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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Reprod Infert</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">arij001</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Reproduction &amp; Infertility</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">2228-5482</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2251-676X</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Avicenna Research Institute</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">jri192</article-id>
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        <article-title>Evaluating the prevalence of hypogonadotropic amenorrhea in infertile women and the rate of pregnancy following treatment</article-title>
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        <contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Tourabizadeh</surname><given-names>Alieh</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Obs. &amp; Gyn., Ghaem Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashad University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Mashad, Iran</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Vahidrodsari</surname><given-names>Fatemeh</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Obs. &amp; Gyn., Ghaem Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashad University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Mashad, Iran</aff></contrib-group>
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        <year></year>
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      <volume>6</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>247</fpage>
      <lpage>254</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>1</day>
          <month>7</month>
          <year>2005</year>
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        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>1</day>
          <month>7</month>
          <year>2005</year>
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      Introduction: Hypogonadotropic amenorrhea is one kind of primary amenorrhea which is caused by a decrease in GnRH secretion and results in infertility. As infertility is an important problem in 10-15% of couples, the present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of the disease in infertile women and pregnancy rates in response to its treatment. 
Materials and Methods:  This cross-sectional, analytical study included 35 subjects suffering from hypothalamic amenorrhea, pulled from 2150 patients who referred to the infertility center of Montaserieh Hospital in Mashad during 2000-2002. The gathered data included: the patients age, infertility duration, menstrual cycles, history of prior surgeries or illnesses, food regimens and drug history. A gynecologic exam, hormonal assays and sonographic evaluations were carried out. The patients underwent 3 cycles of ovulation induction procedures. A serum -hCG measurement and a vaginal sonography were used to confirm pregnancy. The data were analyzed by SPSS 11. For the descriptive analysis, t-test and logistic regression were used and the significance level was considered 5% (p&lt;0.05). 
Results: The patients aged 20-35 and their infertility period varied from 1.5 to 14 years. Three of them were excluded from the study because of loss to follow up. The prevalence rate was 1-6%. In all of the patients, the serum FSH and LH levels were &lt;5IU/ml. Serum prolactin levels were 21.7% 34.8 IU/ml and TSH 1.20.6 IU/ml. 14 patients out of 32, responded to treatment and became pregnant after three cycles of treatment (43.7%). 
Conclusion: The prevalence rate of infertility due to hypogonadotropic amenorrhea in this study was 0.016. Infertility due to hypogonadotropic amenorrhea is a disease that can respond to common ovulation induction treatment schedules quite well and despite the short period of treatment (3 cycles) in this study, 43.7% of the patients became pregnant. It is expected that by increasing the treatment period, better results will follow as it has in studies following 6 cycles of treatment with 83-90.1% success rates.
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