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Contents: Volume 15, Number 3 March 2000   [Index by Author]

      Debate

      Debate Continued

      Opinions

      Endocrinology

      Immunology

      Reproductive physiology

      Reproductive pathology

      Infertility

      Contraception

      Andrology

      Surgery

      Embryology

      Pregnancy and obstetrics

      ESHRE

      Letters to the Editor

      Erratum

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Debate:

E.C. Wood and A. Trounson: Uses of embryo duplication in humans: Embryology and ethics
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 497-501; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.497 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debate Continued:

Darren Langdridge: The welfare of the child: Problems of indeterminacy and deontology
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 502-504; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.502 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Opinions:

R.H. Mehta and T.C. Anand Kumar: Can GnRH agonists act directly on the ovary and contribute to cyst formation?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 505-507; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.505 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Guido Pennings: The right to choose your donor: a step towards commercialization or a step towards empowering the patient?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 508-514; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.508 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Giuliana Fuscaldo: Gamete donation: when does consent become irrevocable?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 515-519; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.515 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Endocrinology:

R. Frydman, C.M. Howles, and F. Truong: A double-blind, randomized study to compare recombinant human follicle stimulating hormone (FSH; Gonal-F^®) with highly purified urinary FSH (Metrodin^® HP) in women undergoing assisted reproductive techniques including intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 520-525; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.520 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C. Albano, R.E. Felberbaum, J. Smitz, H. Riethmüller-Winzen, J. Engel, K. Diedrich, and P. Devroey: Ovarian stimulation with HMG: results of a prospective randomized phase III European study comparing the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)-antagonist cetrorelix and the LHRH-agonist buserelin
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 526-531; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.526 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. Enskog, L. Nilsson, and M. Brännström: Peripheral blood concentrations of inhibin B are elevated during gonadotrophin stimulation in patients who later develop ovarian OHSS and inhibin A concentrations are elevated after OHSS onset
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 532-538; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.532 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Christos S.Mantzoros, Daniel W.Cramer, Rebecca F.Liberman, and Robert L.Barbieri: Predictive value of serum and follicular fluid leptin concentrations during assisted reproductive cycles in normal women and in women with the polycystic ovarian syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 539-544; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.539 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Immunology:

Stefanie Bussen, Thomas Steck, and Johannes Dietl: Increased prevalence of thyroid antibodies in euthyroid women with a history of recurrent in-vitro fertilization failure
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 545-548; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.545 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive physiology:

S. Muttukrishna, T. Child, G.M. Lockwood, N.P. Groome, D.H. Barlow, and W.L. Ledger: Serum concentrations of dimeric inhibins, activin A, gonadotrophins and ovarian steroids during the menstrual cycle in older women
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 549-556; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.549 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F.M. Young, F.E. Rodger, P.J. Illingworth, and H.M. Fraser: Cell proliferation and vascular morphology in the marmoset corpus luteum
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 557-566; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.557 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jorge M.Sztein, Marilyn J.O'Brien, Jane S.Farley, Larry E.Mobraaten, and John J.Eppig: Rescue of oocytes from antral follicles of cryopreserved mouse ovaries: competence to undergo maturation, embryogenesis, and development to term
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 567-571; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.567 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michelle Nisolle, Françoise Casanas-Roux, Etienne Marbaix, Pascale Jadoul, and Jacques Donnez: Transplantation of cultured explants of human endometrium into nude mice
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 572-577; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.572 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon C. Riley, Rosemary Leask, Claire Balfour, Janet E. Brennand, and Nigel P. Groome: Production of inhibin forms by the fetal membranes, decidua, placenta and fetus at parturition
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 578-583; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.578 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive pathology:

E. Malik, A. Meyhöfer-Malik, Ch. Berg, W. Böhm, K. Kunzi-Rapp, K. Diedrich, and A. Rück: Fluorescence diagnosis of endometriosis on the chorioallantoic membrane using 5-aminolaevulinic acid
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 584-588; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.584 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L. Unkila-Kallio, A. Tiitinen, T. Wahlström, P. Lehtovirta, and A. Leminen: Reproductive features in women developing ovarian granulosa cell tumour at a fertile age
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 589-593; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.589 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R.A. Fisher, R. Khatoon, F.J. Paradinas, A.P. Roberts, and E.S. Newlands: Repetitive complete hydatidiform mole can be biparental in origin and either male or female
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 594-598; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.594 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Francesca Fioretti, Alessandra Tavani, Silvano Gallus, Silvia Franceschi, and Carlo La Vecchia: Menopause and risk of non-fatal acute myocardial infarction: an Italian case-control study and a review of the literature
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 599-603; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.599 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fiona Bruinsma, Alison Venn, Paul Lancaster, Andrew Speirs, and David Healy: Incidence of cancer in children born after in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 604-607; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.604 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hideo Matsui, Souei Sekiya, Tamotsu Hando, Norio Wake, and Yutaka Tomoda: Hydatidiform mole coexistent with a twin live fetus: a national collaborative study in Japan
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 608-611; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.608 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Raj Rai, May Backos, Frances Rushworth, and Lesley Regan: Polycystic ovaries and recurrent miscarriage—a reappraisal
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 612-615; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.612 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

B. Coroleu, O. Carreras, A. Veiga, A. Martell, F. Martinez, I. Belil, L. Hereter, and P.N. Barri: Embryo transfer under ultrasound guidance improves pregnancy rates after in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 616-620; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.616 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I. Ferrara, R. Balet, and J.G. Grudzinskas: Intrauterine donor insemination in single women and lesbian couples: a comparative study of pregnancy rates
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 621-625; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.621 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.M. Case, A. Weissman, M. Sermer, and E.M. Greenblatt: Successful twin pregnancy in a dual-transplant couple resulting from in-vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 626-628; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.626 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Contraception:

A.M. van Heusden, S.R. Killick, H.J.T.Coelingh Bennink, and B.C.J.M. Fauser: Single monthly administration of the anti-progestagen Org 31710 in users of the 75 µg desogestrel progestagen-only pill: effects on pituitary–ovarian activity
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 629-636; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.629 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C.W. Martin, R.A. Anderson, L. Cheng, P.C. Ho, Z. van derSpuy, K.B. Smith, A.F. Glasier, D. Everington, and D.T. Baird: Potential impact of hormonal male contraception: cross-cultural implications for development of novel preparations
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 637-645; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.637 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.F. Glasier, R. Anakwe, D. Everington, C.W. Martin, Z.van der Spuy, L. Cheng, P.C. Ho, and R.A. Anderson: Would women trust their partners to use a male pill?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 646-649; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.646 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Brechin, S.T. Cameron, A.M. Paterson, A.R. Williams, and H.O.D. Critchley: Intrauterine polyps—a cause of unscheduled bleeding in women using the levonorgestrel intrauterine system: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 650-652; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.650 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

Medhat Amer, Ahmed Ateyah, Ragab Hany, and Wael Zohdy: Prospective comparative study between microsurgical and conventional testicular sperm extraction in non-obstructive azoospermia: follow-up by serial ultrasound examinations
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 653-656; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.653 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.D. Esterhuizen, D.R. Franken, J.G.H. Lourens, E. Prinsloo, and L.H. van Rooyen: Sperm chromatin packaging as an indicator of in-vitro fertilization rates
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 657-661; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.657 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C.M. Nicholson, L. Abramsson, S.E. Holm, and E. Bjurulf: Bacterial contamination and sperm recovery after semen preparation by density gradient centrifugation using silane-coated silica particles at different g forces
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 662-666; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.662 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D.R. Franken, M. Smith, R. Menkveld, T.F. Kruger, C. Sekadde-Kigondu, M. Mbizvo, and E.O. Akande: The development of a continuous quality control programme for strict sperm morphology among sub-Saharan African laboratories
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 667-671; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.667 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David J. Handelsman, S. Wishart, and Ann J. Conway: Oestradiol enhances testosterone-induced suppression of human spermatogenesis
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 672-679; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.672 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Brooks A. Keel, Patrick Quinn, Charles F. Schmidt, Jr, Nicholas T. Serafy, Jr, Nicholas T. Serafy, Sr, and Tammie K. Schalue: Results of the American Association of Bioanalysts national proficiency testing programme in andrology
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 680-686; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.680 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Surgery:

N. Yesildaglar and P.R. Koninckx: Adhesion formation in intubated rabbits increases with high insufflation pressure during endoscopic surgery
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 687-691; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.687 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Luigi Fedele, Stefano Bianchi, Giovanni Zanconato, Ricciarda Raffaelli, and Nicoletta Zatti: Laparoscopic creation of a neovagina in a woman with a kidney transplant: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 692-693; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.692 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Embryology:

R.L. Gardner: Flow of cells from polar to mural trophectoderm is polarized in the mouse blastocyst
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 694-701; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.694 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D.Y. Liu and H.W.G. Baker: Defective sperm–zona pellucida interaction: a major cause of failure of fertilization in clinical in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 702-708; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.702 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pregnancy and obstetrics:

K.S. Wong, C.S.W. Ngai, E.L.K. Yeo, L.C.H. Tang, and P.C. Ho: A comparison of two regimens of intravaginal misoprostol for termination of second trimester pregnancy: a randomized comparative trial
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 709-712; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.709 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R. Raghupathy, M. Makhseed, F. Azizieh, A. Omu, M. Gupta, and R. Farhat: Cytokine production by maternal lymphocytes during normal human pregnancy and in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 713-718; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.713 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S.F. Marcus and P.R. Brinsden: Termination of pregnancy after conception with donor oocytes and donor spermatozoa: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 719-722; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.719 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ESHRE:

: Optimal use of infertility diagnostic tests and treatments
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 723-732; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.723 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Charles Chapron and Jean-Bernard Dubuisson: Ureteral injuries after laparoscopic hysterectomy
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 733; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.733 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Harry Reich: Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 733-734; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.733-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E.R. Hernandez: The clinical benefits of recombinant gonadotrophins
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 734-735; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.734 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Erratum:

: Metformin treatment reduces ovarian cytochrome P-450c17 ${alpha}$ response to human chorionic gonadotrophin in women with insulin resistance-related polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 736. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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