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Fertility Preservation in Patients with Severe Ovarian Dysfunction
Published on: March 25, 2021
Hormone replacement therapy and successful pregnancy in a patient with premature ovarian failure
Svetlana Dragojević-Dikić1, Snezana Rakić, Branka Nikolić
1Gynecology - Obstetrics Clinic 'Narodni front', Belgrade University Medical School, Belgrade, Serbia. stefand@eunet.rs
Abstract:
Premature ovarian failure (POF), premature ovarian insufficiency, premature menopause or hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, a serious life-changing condition that affects young women, remains an enigma and the researcher's challenge. In the present article we described a case of singleton pregnancy in a 33-year-old patient, presenting with POF and treated with hormone replacement therapy. Twenty months later this therapy led to maturation of one follicle, recruitment and fertilisation of the residual oocyte and spontaneous pregnancy ensued. A normal infant was delivered by cesarean section.
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