Human Reproduction

Debate Continued:

M. Al-Ramahi

Severe OHSS: Decreasing the risk of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2421-2422; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2421 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tage Hjort

Antisperm antibodies: Antisperm antibodies and infertility: an unsolvable question?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2423-2426; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2423 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William H. Kutteh

Antisperm antibodies: Do antisperm antibodies bound to spermatozoa alter normal reproductive function?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2426-2429; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2426 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Opinions:

Christopher J. De Jonge and Christopher L.R. Barratt

WHO manual...Who should care?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2431-2433; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2431 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan J. Tarín and Antonio Cano

Do human concepti have the potential to enter into diapause?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2434-2436; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2434 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Endocrinology:

M. Ludwig, W. Jelkmann, O. Bauer, and K. Diedrich

Prediction of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome by free serum vascular endothelial growth factor concentration on the day of human chorionic gonadotrophin administration
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2437-2441; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2437 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric H.M. Hoomans, Anders Nyboe Andersen, Anne Loft, Robert A. Leerentveld, Anton A. van Kamp, and Herbert Zech

A prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing 150 IU recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (Puregon^®) and 225 IU highly purified urinary follicle stimulating hormone (Metrodin-HP^®) in a fixed-dose regimen in women undergoing ovarian stimulation
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2442-2447; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2442 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Genetics:

S.S. Souza, R.A. Ferriani, A.G. Pontes, M.A. Zago, and R.F. Franco

Factor V Leiden and factor II G20210A mutations in patients with recurrent abortion
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2448-2450; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2448 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Algovik, Jacob Lagercrantz, Magnus Westgren, and Agneta Nordenskjöld

No mutations found in candidate genes for dystocia
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2451-2454; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2451 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y.M. van Kasteren, R.D.L. Hundscheid, A.P.T. Smits, F.P.M. Cremers, P. van Zonneveld, and D.D.M. Braat

Familial idiopathic premature ovarian failure: an overrated and underestimated genetic disease?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2455-2459; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2455 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Surgery:

Piero Seinera, Piero Gaglioti, Eugenio Volpi, Maria Antonietta Cau, and Tullia Todros

Ultrasound evaluation of uterine wound healing following laparoscopic myomectomy: preliminary results
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2460-2463; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2460 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Chapron, Laurent Laforest, Yann Ansquer, Arnaud Fauconnier, Bruno Fernandez, Gérard Bréart, and Jean-Bernard Dubuisson

Hysterectomy techniques used for benign pathologies: results of a French multicentre study
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2464-2470; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2464 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Inovay, T. Marton, J. Urbancsek, Z. Kádár, K. Altdorfer, and Z. Papp

Spontaneous bilateral cornual uterine dehiscence early in the second trimester after bilateral laparoscopic salpingectomy and in-vitro fertilization: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2471-2473; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2471 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility:

Catherine Staessen, Michel Camus, Koen Clasen, Anick De Vos, and André Van Steirteghem

Conventional in-vitro fertilization versus intracytoplasmic sperm injection in sibling oocytes from couples with tubal infertility and normozoospermic semen
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2474-2479; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2474 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Urban Waldenström, Lars Nilsson, Matts Wikland, and Per Olof Janson

A prospective randomized study of electro-acupuncture versus alfentanil as anaesthesia during oocyte aspiration in in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2480-2484; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2480 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R.R. Gonzalez, A. Palomino, A. Boric, M. Vega, and L. Devoto

A quantitative evaluation of 1, 4, V and ß3 endometrial integrins of fertile and unexplained infertile women during the menstrual cycle. A flow cytometric appraisal
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2485-2492; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2485 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Shulman, Yael Frenkel, Jehoshua Dor, David Levran, Eyal Shiff, and Shlomo Maschiach

The best donor
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2493-2496; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2493 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R.M.J. Janssens, C.B. Lambalk, R. Schats, and J. Schoemaker

Successful in-vitro fertilization in a natural cycle after four previously failed attempts in stimulated cycles: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2497-2498; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2497 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Contraception:

S. Díaz, M.V. Reyes, A. Zepeda, G.B. González, J.M. López, C. Campino, and H.B. Croxatto

Norplant^® implants and progesterone vaginal rings do not affect maternal bone turnover and density during lactation and after weaning
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2499-2505; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2499 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology:

U.B. Hacker-Klom, W. Göhde, E. Nieschlag, and H.M. Behre

DNA flow cytometry of human semen
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2506-2512; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2506 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R.J. Potts, T.M. Jefferies, and L.J. Notarianni

Antioxidant capacity of the epididymis
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2513-2516; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2513 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antoine Abu-Musa, Antoine Hannoun, Antoun Khabbaz, and Paul Devroey

Failure of fertilization after intracytoplasmic sperm injection in a patient with Kartagener's syndrome and totally immotile spermatozoa: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2517-2518; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2517 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ovary and ovulation:

Outi Hovatta, Catherine Wright, Thomas Krausz, Kate Hardy, and Robert M.L. Winston

Human primordial, primary and secondary ovarian follicles in long-term culture: effect of partial isolation
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2519-2524; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2519 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.P. Lau, W.L. Ledger, N.P. Groome, D.H. Barlow, and S. Muttukrishna

Dimeric inhibins and activin A in human follicular fluid and oocyte–cumulus culture medium
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2525-2530; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2525 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David M.Dorfman, David R.Genest, and Renee A.Reijo Pera

Human DAZL1 encodes a candidate fertility factor in women that localizes to the prenatal and postnatal germ cells
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2531-2536; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2531 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenrokuro Mitsube, Masato Mikuni, Markus Matousek, and Mats Brännström

Effects of a nitric oxide donor and nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on luteinizing hormone-induced ovulation in the ex-vivo perfused rat ovary
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2537-2543; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2537 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fertilization and early embryology:

R.D. Schramm and B.D. Bavister

A macaque model for studying mechanisms controlling oocyte development and maturation in human and non-human primates
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2544-2555; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2544 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B.D. Kaider, C.B. Coulam, and R.G. Roussev

Murine embryos as a direct target for some human autoantibodies in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2556-2561; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2556 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Dirnfeld, D. Bider, M. Koifman, I. Calderon, and H. Abramovici

Shortened exposure of oocytes to spermatozoa improves in-vitro fertilization outcome: a prospective, randomized, controlled study
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2562-2564; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2562 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L.A.J. Van der Westerlaken, F.M. Helmerhorst, J. Hermans, and N. Naaktgeboren

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: position of the polar body affects pregnancy rate
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2565-2569; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2565 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Van der Auwera, R. Pijnenborg, and P.R. Koninckx

The influence of in-vitro culture versus stimulated and untreated oviductal environment on mouse embryo development and implantation
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2570-2574; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2570 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David K. Gardner, Heriberto Rodriegez-Martinez, and Michelle Lane

Fetal development after transfer is increased by replacing protein with the glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan for mouse embryo culture and transfer
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2575-2580; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2575 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Gerris, Diane De Neubourg, Kathelijne Mangelschots, Eric Van Royen, Muriel Van de Meerssche, and Marion Valkenburg

Prevention of twin pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection based on strict embryo criteria: a prospective randomized clinical trial
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2581-2587; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2581 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Garello, H. Baker, J. Rai, S. Montgomery, P. Wilson, C.R. Kennedy, and G.M. Hartshorne

Pronuclear orientation, polar body placement, and embryo quality after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in-vitro fertilization: further evidence for polarity in human oocytes?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2588-2595; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2588 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uterus and endometrium:

A. Lightman, S. Kol, and J. Itskovitz-Eldor

A prospective randomized study comparing intramuscular with intravaginal natural progesterone in programmed thaw cycles
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2596-2599; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2596 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daisaku Senoh, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masashi Akiyama, Toshihiro Yanagihara, and Toshiyuki Hata

Saline infusion contrast intrauterine sonographic assessment of the endometrium with high-frequency, real-time miniature transducer in normal menstrual cycle: a preliminary report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2600-2603; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2600 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Yaman, M. Sommergruber, T. Ebner, W. Pölz, M. Moser, and G. Tews

Reproducibility of transvaginal three-dimensional endometrial volume measurements during ovarian stimulation
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2604-2608; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2604 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

May Wahab, John Thompson, Bushra Hamid, Sue Deen, and Farook Al-Azzawi

Endometrial histomorphometry of trimegestone-based sequential hormone replacement therapy: a weighted comparison with the endometrium of the natural cycle
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2609-2618; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2609 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pregnancy:

Ayse Aytoz, Etienne Van den Abbeel, Maryse Bonduelle, Michel Camus, Hubert Joris, André Van Steirteghem, and Paul Devroey

Obstetric outcome of pregnancies after the transfer of cryopreserved and fresh embryos obtained by conventional in-vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2619-2624; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2619 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yohichi Ohnishi, Chizu Yamashiro, Toshihiro Yanagihara, and Toshiyuki Hata

Hepatocyte growth factor concentration in the early second-trimester amniotic fluid does not predict fetal growth at birth
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2625-2628; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2625 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Geipel, U. Gembruch, M. Ludwig, U. Germer, E. Schwinger, A. Dormeier, and K. Diedrich

Genetic sonography as the preferred option of prenatal diagnosis in patients with pregnancies following intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2629-2634; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2629 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masashi Akiyama, Atsushi Kuno, Yasuko Tanaka, Hirokazu Tanaka, Keiji Hayashi, Toshihiro Yanagihara, and Toshiyuki Hata

Comparison of alterations in fetal regional arterial vascular resistance in appropriate-for-gestational-age singleton, twin and triplet pregnancies
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2635-2643; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2635 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Milliam L. Kataoka, Kaori Togashi, Hisataka Kobayashi, Takuya Inoue, Shingo Fujii, and Junji Konishi

Evaluation of ectopic pregnancy by magnetic resonance imaging
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2644-2650; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2644 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Birth:

Kaan Osmanagaoglu, Herman Tournaye, Michel Camus, Mark Vandervorst, André Van Steirteghem, and Paul Devroey

Cumulative delivery rates after intracytoplasmic sperm injection: 5 year follow-up of 498 patients
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2651-2655; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2651 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Children:

E. Lahat, A. Raziel, S. Friedler, M. Schieber-Kazir, and R. Ron-El

Long-term follow-up of children born after inadvertent administration of a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist in early pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2656-2660; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2656 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer:

Yasushi Takai, Osamu Tsutsumi, Mikio Momoeda, Yutaka Osuga, Miyuki Sadatsuki, Manabu Kaibara, and Yuji Taketani

Non-functioning pituitary tumour after long-term treatment with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonists in a patient with vaginal agenesis who underwent neovaginoplasty and cauterization of endometriosis under laparoscopy: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2661-2664; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2661 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard A. Anderson, David Kinniburgh, and David T. Baird

Preliminary experience of the use of a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonist in ovulation induction/in-vitro fertilization prior to cancer treatment: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2665-2668; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2665 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ethics and Society:

A. Kero, A. Lalos, U. Högberg, and L. Jacobsson

The male partner involved in legal abortion
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2669-2675; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2669 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

K. Takahashi, Y. Araki, and M. Motoyama

Normal development of a zona-free oocyte to the blastocyst stage following ICSI
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2677; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2677 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P.J. Hajenius, F. Van der Veen, and W.M. Ankum

Cervical pregnancy—a conservative stepwise approach
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2677a-2678a; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2677a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.A. Stafford-Bell

Which factors are important for successful embryo transfer after in-vitro fertilization?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2678-2679; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2678 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabor T. Kovacs

Which factors are important for successful embryo transfer after in-vitro fertilization?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2679; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.10.2679 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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