Prenatal diagnosis of a 46,XY karyotype female fetus with an SRY-associated gonadal dysgenesis, conceived through an intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a case report.

Background: Permanent progression of paternal age and development of reproductive medicine lead to increase in number of children conceived with assisted reproductive techniques (ART). Although it is uncertain if ARTs have direct influence on offspring health, advanced paternal age, associated comorbidities and reduced fertility possess significant risks of genetic disorders to the offspring. With a broad implementation of a non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), more cases of genetic disorders, including sex discordance are revealed.

Maternal physical activity and sedentary behaviour before and during in vitro fertilization treatment: a longitudinal study exploring the associations with controlled ovarian stimulation and pregnancy outcomes.

Purpose: To evaluate the association of objectively measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour before and during in vitro fertilization (IVF) with controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) and pregnancy outcomes.

Methods: This longitudinal study involved 107 infertile women undergoing IVF treatment. PA and sedentary behaviour were measured for 14 consecutive days using accelerometry as follows: (1) before IVF treatment, (2) during IVF at the implantation time, immediately after embryo transfer, and (3) after positive pregnancy test.

Uterine Fluid Proteins for Minimally Invasive Assessment of Endometrial Receptivity.

Context: Clinically used endometrial (EM) receptivity assays are based on transcriptomic patterning of biopsies at midsecretory endometrium (MSE) to identify the possible displacement or disruption of window of implantation (WOI) in patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF). However, biopsies are invasive and cannot be performed in the same cycle with in vitro fertilization embryo transfer, while uterine fluid (UF) analysis is considered minimally invasive and can immediately precede embryo transfer.

Objective: To determine whether UF proteome can be used for WOI monitoring and whether it would highlight the etiology of RIF.

FSHB -211 G>T is a major genetic modulator of reproductive physiology and health in childbearing age women.

Study Question: Are the genetic variants FSHB -211 G>T (rs10835638), FSHR c.2039 A>G (Asn680Ser, rs6166) and FSHR -29 G>A (rs1394205) associated with serum FSH, LH and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in reproductive age women, their menstrual cycle parameters and risk of infertility?

Summary Answer: Only the FSHB -211 G>T variant was a major genetic determinant of serum gonadotropin levels in both, eumenorrheic healthy women and female infertility patients, and the T-allele carrier status was enriched among idiopathic infertility cases.

What Is Known Already: There are accumulating data on common genetic variants modulating reproductive parameters and fertility potential.

Prospective experience with contingent screening strategy for Down syndrome in Estonia.

The purpose of this study was to establish the first-trimester screening for Down syndrome (DS) in Estonia and to evaluate the potential of a contingent screening in the population of pregnant women. A prospective cohort study included non-selected pregnancies during the programme of first-trimester screening for DS in a 4-year period at a single centre. The following screening tests were evaluated: measurement of nuchal translucency (NT) and serum screening [pregnancy-associated plasma protein A and free beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (fβ-HCG)]; results were given as combined screening.