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Contents: Volume 14, Number 7 July 1999   [Index by Author]

      Article

      Debate

      Debate Continued

      Opinion

      Endocrinology

      Genetics

      Surgery

      Infertility

      Andrology

      Ovary and ovulation

      Fertilization and early embryology

      Pregnancy

      Birth

      Cancer

      Ethics and Society

      Letters to the Editor

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Article:

: Dr Basil Tarlatzis: Chairman ESHRE (1997-1999)
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1667; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1667 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debate:

F.M. Helmerhorst, M.J.J. Finken, and J.J. Erwich: Antisperm antibodies: Detection assays for antisperm antibodies: what do they test?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1669-1671; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1669 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Bronson: Detection of antisperm antibodies: an argument against therapeutic nihilism
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1671-1673; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1671 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debate Continued:

Amir Lass: What is the preferred treatment for hydrosalpines? The ovary's perspective
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1674-1677; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1674 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Opinion:

C.M. Farquhar, A. Prentice, D.H. Barlow, J.L.H. Evers, P. Vandekerckhove, and A. Vail: Effective treatment of subfertility: introducing the Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1678-1683; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1678 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Endocrinology:

M.H.A. van Hooff, M. van der Meer, C.B. Lambalk, and J. Schoemaker: Variation of luteinizing hormone and androgens in oligomenorrhoea and its implications for the study of polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1684-1689; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1684 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cesare Battaglia, Michela Salvatori, Nicoletta Maxia, Felice Petraglia, Fabio Facchinetti, and Annibale Volpe: Adjuvant L-arginine treatment for in-vitro fertilization in poor responder patients
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1690-1697; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1690 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gerrit Voortman, Jeroen van de Post, Rik C. Schoemaker, and Joop M.A. van Gerven: Bioequivalence of subcutaneous injections of recombinant human follicle stimulating hormone (Puregon^®) by Pen-injector and syringe
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1698-1702; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1698 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Joana Peñarrubia, Juan Balasch, Francisco Fábregues, Montserrat Creus, Salvadora Cívico, and Juan A.Vanrell: Recurrent empty follicle syndrome successfully treated with recombinant human chorionic gonadotrophin: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1703-1706; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1703 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I.O. Evbuomwan, J.D. Fenwick, R. Shiels, M. Herbert, and A.P. Murdoch: Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome following salvage of empty follicle syndrome: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1707-1709; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1707 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Genetics:

A. Ferlin, E. Moro, A. Garolla, and C. Foresta: Human male infertility and Y chromosome deletions: role of the AZF-candidate genes DAZ, RBM and DFFRY
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1710-1716; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1710 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C. Krausz, C. Bussani-Mastellone, S. Granchi, K. McElreavey, G. Scarselli, and G. Forti: Screening for microdeletions of Y chromosome genes in patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1717-1721; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1717 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David C. Page, Sherman Silber, and Laura G. Brown: Men with infertility caused by AZFc deletion can produce sons by intracytoplasmic sperm injection, but are likely to transmit the deletion and infertility
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1722-1726; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1722 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Surgery:

Sergio Ribeiro, Harry Reich, Jay Rosenberg, Enrica Guglielminetti, and Andrea Vidali: The value of intra-operative cystoscopy at the time of laparoscopic hysterectomy
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1727-1729; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1727 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jan A. Deprest, Nikolaos A. Papadopulos, Herbert Decaluwé, Hirotoshi Yamamoto, Toni E. Lerut, and Eduard Gratacós: Closure techniques for fetoscopic access sites in the rabbit at mid-gestation
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1730-1734; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1730 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T.C. Li, R. Mortimer, and I.D. Cooke: Myomectomy: a retrospective study to examine reproductive performance before and after surgery
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1735-1740; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1735 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chyi-Long Lee, Chin-Jung Wang, Liang-Der Swei, Chih-Feng Yen, and Yung-Kuei Soong: Laparoscopic hemi-hysterectomy in treatment of a didelphic uterus with a hypoplastic cervix and obstructed hemivagina: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1741-1743; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1741 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

Vishvanath Karande and Norbert Gleicher: A rational approach to the management of low responders in in-vitro fertilization: Opinion
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1744-1748; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1744 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kamal A. Jaroudi, Johannes M.G. Hollanders, Atif M. Elnour, Gayle L. Roca, Amal M. Atared, and Serdar Coskun: Embryo development and pregnancies from in-vitro matured and fertilized human oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1749-1751; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1749 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Craig H. Syrop, Jeffrey D. Dawson, Kerri J. Husman, Amy E.T. Sparks, and Bradley J. Van Voorhis: Ovarian volume may predict assisted reproductive outcomes better than follicle stimulating hormone concentration on day 3
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1752-1756; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1752 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Izhar Ben-Shlomo, Roland Moskovich, Yeshayahu Katz, and Eliezer Shalev: Midazolam/ketamine sedative combination compared with fentanyl/propofol/isoflurane anaesthesia for oocyte retrieval
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1757-1759; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1757 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Julie Hoy, Alison Venn, Jane Halliday, Gabor Kovacs, and Karen Waalwyk: Perinatal and obstetric outcomes of donor insemination using cryopreserved semen in Victoria, Australia
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1760-1764; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1760 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Awoniyi Awonuga and Jyoti Govindbhai: Is waiting for an endogenous luteinizing hormone surge and/or administration of human chorionic gonadotrophin of benefit in intrauterine insemination?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1765-1770; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1765 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Brian Dale, Agnese Fiorentino, Renato De Stefano, Loredana Di Matteo, Maria laura De Simone, Martin Wilding, and Fulvio Zullo: Pregnancies after activated oocyte transfer: a new option for infertility treatment
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1771-1772; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1771 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ivo Noci, Mario Maggi, Roberto Biagiotti, Alberino D'Agata, Luciana Criscuoli, and Mauro Marchionni: Serum CA-125 values on the day of oocyte retrieval are not predictive of subsequent pregnancy with in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1773-1776; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1773 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S.N. Kalantaridou, D.T. Braddock, N.J. Patronas, and L.M. Nelson: Treatment of autoimmune premature ovarian failure: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1777-1782; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1777 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ilan Tur-Kaspa, Shmuel Segal, Federica Moffa, Marco Massobrio, and Simon Meltzer: Viagra for temporary erectile dysfunction during treatments with assisted reproductive technologies: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1783-1784; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1783 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

Aby Lewin, Benjamin Reubinoff, Anat Porat-Katz, David Weiss, Vered Eisenberg, Revital Arbel, Hagar Bar-el, and Anat Safran: Testicular fine needle aspiration: the alternative method for sperm retrieval in non-obstructive azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1785-1790; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1785 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. Zini, M. Buckspan, M. Jamal, and K. Jarvi: Effect of varicocelectomy on the abnormal retention of residual cytoplasm by human spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1791-1793; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1791 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dalit Ben-Yosef, Leah Yogev, Ron Hauser, Haim Yavetz, Fuad Azem, Israel Yovel, Joseph B. Lessing, and Ami Amit: Testicular sperm retrieval and cryopreservation prior to initiating ovarian stimulation as the first line approach in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1794-1801; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1794 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Claudia Bohring and Walter Krause: The intra- and inter-assay variation of the indirect mixed antiglobulin reaction test: is a quality control suitable?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1802-1805; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1802 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hiroshi Yazawa, Isoji Sasagawa, Manabu Ishigooka, and Teruhiro Nakada: Effect of immobilization stress on testicular germ cell apoptosis in rats
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1806-1810; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1806 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H.E. Chemes, E.T. Puigdomenech, C. Carizza, S. Brugo Olmedo, F. Zanchetti, and R. Hermes: Acephalic spermatozoa and abnormal development of the head–neck attachment: a human syndrome of genetic origin
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1811-1818; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1811 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Steven Green, Simon Fishel, and Philip Rowe: The incidence of spontaneous acrosome reaction in homogeneous populations of hyperactivated human spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1819-1822; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1819 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

British Andrology Society: British Andrology Society guidelines for the screening of semen donors for donor insemination (1999)
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1823-1826; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1823 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P.S. James, C.A. Wolfe, A. Mackie, S. Ladha, A. Prentice, and R. Jones: Lipid dynamics in the plasma membrane of fresh and cryopreserved human spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1827-1832; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1827 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Jakubiczka, Th. Bettecken, M. Stumm, I. Nickel, J. Müsebeck, P. Krebs, Ch. Fischer, J. Kleinstein, and P. Wieacker: Frequency of CFTR gene mutations in males participating in an ICSI programme: Brief communication
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1833-1834; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1833 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ovary and ovulation:

D.B. Dunson, D.D. Baird, A.J. Wilcox, and C.R. Weinberg: Day-specific probabilities of clinical pregnancy based on two studies with imperfect measures of ovulation
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1835-1839; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1835 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertilization and early embryology:

Jeffrey W. Persson: A hypothesis on the origin of germ cell mutation and evolutionary role of extraembryonic mutation: Opinion
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1840-1841; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1840 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C. Karamalegos and V.N. Bolton: A prospective comparison of `in house' and commercially prepared Earle's balanced salt solution in human in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1842-1846; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1842 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anne Lis Mikkelsen, Steven Dale Smith, and Svend Lindenberg: In-vitro maturation of human oocytes from regularly menstruating women may be successful without follicle stimulating hormone priming
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1847-1851; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1847 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrea Jurisicova, Monica Antenos, Kubra Kapasi, James Meriano, and Robert F. Casper: Variability in the expression of trophectodermal markers ß-human chorionic gonadotrophin, human leukocyte antigen-G and pregnancy specific ß-1 glycoprotein by the human blastocyst
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1852-1858; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1852 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. De Vos, H. Van de Velde, H. Joris, and A. Van Steirteghem: In-vitro matured metaphase-I oocytes have a lower fertilization rate but similar embryo quality as mature metaphase-II oocytes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1859-1863; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1859 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ana C. Cobo, Antonio Requena, Fernando Neuspiller, Marina Aragonés, Amparo Mercader, José Navarro, Carlos Simón, José Remohí, and Antonio Pellicer: Maturation in vitro of human oocytes from unstimulated cycles: selection of the optimal day for ovum retrieval based on follicular size
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1864-1868; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1864 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lyn Gras and Alan O. Trounson: Pregnancy and birth resulting from transfer of a blastocyst observed to have one pronucleus at the time of examination for fertilization: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1869-1871; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1869 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pregnancy:

Kazumasa Hashimoto, Yoshie Shizusawa, Koichiro Shimoya, Kazutomo Ohashi, Takashi Shimizu, Chihiro Azuma, and Yuji Murata: The factor V Leiden mutation in Japanese couples with recurrent spontaneous abortion
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1872-1874; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1872 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mickey S. Coffler, Shahar Kol, Arie Drugan, and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor: Early transvaginal embryo aspiration: a safer method for selective reduction in high order multiple gestations
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1875-1878; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1875 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R.P. Holmes, J.M.P. Holly, and P.W. Soothill: Maternal serum insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 and -3 and fetal growth
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1879-1884; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1879 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sofija Jovanovic, Zdenka Blagojevic, Verica Mrvic, Zora Nikolic, and Aleksandar Jovanovic: Pregnancy is not associated with altered morphology of the femoral artery
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1885-1889; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1885 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Luigi Raio, Fabio Ghezzi, Edoardo Di Naro, Massimo Franchi, and Hermann Brühwiler: Prenatal assessment of the Hyrtl anastomosis and evaluation of its function: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1890-1893; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1890 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peng-Hui Wang, Hsiang-Tai Chao, Loy-Lan Too, and Chiou-Chung Yuan: Primary repair of cornual rupture occurring at 21 weeks gestation and successful pregnancy outcome: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1894-1895; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1894 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Birth:

H.B. Westergaard, A.M. Tranberg Johansen, K. Erb, and A. Nyboe Andersen: Danish National In-Vitro Fertilization Registry 1994 and 1995: a controlled study of births, malformations and cytogenetic findings
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1896-1902; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1896 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cancer:

D. Meirow, H. Lewis, D. Nugent, and M. Epstein: Subclinical depletion of primordial follicular reserve in mice treated with cyclophosphamide: clinical importance and proposed accurate investigative tool
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1903-1907; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1903 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hiroaki Shibahara, Minoru Shigeta, Hideaki Toji, Eiko Wakimoto, Susumu Adachi, Toshitada Ogasawara, Tadashi Takemura, and Koji Koyama: Successful pregnancy in an infertile patient with conservatively treated endometrial adenocarcinoma after transfer of embryos obtained by intracytoplasmic sperm injection: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1908-1911; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1908 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ethics and Society:

Martin H.Johnson: The medical ethics of paid egg sharing in the UK: Opinion
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1912-1918; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1912 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Hany Lashen, William Ledger, José Remohí, and Antonio Pellicer: Management of poor responders in IVF
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1919; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1919 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Toshimitsu Koike, Shigeo Araki, Shuichi Ogawa, Hisanori Minakami, and Ikuo Sato: Does i.v. albumin prevent ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1920; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1920 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Karen Sohan, David Cahill, and Mark Stegmann: Local reaction to s.c. injections of a recombinant gonadotrophin preparation possibly related to the osmolality of the reconstituted solution
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1921; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.7.1921 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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