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Contents: Volume 14, Number 12 December 1999   [Index by Author]

      Debates

      Opinions

      Outstanding Contributions

      Endocrinology

      Immunology

      Genetics

      Surgery

      Infertility

      Contraception

      Andrology

      Spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis

      Fertilization and early embryology

      Uterus and endometrium

      Endometriosis

      Pregnancy

      Birth

      Children

      Psychology

      ESHRE

      Letters to the Editor

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Debates:

Ian A. Brewis: Proteomics in reproductive research: The potential importance of proteomics to research in reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2927-2929; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2927 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michael A. Graf and Robert Fischer: Severe OHSS: An `epidemic' of severe OHSS: a price we have to pay?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2930-2931; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2930 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Opinions:

T. Scholz, S. Bartholomäus, I. Grimmer, H. Kentenich, and M. Obladen: Problems of multiple births after ART: medical, psychological, social and financial aspects
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2932-2937; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2932 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debra A. Gook and David H. Edgar: Cryopreservation of the human female gamete: current and future issues
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2938-2940; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2938 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gary N. Clarke: Sperm cryopreservation: is there a significant risk of cross-contamination?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2941-2943; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2941 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Outstanding Contributions:

E. Somigliana, P. Viganò, G. Rossi, S. Carinelli, M. Vignali, and P. Panina-Bordignon: Endometrial ability to implant in ectopic sites can be prevented by interleukin-12 in a murine model of endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2944-2950; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2944 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Endocrinology:

Lilliana Ciotta, Vincenzo De Leo, Fabiola Galvani, Antonio La Marca, and Antonio Cianci: Endocrine and metabolic effects of octreotide, a somatostatin analogue, in lean PCOS patients with either hyperinsulinaemia or lean normoinsulinaemia
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2951-2958; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2951 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ian Craft, Amin Gorgy, Jennifer Hill, David Menon, and Barbara Podsiadly: Will GnRH antagonists provide new hope for patients considered `difficult responders' to GnRH agonist protocols?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2959-2962; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2959 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I.R. Pirwany, R.W.S. Yates, I.T. Cameron, and R. Fleming: Effects of the insulin sensitizing drug metformin on ovarian function, follicular growth and ovulation rate in obese women with oligomenorrhoea
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2963-2968; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2963 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H.M. Buckler, W.R. Robertson, A. Anderson, M. Vickers, and A. Lambert: Ovulation induction with low dose alternate day recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (Puregon)
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2969-2973; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2969 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Immunology:

Shlomit Orgad, Ron Loewenthal, Ephraim Gazit, Siegal Sadetzki, Ilya Novikov, and Howard Carp: The prognostic value of anti-paternal antibodies and leukocyte immunizations on the proportion of live births in couples with consecutive recurrent miscarriages
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2974-2979; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2974 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Koichi Takakuwa, Keisuke Honda, Keisuke Ishii, Isao Hataya, Masako Yasuda, and Kenichi Tanaka: Studies on the HLA-DRB1 genotypes in Japanese women with severe pre-eclampsia positive and negative for anticardiolipin antibody using a polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism method
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2980-2986; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2980 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Genetics:

F. Vidal, J. Blanco, E.F. Fugger, K. Keyvanfar, M. Norton, J.D. Schulman, and J. Egozcue: Preliminary study of the incidence of disomy in sperm fractions after MicroSort flow cytometry
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2987-2990; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2987 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Surgery:

R. Marana, G.F. Catalano, L. Muzii, P. Caruana, F. Margutti, and S. Mancuso: The prognostic role of salpingoscopy in laparoscopic tubal surgery
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2991-2995; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2991 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. Perino, G. Cucinella, R. Venezia, A. Castelli, and E. Cittadini: Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus total abdominal hysterectomy: an assessment of the learning curve in a prospective randomized study
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2996-2999; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.2996 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Arieh Raziel, Eytan Mordechai, Shevah Friedler, Morey Schachter, Mordechai Pansky, and Raphael Ron-El: Isolated recurrent torsion of the Fallopian tube: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3000-3001; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3000 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

Fabienne Devreker, Elena Pogonici, Viviane De Maertelaer, Philippe Revelard, Marc Van den Bergh, and Yvon Englert: Selection of good embryos for transfer depends on embryo cohort size: implications for the `mild ovarian stimulation' debate
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3002-3008; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susan Macmillan and Allan Templeton: Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in subfertile women
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3009-3012; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Contraception:

Anibal Faúndes, Francisco Alvarez, Vivian Brache, Leila Cochón, Ana Sofia Tejada, and Alfred Moo-Young: Correlation of endocrine profiles with bleeding patterns during use of Nestorone^® contraceptive implants
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3013-3017; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3013 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.F. Glasier, K.B. Smith, L. Cheng, P.C. Ho, Z. van der Spuy, and D.T. Baird: An international study on the acceptability of a once-a-month pill
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3018-3022; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

T. Vogel, R.M. Speed, P. Teague, and H.J. Cooke: Mice with Y chromosome deletion and reduced Rbm genes on a heterozygous Dazl1 null background mimic a human azoospermic factor phenotype
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3023-3029; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medhat Amer, Shawky El Haggar, Taymour Moustafa, Taha Abd El-Naser, and Wael Zohdy: Testicular sperm extraction: impact of testicular histology on outcome, number of biopsies to be performed and optimal time for repetition
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3030-3034; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3030 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nathalie Pallares-Ruiz, Soukeyna Carles, Marie Des Georges, Caroline Guittard, Françoise Arnal, Claude Humeau, and Mireille Claustres: Complete mutational screening of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene: cystic fibrosis mutations are not involved in healthy men with reduced sperm quality
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3035-3040; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis:

Yasuhisa Yamamoto, Nikolaos Sofikitis, Yasuyuki Mio, and Ikuo Miyagawa: Highly sensitive quantitative telomerase assay of diagnostic testicular biopsy material predicts the presence of haploid spermatogenic cells in therapeutic testicular biopsy in men with Sertoli cell-only syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3041-3047; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N.E. Bachtell, J. Conaghan, and P.J. Turek: The relative viability of human spermatozoa from the vas deferens, epididymis and testis before and after cryopreservation
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3048-3051; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3048 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertilization and early embryology:

Peter L. Kaye and Heather G. Gardner: Preimplantation access to maternal insulin and albumin increases fetal growth rate in mice
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3052-3059; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3052 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rabindranath De La Fuente, Marilyn J. O'Brien, and John J. Eppig: Epidermal growth factor enhances preimplantation developmental competence of maturing mouse oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3060-3068; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3060 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C. Sjöblom, M. Wikland, and S.A. Robertson: Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor promotes human blastocyst development in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3069-3076; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3069 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lilia Kuleshova, Luca Gianaroli, Cristina Magli, Anna Ferraretti, and Alan Trounson: Birth following vitrification of a small number of human oocytes: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3077-3079; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3077 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Uterus and endometrium:

Anne M. Macpherson, David F. Archer, Susan Leslie, D.Stephen Charnock-Jones, W.Karolien Makkink, and Stephen K. Smith: The effect of etonogestrel on VEGF, oestrogen and progesterone receptor immunoreactivity and endothelial cell number in human endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3080-3087; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3080 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.A. Habiba, S.C. Bell, and F. Al-Azzawi: The effect of hormone replacement therapy on the number and the proliferation index of endometrial leukocytes
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3088-3094; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3088 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K.M. Abberton, D.L. Healy, and P.A.W. Rogers: Smooth muscle alpha actin and myosin heavy chain expression in the vascular smooth muscle cells surrounding human endometrial arterioles
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3095-3100; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3095 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S.A. Sarani, M. Ghaffari-Novin, M.A. Warren, P. Dockery, and I.D. Cooke: Morphological evidence for the `implantation window' in human luminal endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3101-3106; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Endometriosis:

J.T. Awwad, R.A. Sayegh, X.J. Tao, T. Hassan, S.T. Awwad, and K. Isaacson: The SCID mouse: an experimental model for endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3107-3111; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pregnancy:

B.S. Horstkamp, H. Kiess, J. Krämer, H. Riess, W. Henrich, and J.W. Dudenhausen: Activated protein C resistance shows an association with pregnancy-induced hypertension
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3112-3115; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Birth:

P. Astolfi and L.A. Zonta: Reduced male births in major Italian cities
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3116-3119; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3116 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Children:

R. Jacobsen, H. Møller, and A. Mouritsen: Natural variation in the human sex ratio
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3120-3125; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Psychology:

Rossella Ardenti, Cinzia Campari, Lorena Agazzi, and Giovanni Battista La Sala: Anxiety and perceptive functioning of infertile women during in-vitro fertilization: exploratory survey of an Italian sample
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3126-3132; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3126 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H. Colpin, A.De Munter, K. Nys, and L. Vandemeulebroecke: Parenting stress and psychosocial well-being among parents with twins conceived naturally or by reproductive technology
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3133-3137; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3133 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ESHRE:

: ESHRE Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Consortium: preliminary assessment of data from January 1997 to September 1998
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3138-3148; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3138 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Ahmed M.A. Mahmoud, Frank H. Comhaire, Armand B. Christophe, C. Rolf, T.G. Cooper, and E. Nieschlag: Oral antioxidants and male infertility
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3149-3150; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3149 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Thomas Müller, Monika Rehn, Uwe Pöhls, Peter Kristen, Johannes Dietl, and Toshiyuki Hata: Three-dimensional ultrasonographic evaluation of ovarian tumours
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 3150-3151; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.12.3150 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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