Human Reproduction

Announcement

Lynn R. Fraser and Professor D.H. Barlow

Appointment of new Editor-in-Chief
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: i; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.0I [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Analysis

Get checked abstract Jan A.M. Kremer, Didi D.M. Braat, and Johannes L.H. Evers

Geographical distribution of publications in Human Reproduction and Fertility and Sterility in the 1990s
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1653-1656; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1653 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debate

Get checked abstract Samuel F. Marcus, Susan M. Avery, Naim Abusheikha, Nisrin K. Marcus, and Peter R. Brinsden

The case for routine HIV screening before IVF treatment: A survey of UK IVF centre policies
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1657-1661; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1657 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debate Continued

Allan Templeton

Avoiding multiple pregnancies in ART: Replace as many embryos as you like—one at a time
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1662; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1662 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

François Olivennes

Avoiding multiple pregnancies in ART: Double trouble: yes a twin pregnancy is an adverse outcome
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1663-1665; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1663 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive physiology

Get checked abstract Non Thomas, Royston Goodacre, Éadaoin M. Timmins, Marco Gaudoin, and Richard Fleming

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of follicular fluids from large and small antral follicles
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1667-1671; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1667 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive pathology

Get checked abstract Philippa J. Marsden, Alison P. Murdoch, and Roy Taylor

Adipocyte insulin action in hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1672-1678; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1672 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility

Get checked abstract J.H. Check, C. Dietterich, D. Lurie, and A. Nazari

No evidence of increased uterine vascular impedance with patient ageing following IVF
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1679-1684; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1679 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A.L. Mikkelsen, S. Smith, and S. Lindenberg

Impact of oestradiol and inhibin A concentrations on pregnancy rate in in-vitro oocyte maturation
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1685-1690; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1685 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Schats, P.De Sutter, S. Bassil, J.A.M. Kremer, H. Tournaye, J. Donnez, and on behalf of The Feronia and Apis study group

Ovarian stimulation during assisted reproduction treatment: a comparison of recombinant and highly purified urinary human FSH
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1691-1697; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1691 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Yaman, T. Ebner, M. Sommergruber, J. Hartl, W. Pölz, and G. Tews

Three-dimensional endometrial volume estimation as a predictor of pituitary down-regulation in an IVF–embryo transfer programme
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1698-1702; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1698 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract W.C.L. Ford, Kate North, Hazel Taylor, Alexandra Farrow, M.G.R. Hull, Jean Golding, and the ALSPAC Study Team

Increasing paternal age is associated with delayed conception in a large population of fertile couples: evidence for declining fecundity in older men
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1703-1708; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1703 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J.H. Check, M.L. Check, and D. Katsoff

Three pregnancies despite elevated serum FSH and advanced age: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1709-1712; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1709 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology

Get checked abstract Jan Tesarik, Carmen Mendoza, Reno Anniballo, and Ermanno Greco

In-vitro differentiation of germ cells from frozen testicular biopsy specimens
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1713-1716; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1713 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K.L. Larson, C.J. DeJonge, A.M. Barnes, L.K. Jost, and D.P. Evenson

Sperm chromatin structure assay parameters as predictors of failed pregnancy following assisted reproductive techniques
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1717-1722; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1717 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Rafet Gazvani, Simon J. Wood, Angus J.M. Thomson, Charles R. Kingsland, and D. Iwan Lewis-Jones

Assessment of testicular core temperatures using microwave thermography
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1723-1726; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1723 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Martínez, C. Mar, M. Azcárate, P. Pascual, J.M. Aritzeta, and A. López-Urrutia

Sperm motility index: a quick screening parameter from sperm quality analyser-IIB to rule out oligo- and asthenozoospermia in male fertility study
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1727-1733; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1727 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract José L. Ballescá, Juan Balasch, Josep M Calafell, Ricardo Alvarez, Francisco Fábregues, M Jesús Martinez de Osaba, Carlos Ascaso, and Juan A. Vanrell

Serum inhibin B determination is predictive of successful testicular sperm extraction in men with non-obstructive azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1734-1738; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1734 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Rossato, M. Zorzi, A. Ferlin, A. Garolla, and C. Foresta

Effects of cryopreservation on progesterone-induced ion fluxes and acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1739-1743; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1739 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology

Get checked abstract V. Anaf, Ph. Simon, I. El Nakadi, I. Fayt, F. Buxant, Th. Simonart, M.-O. Peny, and J.-C. Noel

Relationship between endometriotic foci and nerves in rectovaginal endometriotic nodules
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1744-1750; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1744 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Surgery

Get checked abstract Arnaud Fauconnier, Jean-Bernard Dubuisson, Pierre-Yves Ancel, and Charles Chapron

Prognostic factors of reproductive outcome after myomectomy in infertile patients
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1751-1757; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1751 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carlos Roger Molinas and Philippe Robert Koninckx

Hypoxaemia induced by CO₂ or helium pneumoperitoneum is a co-factor in adhesion formation in rabbits
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1758-1763; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1758 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shelagh J.S. Verco, Elizabeth M. Peers, Colin B. Brown, Kathleen E. Rodgers, Norma Roda, and Gere diZerega

Development of a novel glucose polymer solution (icodextrin) for adhesion prevention: pre-clinical studies
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1764-1772; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1764 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Fernandez, A. Gervaise, and R. de Tayrac

Operative hysteroscopy for infertility using normal saline solution and a coaxial bipolar electrode: a pilot study
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1773-1775; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1773 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology

Get checked abstract Yves Ménézo and Yona Barak

Comparison between day-2 embryos obtained either from ICSI or resulting from short insemination IVF: influence of maternal age
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1776-1780; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1776 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M.C. Magli, G.M. Jones, L. Gras, L. Gianaroli, I. Korman, and A.O. Trounson

Chromosome mosaicism in day 3 aneuploid embryos that develop to morphologically normal blastocysts in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1781-1786; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1781 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Se-Pill Park, Eun Young Kim, Jong Hoon Oh, Hwa Kyung Nam, Keum Sil Lee, Sae Young Park, Eun Mi Park, San Hyun Yoon, Kil Saeng Chung, and Jin Ho Lim

Ultra-rapid freezing of human multipronuclear zygotes using electron microscope grids
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1787-1790; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1787 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael C. Summers, Lynda K. McGinnis, Joel A. Lawitts, Michael Raffin, and John D. Biggers

IVF of mouse ova in a simplex optimized medium supplemented with amino acids
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1791-1801; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1791 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Y. Yokota, S. Sato, M. Yokota, Y. Ishikawa, M. Makita, T. Asada, and Y. Araki

Successful pregnancy following blastocyst vitrification: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1802-1803; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1802 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Genetics and genetic diagnosis

Get checked abstract Raphael Ron-El, Devorah Strassburger, Soli Gelman-Kohan, Shevach Friedler, Arie Raziel, and Zvi Appelman

A 47,XXY fetus conceived after ICSI of spermatozoa from a patient with non-mosaic Klinefelter's syndrome: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1804-1806; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1804 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pregnancy and obstetrics

Get checked abstract Irma de Luca Brunori, Lorella Battini, Maurizio Simonelli, Francesco Clemente, Elena Brunori, Maria L. Mariotti, and Andrea R. Genazzani

Increased HLA-DR homozygosity associated with pre-eclampsia
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1807-1812; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1807 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T.N. Leung, Tony K.H. Chung, Gemma Madsen, C.W.K. Lam, Peggo K.W. Lam, William A.W. Walters, and Roger Smith

Analysis of mid-trimester corticotrophin-releasing hormone and -fetoprotein concentrations for predicting pre-eclampsia
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1813-1818; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1813 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Koudstaal, D.D.M. Braat, H.W. Bruinse, N. Naaktgeboren, J.P.W. Vermeiden, and G.H.A. Visser

Obstetric outcome of singleton pregnancies after IVF: a matched control study in four Dutch university hospitals
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1819-1825; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1819 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T.T. Lao and L.F. Ho

Impaired glucose tolerance and pregnancy outcome in Chinese women with high body mass index
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1826-1829; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1826 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hatem A. Mousa and Zarko Alfirevic1

Do placental lesions reflect thrombophilia state in women with adverse pregnancy outcome?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1830-1833; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1830 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract O. Ogueh, G. Khastgir, A. Abbas, J. Jones, K.H. Nicolaides, J.W. Studd, J. Alaghband-Zadeh, and M.R. Johnson

The feto–placental unit stimulates the pregnancy-associated increase in maternal bone metabolism
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1834-1837; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1834 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gian Mario Tiboni and Franca Giampietro

Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis causes preterm delivery in the mouse
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1838-1842; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1838 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T.T. Lao, K.-F. Tam, and L.Y. Chan

Third trimester iron status and pregnancy outcome in non-anaemic women; pregnancy unfavourably affected by maternal iron excess
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1843-1848; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1843 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Psychology

Get checked abstract Olga van den Akker

The importance of a genetic link in mothers commissioning a surrogate baby in the UK
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1849-1855; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1849 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ESHRE

Get checked abstract The ESHRE Capri Workshop Group

Multiple gestation pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1856-1864; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1856 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract The ESHRE Capri Workshop Group

Continuation rates for oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1865-1871; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1865 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

M. Nisolle and J. Donnez

Laparascopic management of a unicornuate uterus with two cavitated, non-communicating rudimentary horns
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1873; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1873 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.R. Nezhat and K.S. Smith

Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1873-1874; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1873-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel F. Rychlik

Regarding recall bias in the association between idiopathic premature ovarian failure and fragile X premutation
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1874; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1874 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Marozzi

Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1874-1875; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1874-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Talia Eldar-Geva and Alan O. Trounson

Antiphospholipid antibodies and reproductive failure
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1875-1876; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1875 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernd Rosenbusch and Michael Schneider

Hypotriploid tripronuclear oocytes with two polar bodies obtained after ICSI: is irregular chromatid segregation involved?
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1876-1877; doi:10.1093/humrep/15.8.1876 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Erratum
Hum. Reprod. 2000 15: 1877. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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