Our Publications

Azoury IVF Clinic takes pride in the fact that not only it keeps updated in the field of assisted reproductive technologies and infertility but it also undertakes research projects that participate in developing this field.

• Azouri, J., Afif, N., Ghosn, M., Nader, N., & Bou, C. S. (1992). Primary breast lymphoma. A case report. Le Journal medical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal, 40(4), 202-206.

• Wehbe, G., Sepanda, M., Nos, C., Falcou, M.C., Meunier, M., Zafrani, B., Fourquet, A., Durand, J.C., Azoury, J., Massoud, E. and Bentley, K.C. (2004). Long follow-up of breast cancer revealed by clustered microcalcifications without palpable mass. Le Journal medical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal, 52(1), 2-7.

• Atallah, D., Rouzier, R., Voutsadakis, I., Sader-Ghorra, C., Azoury, J., Camatte, S., ... & Duvillard, P. (2004). Malignant female adnexal tumor of probable wolffian origin relapsing after pregnancy. Gynecologic oncology, 95(2), 402-404.

• El Hage, S., Ghanem, I., Safi, C. A., Afif, N., Azoury, J., Kharrat, K., & Dagher, F. (2006). The risk of neuro-orthopaedic malformations following in-vitro fertilization. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B, 15(3), 229-232.

• Azoury, J., Lee, K. W., Georget, V., Rassinier, P., Leader, B., & Verlhac, M. H. (2008). Spindle positioning in mouse oocytes relies on a dynamic meshwork of actin filaments. Current Biology, 18(19), 1514-1519.

• Hellani, A., Abu-Amero, K., Azouri, J., & El-Akoum, S. (2008). Successful pregnancies after application of array-comparative genomic hybridization in PGS-aneuploidy screening. Reproductive biomedicine online, 17(6), 841-847.

• Azoury, J., Verlhac, M. H., & Dumont, J. (2009). Actin filaments: key players in the control of asymmetric divisions in mouse oocytes. Biology of the Cell, 101(2), 69-76.

• Hellani, A., Abu-Amero, K., Azouri, J., Al-Sharif, H., Barblet, H., & El-Akoum, S. (2009). Pregnancy after preimplantation genetic diagnosis for brachydactyly type B. Reproductive biomedicine online, 18(1), 127-131.

• Azoury, J., Lee, K. W., Georget, V., Hikal, P., & Verlhac, M. H. (2011). Symmetry breaking in mouse oocytes requires transient F-actin meshwork destabilization. Development, 138(14), 2903-2908.

• Maddox, A. S., Azoury, J., & Dumont, J. (2012). Polar body cytokinesis. Cytoskeleton, 69(11), 855-868.

• Chaigne, A., Campillo, C., Gov, N. S., Voituriez, R., Azoury, J., Umana-Diaz, C., ... & Verlhac, M. H. (2013). A soft cortex is essential for asymmetric spindle positioning in mouse oocytes. Nature cell biology, 15(8), 958.

• Raad, G., Hazzouri, M., Bottini, S., Trabucchi, M., Azoury, J., & Grandjean, V. (2017). Paternal obesity: how bad is it for sperm quality and progeny health?. Basic and clinical andrology, 27(1), 20.

• Raad, G., Lteif, L., Lahoud, R., Azoury, J., Azoury, J., Tanios, J., ... & Azoury, J. (2018). Cryopreservation media differentially affect sperm motility, morphology and DNA integrity. Andrology, 6(6), 836-845.

• Raad, G., Azouri, J., Rizk, K., Zeidan, N. S., Azouri, J., Grandjean, V., & Hazzouri, M. (2019). Adverse effects of paternal obesity on the motile spermatozoa quality. PloS one, 14(2), e0211837.

• Raad, G., Mansour, J., Ibrahim, R., Azoury, J., Azoury, J., Mourad, Y., ... & Azoury, J. (2019). What are the effects of vitamin C on sperm functional properties during direct swim-up procedure?. Zygote, 1-9.

• Bader, R., Ibrahim JN., Moussa M., Mourad A., Azoury, J., Azoury, J. and Alaaeddine N., (2019). In vitro effect of autologous platelet-rich plasma on H202-induced oxidative stress in human sperm. Accepted in andrology.

• Georges Raad , Marwa Bazzi , Judy Tanios , Youmna Mourad , Joan Azouri , Joseph Azouri , Chadi Fakih. "Optimization of the cell aggregates method for isolation and purification of human granulosa cells from the follicular fluid" International Journal of Fertility & Sterility ( Int J Fertil Steril) Volume 13, Number 4, Jan-Mar 2020.

• Zeinab Haroun, Jessica Azoury, Carmen Karam, Elias Dahdouh, Marie-Claire Zayyat, Kamal Rizk, Joseph Azoury. "Testicular versus ejaculated sperm in patients suffering from high sperm DNA fragmentation, an auto-controlled study" Submitted.

• Zeinab Haroun, Jessica Azoury, Carmen Karam, Martha Dagher, Simone Kerbaje, Joseph Azoury. "How do you stimulate IVF patients when GnRH agonists and antagonists are not available? " Submitted.

• Jessica Azoury and Joseph Azoury. "Practical challenges in an egg donation program” In preparation.