Tournaye H

No ORCID on file · 14 papers in corpus
observational 2025
Reproductive BioMedicine Online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.104876

RESEARCH QUESTION: Are pregnancies in female same-sex couples at higher risk when using reception of oocytes from partner (ROPA) compared with intrauterine insemination (IUI)? DESIGN: A retrospective, single-centre, matched cohort study wa…

observational 2024
Nature communications ·doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45446-1

Children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have an elevated risk of lower birthweight, yet the underlying cause remains unclear. Our study explores mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants as contributors to birthweight d…

other 2024
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308666

The study investigates whether a 3-day pretreatment course with a GnRH antagonist in the early follicular phase has an impact on the number of retrieved COCs in a GnRH antagonist stimulation protocol. This is a retrospective single center c…

rct 2023
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-023-01111-8

RESEARCH QUESTION: Does a frozen-embryo transfer in an artificially-prepared endometrium (FET-HRT) cycle yield similar clinical pregnancy rate with 7 days of oestrogen priming compared to 14 days? DESIGN: This is a single-centre, randomize…

case-report 2022
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-022-02420-4

PURPOSE: To report the case of a young woman diagnosed with Turner syndrome (TS) who achieved a live birth using her own oocytes that had been vitrified for fertility preservation. METHODS: A 25-year-old woman with mosaic (45,X/46,XX) TS w…

observational 2022
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-022-02572-3

PURPOSE: Does cell loss (CL) after vitrification and warming (V/W) of day 3 embryos have an impact on live birth rate (LBR) and neonatal outcomes? METHOD: This retrospective analysis includes cleavage stage day 3 embryos vitrified/warmed b…

observational 2022
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.12.032

OBJECTIVE: To study the presence of viral RNA in the follicular fluid, cumulus cells, and endometrial tissue samples in SARS-CoV-2-positive women undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART). DESIGN: Prospective, single-center, observ…

observational 2021
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoab002

STUDY QUESTION: Does oocyte vitrification adversely affect the health of 2-year-old children compared with peers born after use of fresh oocytes in a donation programme? SUMMARY ANSWER: The growth and health of 2-year-old children born aft…

observational 2020
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoz043

STUDY QUESTION: Does In vitro maturation (IVM) of immature oocytes affect health, including growth at 2 years of age, in singletons born to mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)? SUMMARY ANSWER: This study of 92 singletons born aft…

review 2020
Therapeutic advances in reproductive health ·doi:10.1177/2633494120941480

Despite the considerate progress to which assisted reproduction technology (ART) has been subject since 1978, some issues remain unresolved. Notably, the clinical management of patients with a poor ovarian response is still a challenge in e…

observational 2019
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-019-01563-1

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether ICSI offers any benefit compared with IVF in different ovarian response categories in case of non-male factor infertility. METHODS: This is a retrospective multicenter analysis using individual patient data, co…

nonrandomized-trial 2019
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2019.00115

Research Question: What is the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-agonist treatment on serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH)? Design: This prospective cohort study conducted in a tertiary university hospital comprised patients (n …

other 2018
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2018.00025

INTRODUCTION: A drawback of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist protocols in in vitro fertilization (IVF) is that they have limited flexibility in cycle programming. This proof of concept study explored the efficacy of a single…

observational 2018
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2018.1460346

Since the introduction of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists, an extensive amount of literature investigating the role of the downregulation protocols on pregnancy outcomes has been published. However, these studies were main…