Essays about: "Infertility"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 44 essays containing the word Infertility.

  1. 31. En histologisk jämförelse av kärlförsörjning i friskt och cystiskt förändrat endometrium hos tik

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Johanna Appelgren; [2013]
    Keywords : Hund; Reproduktion; CEH; Pyometra; Kärl; Vaskularisering; Livmoderslemhinna; Histologi;

    Abstract : Cystisk endometriehyperplasi (CEH), är en mycket vanligt förekommande patologisk förändring hos framför allt äldre tikar, som innebär att körtelgångar i livmoder slemhinnan fokalt dilateras och fylls med sekret så att cystor bildas. Dessa cystor kan bli uppemot en centimeter i diameter, ibland större, och anses uppkomma under diöstrusfasen av löpningscykeln. READ MORE

  3. 32. Correlation between sperm oxidative stress and sperm DNA damage in subfertile men

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Läkarutbildningen

    Author : Bitte Bergström; Sofia Jarkman; [2013]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Background: Approximately 15 % of all couples in the Western countries experience infertility. Up to half of these cases are thought to solely or partly depend upon the male factor. In most cases male infertility is unexplained. During the last decade there has been a growing focus on sperm DNA damage as a cause of male infertility. READ MORE

  4. 33. No association between folate intake, pregnancy outcome and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MTHFR gene in women with unexplained infertility

    University essay from Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

    Author : Annica Hoas; [2013]
    Keywords : methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; fertility; folic acid; rs1801131; rs1801133; rs2274976;

    Abstract : Folate has a direct effect on DNA synthesis which is a major factor in embryo development. In 10% of all infertility couples, there is no apparent cause of infertility. One theory is that folate metabolism is affected in these couples and that it is a possible cause of infertility. READ MORE

  5. 34. Well-being and distress related to social support and emotions in infertile women : A cross-cultural comparison between Sweden and Iran

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Emelia Mellergård; Liza Trulsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Infertility; well-being; distress; social support; emotions; culture;

    Abstract : The present survey study investigated cultural differences in social support, well-being, distress, positive and negative emotions in relation to infertility, by analyzing mean difference, correlation, regression and moderation on these variables. 117 women with primary infertility were recruited from fertility clinics in Sweden and Iran. READ MORE

  6. 35. Biopower and Precarity: Meeting Embodied Self in the Discourses of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Polina Vlasenko; [2013]
    Keywords : precarity; biopower; assisted reproductive technologies; ukraine; subjectivation; rationalities of government; normalization of motherhood; biological citizenship; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis I examine the connection between female embodiment and subjectivation, technologization of reproduction and rationalities of government in Ukraine, where assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were introduced not so long ago, but have already become part of the lived experience of numerous women and heated a large debate in society about the nature of women, motherhood, national duty, citizenship and demographic crisis. Moreover, the study I accomplish is necessitated by the growing importance of Ukraine as a colonial market of cheap donor egg cells and as a target of transnational reproductive travel engendered by commercial surrogacy industry. READ MORE