Westphal LM
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· 10 papers in corpus
· active 1993-2018
Study types
- article 3
- review 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 3
- infertility 1
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Frequent coauthors
- Ruth B. Lathi 5
- Berker B 4
- Milki AA 4
- Lynn M. Westphal 4
- Amin A. Milki 3
- Shahine LK 3
- Birenbaum-Carmeli D 2
- Jun SH 2
- Choi B 2
- Gleicher N 2
2018
PurposeThe objective of our study is to assess the relationship of embryo ploidy status in relation to embryo sex, morphological characteristics, and transfer parameters.MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort study at an academic medical cen…
2018
Medical egg freezing (MEF) is being recommended increasingly for women at risk of losing their reproductive ability due to cancer chemotherapy or other fertility-threatening medical conditions. This first, binational, ethnographic study of …
2018
PurposeThis binational qualitative study of medical egg freezing (MEF) examined women's motivations and experiences, including their perceived needs for patient-centered care in the midst of fertility- and life-threatening diagnoses.Methods…
2010
Nearly 75% of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments do not result in live births and patients are largely guided by a generalized age-based prognostic stratification. We sought to provide personalized and validated prognosis by using avai…
article
2009
PurposeTo investigate the hypothesis that surgical treatment of endometriosis in infertile patients may improve pregnancy rates by improving embryo quality.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective evaluation of 30 infertile patients treated with…
2009
BackgroundDisease prevalence and response to medical therapy may differ among patients of diverse ethnicities. Poor outcomes with in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment have been previously shown in Indian women compared to Caucasian women,…
2008
BackgroundHundreds of thousands of human embryos are cultured yearly at in vitro fertilization (IVF) centers worldwide, yet the vast majority fail to develop in culture or following transfer to the uterus. However, human embryo phenotypes h…
article
2008
ObjectiveTo evaluate the cost effectiveness of laparoscopy for unexplained infertility.DesignWe performed a cost-effectiveness analysis using a computer-generated decision analysis tree. Data used to construct the mathematical model were ex…
review
2005
Many will agree that the use of laparoscopy to diagnose and potientially treat endometriosis in patients who suffer from infertility has been superseded by IVF and sometimes oocyte donation, especially in older patients. The findings of our…
article
1993
ObjectiveTo investigate the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression of interleukin-1 (IL-1) type I receptor in the endometrial tissue of normal patients during the menstrual cycle.DesignProspective longitudinal study.SettingDepartment …