Sally A. Asker
Department of Physical Therapy for Paediatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Publications
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Full Length Research Article
Newborns Maturity After Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Author(s): Sally A. Asker*, M.Sc., Faten H. Abdelazeim, Ph.D., Naglaa A. Zaky and Ph.D. and Alaa Wageh MD
There are serious emotional, financial, demographic, as well as medical impacts associated with infertility. Over 80 million people all over the world are affected by it. It is believed that between 10% and 15% of all couples in their reproductive years experience by reproductive problems. Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) were first developed nearly four decades ago to aid in reducing the burden if infertility in affected couples. Today, ART is accountable for greater than 4 percent of all live births. While most of ART-born infants are healthy, concerns about the health of ART-born infants have emerged recently. There is an elevated risk of perinatal negative outcome in newborns conceived by ART. This study was aimed to detect difference in maturity of newborns conceived from fresh as well as frozen embryo transfer in comparison with those from naturally conceived. 186 full t.. Read More»