Human Reproduction

DEBATES

Guido Pennings

Ethics of sex selection for family balancing: Family balancing as a morally acceptable application of sex selection
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2339-2342. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Liu and G.A. Rose

Ethics of sex selection for family balancing: Sex selection: the right way forward
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2343-2346. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Foresta, M. Rossato, A. Garolla, and A. Ferlin

Male infertility and ICSI: Male infertility and ICSI: are there limits?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2347-2348. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATE continued

Salvatore Mancuso, Alessandro Caruso, and Antonio Lanzone

Preimplantation diagnosis for older mothers: Ethical and biological problems of the preimplantation genetic diagnosis for older mothers
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2349-2351. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATES ON WEBTRACK Concluded

Yvon Englert

Oocyte donation: Ethics of oocyte donation are challenged by the health care system
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2353-2354. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hossam I. Abdalla

Oocyte donation: A national oocyte donation society is needed
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2355-2356. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Douglas M. Saunders and Felicity Garner

Oocyte donation: Oocyte donation using ‘known’ donors: it may seem the convenient answer but who pays?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2356-2357. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OPINIONS

Get checked abstract W. Engel, D. Murphy, and M. Schmid

Are there genetic risks associated with microassisted reproduction?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2359-2370. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Valerie J. Grant

Sex determination and the maternal dominance hypothesis
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2371-2375. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES

Get checked abstract Franz Geisthövel, Brigjtte Frorath, and Georg Brabant

Endocrinology: Acarbose reduces elevated testosterone serum concentrations in hyperinsulinaemic premenopausal women: a pilot study
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2377-2381. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Lanzone, A.M. Fulghesu, F. Cucinelli, M. Guido, V. Pavone, A. Caruso, and S. Mancuso

Endocrinology: Preconceptional and gestational evaluation of insulin secretion in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2382-2386. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Imthurn, E. Macas, M. Rosselli, and P.J. Keller

Endocrinology: Nuclear maturity and oocyte morphology after stimulation with highly purified follicle stimulating hormone compared to human menopausal gonadotrophin
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2387-2391. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract William F. Trigoso, Jadwiga M. Wesly, Diane L. Meranda, and Yoram Shenker

Endocrinology: Vasopressin and atrial natriuretic hormone response to hypertonic saline during the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2392-2395. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract György Csemiczky, Håan Wramsby, and Landgren Britt-Marie

Endocrinology: Luteal phase oestradiol and progesterone levels are stronger predictors than follicular phase follicle stimulating hormone for the outcome of in-vitro fertilization treatment in women with tubal infertility
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2396-2399. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan Balasch, Francisco Fábregues, Montserrat Creus, Vicenta Moreno, Bienvenido Puerto, Joana Peñarrubia, Francisco Cannona, and Juan A. Vanrell

Endocrinology: Pure and highly purified follicle-stimulating hormone alone or in combination with human menopausal gonadotrophin for ovarian stimulation after pituitary suppression in in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2400-2404. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. Anttila, J. Rouru, T. Penttilä, and K. Irjala

Endocrinology: Normal serum uric acid concentrations in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2405-2407. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Boris Tartakovsky, Bonnie L. Bermas, Zev Sthoeger, Gene M. Shearer, and Edna Mozes

Immunology: Defective maternal—fetal interaction in a murine autoimmune model
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2408-2411. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. Mantzavinos, I. Phocas, A. Sarandakou, N. Kanakas, K. Arvaniti, and P.A. Zourlas

Immunology: Serum markers of immune activation in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2412-2417. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Tanikawa, T. Harada, C. Katagiri, Y. Onohara, S. Yoshida, and N. Terakawa

Immunology: Chlamydia trachomatis antibody titres by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay are useful in predicting severity of adnexal adhesion
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2418-2421. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Charles M. Chapron, Dubuisson Jean-Bernard, and Yann Ansquer

Surgery: Is total laparoscopic hysterectomy a safe surgical procedure?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2422-2424. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Y. Englert, C. Rodesch, M. Van den Bergh, and E. Bertrand

Infertility: Oocyte shortage for donation may be overcome in a programme with anonymous permutation of related donors
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2425-2428. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K.E. Wiemer, J. Garrisi, N. Steuerwald, M. Alikani, A.M. Reing, T.A. Ferrara, N. Noyes, and J. Cohen

Infertility: Beneficial aspects of co-culture with assisted hatching when applied to multiple-failure in-vitro fertilization patients
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2429-2433. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M.J. Tucker, P.C. Morton, G. Wright, P.E. Ingargiola, C.L. Sweitzer, C.W. Elsner, D.E. Mitchell-Leef, and J.B. Massey

Infertility: Enhancement of outcome from intracytoplasmic sperm injection: does co-culture or assisted hatching improve implantation rates?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2434-2437. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract György Csemiczky, Landgren Britt-Marie, Gabriel Fried, and Hakan Wramsby

Infertility: High tubal damage grade is associated with low pregnancy rate in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization treatment
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2438-2440. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract F.J.M.E. Roumen, M.E. Boon, D. van Velzen, T.O.M. Dieben, and H.J.T.Coelingh Bennink

Contraception: The cervico—vaginal epithelium during 20 cycles' use of a combined contraceptive vaginal ring
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2443-2448. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rafael Sánchez-Borrego and Juan Balasch

Contraception: Ethinyl oestradiol plus dl-norgestrel or levonorgestrel in the Yuzpe method for post-coital contraception: results of an observational study
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2449-2453. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H.-J. Glander, J. Kratzsch, Ch. Weisbrich, and G. Birkenmeier

Andrology: Insulin-like growth factor-I and ₂-macroglobulin in seminal plasma correlate with semen quality
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2454-2460. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L.R. Schover, A.J. Thomas, K.F. Miller, T. Falcone, M. Attaran, and J. Goldberg

Andrology: Preferences for intracytoplasmic sperm injection versus donor insemination in severe male factor infertility: a preliminary report
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2461-2464. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D.I. Lewis-Jones, I.A. Aird, M.M. Biljan, and C.R. Kingsland

Andrology: Effects of sperm activity on zinc and fructose concentrations in seminal plasma
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2465-2467. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M.E. Hammadeh, S. Al-Hasani, M. Stieber, P. Rosenbaum, D. Küpker, K. Diedrich, and W. Schmidt

Andrology: The effect of chromatin condensation (Aniline Blue staining) and morphology (strict criteria) of human spermatozoa on fertilization, cleavage and pregnancy rates in an intracytoplasmic sperm injection programme
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2468-2471. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Scutt and J.T. Manning

Ovary and ovulation: Symmetry and ovulation in women
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2477-2480. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Lunenfeld, I. Schwartz, I. Meizner, G. Potashnik, and M. Glezerman

Ovary and ovulation: Intraovarian blood flow during spontaneous and stimulated cycles
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2481-2483. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract N. Sugino, S. Takiguchi, M. Ono, H. Tamura, K. Shimamura, Y. Nakamura, R. Tsuruta, D. Sadamitsu, T. Ueda, T. Maekawa, and H. Kato

Ovary and ovulation: Nitric oxide concentrations in the follicular fluid and apoptosis of granulosa cells in human follicles
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2484-2487. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Antinori, H.A. Selman, B. Caffa, C. Panci, G.L. Dani, and C. Versaci

Fertilization and early embryology: Zona opening of human embryos using a non-contact UV laser for assisted hatching in patients with poor prognosis of pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2488-2492. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. Paszkowski and R.N. Clarke

Fertilization and early embryology: Antioxidative capacity of preimplantation embryo culture medium declines following the incubation of poor quality embryos
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2493-2495. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ervin Macas, Bruno Imthurn, Marinella Rosselli, and Paul J. Keller

Fertilization and early embryology: The chromosomal complements of multipronuclear human zygotes resulting from intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2496-2501. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dorit Manor, Shahar Kol, Nathan Lewit, Abraham Lightman, Diana Stein, Miriam Pillar, and Joseph Itskovitz Eldor

Fertilization and early embryology: Undocumented embryos: do not trash them, FISH them
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2502-2506. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. Gianaroli, A. Fiorentino, M. Cristina Magli, A.P. Ferraretti, and N. Montanaro

Fertilization and early embryology: Prolonged sperm-oocyte exposure and high sperm concentration affect human embryo viability and pregnancy rate
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2507-2511. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Preiinplantation diagnosis: Ultrasound derived indices of follicular blood flow before HCG administration and the prediction of oocyte recovery and preimplantation embryo quality
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2512-2517. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sharon T. Cameron, Hilary O.D. Critchley, K. Joo Thong, C. Hilary Buckley, Alistair R. Williams, and David T. Baird

Uterus and endometrium: Effects of daily low dose mifepristone on endometrial maturation and proliferation
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2518-2526. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ahmed Shafik

Uterus and endometrium: Study of the intramural oviduct response to tubal and uterine distension: identification of tubo-uterine sphincter and reflex
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2527-2530. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Salle, P. Sergeant, A. Awada, V. Bied-Damon, P. Gaucherand, C. Boisson, S. Guibaud, M. Benchaib, and R.C. Rudigoz

Uterus and endometrium: Transvaginal ultrasound studies of vascular and morphological changes in uteri exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2531-2536. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark V. Sauer, Richard J. Paulson, and Rogerio A. Lobo

Pregnancy: Oocyte donation to women of advanced reproductive age: pregnancy results and obstetrical outcomes in patients 45 years and older
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2540-2543. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ian Findlay, Glenn Atkinson, Michaela Chambers, Philip Quirke, James Campbell, and Anthony Rutherford

Diagnostic techniques: Rapid genetic diagnosis at 7–9 weeks gestation: diagnosis of sex, single gene defects and DNA fingerprint from coelomic samples
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2548-2553. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Susan Caruso Klock, Mary Casey Jacob, and Donald Maier

Psychology: A comparison of single and married recipients of donor insemination
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2554-2557. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vivienne A. Adair and Alison Purdie

Ethics and Society: Donor insemination programmes with personal donors: issues of secrecy
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2558-2563. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case report

Get checked abstract F. Nawroth, J. Heinrich, U. Bruns, and W.G. Wood

Case report: Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) and icterus
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2441-2442. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Outi Hovatta, Tuija Foudila, Rita Siegberg, Kristine Johansson, Karl von Smitten, and Dkka Reima

Case report: Pregnancy resulting from intracytoplasmic injection of spermatozoa from a frozen-thawed testicular biopsy specimen
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2472-2473. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract W.Rohini Edirisinghe, Stephen M. Junk, Phillip L Matson, and John L Yovich

Case report: Changes in motility patterns during in-vitro culture of fresh and frozen/thawed testicular and epididymal spermatozoa: implications for planning treatment by intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2474-2476. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mustafa Bahçeci and L.Cem Demirel

Case report: Osseous metaplasia of the endometrium: a rare cause of infertility and its hysteroscopic management
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2537-2539. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Fait, Y. Daniel, M.J. Kupfenninc, I. Gull, M.R. Peyser, and J.B. Lessing

Case report: Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome associated with fetal growth restriction
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2544-2545. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yutaka Morita, Osamu Tutsumi, Kazuya Kuramochi, Mikio Momoeda, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, and Yuji Taketani

Case report: Successful laparoscopic management of primary abdominal pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2546-2547. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

José Remohí and Antonio Pellicer

Oocyte donation and oestradiol administration
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2564-2565. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Comhaire

Diagnosis of varicocele
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2565. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J W. Trum

Diagnosis of varicocele
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2565. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D.E. Walters

Risks of third-generation oral contraceptives
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2565-2566. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Cohen

Risks of third-generation oral contraceptives
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2566-2567. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aniruddha Malpani

Correlation between testicular histology and outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection using testicular spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2567. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Toumaye

Correlation between testicular histology and outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection using testicular spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 2567. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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