Myo-Inositol / Publications

The effect of a combination therapy with myo-inositol and a combined oral contraceptive pill versus a combined oral contraceptive pill alone on metabolic, endocrine, and clinical parameters in polycystic ovary syndrome

Aim. Compare the effects of a combined contraceptive pill (OCP) in combination with myo-inositol (MI) on endocrine, metabolic, and clinical parameters in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods. One hundred fifty-five patients with PCOS were enrolled in this prospective, open-label clinical study. Patients were assigned to receive oral treatment with OCP alone (estradiol (EE) 30 …

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Inositol activity in oligoasthenoteratospermia – An in vitro study

Background: Oligoasthenoteratospermia, a reduction in motilty and number of spermatozoa and a change in their morphology, is one of the most relevant causes of infertility in men. One of the factors, which may influence male infertility is linked to the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by morphologically altered spermatozoa. Spermatozoa …

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Inositol activity in oligoasthenoteratospermia An in vitro study

Background: Oligoasthenoteratospermia, a reduction in motilty and number of spermatozoa and a change in their morphology, is one of the most relevant causes of infertility in men. One of the factors, which may influence male infertility is linked to the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by morphologically altered spermatozoa. Spermatozoa are more …

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Il Myo-Inositolo nella pratica clinica ostetrica-ginecologica

E’ sempre motivo di soddisfazione leggere in anteprima una monografia scienti­fica per poi presentarla all”attenzione della comunità scientifica. E’ una soddisfa­zione ancora maggiore se a redigerla sono quattro illustri esperti sull’argomento: Enrico Papaleo e Vittorio Unfer, con i quali ho stretti rapporti di amicizia e stima, e Jean-Patrice Baillargeon e Chiu Tak Yu, …

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Melatonina e sistema riproduttivo maschile

La più semplice spiegazione del perché la melatoni­na abbia un effetto sul sistema riproduttivo, viene, an­cora una volta, dall’ attenta osservazione della natura. In­fatti, in natura, un numero considerevole di specie ani­mali, escluso l’uomo, è sottoposto ad un ritmo ripro­duttivo che consente la nascita dei piccoli durante il pe­riodo più favorevole. II fenomeno è particolarmente im­portante …

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The sutures in dentistry

In oral surgery, the last phase of a surgical operation is represented by the tissues suture, that allows the wound lips edges approximation and their stabilization, to promote haemostasis, to avoid the alimentary residues accumulation on the incision line and allow the first intention healing. A good suture avoids that the displacing forces …

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Il progesterone e il 17α-idrossiprogesterone caproato- a review

Il progesterone (P) c utilizzato in un gran numero di indicazioni terapeutiche quali disordi­ni mestruali, incluse amenorrea secondaria, disordini mestruali premenopausali, supporto della fase luteale, minaccia di aborto, parto pretermine (Carr and Wilson, 1994; Withehead et al., 1990). fl l 7a-idrossiprogesterone, senza esterificazione. non possiede attività progestativa (Junkmann, 1954; Pfiffner and North, 1941) ma i …

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Myo-Inositol / Publications

Myo-inositol may improve oocyte quality in intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles

 

Objective: To determine the effects of myo-inositol on oocyte quality in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles. Design: A prospective, controlled, randomized trial. Setting: Assisted reproduction centers. Patient(s): Sixty infertile PCO patients undergoing ovulation induction for ICSI.

Intervention(s): All participants underwent standard long protocol. Starting on the …

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