The Efficacy of Assisted Reproduction in Women with a Wide Spectrum of Chronic Diseases - A Review

© 2021 Nørgård et al..

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments in women with underlying chronic diseases have become increasingly frequent. The objective of this review is to provide an overview of the literature examining the chance of having a live born child after ART in women with chronic diseases, compared to other women receiving ART. We focused on some of the most prevalent chronic diseases in women during their reproductive years, ie ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and diabetes mellitus. Secondly, we studied the chance of successful implantation. The literature search was performed in the database Pubmed.gov. including all studies published before October 2020. Title and abstracts of 58 papers were reviewed, 37 papers were excluded and other 8 studies were excluded after full-text evaluation. Only 13 papers were eligible for review. Results indicate that women with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hyperthyroidism, and diabetes mellitus type 2 might have problems with low implantation rate or early embryo development during ART. On the contrary, the few studies on women with hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus type 1, and epilepsy suggest an equivalent chance of a live birth compared to other women undergoing ART. A possible explanation behind these differences could reside in the disease-specific dysregulation of the innate or adaptive immune system. To our knowledge, this is the first review on ART in women with chronic diseases, and it has disclosed that the evidence in this area is indeed sparse. We encourage others to examine live birth after ART in women with chronic diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Clinical epidemiology - 13(2021) vom: 01., Seite 477-500

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nørgård, Bente Mertz [VerfasserIn]
Catalini, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Jølving, Line Riis [VerfasserIn]
Larsen, Michael Due [VerfasserIn]
Friedman, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Fedder, Jens [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Assisted reproductive technology
Diabetes mellitus
Epilepsy
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Journal Article
Multiple sclerosis
Review
Rheumatoid arthritis
Thyroid disease

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Date Revised 02.07.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/CLEP.S310795

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327410159