Hum. Reprod. -- Table of Contents (14 [8])

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Contents: Volume 14, Number 8 August 1999   [Index by Author]

      Debates

      Opinion

      Endocrinology

      Immunology

      Surgery

      Infertility

      Contraception

      Andrology

      Ovary and ovulation

      Fertilization and early embryology

      Uterus and endometrium

      Implantation and early pregnancy

      Pregnancy

      Birth

      Cancer

      Psychology

      Letters to the Editor

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Debates:

Asher Shushan and Nathan Rojansky: Should hysteroscopy be a part of the basic infertility workup?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1923-1924; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1923 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Izhar Ben-Shlomo, Moshe Zeidner, and Eliezer Shalev: Legal aspects of clinical practice in reproductive medicine: Retrospective judgement of medical decisions: is the `linear' model appropriate?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1925-1926; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1925 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Philip.E. Castle and Jurrien Dean: Manipulating the genome to study reproduction: Mice with `humanized' zonae pellucidae
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1927-1939; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1927 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Opinion:

Toshiro Kubota, Yasufumi Shimizu, and Takeshi Aso: Are there disadvantages to outpatient IVF? Experiences from current practice in Japan
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1931-1933; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1931 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Endocrinology:

J.S. Roh, J.B. Yoo, and Y.Y. Hwang: Increased peripheral androgen activity in infertile Korean women with polycystic ovaries
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1934-1938; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1934 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C.M. Howles, E. Loumaye, M. Germond, R. Yates, P. Brinsden, D. Healy, L.M. Bonaventura, and T. Strowitzki: Does growth hormone-releasing factor assist follicular development in poor responder patients undergoing ovarian stimulation for in-vitro fertilization?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1939-1943; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1939 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Friedler, A. Raziel, M. Schachter, D. Strassburger, I. Bukovsky, and R. Ron-El: Luteal support with micronized progesterone following in-vitro fertilization using a down-regulation protocol with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist: a comparative study between vaginal and oral administration
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1944-1948; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1944 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.B. Tíras, R. Yalçìn, V. Noyan, I. Maral, M. Yìldìrìm, O. Dörtlemez, and S. Daya: Alterations in cardiac flow parameters in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1949-1952; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1949 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P. Lesny, S.D. Maguiness, D.M. Hay, J. Robinson, C.E. Clarke, and S.R. Killick: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and benign intracranial hypertension in pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1953-1955; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1953 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Immunology:

Juan Balasch, Juan C. Reverter, Montserrat Creus, Dolors Tàssies, Francisco Fábregues, Francisco Carmona, Josep Font, and Juan A. Vanrell: Human reproductive failure is not a clinical feature associated with ß₂ glycoprotein-I antibodies in anticardiolipin and lupus anticoagulant seronegative patients (the antiphospholipid/cofactor syndrome)
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1956-1959; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1956 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Surgery:

Orhan Bukulmez, Hakan Yarali, and Timur Gurgan: Total corporal synechiae due to tuberculosis carry a very poor prognosis following hysteroscopic synechialysis
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1960-1961; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1960 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B. Haddad, E. Barranger, and B.J. Paniel: Blind hemivagina: long-term follow-up and reproductive performance in 42 cases
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1962-1964; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1962 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C.R. Nezhat and K.S. Smith: Laparoscopic management of a unicornuate uterus with two cavitated, non-communicating rudimentary horns: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1965-1968; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1965 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

K. Persson, S. Osser, S. Birkelund, G. Christiansen, and H. Brade: Antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis heat shock proteins in women with tubal factor infertility are associated with prior infection by C. trachomatis but not by C. pneumoniae
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1969-1973; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1969 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I.S. Fraser, P. Lähteenmäki, K. Elomaa, M. Lacarra, D.R. Mishell, Jr, F. Alvarez, V. Brache, E. Weisberg, M. Hickey, P. Vallentine, and H.A. Nash: Variations in vaginal epithelial surface appearance determined by colposcopic inspection in healthy, sexually active women
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1974-1978; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1974 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C.B. Coulam, C. Goodman, and J.S. Rinehart: Colour Doppler indices of follicular blood flow as predictors of pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1979-1982; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1979 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H. Lashen, M. Afnan, and A. Kennefik: Early resort to ovarian stimulation improves the cost-effectiveness of a donor insemination programme
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1983-1988; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1983 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. Saïas-Magnan, C. Metzler-Guillemain, G. Mercier, F. Carles-Marcorelles, J.M. Grillo, and M.R. Guichaoua: Failure of pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection with decapitated spermatozoa: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1989-1992; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1989 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Contraception:

O. Heikinheimo, S. Ranta, A. Moo-Young, P. Lähteenmäki, and K. Gordon: Parenteral administration of progestin Nestorone^® to lactating cynomolgus monkeys: an ideal hormonal contraceptive at lactation?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1993-1997; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1993 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

N. Sofikitis, K. Ono, Y. Yamamoto, H. Papadopoulos, and I. Miyagawa: Influence of the male reproductive tract on the reproductive potential of round spermatids abnormally released from the seminiferous epithelium
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 1998-2006; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.1998 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anna Gergely, Ertug Kovanci, Levent Senturk, Eric Cosmi, Lynne Vigue, and Gabor Huszar: Morphometric assessment of mature and diminished-maturity human spermatozoa: sperm regions that reflect differences in maturity
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2007-2014; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K.L. Larson, J.D. Brannian, B.K. Timm, L.K. Jost, and D.P. Evenson: Density gradient centrifugation and glass wool filtration of semen remove spermatozoa with damaged chromatin structure
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2015-2019; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P. Fénichel, R. Rey, S. Poggioli, M. Donzeau, D. Chevallier, and G. Pointis: Anti-Müllerian hormone as a seminal marker for spermatogenesis in non-obstructive azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2020-2024; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E. Vicari: Seminal leukocyte concentration and related specific reactive oxygen species production in patients with male accessory gland infections
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2025-2030; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Al-Hasani, L.C. Demirel, B. Schöpper, M. Bals-Pratsch, N. Nikolettos, W. Küpker, M. Ugur, R. Sturm, and K. Diedrich: Pregnancies achieved after frozen–thawed pronuclear oocytes obtained by intracytoplasmic sperm injection with spermatozoa extracted from frozen–thawed testicular tissues from non-obstructive azoospermic men
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2031-2035; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gerardo Barroso, Ramazan Mercan, Kemal Ozgur, Mahmood Morshedi, Paul Kolm, Kevin Coetzee, Thinus Kruger, and Sergio Oehninger: Intra- and inter-laboratory variability in the assessment of sperm morphology by strict criteria: impact of semen preparation, staining techniques and manual versus computerized analysis
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2036-2040; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2036 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D. Nogueira, C. Bourgain, G. Verheyen, and A.C. Van Steirteghem: Light and electron microscopic analysis of human testicular spermatozoa and spermatids from frozen and thawed testicular biopsies
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2041-2049; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I. Fahmy, A. Kamal, M. Metwali, C. Rhodes, R. Mansour, G. Serour, and M. Aboulghar: Vigorous prostatic massage: a simple method to retrieve spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection in psychogenic anejaculation: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2050-2053; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2050 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ovary and ovulation:

H.M. Fraser, S.E. Dickson, K.D. Morris, G.F. Erickson, and S.F. Lunn: The effect of the angiogenesis inhibitor TNP-470 on luteal establishment and function in the primate
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2054-2060; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2054 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debra A. Gook, D.H. Edgar, and C. Stern: Effect of cooling rate and dehydration regimen on the histological appearance of human ovarian cortex following cryopreservation in 1,2-propanediol
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2061-2068; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2061 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertilization and early embryology:

Patricio Morales, Bredford Kerr, Carolina Oliva, Eduardo Pizarro, and Milene Kong: Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonists inhibit sperm binding to the human zona pellucida
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2069-2074; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2069 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Melissa A. Larson and H. Michael Kubisch: The effects of group size on development and interferon- ${tau}$ secretion by in-vitro fertilized and cultured bovine blastocysts
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2075-2079; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2075 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Uterus and endometrium:

C.E. Gargett, F.L. Lederman, T.M. Lau, N.H. Taylor, and P.A.W. Rogers: Lack of correlation between vascular endothelial growth factor production and endothelial cell proliferation in the human endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2080-2088; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2080 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Marie-Anne Ledingham, Fiona C. Denison, Simon C. Riley, and Jane E. Norman: Matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 and their inhibitors are produced by the human uterine cervix but their secretion is not regulated by nitric oxide donors
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2089-2096; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2089 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Implantation and early pregnancy:

C. Stern, M. Pertile, H. Norris, L. Hale, and H.W.G. Baker: Chromosome translocations in couples with in-vitro fertilization implantation failure
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2097-2101; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pregnancy:

R. Maymon, E. Dreazen, Y. Tovbin, I. Bukovsky, Z. Weinraub, and A. Herman: The feasibility of nuchal translucency measurement in higher order multiple gestations achieved by assisted reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2102-2105; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2102 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.F. Reznikoff-Etievant, V. Cayol, G.M. Zou, N. Abuaf, A. Robert, C. Johanet, and J. Milliez: Habitual abortions in 678 healthy patients: investigation and prevention
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2106-2109; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sinikka Nuojua-Huttunen, Mika Gissler, Hannu Martikainen, and Leena Tuomivaara: Obstetric and perinatal outcome of pregnancies after intrauterine insemination
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2110-2115; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Atsushi Manabe, Toshiyuki Hata, Toshihiro Yanagihara, Michio Hashimoto, Yohko Yamada, Shingo Irikoma, Showa Aoki, Sumio Masumura, and Kohji Miyazaki: Nitric oxide synthesis is increased after dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate administration in term human pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2116-2119; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2116 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Yung Hang Lam, William Shu Biu Yeung, Mary Hoi Yin Tang, Ernest Hung Yu Ng, William Wai Ki So, and Pak Chung Ho: Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotrophin in pregnancies conceived after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and conventional in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2120-2123; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rekha Bajoria, Ling Y. Wee, Shaheen Anwar, and Stuart Ward: Outcome of twin pregnancies complicated by single intrauterine death in relation to vascular anatomy of the monochorionic placenta
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2124-2130; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2124 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Elisa P.Y. Kam, Lucy Gardner, Y.W. Loke, and Ashley King: The role of trophoblast in the physiological change in decidual spiral arteries
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2131-2138; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2131 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Suk Wai Ngai, Yik Ming Chan, Oi Shan Tang, and Pak Chung Ho: The use of misoprostol for pre-operative cervical dilatation prior to vacuum aspiration: a randomized trial
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2139-2142; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2139 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Birth:

A. Loft, K. Petersen, K. Erb, A.L. Mikkelsen, J. Grinsted, F. Hald, J. Hindkjær, K.M. Nielsen, P. Lundstrøm, A. Gabrielsen, S. Lenz, P. Hornnes, S. Ziebe, H.B. Ejdrup, A. Lindhard, Y. Zhou, and A. Nyboe Andersen: A Danish national cohort of 730 infants born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) 1994–1997
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2143-2148; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2143 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cancer:

Y. Aubard, P. Piver, Y. Cognié, V. Fermeaux, N. Poulin, and M.A. Driancourt: Orthotopic and heterotopic autografts of frozen–thawed ovarian cortex in sheep
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2149-2154; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2149 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cristo Santana, Lorenzo Martin, Francisco Valladares, Lucio Diaz-Flores, Celsa Santana-Herrera, Antonio Milena, and Manuel Rodríguez Díaz: Tryptophan ingestion by pregnant rats induces pituitary and mammary tumours in the adult female offspring
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2155-2161; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2155 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Psychology:

Thomas R. Montgomery, Frank Aiello, Raymond D. Adelman, Nadia Wasylyshyn, Mason C. Andrews, T.Berry Brazelton, Georgeanna S. Jones, and Howard W. Jones, Jr: The psychological status at school age of children conceived by in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2162-2165; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2162 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Annemiek W. Nap, Ron J.T. Van Golde, Joep H.A.M. Tuerlings, Paul De Sutter, Math H.E.C. Pieters, Jacques C. Giltay, Peter M.M. Kastrop, Didi D.M. Braat, and Jan A.M. Kremer: Reproductive decisions of men with microdeletions of the Y chromosome: the role of genetic counselling
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2166-2169; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2166 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Christina Bergh, Anders Möller, Lars Nilsson, and Matts Wikland: Obstetric outcome and psychological follow-up of pregnancies after embryo reduction
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2170-2175; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2170 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

F. Kelestimur and Y. Sahin: Relationship of ovarian stromal volume and serum 17-hydroxyprogesterone concentrations in patients with PCOS
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2177; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2177 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

William H. James: The status of the hypothesis that the human sex ratio at birth is associated with the cycle day of conception
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2177a-2178a; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2177A [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard P. Dickey, Roman Pyrzak, David K. Gardner, and William B. Schoolcraft: Extraordinary implantation rates with fresh blastocyst transfer: better culture conditions or selection of the best patients?
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2178-2179; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2178 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Safaa Al-Hasani, Kaoru Yanagida, Haruo Katayose, Hiroyuki Yazawa, Yasuyuki Kimura, Katuyuki Konnai, and Akiro Sato: The usefulness of a piezo-micromanipulator in ICSI in humans
Hum. Reprod. 1999 14: 2180; doi:10.1093/humrep/14.8.2180 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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