Human Reproduction

EDITORIAL

Robert G Edwards, Helen K Beard, and Judith P Bradshaw

1996: Another challenging year for Human Reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 1. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATES

P.H. Jongbloet, J.M.M. Groenewoud, and G.A. Zielhuis

Further concepts on regulators of the sex ratio in human offspring: Non-optimal maturation of oocytes and the sex ratio
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2-7. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William H. James

Further concepts on regulators of the sex ratio in human offspring: Interpregnancy intervals, high maternal age and seasonal effects on the human sex ratio
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 7-8. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U. Mittwoch

Further concepts on regulators of the sex ratio in human offspring: Differential implantation rates and variations in the sex ratio
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 8-9. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OPINION

D.E. Walters

The statistical implication of the ‘number of replacements’ in embryo transfer
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 10-12. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Endocrinology

Get checked abstract G.A. Schuiling, N. Vaikhof, and T.R. Koiter

Role of gonadotrophin releasing hormone baseline concentrations in the control of pituitary gonadotrophin and ovarian steroid secretion in the pseudopregnant rat
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 13-18. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gerard S. Letterie, Charles C. Coddington, Robert L. Collins, and George R. Merriam

Ovulation induction using s.c. pulsatile gonadotrophin-releasing hormone: effectiveness of different pulse frequencies
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 19-22. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Holte, G. Gennarelli, C. Berne, T. Bergh, and H. Lithell

Elevated ambulatory day-time blood pressure in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a sign of a pre-hypertensive state?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 23-28. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sharon T. Cameron, Hilary O.D. Critchley, C.Hilary Buckley, Tim Chard, Rodney W. Kelly, and David T. Baird

The effects of post-ovulatory administration of onapristone on the development of a secretory endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 40-49. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract F.J. Broekmans, P.G.A. Hompes, C.B. Lambalk, E. Schoute, A. Broeders, and J. Schoemaker

Short term pituitary desensitization: effects of different doses of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist triptorelin
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 55-60. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H.J. Out, P. G-Schnabel, F. Rombout, T.B.P. Geurts, M.A.R. Bosschaert, and H.J.T. Coelingh Bennink

A bioequivalence study of two urinary follicle stimulating hormone preparations: Follegon and Metrodin
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 61-63. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLE: Endocrinology

Get checked abstract R. Homburg

Polycystic ovary syndrome—from gynaecological curiosity to multisystem endocrinopathy
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 29-39. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J.N. Hugues, F. Miro, C.D. Smyth, and S.G. Hillier

Effects of growth hormone releasing hormone on rat ovarian steroidogenesis
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 50-54. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Endocrinology: Case report

Get checked abstract N. Eckstein, I. Huhtaniemi, I. Vagman, P. Pakarinen, R. Limor, and D. Ayalon

A case of hypergonadotrophinaemia associated with very high isolated concentrations of immunologically and biologically active lutemizing hormone
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 64-67. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dietmar Moosburger and Gernot Tews

Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and combined intrauterine and tubal pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 68-69. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Kousta, D.M. White, A. Piazzi, E. Loumaye, and S. Franks

Successful induction of ovulation and completed pregnancy using recombinant human luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone in a woman with Kallmann's syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 70-71. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Immunology

Get checked abstract Kurt J. Engemann, Alan E. Beer, Joanne Y.H. Kwak, and Lisa Gruber

Analysis of health insurance cover for reproductive immunology
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 72-76. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Surgery

Get checked abstract Bruce C. Dunphy, Sheena Woodhead, Howard Platt, Howard A. Pattinson, Calvin Greene, and Angie Camenzind

Outcome study using an administrative database: terminal salpingostomy, physician case load and live birth rates
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 77-80. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Infertility

Get checked abstract G. Nargund, W.C. Cheng, and J. Parsons

The impact of ovarian cystectomy on ovarian response to stimulation during in-vitro fertilization cycles
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 81-83. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Coulson, E.A. McLaughlin, S. Harris, W.C.L. Ford, and M.G.R. Hull

Randomized controlled trial of cervical cap with intracervical reservoir versus standard intracervical injection to inseminate cryopreserved donor semen
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 84-87. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract I.D. Arthur, F.W. Anthony, S. Adams, and E.J. Thomas

Serum relaxin and the major endometrial secretory proteins in in-vitro fertilization and down-regulated hormone-supported and natural cycle frozen embryo transfer
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 88-91. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Kaplan, J. Pardo, D. Rabinerson, B. Fisch, and A. Neri

Future fertility following conservative management of complete abortion
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 92-94. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Frank van Balen, Nico Naaktgeboren, and Trudy C.M. Trimbos-Kemper

In-vitro fertilization: the experience of treatment, pregnancy and delivery
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 95-98. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract N. Job-Spira, J. Bouyer, J.L. Pouly, E. Germain, J. Coste, B. Aublet-Cuvelier, and H. Femandez

Fertility after ectopic pregnancy: first results of a population-based cohort study in France
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 99-104. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Barber, D. Egan, C. Ross, B. Evans, and D. Barlow

Nurses performing embryo transfer: successful outcome of in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 105-108. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Nargund, T. Bourne, P. Doyle, J. Parsons, W. Cheng, S. Campbell, and W. Collins

Associations between ultrasound indices of follicular blood flow, oocyte recovery and preimplantation embryo quality
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 109-113. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Contraception

Get checked abstract A. Faundes, V. Brache, and F. Alvarez

Functional life-span of the dominant follicle in pharmacologically induced anovulatory cycles
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 114-116. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Andrology

Get checked abstract M. Sbracia, G. Cozza, J.A. Grasso, M. Mastrone, and F. Scarpellini

Semen parameters and sperm morphology in men in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion, before and during a 3 year follow-up period
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 117-120. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J.A. Carver-Ward, J.M.G. Hollanders, K.A. Jaroudi, M. Einspenner, S.T. Al-Sedairy, and K.V. Sheth

Progesterone does not potentiate the acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa: flow cytometric analysis using CD46 antibody
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 121-126. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Tournaye, J. Liu, P.Z. Nagy, M. Camus, A. Goossens, S. Silber, A.C. Van Steirteghem, and P. Devroey

Correlation between testicular histology and outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection using testicular spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 127-132. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert D. Oates, Susan M. Lobel, Doria H. Harris, Samuel Pang, Colleen M. Burgess, and Ronald S. Carson

Efficacy of intracytoplasmic sperm injection using intentionally cryopreserved epididymal spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 133-138. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Waltraud Eggert-Kruse, Heike Schwarz, Gerhard Rohr, Traute Demirakca, Wolfgang Tilgen, and Benno Runnebaum

Sperm morphology assessment using strict criteria and male fertility under in-vivo conditions of conception
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 139-146. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J.H. van Rouen, A.K. Slob, W.L. Gianotten, G.R. Dohle, A.T.M. van der Zon, J.T.M. Vreeburg, and R.F.A. Weber

Sexual arousal and the quality of semen produced by masturbation
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 147-151. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Ovary and ovulation

Get checked abstract A.V. Sirotkin, H.-J. Schaeffer, M. Mlyncek, J. MiSSik, and J. BulIa

Oxytocin affects the release of steroids, insulin-like growth factor-I, prostaglandin F₂ and cyclic nucleotides by human granulosa cells in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 152-155. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Fertilization and early embryology

Get checked abstract A.I. Younis, M. Toner, D.F. Albertini, and J.D. Biggers

Cryobiology of non-human primate oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 156-165. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luca Gianaroli, M.Cristina Magli, Anna Pia Ferraretti, Agnese Fiorentino, Elisabetta Tosti, Sergio Panzella, and Brian Dale

Reducing the time of sperm-oocyte interaction in human in-vitro fertilization improves the implantation rate
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 166-171. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Fertilization and early embryolopgy

Get checked abstract Gianpiero D. Palermo, Mina Alikani, Massimo Bertoli, Liliana T. Colombero, Fred Moy, Jacques Cohen, and Zev Rosenwaks

Oolemma characteristics in relation to survival and fertilization patterns of oocytes treated by intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 172-176. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Fertilization and early embryology

Get checked abstract Deborah K. Barnett and Barry D. Bavister

Inhibitory effect of glucose and phosphate on the second cleavage division of hamster embryos: is it linked to metabolism?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 177-183. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David B. Smotrich, Robert J. Stillman, Eric A. Widra, Paul R. Gindoff, Paul Kaplan, Michael Graubert, and Kurt E. Johnson

Immunocytochemical localization of growth factors and their receptors in human pre-embryos and Fallopian tubes
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 184-190. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G.F. Dunglison, D.H. Barlow, and I.L. Sargent

Leukaemia inhibitory factor significantly enhances the blastocyst formation rates of human embryos cultured in serum-free medium
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 191-196. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Fertilization and early embryology: Case report

Get checked abstract J.R. Brown, E. Modell, M. Obasaju, and Y. K. Ying

Natural cycle in-vitro fertilization with embryo cryopreservation prior to chemotherapy for carcinoma of the breast
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 197-199. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Female reproductive track

Get checked abstract Yung-Kuei Soong, Fu-Hsing Chang, Ying-Ming Lai, Chyi-Long Lee, and Hung-Hsueh Chou

Results of modified laparoscopically assisted neovaginoplasty in 18 patients with congenital absence of vagina
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 200-203. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Uterus and endometrium

Get checked abstract K.M. Abberton, N.H. Taylor, D.L. Healy, and P.A.W. Rogers

Vascular smooth muscle -actin distribution around endometrial arterioles during the menstrual cycle: increased expression during the perimenopause and lack of correlation with menorrhagia
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 204-211. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARICLES: Uterus and endometrium

Get checked abstract C.J. Dickens, M.T. Comer, J. Southgate, and H.J. Leese

Human Fallopian tubal epithelial cells in vitro:establishment of polarity and potential role of intracellular calcium and extracellular ATP in fluid secretion
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 212-217. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Uterus and endometrium: Case report

Get checked abstract M. Candiani, M. Busacca, A. Natale, and I. Sambruni

Bicervical uterus and septate vagina: report of a previously undescribed MÜllerian anomaly
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 218-219. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Endometriosis

Get checked abstract J. McLaren, A. Prentice, D.S. Charnock-Jones, and S.K. Smith

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentrations are elevated in peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 220-223. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Edometriosis

Get checked abstract J. Donnez, M. Nisolle, F. Casanas-Roux, P. Brion, and N.Costa DaFerreira

Stereometric evaluation of peritoneal endometriosis and endometriotic nodules of the rectovaginal septum
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 224-228. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

Outi Hovatta

Sertoli cell only syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 229. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sherman J. Silber

Sertoli cell only>Letters to the Editor: Sertoli cell only syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 229. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the editor

Foad Azem, Yuval Yaron, Ami Amit, Israel Yovel, Yona Barak, M.Reuben Peyser, Menachem P. David, and J.B. Lessing

How many embryos to transfer in patients undergoing IVF?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 229-230. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

Ahmed A.S. Mubarak and Ali A.S. Mubarak

Does high voltage electricity have an effect on the sex distribution of offspring?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 230-231. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Zhu, M. Tsirigotis, M. Pelekanos, and I. Craft

In-vitro maturation of human testicular spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 231-232. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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