Women's expectations and intention to terminate pregnancy in case of abnormal findings at the second trimester level II ultrasound scan. A prospective, questionnaire-based, cross-sectional survey.

Objective: The aims of this study were: (1) to explore pregnant women's background knowledge and expectations of 2nd trimester ultrasound screening, and (2) to investigate women's intentions to proceed to pregnancy termination if fetal anomaly is detected at the 2nd trimester ultrasound screening.

Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study. 300 consecutive pregnant women served as a convenience sample for this study.

Serum inhibin-B and follicle stimulating hormone as predictors of the presence of sperm in testicular fine needle aspirate in men with azoospermia.

Objective: Inhibin-B (Inh-B) is produced by Sertoli cells and controls Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) secretion through a negative feedback mechanism. The primary aim of this study was to compare Iotanh-B with FSH as predictors of the recovery of sperm in testicular fine needle aspirate in men with azoospermia.

Design: In 51 men with azoospermia basal values of Luteinizing Hormone (LH), FSH, prolactin and testosterone as well as Inh-B values before and 24 h and 48 h after the administration of 300 IU recombinant human FSH were determined.

Serum inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone are not superior to follicle-stimulating hormone as predictors of the presence of sperm in testicular fine-needle aspiration in men with azoospermia.

Objective: To compare FSH, inhibin B (INHB), and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) as predictors of the recovery of sperm in testicular fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) performed in men with azoospermia.

Design: Cross-sectional, clinical study.

Setting: Academic Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology.

ThinPrep are superior to conventional smears in the cytological diagnosis of subfertile men by testicular fine-needle aspiration.

The aim of this study was the comparison of liquid-based cytology (ThinPrep, TS) to conventional smears (CS) in the investigation of subfertile men with testicular fine-needle aspiration (FNA). Between January and December 2004, testicular FNA biopsies were performed in 30 subfertile men. Both TS and CS were diagnosed according to Meng classification.