Dr Abha Maheshwari

Dr Abha Maheshwari The University of Aberdeen School of Medicine & Dentistry Lecturer (Clinical) work +44 (0)1224 554976 pref abha.maheshwari@abdn.ac.uk

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Selected Publications

 

2010

Overweight and Obesity in Infertility- cost and consequences.  (Invited editorial commentary) .  Human Reproduction update, Advance access publication 7^th January 2010.

Outcomes after bleeding in first trimester- A systematic review.  L Saraswat, S Bhattacharya, A Maheshwari, S Bhattacharya.  BJOG 117: 245-257 (2010).

Should non-mosaic Klinefelter Syndrome men be labelled as infertile in 2009?  G Fullerton, M Hamilton, A Maheshwari.  Human Reproduction, Advance access publication 19^th January 2010

 Should access to fertility treatments be determined by female BMI (Debate). Shilpi Pandey, Abha  Maheshwari, Siladitya Bhattacharya . Human Reproduction , Advance access publication 3^rd February 2010

Outcomes after bleeding in first trimester- A systematic review. L Saraswat, S Bhattacharya, A Maheshwari, S Bhattacharya. BJOG 117: 245-257 (2010).

 Should non-mosaic Klinefelter Syndrome men be labelled as infertile in 2009? G Fullerton, M Hamilton, A Maheshwari Human Reproduction, Advance access publication 19^th January 2010

 Should access to fertility treatments be determined by female BMI (Debate). Shilpi Pandey, Abha Maheshwari, Siladitya Bhattacharya Human Reproduction , Advance access publication 3^rd February 2010

 

2009

  Gene expression analysis of human fetal ovarian primordial follicle formation P A Fowler, S Flannigan, A Mathers, K Gillanders, R G Lea, M J Wood, A Maheshwari, S Bhattacharya,  ESR Collie-Duguid, P J Baker, A  Monteiro, P J O'Shaughnessy JCEM, 2009

 In vitro maturation in sub fertile patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing assisted   reproduction.CS Siristatidis, S Bhattacharya, A Maheshwari Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Sub fertility Group

 Direct health services costs of providing assisted reproduction services in older women- A Maheshwari, G  Scotland, A McTavish, J Bell, MPR Hamilton & S Bhattacharya In press Fertility & Sterility, Available online Jan 2009.

Dynamic tests of ovarian reserve- A systematic Review of diagnostic accuracy. A Maheshwari, A Gibreel, S Bhattacharya & NP Johnson. RBM online 18: 713-734 (2009).

 Obstetric outcomes subsequent to Uterine artery embolization- A systematic review. Shilpi Saxena, Abha Maheshwari, Siladitya Bhattacharya. Expert Rev. Obstet. Gynaecol. 4: 429-441 (2009) (Invited Review)

 USG tests of Ovarian reserve-A systematic review of diagnostic accuracy. A Gibreel, A Maheshwari, S Bhattacharya & NP Johnson. Human Fertility 12: 95-106 (2009)

A rare case of choriocarcinoma in a postmenopausal woman- case report. B Chittenden,  E Ahamed E, A Maheshwari. Obstet Gynecol. 114:462-5 (2009)

Effect of PCOS on Gynaecologic cancers. B Chittenden, G Fullerton, A Maheshwari, S Bhattacharya. RBM online 19: 398-405 (2009)

 

 2008

Direct Health Care costs of providing IVF to overweight and obese women –Retrospective cross sectional analysis. A Maheshwari, G Scotland, A McTavish, J Bell, MPR Hamilton & S Bhattacharya Human Reproduction Advance access publication 5^th Dec 2008

A survey of clinicians` views on the effect of age on access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and the use of tests of ovarian reserve prior to IVF in the United Kingdom. A Maheshwari, MPR Hamilton & S Bhattacharya.  Human Fertility 11; 23-27 (2008)

Effect of female age on the diagnostic categories of infertility. A Maheshwari, MPR Hamilton & S Bhattacharya . Human Reproduction 23; 538 – 542 (2008)

Women's awareness and perceptions of delay in childbearing. A Maheshwari, M Porter, A Shetty and S Bhattacharya. Fertility Sterility 90: 1036-1042 (2008).

Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist protocols for pituitary down regulation in assisted reproduction treatment. A Maheshwari,  A Gibreel , CS Siristatidis, S Bhattacharya, S Daya.  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, 2008.

Primordial Follicular assembly- Revisited.  A Maheshwari & PA Fowler. Zygote 16: 285-296 (2008).

Predictors of fertility.  A Maheshwari, S Bhattacharya & NP Johnson.  Human Fertility  11: 109-117 (2008).

2007

Effect of Overweight and Obesity on ART- A systematic Review.  A Maheshwari, L Stofberg, S Bhattacharya.  Human Reproduction Update 135: 433-444 (2007).

Ovarian Ageing & Fertility- A Review.  A Maheshwari & S Bhattacharya.  Current Women's Health Reviews  3: 63-67 (2007).

Should we be doing tests of ovarian reserve routinely?- letter. A Maheshwari Human Reproduction  22 : 1492-1495 (2007).

2006

Should we be doing tests of ovarian reserve routinely?  A Maheshwari, P Fowler & S Bhattacharya.  Human Reproduction  21: 2729-2735 (2006).

 

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Publications

Contributions to Journals

Articles

• Lim, CP., Hasafa, Z., Bhattacharya, S. & Maheshwari, A. (2011). 'Should a hysterosalpingogram be a first-line investigation to diagnose female tubal subfertitlity in the modern subfertility workup?'. Human Reproduction, pp. 1-5.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der046
• Loh, J. & Maheshwari, A. (in press). 'Anti-Mullerian hormone: is it a crystal ball for predicting ovarian ageing?'. Human Reproduction.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der271
• Saraswat, L., Bhattacharya, S., Maheshwari, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2010). 'Maternal and perinatal outcome in women with threatened miscarriage in the first trimester: a systematic review'. BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol 117, no. 3, pp. 245 - 257.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02427.x
• Maheshwari, A., Scotland, GS., Bell, JS., McTavish, A., Hamilton, M. & Bhattacharya, S. (2010). 'Direct health services costs of providing assisted reproduction services in older women'. Fertility and Sterility, vol 93, no. 2, pp. 527-536.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.115
• Pandey, S., Maheshwari, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2010). 'Should access to fertility treatment be determined by female body mass index?'. Human Reproduction, vol 25, no. 4, pp. 815-820.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq013
• Fullerton, G., Hamilton, M. & Maheshwari, A. (2010). 'Should non-mosaic Klinefelter syndrome men be labelled as infertile in 2009?'. Human Reproduction, vol 25, no. 3, pp. 588-97.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep431
• Maheshwari, A., Griffiths, S. & Bhattacharya, S. (2010). 'Global variations in the uptake of single embryo transfer'. Human Reproduction Update.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmq028
• Gibreel, A., Maheshwari, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2010). 'Clomiphene citrate for controlled ovarian stimulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (Protocol)'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. Issue 6, pp. 1-8.
• Pandey, S., Pandey, S., Maheshwari, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2010). 'The impact of female obesity on the outcome of fertility treatment'. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences, vol 3, no. 2, pp. 62-67.
  [Online] DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.69332
• Fowler, PAF., Flannigan, S., Mathers, A., Gillanders, K., Lea, RG., Wood, MJ., Maheshwari, A., Bhattacharya, S., Collie-Duguid, ESR., Baker, PJ. & Monteiro, A. (2009). 'Gene expression analysis of human fetal ovarian primordial follicle formation'. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol 94, pp. 1427-1435.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2619
• Maheshwari, A., Scotland, GS., Bell, J., McTavish, A., Hamilton, M. & Bhattacharya, S. (2009). 'The direct health services costs of providing assisted reproduction services in overweight or obese women: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis'. Human Reproduction, vol 24, no. 3, pp. 633-639.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den424
• Chittenden, G., Fullerton, G., Maheshwari, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2009). 'Polycystic ovary syndrome and the risk of gynaecological cancer: a systematic review'. Reproductive Biomedicine Online, vol 19, no. 3, pp. 398-405.
• Gibreel, A., Maheshwari, A., Bhattacharya, S. & Johnson, P. (2009). 'Ultrasound tests of ovarian reserve; a systematic review of accuracy in predicting fertility outcomes'. Human Fertility, vol 12, no. 2, pp. 95-106.
• Saha, S., Maheshwari, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2009). 'Obstetric outcomes after treatment of fibroids by uterine artery embolization: a systematic review'. Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, vol 4, no. 4, pp. 429-441.
• Siristatidis, C., Maheshwari, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2009). 'In vitro maturation in sub fertile women with polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing assisted reproduction'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 1, pp. CD006606.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006606.pub2
• Maheshwari, A., Gibreel, A., Bhattacharya, S. & Johnson, N. (2009). 'Dynamic tests of ovarian reserve: a systematic review of diagnostic accuracy'. Reproductive Biomedicine Online, vol 18, no. 5, pp. 717-34.
• Chittenden, B., Ahamed, E. & Maheshwari, A. (2009). 'Choriocarcinoma in a postmenopausal woman'. Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol 114, no. 2 Pt 2, pp. 462-5.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181aa97e7
• Maheshwari, A., Porter, M., Shetty, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2008). 'Women's awareness and perceptions of delay in childbearing'. Fertility and Sterility, vol 90, pp. 1036-1042.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1338
• Maheshwari, A., Hamilton, M. & Bhattacharya, S. (2008). 'Effect of female age on the diagnostic categories of infertility'. Human Reproduction Update, vol 23, pp. 538-542.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem431
• Maheshwari, A., Bhattacharya, S. & Johnson, N. (2008). 'Predicting Fertility'. Human Fertility, vol 11, no. 2, pp. 109-17.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1080/14647270701832346
• Maheshwari, A., Bhattacharya, S., Daya, S., Gibreel, A. & Siristatidis, C. (2008). 'Gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist protocols for pituitary down regulation in assisted reproductive treatment (Protocol)'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol 2008, no. 1.
• Maheshwari, A., Hamilton, M. & Bhattacharya, S. (2008). 'A survey of clinicians' views on age and access to IVF and the use of tests of ovarian reserve prior to IVF in the United Kingdom'. Human Fertility, vol 11, no. 1, pp. 23-27.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1080/14647270701541095
• Maheshwari, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (2007). 'Ovarian ageing and fertility: Review'. Current Women's Health Reviews, vol 3, pp. 63-67.
• Maheshwari, A., Fowler, PAF. & Bhattacharya, S. (2006). 'Assessment of ovarian reserve - should we perform tests of ovarian reserve'. Human Reproduction, vol 21, no. 11, pp. 2729-2735.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del188

Letters

• Maheshwari, A. (2007). 'Reply: Assessment of ovarian reserve - should we perform tests of ovarian reserve routinely?'. Human Reproduction, vol 22, no. 5, pp. 1492-1493.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del510

Scientific Reviews

• Maheshwari, A., Gibreel, A., Siristatidis, C. & Bhattacharya, S. (2011). 'Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist protocols for pituitary suppression in assisted reproduction (Review)'. Cochrane Library, no. 8.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006919.pub3
• Maheshwari, A. & Fowler, PA. (2008). 'Primordial follicular assembly in humans - revisited'. Zygote, vol 16, pp. 285-296.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S0967199408004802
  [Online] AURA: Maheshwari_Fowler_Zygote08_rev_prim_foll_form.pdf

Editorials

• Maheshwari, A. (2010). 'Overweight and obesity in infertility: cost and consequences : Overweight and obesity in infertility'. Human Reproduction Update, vol 16, no. 3, pp. 229.

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