. Before the embryo transfer was performed, the endometrium thickness was accurately determined by vaginal ultrasound probe. The highest number of implanted embryos was reached when the endometrium thickness was 9–12 mm.

Key words: endometrium/in-vitro fertilization/menopause/oocyte donation/pregnancy


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JAMAHome page
R. J. Paulson, R. Boostanfar, P. Saadat, E. Mor, D. E. Tourgeman, C. C. Slater, M. M. Francis, and J. K. Jain
Pregnancy in the Sixth Decade of Life: Obstetric Outcomes in Women of Advanced Reproductive Age
JAMA, November 13, 2002; 288(18): 2320 - 2323.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Hum ReprodHome page
S.F. Marcus and P.R. Brinsden
Termination of pregnancy after conception with donor oocytes and donor spermatozoa: Case Report
Hum. Reprod., March 1, 2000; 15(3): 719 - 722.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Hum ReprodHome page
S. Marina, R. Exposito, F. Marina, J. Nadal, M. Masramon, and A. Verges
Oocyte donor selection from 554 candidates
Hum. Reprod., November 1, 1999; 14(11): 2770 - 2776.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Hum ReprodHome page
A. Shulman, Y. Frenkel, J. Dor, D. Levran, E. Shiff, and S. Maschiach
The best donor
Hum. Reprod., October 1, 1999; 14(10): 2493 - 2496.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.