Human Reproduction

ARTICLES:

R Bronson

How should the number of embryos transferred to the uterus following in- vitro fertilization be determined to avoid the risk of multiple gestation?
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1605-1607; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1605 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Van Blerkom

Can the developmental competence of early human embryos be predicted effectively in the clinical IVF laboratory?
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1610-1614. [Request Permissions]  

K Faber

IVF in the US: multiple gestation, economic competition, and the necessity of excess
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1614-1616. [Request Permissions]  

M Bustillo

Imposing limits on the number of oocytes and embryos transferred: is it necessary/wise or naughty/nice?
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1616-1617. [Request Permissions]  

LI Palmer

In-vitro fertilization as a social experiment
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1617-1618. [Request Permissions]  

JG Schenker

FIGO Committee for the Study of Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction: guidelines on the subject of AIDS and human reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1619; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1619 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Gilling-Smith, DS Willis, and S Franks

Oestradiol feedback stimulation of androgen biosynthesis by human theca cells
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1621-1628; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1621 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Ujioka, K Matsuura, T Kawano, and H Okamura

Role of progesterone in capillary permeability in hyperstimulated rats
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1629-1634; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1629 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SK Girardi, A Mielnik, and PN Schlegel

Submicroscopic deletions in the Y chromosome of infertile men
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1635-1641; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1635 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PA Veld, RF Weber, FJ Los, N den Hollander, M Dhont, MH Pieters, and JO Van Hemel

Two cases of Robertsonian translocations in oligozoospermic males and their consequences for pregnancies induced by intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1642-1644; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1642 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FT Kung, WJ Chen, HH Chou, SF Ko, and SY Chang

Conservative management of early endometrial adenocarcinoma with repeat curettage and hormone therapy under assistance of hysteroscopy and laparoscopy
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1649-1653; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1649 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Coetsier, A Verhoeff, P De Sutter, J Roest, and M Dhont

Transport-in-vitro fertilization/intracellular sperm injection: a prospective randomized study
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1654-1656; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1654 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RA Anderson, AM Wallace, AT Kicman, and FC Wu

Comparison between testosterone oenanthate-induced azoospermia and oligozoospermia in a male contraceptive study. IV. Suppression of endogenous testicular and adrenal androgens
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1657-1662; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1657 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Mansat, C Mengelle, M Chalet, A Boumzebra, R Mieusset, J Puel, C Prouheze, and M Segondy

Cytomegalovirus detection in cryopreserved semen samples collected for therapeutic donor insemination
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1663-1666; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1663 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Liu, YL Tsai, E Katz, G Compton, JE Garcia, and TA Baramki

Outcome of in-vitro culture of fresh and frozen-thawed human testicular spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1667-1672; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1667 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Hinsch, AA Ponce, W Hagele, F Hedrich, F Muller-Schlosser, WB Schill, and KD Hinsch

A new combined in-vitro test model for the identification of substances affecting essential sperm functions [published erratum appears in Hum Reprod 1997 Nov;12(11):2580]
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1673-1681; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1673 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Crabbe, G Verheyen, H Tournaye, and A Van Steirteghem

The use of enzymatic procedures to recover testicular germ cells
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1682-1687; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1682 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PN Schlegel and LM Su

Physiological consequences of testicular sperm extraction
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1688-1692; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1688 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Rybouchkin, J Benijts, P De Sutter, and M Dhont

Disintegration of chromosomes in dead sperm cells as revealed by injection into mouse oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1693-1698; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1693 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Menditto, D Pietraforte, and M Minetti

Ascorbic acid in human seminal plasma is protected from iron-mediated oxidation, but is potentially exposed to copper-induced damage
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1699-1705; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1699 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MR Gazvani, W Buckett, MJ Luckas, IA Aird, LJ Hipkin, and DI Lewis-Jones

Conservative management of azoospermia following steroid abuse
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1706-1708; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1706 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RM Cento, L Ragusa, C Proto, A Alberti, G Fiore, F Colabucci, and A Lanzone

Ovarian sensitivity to follicle stimulating hormone is blunted in normo- ovulatory women with Down's syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1709-1713; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1709 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DA Magoffin and AJ Jakimiuk

Inhibin A, inhibin B and activin A in the follicular fluid of regularly cycling women
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1714-1719; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1714 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BJ Roozenburg, HJ van Dessel, JL Evers, and RS Bots

Successful induction of ovulation in normogonadotrophic clomiphene resistant anovulatory women by combined naltrexone and clomiphene citrate treatment
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1720-1722; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1720 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FE Rodger, FM Young, HM Fraser, and PJ Illingworth

Endothelial cell proliferation follows the mid-cycle luteinizing hormone surge, but not human chorionic gonadotrophin rescue, in the human corpus luteum
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1723-1729; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1723 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Lass, C Croucher, H Lawrie, R Margara, and RM Winston

Right or left ovary--which one is better?
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1730-1731; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1730 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Salle, P de Saint Hilaire, M Devouassoux, P Gaucherand, and C Rudigoz

Another two cases of ovarian tumours in women who had undergone multiple ovulation induction cycles
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1732-1735; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1732 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MT Zenzes, TE Reed, and RF Casper

Effects of cigarette smoking and age on the maturation of human oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1736-1741; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1736 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Cohen, A Gilligan, W Esposito, T Schimmel, and B Dale

Ambient air and its potential effects on conception in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1742-1749; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1742 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Xia

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: correlation of oocyte grade based on polar body, perivitelline space and cytoplasmic inclusions with fertilization rate and embryo quality
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1750-1755; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1750 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Gianaroli, MC Magli, S Munne, A Fiorentino, N Montanaro, and AP Ferraretti

Will preimplantation genetic diagnosis assist patients with a poor prognosis to achieve pregnancy?
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1762-1767; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1762 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Vercellini, I Cortesi, S Oldani, M Moschetta, O De Giorgi, and PG Crosignani

The role of transvaginal ultrasonography and outpatient diagnostic hysteroscopy in the evaluation of patients with menorrhagia
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1768-1771; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1768 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Bloechle, T Schreiner, I Kuchler, P Schurenkamper, and K Lisse

Colour Doppler assessment of ascendent uterine artery perfusion in an in-vitro fertilization-embryo transfer programme after pituitary desensitization and ovarian stimulation with human recombinant follicle stimulating hormone
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1772-1777; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1772 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Dockery, RM Ismail, TC Li, MA Warren, and ID Cooke

The effect of a single dose of mifepristone (RU486) on the fine structure of the human endometrium during the early luteal phase
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1778-1784; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1778 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PR Koninckx and M Renaer

Pain sensitivity of and pain radiation from the internal female genital organs
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1785-1788; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1785 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Bergqvist, J Brunkwall, and F Ploman

Concentrations of prostaglandin F2alpha in follicular fluid from women with endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1789-1793; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1789 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Martinez-Roman, J Balasch, M Creus, F Fabregues, F Carmona, R Vilella, and JA Vanrell

Immunological factors in endometriosis-associated reproductive failure: studies in fertile and infertile women with and without endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1794-1799; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1794 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Hata, S Aoki, A Manabe, K Hata, and K Miyazaki

Three-dimensional ultrasonography in the first trimester of human pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1800-1804; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1800 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Jovanovic, S Jovanovic, and L Grbovic

Endothelium-dependent relaxation in response to acetylcholine in pregnant guinea-pig uterine artery
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1805-1809; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1805 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Raziel, S Friedler, A Herman, D Strassburger, R Maymon, and R Ron-El

Recurrent heterotopic pregnancy after repeated in-vitro fertilization treatment
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1810-1812; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1810 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Hamai, T Fujii, H Nishina, S Kozuma, H Yoshikawa, and Y Taketani

Differential clinical courses of pregnancies complicated by diabetes insipidus which does, or does not, pre-date the pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1816-1818; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1816 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

UB Wennerholm, L Hamberger, L Nilsson, M Wennergren, M Wikland, and C Bergh

Obstetric and perinatal outcome of children conceived from cryopreserved embryos
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1819-1825; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1819 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Benshushan and JG Schenker

Legitimizing surrogacy in Israel
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1832-1834; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1832 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS:

BD Bavister and DE Boatman

The neglected human blastocyst revisited
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1607-1610. [Request Permissions]  

F Risquez, G Pennehoaut, R McCorvey, B Love, A Vazquez, J Partamian, P Rebon, E Lucena, A Audebert, and E Confino

Diagnostic and operative microlaparoscopy: a preliminary multicentre report
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1645-1648; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1645 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W Lissens and K Sermon

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: current status and new developments
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1756-1761; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1756 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Marret, S Hamamah, AM Alonso, and F Pierre

Case report and review of the literature: primary twin ovarian pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1813-1815; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1813 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AM Flynn, WP Collins, P Royston, M Barbato, P Mena-Gonzalez, and ME Alliende

Volumetric self-sampling of cervicovaginal fluid to determine potential fertility: a multicentre pre-effectiveness study of the Rovumeter
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1826-1831; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1826 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS:

Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1835; doi:10.1093/humrep/12.8.1835 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Steck and S Bussen

Conception during pregnancy (superfetation)
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1835b-1836b. [Request Permissions]  

WH James

The postulated lagged correlation between dizygotic twinning rates and sperm count
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1836-1837. [Request Permissions]  

W Feichtinger

Continuing the debate on the obvious need for milder forms of ovarian stimulation
Hum. Reprod. 1997 12: 1837-1838. [Request Permissions]  

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