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Studer E, Zoller D, Huber S, Ruf-Ritz J, Gurtner C, Grest P, Hirsbrunner G. [Five case reports on granulosa cell tumors in cattle with practical information on diagnosis and possible progression]. SCHWEIZ ARCH TIERH 2024; 166:141-152. [PMID: 38419485 DOI: doi.org/10.17236/sat00420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Five cases of ovarian tumors (granulosa cell tumors) in cattle are presented from the patient load of the Vetsuisse University of Zurich and Bern. The aim of this work was to demonstrate the variable development of the illness and to indicate diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities to the practicing veterinarians. Case 1 shows bilateral appearance and the development of malignancy and metastases. The main symptoms in case 2 were the development of the mammary gland in a juvenile animal and the behavior modification due to a hormonal imbalance. The cases 3, 4 and 5 underwent surgery, case 4 restarted reproductive activity resulting in five subsequent pregnancies. The initial presumption is a result of a gynecological including ultrasonographic examination and can be verified by the analysis of Müllerian Inhibiting Hormone in serum. The decision to perform surgery should be done rapidly, as normal fertility can be achieved if the tumor is located unilaterally. Tumor growth and potential malignancy can provoke fatal health issues and also make it impossible to use meat of these animals for consumption.
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- E Studer
- Wiederkäuerklinik, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Bern
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- Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Zürich
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- Wiederkäuerklinik, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Bern
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- Praxis Viehdoktor Zürcher Unterland AG, Hüntwangen, Schweiz
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- Institut für Tierpathologie, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP), Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Bern
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- Institut für Veterinärpathologie, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Zürich
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- Wiederkäuerklinik, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Bern
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Turner S, Allen VM, Graves L, Tanguay R, Green CR, Cook JL. Directive clinique n o 443a : Opioïdes aux différentes étapes de la vie des femmes : Fertilité, contraception, douleur chronique et ménopause. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2023; 45:102145. [PMID: 37977725 DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2023.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Moffat R, Raggi A, Sartorius G. [When to Stop Contraception - Reasons and Consequences of Delaying Parenthood]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2023; 112:218-222. [PMID: 36919313 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a003999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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When to Stop Contraception - Reasons and Consequences of Delaying Parenthood Abstract. Women are delaying motherhood for many reasons. However, knowledge on age-related decline of fertility is limited. Many patients and even physicians are not aware that female fertility starts to diminish significantly after the age of thirty-two years, and success rates of in vitro treatment are overestimated in the general population. Apart from maternal age there is no predictor for future fecundity. Physicians should actively discuss reasons for delaying motherhood and options for improving fecundity. During the reproductive life span, women need reliable counselling on contraception and fertility.
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- Rebecca Moffat
- fertisuisse, Zentrum für Kinderwunschbehandlung, Frauen- und Männermedizin, Olten, Schweiz
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- fertisuisse, Zentrum für Kinderwunschbehandlung, Frauen- und Männermedizin, Olten, Schweiz
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- fertisuisse, Zentrum für Kinderwunschbehandlung, Frauen- und Männermedizin, Olten, Schweiz
- Frauenklinik, Universitätsspital Basel, Schweiz
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Steiner L, Jenny U, Hirsbrunner G, Walkenhorst M. [Phytotherapeutic treatments of gynecological diseases and fertility disorders in cattle - a veterinary historical analysis]. SCHWEIZ ARCH TIERH 2022; 164:645-659. [PMID: 36047820 DOI: 10.17236/sat00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Fertility problems are the main reasons for culling dairy cows. Diseases of the female genital tract are also often the cause of antibiotic or hormonal treatments in bovine practices. The use of medicinal plants could expand the available therapeutics. The aim of the work was to analyze historical literature before the introduction of antibiotics in veterinary reproductive medicine. Five books in German language, published in Germany and Switzerland between 1878 and 1921, and one handwritten therapy booklet by the rural veterinarian Carl Ammann-Honegger (1879-1960) were systematically examined regarding the descriptions (AW) on gynecological diseases. The herbal and additional ingredients of the recipe, the target animal species, the type of administration and the indication were recorded in detail for each AW. The six literature sources contained a total of 103 AW (79 administered orally, 13 locally, and 11 both orally and locally). Almost two thirds of the AW (61) were based on a mixture of different plants (two to seven plants), and one third of the AW (31) on a single plant. A total of 55 plants were recorded. The most frequently mentioned medical plants were plants of the genus Juniperus (J. communis L. (19 AW), J. sabina L. (13 AW)) and Linum usitatissimum L. (18 AW), Matricaria chamomilla L. (13 AW) and Gentiana lutea L. (12 AW). The treatment of the Retentio secundinarum was the most frequently mentioned indication (44 AW), followed by parturition preparation (17 AW) and endometritis treatment (15 AW). The most frequently recorded plants can be divided based on their ingredients and their effect into (a) energy- and protein-rich forage plants, (b) generally appetizing, digestive- and metabolism-enhancing plants, (c) medical plants with a specific gynecological organotrophic effect and (d) according to current knowledge, predominantly toxic plants. Besides the antimicrobial active immunity to defence against bacterial infections, a stable barrier funcion of the endometrium contributes to uterine health. The plants classified under (a) - (c) have at least the potential for a positive effect on the immune system and the endometrial barrier function and thus contribute indirectly to the uterine health.
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- Wiederkäuerklinik, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Bern
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- Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Frick
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Carrière C, Sarfati C, Téjédor I, Dulon J, Chakhtoura Z, Courtillot C, Bachelot A. Classical and non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia: what is the difference in subsequent fertility? Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2022; 83:181-185. [PMID: 35489415 DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2022.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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21-Hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) is the most common cause of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Increased production of adrenal-derived androgens and progesterone in 21OHD women interfere with their reproductive function and their fertility in many different ways, depending on the severity of the disease. Sexuality and fertility in women with classic 21OHD is impaired, due to several issues such as disrupted gonadotropic axis due to androgen and progesterone overproduction, and mechanical, psychological factors related to genital surgery. Fertility and fecundity in these women get better over the years. Subfertility seems contrariwise to be relative in non-classic 21OHD women. Before pregnancy, genotyping the partner and genetic counselling is mandatory.
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- Camille Carrière
- AP-HP, IE3M, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Centre de Référence des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, ICAN, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, IE3M, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Centre de Référence des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, ICAN, Paris, France; UPMC Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Univ Paris 06, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, IE3M, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Centre de Référence des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, ICAN, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, IE3M, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Centre de Référence des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, ICAN, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, IE3M, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Centre de Référence des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, ICAN, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, IE3M, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Centre de Référence des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, ICAN, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, IE3M, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Centre de Référence des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, ICAN, Paris, France; UPMC Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Univ Paris 06, Paris, France.
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Caklili OT, Ok AM, Istemihan Z, Selcukbiricik O, Yarman S. Optimal testosterone level to improve symptoms of hypogonadism without causing dopa-testotoxicosis in male macroprolactinoma. Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2021; 83:9-15. [PMID: 34871603 DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2021.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Male prolactinoma treatment by dopamine agonists (DA) restores sexual function. However, excessive DA dose can lead to impulse control disorder. OBJECTIVES The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the level of testosterone that eliminates symptoms and provides fertility in male macroprolactinoma, without causing these adverse effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-seven male patients with macroprolactinoma were included. There were 16 macro (≥1-2.8 cm), 7 large macro (≥2.9-3.9 cm) and 4 giant (≥4 cm) adenomas. Prolactin (PRL) and testosterone (T) levels were evaluated. A timeline was created to analyze improvement in symptoms of hypogonadism and infertility. Testosterone levels were compared with age-matched controls. RESULTS Mean PRL, basal tumor diameter and shrinkage were 2,846±3,415 ng/mL, 27.2±10.2 mm and 63.4%, respectively. Basal T levels were 1.6±1.0 ng/mL for patients and 4.4±1.5 ng/mL for controls (p<0.001). Mean T level in the asymptomatic period was significantly lower than in controls (3.2±0.4 ng/mL vs. 4.4±1.5 ng/mL, respectively; p=0.002), while mean PRL was 27.2 ng/ml. Fertility was achieved in 6 of the patients seeking fertility, and there was no difference in T level between these patients and controls (3.7±0.8 ng/mL and 4.4±1.5 ng/mL, respectively; p=0.14); when fertility was achieved, mean PRL was 26.9±23 ng/mL. CONCLUSION Patients should be carefully questioned regarding complaints at each consultation, and DA dose should not be increased unnecessarily, to avoid possible serious adverse effects.
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- Ozge Telci Caklili
- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Istanbul, Turkey
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Fürst-Waltl B, Egger-Danner C, Guggenbichler S, Kofler J. [Impact of lameness on fertility traits in Austrian Fleckvieh cows - results from the Efficient-Cow-project]. SCHWEIZ ARCH TIERH 2021; 164:721-736. [PMID: 34758949 DOI: 10.17236/sat00323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The impact of lameness on fertility in dairy cows has already been investigated, however predominantely in Holstein cows. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of lameness during the dry period, between calving and first service and between calving and conception (days open) on selected fertility traits in Austrian Fleckvieh cows. Locomotion scoring of dairy cows was performed during the course of routine performance testing in 2014 and 2015. Using the observed maximum locomotion score (MLSC) during pre- and postcalving periods, the cows were classified into three groups: cows never lame (MLSC 1), cows that showed MLSC 2, and cows with MLSC ≥3 during these defined periods. Data sets of 3,998 lactations of 3,058 Austrian Fleckvieh cows from 97 dairy herds could be evaluated. In several statistical models the fixed effects of MLSC (1, 2, ≥ 3), farm, year and season of calving, parity*age class at calving, and early fertility disorders were considered for analysis of the traits days from calving to first insemination, interval from first to last insemination, days from calving to conception and calving interval (CI), as well as the non-return-rate90 (NRR90). Mean lameness prevalence during the dry period was 19,43 %, and reached 27,70 % in the period between calving and conception. Lameness (MLSC ≥ 3) during the dry period significantly (P = 0,030) prolonged the period between calving and conception, and lameness (MLSC ≥ 3) during the period from calving to first service had a significantly detrimental effect on the periods calving to first insemination, days open and CI (P < 0,001). Further, highly significant associations (P < 0,001) in cows showing MLSC ≥ 2 during the period between calving and conception on all fertility traits were determined. Apart from lameness, farm, year and season of calving, parity*-age class at calving, early fertility disorders and, partly, the interaction of the latter two effects significantly (P.
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- B Fürst-Waltl
- Department für Nachhaltige Agrarsysteme, Institut für Nutztierwissenschaften, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Österreich
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- ZuchtData Austria EDV-Dienstleistungen GmbH, Wien, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Wiederkäuer, Department für Nutztiere und öffentliches Gesundheitswesen in der Veterinärmedizin, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Wiederkäuer, Department für Nutztiere und öffentliches Gesundheitswesen in der Veterinärmedizin, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Österreich
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Marston M, Zaba B, Eaton JW. The relationship between HIV and fertility in the era of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 49 Demographic and Health Surveys. Trop Med Int Health 2017; 22:1542-1550. [PMID: 28986949 PMCID: PMC5716842 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Objectives To describe regional differences in the relative fertility of HIV‐positive vs. HIV‐negative women and changes as antiretroviral treatment (ART) is scaled up, to improve estimates of predicted need for and coverage of prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission services at national and subnational levels. Methods We analysed 49 nationally representative household surveys in sub‐Saharan Africa between 2003 and 2016 to estimate fertility rate ratios of HIV‐positive and HIV‐negative women by age using exponential regression and test for regional and urban/rural differences. We estimated the association between national ART coverage and the relationship between HIV and fertility. Results Significant regional differences exist in HIV and fertility relationships, with less HIV‐associated subfertility in Southern Africa. Age patterns of relative fertility are similar. HIV impact on fertility is weaker in urban than rural areas. For women below age 30, regional and urban/rural differences are largely explained by differences in age at sexual debut. Higher levels of national ART coverage were associated with slight attenuation of the relationship between HIV and fertility. Conclusions Regional differences in HIV‐associated subfertility and urban–rural differences in age patterns of relative fertility should be accounted for when predicting need for and coverage of PMTCT services at national and subnational level. Although HIV impacts on fertility are somewhat reduced at higher levels of national ART coverage, differences in fertility between HIV positive and negative remain, and fertility of women on ART should not be assumed to be the same as HIV‐negative women. There were few data in recent years, when ART has reached high levels, and this relationship should continue to be assessed as further evidence becomes available.
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- M Marston
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, UK
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Yeatman S, Eaton JW, Beckles Z, Benton L, Gregson S, Zaba B. Impact of ART on the fertility of HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa. Trop Med Int Health 2016; 21:1071-85. [PMID: 27371942 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Understanding the fertility of HIV-positive women is critical to estimating HIV epidemic trends from surveillance data and to planning resource needs and coverage of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services in sub-Saharan Africa. In the light of the considerable scale-up in antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage over the last decade, we conducted a systematic review of the impact of ART on the fertility outcomes of HIV-positive women. METHODS We searched Medline, Embase, Popline, PubMed and African Index Medicus. Studies were included if they were conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and provided estimates of fertility outcomes (live births or pregnancies) among women on ART relative to a comparison group. RESULTS Of 2070 unique references, 18 published papers met all eligibility criteria. Comparisons fell into four categories: fertility of HIV-positive women relative to HIV-negative women; fertility of HIV-positive women on ART compared to those not yet on ART; fertility differences by duration on ART; and temporal trends in fertility among HIV-positive women. Evidence indicates that fertility increases after approximately the first year on ART and that while the fertility deficit of HIV-positive women is shrinking, their fertility remains below that of HIV-negative women. These findings, however, were based on limited data mostly during the period 2005-2010 when ART scaled up. CONCLUSIONS Existing data are insufficient to characterise how ART has affected the fertility of HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa. Improving evidence about fertility among women on ART is an urgent priority for planning HIV resource needs and understanding HIV epidemic trends. Alternative data sources such as antenatal clinic data, general population cohorts and population-based surveys can be harnessed to understand the issue.
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- Sara Yeatman
- Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Library Services, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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