Is there an effect of psychosocial factors on pregnancy rates in sterility therapy?
We could not show a significant relation between general mood state and pregnancy rate. Yet there was a tendency concerning certain components of mood. Increasing age of the patient does not have a negative influence on the mood state either. The individual situation and adjustment seem to be decisive.
Anakinra is a therapeutic option for patients with acute urate crystal-induced arthritis who do not respond to or have a contraindication to traditional treatments. Although a short course of anakinra resulted in favorable outcomes for some of our patients, response rates were poorer in our study than in previously published reports, and relapses were common.