Human Reproduction

Debate

R.G. Edwards and Helen K. Beard

Is the success of human IVF more a matter of genetics and evolution than growing blastocysts?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1-6; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Denny Sakkas

The use of blastocyst culture to avoid inheritance of an abnormal paternal genome after ICSI
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 4-5; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.4 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Barry Behr

Blastocyst culture and transfer
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 5-6; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.5 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debate Continued

Angela Mills and I. Ralph Edwards

The combined oral contraceptive pill - are poor communication systems responsible for loss of confidence in this contraceptive method?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 7-10; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.7 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Opinion

Get checked abstract G. Bahadur and D. Ralph

Gonadal tissue cryopreservation in boys with paediatric cancers
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 11-17; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.11 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Endocrinology

Get checked abstract S. Bussen, M. Sütterlin, and T. Steck

Endocrine abnormalities during the follicular phase in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 18-20; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.18 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

FSH inhibits the augmentation by oestradiol of the pituitary responsiveness to GnRH in the female rat
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 21-26; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.21 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yuan-Lin Dong, Pandu R.R. Gangula, Li Fang, and Chandrasekhar Yallampalli

Nitric oxide reverses prostaglandin-induced inhibition in ovarian progesterone secretion in rats
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 27-32; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.27 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Genetics

Get checked abstract S.E. Kleiman, L. Yogev, R. Gamzu, R. Hauser, A. Botchan, J.B. Lessing, G. Paz, and H. Yavetz

Genetic evaluation of infertile men
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 33-38; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.33 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Surgery

Get checked abstract Asher Shushan, Hossam Mohamed, and Adam L. Magos

How long does laparoscopic surgery really take? Lessons learned from 1000 operative laparoscopies
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 39-43; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.39 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sebastiano Campo and Nicola Garcea

Laparoscopic myomectomy in premenopausal women with and without preoperative treatment using gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 44-48; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.44 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bírol Vural, Nuh Zafer Cantürk, Nílüfer Esen, Seyhun Solakoglu, Zeynep Cantürk, Gürdal Kirkali, and Cenk Sökmensüer

The role of neutrophils in the formation of peritoneal adhesions
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 49-54; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.49 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract N. Yesildaglar, J.L. Ordoñez, I. Laermans, and P.R. Koninckx

The mouse as a model to study adhesion formation following endoscopic surgery: a preliminary report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 55-59; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.55 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility

Get checked abstract S.D. Spandorfer, A. Neuer, D. LaVerda, G. Byrne, H-C. Liu, Z. Rosenwaks, and S.S. Witkin

Previously undetected Chlamydia trachomatis infection, immunity to heat shock proteins and tubal occlusion in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 60-64; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.60 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P.M.M. Kastrop, S.M. Weima, R.J. Van Kooij, and E.R. Te Velde

Comparison between intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) with high insemination concentration after total fertilization failure in a previous IVF attempt
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 65-69; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.65 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Ishizuka, Y. Kudo, A. Amemiya, H. Yamada, T. Matsuda, and T. Ogata

Anti-nuclear antibodies in patients with premature ovarian failure
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 70-75; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.70 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Isabella Spyropoulou, Christos Karamalegos, and Virginia N. Bolton

A prospective randomized study comparing the outcome of in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer following culture of human embryos individually or in groups before embryo transfer on day 2
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 76-79; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.76 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Evans, C. Wells, and K. Hood

A possible effect of different light sources on pregnancy rates following gamete intra-Fallopian transfer
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 80-82; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.80 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract F. Devreker, S. Emiliani, P. Revelard, M. Van den Bergh, I. Govaerts, and Y. Englert

Comparison of two elective transfer policies of two embryos to reduce multiple pregnancies without impairing pregnancy rates
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 83-89; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.83 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Herman Tournaye, Talal Merdad, Sherman Silber, Hubert Joris, Greta Verheyen, Paul Devroey, and André Van Steirteghem

No differences in outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection with fresh or with frozen–thawed epididymal spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 90-95; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.90 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Misao Fukuda, Kiyomi Fukuda, Claus Yding Andersen, and Anne Grete Byskov

Anovulations in an ovary during two menstrual cycles enhance the pregnancy potential of oocytes matured in that ovary during the following third cycle
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 96-100; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.96 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Ejdrup Bredkjær, S. Ziebe, B. Hamid, Y. Zhou, A. Loft, A. Lindhard, and A. Nyboe Andersen

Delivery rates after in-vitro fertilization following bilateral salpingectomy due to hydrosalpinges: a case control study
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 101-105; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology

Get checked abstract A. Cagnacci, N. Maxia, and A. Volpe

Diurnal variation of semen quality in human males
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 106-109; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiroshi Okada, Hitoshi Fujioka, Noboru Tatsumi, Masato Fujisawa, Kazuo Gohji, Soichi Arakawa, Hiroshi Kato, Shin-Ichiro Kobayashi, Shinzo Isojima, and Sadao Kamidono

Assisted reproduction for infertile patients with 9+0 immotile spermatozoa associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 110-113; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. Yogev, R. Gamzu, G. Paz, S. Kleiman, A. Botchan, R. Hauser, and H. Yavetz

Pre-freezing sperm preparation does not impair thawed spermatozoa binding to the zona pellucida
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 114-117; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.114 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Göran Westlander, Lars Hamberger, Charles Hanson, Kersti Lundin, Lars Nilsson, Brita Söderlund, Charlotte Werner, and Christina Bergh

Diagnostic epididymal and testicular sperm recovery and genetic aspects in azoospermic men
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 118-122; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.118 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Steven Green and Simon Fishel

Morphology comparison of individually selected hyperactivated and non-hyperactivated human spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 123-130; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.123 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter N. Schlegel

Testicular sperm extraction: microdissection improves sperm yield with minimal tissue excision
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 131-135; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.131 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis

Get checked abstract K. Steger, R. Rey, F. Louis, S. Kliesch, H.M. Behre, E. Nieschlag, W. Hoepffner, D. Bailey, A. Marks, and M. Bergmann

Reversion of the differentiated phenotype and maturation block in Sertoli cells in pathological human testis
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 136-143; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.136 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Schlatt, G. Rosiepen, G.F. Weinbauer, C. Rolf, P.F. Brook, and E. Nieschlag

Germ cell transfer into rat, bovine, monkey and human testes
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 144-150; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.144 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oviduct

Get checked abstract G. Landström, A. Wallin, K. Lundmark, H. Norén, and B. Lindblom

The action of vasoconstrictive agents on human tubal arteries
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 151-155; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.151 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ovary and ovulation

Get checked abstract Philippe Moreira, Hidekazu Saito, Tomoko Kaneko, Takakazu Saito, Kenji Nakahara, and Masahiko Hiroi

Are there any relationships between the fecundity of bilateral ovaries in an individual patient and the incidence of apoptotic granulosa cells?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 156-161; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.156 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract U. Büscher, F.C.K. Chen, H. Kentenich, and H. Schmiady

Cytokines in the follicular fluid of stimulated and non-stimulated human ovaries; is ovulation a suppressed inflammatory reaction?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 162-166; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.162 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lawrence Engmann, Noreen Maconochie, Povilas Sladkevicius, Jinan Bekir, Stuart Campbell, and Seang Lin Tan

The outcome of in-vitro fertilization treatment in women with sonographic evidence of polycystic ovarian morphology
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 167-171; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.167 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G.M. Hartshorne, A.L. Barlow, T.J. Child, D.H. Barlow, and M.A. Hultén

Immunocytogenetic detection of normal and abnormal oocytes in human fetal ovarian tissue in culture*
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 172-182; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.172 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fady I. Sharara, Joanne Lim, and Howard D. McClamrock

The effect of pituitary desensitization on ovarian volume measurements prior to in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 183-185; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.183 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uterus and endometrium

Get checked abstract R. Hurskainen, J. Teperi, J. Paavonen, and B. Cacciatore

Menorrhagia and uterine artery blood flow
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 186-189; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.186 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Noe, G. Kunz, M. Herbertz, G. Mall, and G. Leyendecker

The cyclic pattern of the immunocytochemical expression of oestrogen and progesterone receptors in human myometrial and endometrial layers: characterization of the endometrial–subendometrial unit
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 190-197; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.190 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R.R. Greb, L. Kiesel, A.K. Selbmann, M. Wehrmann, G.D. Hodgen, A.L. Goodman, and D. Wallwiener

Disparate actions of mifepristone (RU 486) on glands and stroma in the primate endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 198-206; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.198 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implantation and early pregnancy

Get checked abstract Esther Velilla, Mark Grossmann, Josep Egozcue, and Josep Santaló

Effect of 6ß-methylprednisolone on mouse pregnancy rate
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 207-210; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pregnancy

Get checked abstract A.B.C. Coumans, P.C. Huijgens, C. Jakobs, R. Schats, J.I.P. de Vries, M.G. van Pampus, and G.A. Dekker

Haemostatic and metabolic abnormalities in women with unexplained recurrent abortion
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 211-214; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.211 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Soriano, S. Lipitz, D.S. Seidman, R. Maymon, S. Mashiach, and R. Achiron

Development of the fetal uterus between 19 and 38 weeks of gestation: in-utero ultrasonographic measurements
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 215-218; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.215 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Caruso, S. Ferrazzani, S. De Carolis, A. Lucchese, A. Lanzone, L. De Santis, and G. Paradisi

Gestational hypertension but not pre-eclampsia is associated with insulin resistance syndrome characteristics
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 219-223; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Topping, S. Quenby, R. Farquharson, R. Malia, and M. Greaves

Marked variation in antiphospholipid antibodies during pregnancy: relationships to pregnancy outcome
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 224-228; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.224 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Birth

Get checked abstract Andrew J. Thomson, Joan F. Telfer, Anne Young, Steve Campbell, Colin J.R. Stewart, Iain T. Cameron, Ian A. Greer, and Jane E. Norman

Leukocytes infiltrate the myometrium during human parturition: further evidence that labour is an inflammatory process
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 229-236; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.229 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. McLaren, T.M. Malak, and S.C. Bell

Structural characteristics of term human fetal membranes prior to labour: identification of an area of altered morphology overlying the cervix
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 237-241; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.237 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious diseases

Get checked abstract The Italian Collaborative Study on HIV infection in pregnancy

Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in Italy: temporal trends and determinants of infection
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 242-246; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.242 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer

Get checked abstract R. Alvarez, L. Tusell, A. Genescà, R. Miró, X. Garcia-del-Muro, and J. Egozcue

Absence of chromosomal instability in spermatozoa of men affected by testicular cancer
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 247-251; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.247 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hans-Christian Schuppe, Norbert J. Neumann, Giselle Schock-Skasa, Wolfgang Höppner, and Joachim Feldkamp

Case Report: Secondary infertility as early symptom in a man with multiple endocrine neoplasia-type 1
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 252-254; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.252 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Psychology

Get checked abstract Björn J. Oddens, Isolde den Tonkelaar, and Hugo Nieuwenhuyse

Psychosocial experiences in women facing fertility problems—a comparative survey
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 255-261; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.255 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ethics and society

Get checked abstract O.B.A. den van Akker

Organizational selection and assessment of women entering a surrogacy agreement in the UK
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 262-266; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.262 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

R.T. Mansour, M.A. Aboulgar, G.I. Serour, A. Kamal, N.A. Tawab, I. Fahmy, and S. Kahraman

Difficulties in distinguishing between a mature spermatid and testicular spermatozoon
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 267-268; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.267 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ben W.J. Mol, Fulco van der Veen, Patrick M.M. Bossuyt, Jolande A. Land, Johannes L.H. Evers, and Valère J. Goossens

Chlamydia antibody titres
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 268-269; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.268 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Okagaki, Y. Osuga, M. Momoeda, O. Tsutsumi, and Y. Taketani

Laparoscopic findings after ultrasound-guided transvaginal ethanol sclerotherapy for ovarian endometrial cyst
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 270; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.270 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roy Homburg and Ioannis E. Messinis

Growth hormone kinetics in polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 271; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.271 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.R. Loret de Mola and Shevach Friedler

Pathophysiology of unilateral pleural effusions in the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 272-273; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.1.272 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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