Premature ovarian insufficiency - novel hormonal approaches in optimizing fertility.

Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a delicate medical problem in young women. This condition is not unchangeable and permanent but is associated with intermittent and unpredictable ovarian activity, resulting in low conception rate. Over the period of 8 years, the evaluation of secondary amenorrhea was conducted in 90 patients below the age of 40 who wished to restore fertility.

Fetal ventriculomegalies during pregnancy course, outcome, and psychomotor development of born children.

Purpose: The objectives of this study were as follows: to present the course and outcome of pregnancies complicated with fetal ventriculomegaly, determine the association between prenatal ultrasound diagnoses and definitive postnatal diagnosis or diagnoses after autopsy and additional analysis, and to monitor the psychomotor development of children born with ventriculomegaly.

Materials And Methods: The survey was designed as retrospective study and included 62 pregnant women who were attending a regular ultrasound examinations at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia, or patients who were referred from other institutions in Serbia.

Results: Ventriculomegalies were divided into three groups: mild, moderate, and severe or hydrocephalus.

The outcome and course of pregnancies complicated with fetal neural tube defects.

Purpose: The objectives of this study were as follows: to present the course and outcome of pregnancies complicated with neural tube defects, determine the association between prenatal ultrasound diagnoses, and definitive diagnoses after autopsy.

Material And Methods: The survey was designed as a retrospective study and included 24 pregnant women who were attending a regular ultrasound examinations at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia, or patients who were referred from other institutions in Serbia.

Results: Neural tube defects are divided into five subgroups: spina bifida, meningocele, myelomeningocele, acranius, and anencephaly.

Degree and rate of growth discordance in dichorionic twins conceived by in vitro fertilization.

Objective. Our objective was to estimate degree and rate of discordant growth and its impact on perinatal outcome in dichorionic twin pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) compared to those conceived spontaneously. Study Design.