Human Reproduction

Debate Continued

Get checked abstract Patrick Puttemans, Rudi Campo, Stephan Gordts, and Ivo Brosens

Hydrosalpinx and ART: Hydrosalpinx – functional surgery or salpingectomy?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1427-1430; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1427 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debate

Get checked abstract Csilla Krausz, Lluis Quintana-Murci, and Ken McElreavey

Prognostic value of Y deletion analysis: What is the clinical prognostic value of Y chromosome microdeletion analysis?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1431-1434; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1431 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Endocrinology

Get checked abstract E. Romàn, A. Aytoz, J.E.J. Smitz, B. Faguer, M. Camus, A.C. Van Steirteghem, and P. Devroey

Analysis of the bleeding pattern in assisted reproduction cycles with luteal phase supplementation using vaginal micronized progesterone
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1435-1439; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1435 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Fleming, P. Rehka, N. Deshpande, M.E. Jamieson, R.W.S. Yates, and H. Lyall

Suppression of LH during ovarian stimulation: effects differ in cycles stimulated with purified urinary FSH and recombinant FSH
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1440-1445; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1440 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract The European Recombinant Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin Study Group

Induction of final follicular maturation and early luteinization in women undergoing ovulation induction for assisted reproduction treatment—recombinant HCG versus urinary HCG
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1446-1451; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1446 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Corry H. de Koning, Corrie Popp-Snijders, Joop Schoemaker, and Cornelis B. Lambalk

Elevated FSH concentrations in imminent ovarian failure are associated with higher FSH and LH pulse amplitude and response to GnRH
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1452-1456; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1452 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive physiology

Get checked abstract Yardena Rakover, Peggy Lu, Julie N. Briody, Chang Tao, Ehud Weiner, Antwan G.H. Ederveen, Chris T. Cowell, and Izhar Ben-Shlomo

Effects of delaying puberty on bone mineralization in female rats
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1457-1461; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1457 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ayse Y. Demir Weusten, Patrick G. Groothuis, Gerard A.J. Dunselman, Anton F.P.M. de Goeij, Jan Willem Arends, and Johannes L.H. Evers

Morphological changes in mesothelial cells induced by shed menstrual endometrium in vitro are not primarily due to apoptosis or necrosis
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1462-1468; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1462 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive pathology

Get checked abstract R. Casey, P.A.W. Rogers, and B.J. Vollenhoven

An immunohistochemical analysis of fibroid vasculature
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1469-1475; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1469 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Teresa Casals, Lluís Bassas, Susanna Egozcue, Maria D. Ramos, Javier Giménez, Ana Segura, Ferran Garcia, Marta Carrera, Sara Larriba, Joaquim Sarquella, and Xavier Estivill

Heterogeneity for mutations in the CFTR gene and clinical correlations in patients with congenital absence of the vas deferens
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1476-1483; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1476 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Kinnunen, P. Molander, A. Laurila, I. Rantala, R. Morrison, M. Lehtinen, R. Karttunen, A. Tiitinen, J. Paavonen, and H.-M. Surcel

Chlamydia trachomatis reactive T lymphocytes from upper genital tract tissue specimens
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1484-1489; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1484 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility

Get checked abstract The European Orgalutran Study Group, G. Borm, and B. Mannaerts

Treatment with the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonist ganirelix in women undergoing ovarian stimulation with recombinant follicle stimulating hormone is effective, safe and convenient: results of a controlled, randomized, multicentre trial
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1490-1498; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1490 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joana Peñarrubia, Juan Balasch, Francisco Fábregues, Francisco Carmona, Roser Casamitjana, Vicenta Moreno, Josep M Calafell, and Juan A. Vanrell

Day 5 inhibin B serum concentrations as predictors of assisted reproductive technology outcome in cycles stimulated with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist–gonadotrophin treatment
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1499-1504; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1499 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E.C. Larsen, A. Loft, K. Holm, J. Müller, V. Brocks, and A.Nyboe Andersen

Oocyte donation in women cured of cancer with bone marrow transplantation including total body irradiation in adolescence
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1505-1508; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1505 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Contraception

Get checked abstract M. Hickey, D. Dwarte, and I.S. Fraser

Superficial endometrial vascular fragility in Norplant users and in women with ovulatory dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1509-1514; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1509 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cameron W. Martin, Simon C. Riley, Dawn Everington, Nigel P. Groome, Rudolph A. Riemersma, David T. Baird, and Richard A. Anderson

Dose-finding study of oral desogestrel with testosterone pellets for suppression of the pituitary–testicular axis in normal men
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1515-1524; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1515 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology

Get checked abstract Esko J. Wiltshire, Sean P. Flaherty, and Richard T.L. Couper

Hepatocyte growth factor in human semen and its association with semen parameters
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1525-1528; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1525 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Q.Van Dyk, S. Lanzendorf, P. Kolm, G.D. Hodgen, and M.C. Mahony

Incidence of aneuploid spermatozoa from subfertile men: selected with motility versus hemizona-bound
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1529-1536; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1529 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B.Bar-Shira Maymon, G. Paz, D.J. Elliott, I. Hammel, S.E. Kleiman, L. Yogev, R. Hauser, A. Botchan, and H. Yavetz

Maturation phenotype of Sertoli cells in testicular biopsies of azoospermic men
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1537-1542; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1537 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. Yamanaka, M. Fujisawa, H. Tanaka, H. Okada, S. Arakawa, and S. Kamidono

Significance of human testicular mast cells and their subtypes in male infertility
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1543-1547; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1543 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ramazan Mercan, Bulent Urman, Cengiz Alatas, Senai Aksoy, Alp Nuhoglu, Aycan Isiklar, and Basak Balaban

Outcome of testicular sperm retrieval procedures in non-obstructive azoospermia: percutaneous aspiration versus open biopsy
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1548-1551; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1548 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eilish T. Donnelly, Michael O'Connell, Neil McClure, and Sheena E.M. Lewis

Differences in nuclear DNA fragmentation and mitochondrial integrity of semen and prepared human spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1552-1561; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1552 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lene Larsen, Thomas Scheike, Tina Kold Jensen, Jens Peter Bonde, Erik Ernst, Niels Henrik Hjollund, Yue Zhou, Niels Erik Skakkebæk, Aleksander Giwercman, and The Danish First Pregnancy Planner Study Team

Computer-assisted semen analysis parameters as predictors for fertility of men from the general population
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1562-1567; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1562 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology

Get checked abstract S. Guerriero, S. Ajossa, M.P. Lai, V. Mais, A.M. Paoletti, and G.B. Melis

Transvaginal ultrasonography associated with colour Doppler energy in the diagnosis of hydrosalpinx
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1568-1572; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1568 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Surgery

Get checked abstract Anette C.E. Sjösten, Harold Ellis, and Greta A.B. Edelstam

Post-operative consequences of glove powder used pre-operatively in the vagina in the rabbit model
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1573-1577; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1573 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shabtai Romano, Moshe Bustan, Izhar Ben-Shlomo, and Eliezer Shalev

Case report: A novel surgical approach to obstructed hemiuterus: sonographically guided hysteroscopic correction
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1578-1579; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1578 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology

Get checked abstract N.R. Stoddart and S.D. Fleming

Orientation of the first polar body of the oocyte at 6 or 12 o'clock during ICSI does not affect clinical outcome
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1580-1585; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1580 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Oswaldien E. Claassens, J.Bernhard Wehr, and Keith L. Harrison

Optimizing sensitivity of the human sperm motility assay for embryo toxicity testing
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1586-1591; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1586 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T.A. Griffiths, A.P. Murdoch, and M. Herbert

Embryonic development in vitro is compromised by the ICSI procedure
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1592-1596; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1592 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hisao Ando, Miya Kobayashi, Shigeru Toda, Fumitaka Kikkawa, Tetsuo Masahashi, and Shigehiko Mizutani

Establishment of a ciliated epithelial cell line from human Fallopian tube
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1597-1603; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1597 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Genetics and genetic diagnosis

Get checked abstract D. Meschede, B. Lemcke, H.M. Behre, Ch. De Geyter, E. Nieschlag, and J. Horst

Clustering of male infertility in the families of couples treated with intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1604-1608; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1604 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Meschede, B. Lemcke, H.M. Behre, C.De Geyter, E. Nieschlag, and J. Horst

Non-reproductive heritable disorders in infertile couples and their first degree relatives
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1609-1612; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1609 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stéphane Viville, Stéphanie Warter, Jean-Marie Meyer, Christiane Wittemer, Maria Loriot, Richard Mollard, and Didier Jacqmin

Histological and genetic analysis and risk assessment for chromosomal aberration after ICSI for patients presenting with CBAVD
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1613-1618; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1613 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pregnancy and obstetrics

Get checked abstract Pierre Boulot, Jacques Vignal, Christine Vergnes, Hervé Dechaud, Jean-Michel Faure, and Bernard Hedon

Multifetal reduction of triplets to twins: a prospective comparison of pregnancy outcome
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1619-1623; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1619 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Raghad Al-Mufti, Henry Hambley, Gerard Albaiges, Christoph Lees, and Kypros H. Nicolaides

Increased fetal erythroblasts in women who subsequently develop pre-eclampsia
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1624-1628; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1624 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Bajo, F.J. Moreno-Calvo, L. Martinez-Cortés, F.J. Haya, and J. Rayward

Is trophoblastic thickness at the embryonic implantation site a new sign of negative evolution in first trimester pregnancy?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1629-1631; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1629 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M.J.O. Taylor, M.L. Denbow, S. Tanawattanacharoen, C. Gannon, P.M. Cox, and N.M. Fisk

Doppler detection of arterio-arterial anastomoses in monochorionic twins: feasibility and clinical application
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1632-1636; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1632 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract F.H. Rushworth, M. Backos, R. Rai, I.T. Chilcott, N. Baxter, and L. Regan

Prospective pregnancy outcome in untreated recurrent miscarriers with thyroid autoantibodies
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1637-1639; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1637 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Muttukrishna, R.A. North, J. Morris, J.-C. Schellenberg, R.S. Taylor, J. Asselin, W. Ledger, N. Groome, and C.W.G. Redman

Serum inhibin A and activin A are elevated prior to the onset of pre-eclampsia
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1640-1645; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1640 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laurie Montgomery Irvine and Malcolm L. Padwick

Case report: Serial serum HCG measurements in a patient with an ectopic pregnancy: a case for caution
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1646-1647; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1646 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

C. Stern, G. Baker, and L.W. Chamley

Antiphospholipid antibodies and reproductive failure
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1649-1650; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1649 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asher Shushan and Nathan Rojansky

Should hysteroscopy be a part of the basic infertility workup?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1650; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1650 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Girard

Meta-analysis on recombinant versus urinary follicle stimulating hormone
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1650-1651; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1650-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salim Daya and Joanne Gunby

Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1651-1652; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.7.1651 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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