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Contents: Volume 15, Number 12, December 2000   [Index by Author] 

Down Debate
Down Endocrinology
Down Reproductive physiology
Down Reproductive pathology
Down Infertility
Down Andrology
Down Gynaecology
Down Embryology
Down Genetics and genetic diagnosis
Down Pregnancy and obstetrics
Down Surgery
Down ESHRE
Down Letters to the Editor


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Debate Back

Christopher R. Murphy
Understanding the apical surface markers of uterine receptivity: Pinopods—or uterodomes?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2451-2454; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2451 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Subhasis Banerjee, Scott Lamond, Aidan McMahon, Stuart Campbell, and Geeta Nargund
Does blastocyst culture eliminate paternal chromosomal defects and select good embryos?: Inheritance of an abnormal paternal genome following ICSI
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2455-2459; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2455 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mathew Tomlinson and Denny Sakkas
Is a review of standard procedures for cryopreservation needed?: Safe and effective cryopreservation—should sperm banks and fertility centres move toward storage in nitrogen vapour?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2460-2463; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2460 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hervé Dechaud
Hydrosalpinx and ART: Hydrosalpinges suitable for salpingectomy before IVF
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2464-2465; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2464 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guido Pennings
Avoiding multiple pregnancies in ART: Multiple pregnancies: a test case for the moral quality of medically assisted reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2466-2469; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2466 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Endocrinology Back

M.P. Teissier, H. Chable, S. Paulhac, and Y. Aubard
Comparison of follicle steroidogenesis from normal and polycystic ovaries in women undergoing IVF: relationship between steroid concentrations, follicle size, oocyte quality and fecundability
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2471-2477; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2471 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H.M. Behre, J. Kuhlage, C. Gaßner, B. Sonntag, C. Schem, H.P.G. Schneider, and E. Nieschlag
Prediction of ovulation by urinary hormone measurements with the home use ClearPlan® Fertility Monitor: comparison with transvaginal ultrasound scans and serum hormone measurements
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2478-2482; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2478 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive physiology Back

J. Wu, H. Yamamoto, E. Gratacos, X. Ge, E. Verbeken, K. Sueishi, S. Hashimoto, K. Vanamo, T. Lerut, and J. Deprest
Lung development following diaphragmatic hernia in the fetal rabbit
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2483-2488; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2483 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles L. Chaffin and Richard L. Stouffer
Role of gonadotrophins and progesterone in the regulation of morphological remodelling and atresia in the monkey peri-ovulatory follicle
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2489-2495; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2489 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.J.Dalle Lucca, A.S.O. Adeagbo, and N.L. Alsip
Oestrous cycle and pregnancy alter the reactivity of the rat uterine vasculature
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2496-2503; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2496 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandra L.L. Durlinger, Piet Kramer, Bas Karels, J.Anton Grootegoed, Jan Th.J. Uilenbroek, and Axel P.N. Themmen
Apoptotic and proliferative changes during induced atresia of pre-ovulatory follicles in the rat
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2504-2511; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2504 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive pathology Back

Yasuhiko Kamada, Mikiya Nakatsuka, Kazuo Asagiri, Soichi Noguchi, Toshihiro Habara, Masayo Takata, and Takafumi Kudo
GnRH agonist-suppressed expression of nitric oxide synthases and generation of peroxynitrite in adenomyosis
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2512-2519; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2512 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility Back

A. Strandell, C. Bergh, and K. Lundin
Selection of patients suitable for one-embryo transfer may reduce the rate of multiple births by half without impairment of overall birth rates
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2520-2525; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2520 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U. Muenstermann and J. Kleinstein
Long-term GnRH analogue treatment is equivalent to laparoscopic laser diathermy in polycystic ovarian syndrome patients with severe ovarian dysfunction
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2526-2530; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2526 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology Back

I. Schroeder-Printzen, J. Zumbé, L. Bispink, St. Palm, U. Schneider, U. Engelmann, W. Weidner, and The MESA/TESE Group Giessen
Microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration: aspirate analysis and straws available after cryopreservation in patients with non-reconstructable obstructive azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2531-2535; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2531 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Vicari
Effectiveness and limits of antimicrobial treatment on seminal leukocyte concentration and related reactive oxygen species production in patients with male accessory gland infection
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2536-2544; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2536 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marina A. Nikolaeva, Vladimir I. Kulakov, Irina V. Korotkova, Elena L. Golubeva, Diana V. Kuyavskaya, and Gennady T. Sukhikh
Antisperm antibodies detection by flow cytometry is affected by aggregation of antigen–antibody complexes on the surface of spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2545-2553; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2545 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cesare Battaglia, Simone Giulini, Giorgia Regnani, Roberta Di Girolamo, Simone Paganelli, Fabio Facchinetti, and Annibale Volpe
Seminal plasma nitrite/nitrate and intratesticular Doppler flow in fertile and infertile subjects
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2554-2558; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2554 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Pierre Siffroi, Corine Le Bourhis, Csilla Krausz, Sandrine Barbaux, Luis Quintana-Murci, Samia Kanafani, Hassan Rouba, Louis Bujan, Georges Bourrouillou, Isabelle Seifer, Daniel Boucher, Marc Fellous, Ken McElreavey, and Jean Pierre Dadoune
Sex chromosome mosaicism in males carrying Y chromosome long arm deletions
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2559-2562; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2559 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stéphane Viville, Richard Mollard, Marie-Lorraine Bach, Cédric Falquet, Pierre Gerlinger, and Stéphanie Warter
Do morphological anomalies reflect chromosomal aneuploidies?*: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2563-2566; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2563 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology Back

Antonio MacKenna, Cecilia Fabres, Verónica Alam, and Verónica Morales
Clinical management of functional ovarian cysts: a prospective and randomized study
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2567-2569; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2567 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Gilling-Smith, H. Mason, D. Willis, S. Franks, and R.W. Beard
In-vitro ovarian steroidogenesis in women with pelvic congestion
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2570-2576; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2570 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology Back

M.A. Nowshari and G. Brem
Refreezing of murine intact and biopsied embryos by rapid-freezing procedure
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2577-2581; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2577 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiroyuki Yazawa, Kaoru Yanagida, Haruo Katayose, Syoutaro Hayashi, and Akira Sato
Comparison of oocyte activation and Ca2+ oscillation-inducing abilities of round/elongated spermatids of mouse, hamster, rat, rabbit and human assessed by mouse oocyte activation assay
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2582-2590; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2582 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Wittemer, K. Bettahar-Lebugle, J. Ohl, C. Rongières, I. Nisand, and P. Gerlinger
Zygote evaluation: an efficient tool for embryo selection
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2591-2597; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2591 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shee-Uan Chen, Yih-Ron Lien, Hsin-Fu Chen, Kuang-Han Chao, Hong-Nerng Ho, and Yu-Shih Yang
Open pulled straws for vitrification of mature mouse oocytes preserve patterns of meiotic spindles and chromosomes better than conventional straws
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2598-2603; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2598 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L.L. Kuleshova and J.M. Shaw
A strategy for rapid cooling of mouse embryos within a double straw to eliminate the risk of contamination during storage in liquid nitrogen
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2604-2609; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2604 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

João Ramalho-Santos, Peter Sutovsky, Calvin Simerly, Richard Oko, Gary M. Wessel, Laura Hewitson, and Gerald Schatten
ICSI choreography: fate of sperm structures after monospermic rhesus ICSI and first cell cycle implications
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2610-2620; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2610 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan Van Blerkom, Patrick Davis, and Samuel Alexander
Differential mitochondrial distribution in human pronuclear embryos leads to disproportionate inheritance between blastomeres: relationship to microtubular organization, ATP content and competence
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2621-2633; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2621 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mina Alikani, Gloria Calderon, Giles Tomkin, John Garrisi, Magdalena Kokot, and Jacques Cohen
Cleavage anomalies in early human embryos and survival after prolonged culture in-vitro
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2634-2643; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2634 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Genetics and genetic diagnosis Back

Andrew N. Shelling, Karen A. Burton, Ashwini L. Chand, Cynthia C. van Ee, John T. France, Cynthia M. Farquhar, Stella R. Milsom, Donald R. Love, Ksenija Gersak, Kristiina Aittomäki, and Ingrid M. Winship
Inhibin: a candidate gene for premature ovarian failure
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2644-2649; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2644 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel Pettigrew, Hung-Chih Kuo, Paul Scriven, Paula Rowell, Kalyani Pal, Alan Handyside, Peter Braude, and Caroline Mackie Ogilvie
A pregnancy following PGD for X-linked autosomal dominant Incontinentia Pigmenti (Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome): Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2650-2652; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2650 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pregnancy and obstetrics Back

Kelton P. Tremellen, Diana Valbuena, Jose Landeras, Agustin Ballesteros, Javier Martinez, Sergio Mendoza, Robert J. Norman, Sarah A. Robertson, and Carlos Simón
The effect of intercourse on pregnancy rates during assisted human reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2653-2658; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2653 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uwe Hasbargen, Peter Lohse, and Christian J. Thaler
The number of dichorionic twin pregnancies is reduced by the common MTHFR 677C->T mutation
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2659-2662; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2659 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Surgery Back

R. Seracchioli, S. Rossi, F. Govoni, E. Rossi, S. Venturoli, C. Bulletti, and C. Flamigni
Fertility and obstetric outcome after laparoscopic myomectomy of large myomata: a randomized comparison with abdominal myomectomy
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2663-2668; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2663 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claire L. Templeman, S.Paige Hertweck, James P. Scheetz, Sally E. Perlman, and Mary E. Fallat
The management of mature cystic teratomas in children and adolescents: a retrospective analysis
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2669-2672; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2669 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESHRE Back

ESHRE PGD Consortium Steering Committee
ESHRE Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Consortium: data collection II (May 2000)
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2673-2683; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2673 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Leah Yogev, Gedalia Paz, Haim Yavetz, Farideh Bischoff, and Dolores J. Lamb
Chromosome analysis of spermatozoa extracted from testes of men with non-obstructive azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2685; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2685 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Fischer
Birth of a child using frozen–thawed testicular spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2686; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2686 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bryna Harwood, Daniel R. Mishell, Jr, Suk Wai Ngai, Yik Ming Chan, Pak Chung Ho, and Oi Shan Tang
Use of vaginal misoprostol for abortion
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 2686-2688; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.12.2686-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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