Human Reproduction

ARTICLES:

A Pellicer

Shall we operate on Mullerian defects? An introduction to the debate
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1371-1372; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1371 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Acien

Incidence of Mullerian defects in fertile and infertile women
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1372-1376. [Request Permissions]  

LJ Jacobsen and A DeCherney

Results of conventional and hysteroscopic surgery
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1376-1381. [Abstract] [Request Permissions]  

J Donnez and M Nisolle

Endoscopic laser treatment of uterine malformations
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1381-1387. [Abstract] [Request Permissions]  

JS Younis, G Ohel, B Brenner, and M Ben-Ami

Familial thrombophilia--the scientific rationale for thrombophylaxis in recurrent pregnancy loss?
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1389-1390; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1389 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WH James

An hypothesis on the association between maternal smoking and dizygotic twinning
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1391-1392; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1391 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WR Meyer, AJ Castelbaum, S Somkuti, AW Sagoskin, M Doyle, JE Harris, and BA Lessey

Hydrosalpinges adversely affect markers of endometrial receptivity
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1393-1398; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1393 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JP Vermeiden, TJ Roseboom, AJ Goverde, C Suchartwatnachai, E Schoute, DD Braat, and R Schats

An artificially induced follicle stimulating hormone surge at the time of human chorionic gonadotrophin administration in controlled ovarian stimulation cycles has no effect on cumulus expansion, fertilization rate, embryo quality and implantation rate
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1399-1402; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1399 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Strohmer, S Chatwani, F Wieser, B Danninger, A Obruca, and W Feichtinger

Prospective randomized study of an ultrashort gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist versus a modified suppression protocol for ovarian stimulation in intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1403-1408; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1403 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GM Butterstein, DR Mann, K Gould, and VD Castracane

Prolonged inhibition of normal ovarian cycles in the rat and cynomolgus monkeys following a single s.c. injection of danazol
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1409-1415; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1409 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SG Levrant, RB Barnes, and RL Rosenfield

A pilot study of the human chorionic gonadotrophin test for ovarian hyperandrogenism
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1416-1420; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1416 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Campino, S Ampuero, S Diaz, JM Lopez, and M Seron-Ferre

Post-suckling prolactin:oestradiol ratio--a potential index to predict the duration of lactational amenorrhoea in women
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1421-1426; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1421 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Verhoeff, AP Schmoutziguer, WH Doesburg, RA Gan, and TB Geurts

A randomized study on the effects of intramuscular injections with urinary gonadotrophins (Humegon or Pergonal) on pain, local redness and fever in infertile women opting for in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1427-1429; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1427 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I Georgiou, M Konstantelli, M Syrrou, IE Messinis, and DE Lolis

Oestrogen receptor gene polymorphisms and ovarian stimulation for in- vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1430-1433; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1430 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AK Kan, HI Abdalla, and T Oskarsson

Two successful pregnancies in a 46,XY patient
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1434-1435; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1434 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Ayida, P Chamberlain, D Barlow, P Koninckx, S Golding, and S Kennedy

Is routine diagnostic laparoscopy for infertility still justified? A pilot study assessing the use of hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography and magnetic resonance imaging
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1436-1439; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1436 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Bhattacharya, F MacLennan, MP Hamilton, and A Templeton

How effective is patient-controlled analgesia? A randomized comparison of two protocols for pain relief during oocyte recovery
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1440-1442; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1440 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MR Rimington, SM Walker, and RW Shaw

The use of laparoscopic ovarian electrocautery in preventing cancellation of in-vitro fertilization treatment cycles due to risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in women with polycystic ovaries
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1443-1447; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1443 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SJ Kaufmann, JL Eastaugh, S Snowden, SW Smye, and V Sharma

The application of neural networks in predicting the outcome of in- vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1454-1457; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1454 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W Ombelet, H Vandeput, G Van de Putte, A Cox, M Janssen, P Jacobs, E Bosmans, O Steeno, and T Kruger

Intrauterine insemination after ovarian stimulation with clomiphene citrate: predictive potential of inseminating motile count and sperm morphology
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1458-1463; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1458 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W Eggert-Kruse, G Rohr, T Demirakca, R Rusu, H Naher, D Petzoldt, and B Runnebaum

Chlamydial serology in 1303 asymptomatic subfertile couples
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1464-1475; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1464 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Dousset, F Hussenet, M Daudin, L Bujan, B Foliguet, and P Nabet

Seminal cytokine concentrations (IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-6, sR IL-2, sR IL- 6), semen parameters and blood hormonal status in male infertility
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1476-1479; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1476 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Katsoff and JH Check

A challenge to the concept that the use of calcium channel blockers causes reversible male infertility
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1480-1482; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1480 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I Craft, M Tsirigotis, E Courtauld, and G Farrer-Brown

Testicular needle aspiration as an alternative to biopsy for the assessment of spermatogenesis
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1483-1487; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1483 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Friedler, A Raziel, D Strassburger, Y Soffer, D Komarovsky, and R Ron-El

Testicular sperm retrieval by percutaneous fine needle sperm aspiration compared with testicular sperm extraction by open biopsy in men with non-obstructive azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1488-1493; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1488 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AJ Deary, JE Seaton, A Prentice, NC Morton, AK Booth, and SK Smith

Single versus double insemination: a retrospective audit of pregnancy rates with two treatment protocols in donor insemination
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1494-1496; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1494 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SB Olmedo, F Nodar, C Chillik, and HE Chemes

Successful intracytoplasmic sperm injection with spermatozoa from a patient with dysplasia of the fibrous sheath and chronic respiratory disease
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1497-1499; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1497 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Saridogan, O Djahanbakhch, ME Kervancioglu, F Kahyaoglu, K Shrimanker, and JG Grudzinskas

Placental protein 14 production by human Fallopian tube epithelial cells in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1500-1507; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1500 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Takaya, T Fukaya, H Sasano, T Suzuki, M Tamura, and A Yajima

Macrophages in normal cycling human ovaries; immunohistochemical localization and characterization
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1508-1512; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1508 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Van der Elst, E Van den Abbeel, S Vitrier, M Camus, P Devroey, and AC Van Steirteghem

Selective transfer of cryopreserved human embryos with further cleavage after thawing increases delivery and implantation rates
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1513-1521; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1513 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HW Jones, Jr, HJ Out, EH Hoomans, SG Driessen, and HJ Coelingh Bennink

Cryopreservation: the practicalities of evaluation
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1522-1524; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1522 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GM Warnes, D Payne, R Jeffrey, L Hourigan, C Kirby, J Kerin, and C Matthews

Reduced pregnancy rates following the transfer of human embryos frozen or thawed in culture media supplemented with normal serum albumin
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1525-1530; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1525 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Shoukir, A Campana, T Farley, and D Sakkas

Early cleavage of in-vitro fertilized human embryos to the 2-cell stage: a novel indicator of embryo quality and viability
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1531-1536; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1531 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HY Huang, JS Krussel, Y Wen, and ML Polan

Use of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to detect embryonic interleukin-1 system messenger RNA in individual preimplantation mouse embryos co-cultured with Vero cells
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1537-1544; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1537 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Ziebe, K Petersen, S Lindenberg, AG Andersen, A Gabrielsen, and AN Andersen

Embryo morphology or cleavage stage: how to select the best embryos for transfer after in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1545-1549; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1545 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PL Matson, J Graefling, SM Junk, JL Yovich, and WR Edirisinghe

Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos: use of a mouse model to investigate effects upon zona hardness and formulate treatment strategies in an in-vitro fertilization programme
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1550-1553; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1550 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Van den Abbeel, M Camus, L Van Waesberghe, P Devroey, and AC Van Steirteghem

A randomized comparison of the cryopreservation of one-cell human embryos with a slow controlled-rate cooling procedure or a rapid cooling procedure by direct plunging into liquid nitrogen
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1554-1560; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1554 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GI Meniru and I Craft

Are there any limits to assisted conception possibilities? Pregnancy and birth following oocyte donation and intracytoplasmic injection of spermatozoa obtained by percutaneous epididymal aspiration
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1561-1562; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1561 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Zhao, M Li, P Zhu, R Xu, J Wang, and R Xu

A preliminary morphometric study on the endometrium from patients treated with indomethacin-releasing copper intrauterine device
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1563-1566; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1563 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Tulppala, M Marttunen, V Soderstrom-Anttila, T Foudila, K Ailus, T Palosuo, and O Ylikorkala

Low-dose aspirin in prevention of miscarriage in women with unexplained or autoimmune related recurrent miscarriage: effect on prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 production
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1567-1572; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1567 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JT Queenan, Jr, LL Veeck, JP Toner, S Oehninger, and SJ Muasher

Cryopreservation of all prezygotes in patients at risk of severe hyperstimulation does not eliminate the syndrome, but the chances of pregnancy are excellent with subsequent frozen-thaw transfers
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1573-1576; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1573 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EA te Velde, N Exalto, P Hesseling, and HC van der Linden

First trimester development of human chorionic villous vascularization studied with CD34 immunohistochemistry
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1577-1581; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1577 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HK Snick, TS Snick, JL Evers, and JA Collins

The spontaneous pregnancy prognosis in untreated subfertile couples: the Walcheren primary care study
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1582-1588; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1582 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JL Pouly, L Janny, P Pouly-Vye, M Canis, A Cure, and P Dechelotte

Successful oocyte donation after stage 1C serous ovarian cancer
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1589-1590; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1589 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Brewaeys, S Golombok, N Naaktgeboren, JK de Bruyn, and EV van Hall

Donor insemination: Dutch parents' opinions about confidentiality and donor anonymity and the emotional adjustment of their children
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1591-1597; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1591 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS:

O Basso, J Olsen, L Bisanti, F Bolumar, and M Kuppers-Chinnow

Repeating episodes of low fecundability. A multicentre European study. The European Study Group on Infertility and Subfecundity
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1448-1453; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1448 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS:

Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1599; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.7.1599 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Rosenbusch

Chromosomes of multipronuclear zygotes resulting from ICSI
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1599b-1600b. [Request Permissions]  

Y Khalaf and P Braude

'Curing' empty follicle syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1601. [Request Permissions]  

A Gorgy, G Meniru, and IL Craft

Anything to learn from exceptionally good in-vitro fertilization treatment cycles?
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1602. [Request Permissions]  

BW Mol, PJ Hajenius, WM Ankum, F van der Veen, and PM Bossuyt

Comparative costs of methotrexate and laparoscopic surgery
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1603-1604. [Request Permissions]  

Y Araki, M Motoyama, A Yoshida, H Kamiyama, and S Araki

In-situ hybridization chromosome analysis of XYY and XXY males' spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1604. [Request Permissions]  

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