Mussarat Ashraf

ORCID: 0000-0003-4410-2802 · 6 papers in corpus
observational 2026
Pakistan journal of medical sciences ·doi:10.12669/pjms.42.6.14880

OBJECTIVE: Infertility a global health issue linked with untoward psychological and social impacts is due to a number of contributing factors; one of which is oxidative stress. This study aimed to determine the potential association of oxid…

observational 2024
Cureus ·doi:10.7759/cureus.55602

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of female infertility in Pakistan is currently estimated at 22%, and emerging research suggests that vitamin D (VD) deficiency (VDD) may play a significant role in influencing female fertility. The focus of this…

observational 2024
Pakistan journal of medical sciences ·doi:10.12669/pjms.40.10.9774

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: The relationship of Vitamin-D (VD) with Luteinizing Hormone (LH), Follicle stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Anti Mullerian Hormone (AMH) is recognized. This study was conducted to determine whether VD is a predictor of…

observational 2023
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0287727

BACKGROUND: Deficiency of silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) can trigger inflammation, mitochondrial malfunctioning, and apoptosis through the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, producing poor quality oocytes, leading to infertility. …

review 2021
Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction ·doi:10.1016/j.jogoh.2021.102157

The review aims to explore circulating small non- coding regulatory Ribonucleic Acids (miRNA) as biomarkers of endometriosis; a reproductive age group disorder. miRNA are linked with genetic, epigenetic and angiogenic factors, hormones, cyt…

observational 2019
Andrologia ·doi:10.1111/and.13434

A global increase in the incidence of subfertility is observed, and research suggests strong genetic influences that might restrict fertility directly or indirectly. It therefore becomes important to rule out the existence of genetic causes…