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Contents: Volume 16, Number 10 October 2001   [Index by Author]

      Debates continued

      Reproductive biology

      Reproductive endocrinology

      Reproductive genetics

      Fertility control

      Infertility

      Andrology

      Embryology

      Gynaecology

      Early pregnancy

      Reproductive epidemiology

      Letters to the Editor

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Debates continued:

Glenn McGee, Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, and Andrea D. Gurmankin: Gamete donation and anonymity: Disclosure to children conceived with donor gametes should not be optional
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2033-2036; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2033 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pasquale Patrizio, Anna C. Mastroianni, and Luigi Mastroianni: Gamete donation and anonymity: Disclosure to children conceived with donor gametes should be optional
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2036-2038; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2036 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Phillip Matson: Screening standards in assisted reproduction technologies: The screening of semen donors—where do we draw the line?
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2039; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2039 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive biology:

L. Tebourbi, A.M. Courtot, R. Duchateau, A. Loeuillet, J. Testart, and I. Cerutti: Experimental inoculation of male mice with murine cytomegalovirus and effect on offspring
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2041-2049; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. Pauwels, P.J.C. Schepens, T. D'Hooghe, L. Delbeke, M. Dhont, A. Brouwer, and J. Weyler: The risk of endometriosis and exposure to dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls: a case–control study of infertile women
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2050-2055; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2050 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Samuel Kim, John Radford, Martin Harris, Jenny Varley, Anthony J. Rutherford, Brian Lieberman, Steven Shalet, and Roger Gosden: Ovarian tissue harvested from lymphoma patients to preserve fertility may be safe for autotransplantation
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2056-2060; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2056 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive endocrinology:

S. Greisen, T. Ledet, and P. Ovesen: Effects of androstenedione, insulin and luteinizing hormone on steroidogenesis in human granulosa luteal cells
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2061-2065; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2061 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lilliana Ciotta, Aldo E. Calogero, Marco Farina, Vincenzo De Leo, Antonio La Marca, and Antonio Cianci: Clinical, endocrine and metabolic effects of acarbose, an ${alpha}$ -glucosidase inhibitor, in PCOS patients with increased insulin response and normal glucose tolerance
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2066-2072; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N. Lédée-Bataille, G. Laprée-Delage, J.L. Taupin, S. Dubanchet, J. Taieb, J.F. Moreau, and G. Chaouat: Follicular fluid concentration of leukaemia inhibitory factor is decreased among women with polycystic ovarian syndrome during assisted reproduction cycles
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2073-2078; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2073 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Devran Gökyar, Arif Kökçü, Filiz Yanik, Mehmet B. Çetinkaya, Tayfun Alper, and Erdal Malatyalioglu: Basal and day 12 inhibin concentrations in the prediction of ovarian response to gonadotrophins in women with PCOS
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2079-2083; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2079 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive genetics:

C. Rubio, M. Gil-Salom, C. Simón, F. Vidal, L. Rodrigo, Y. Mínguez, J. Remohí, and A. Pellicer: Incidence of sperm chromosomal abnormalities in a risk population: relationship with sperm quality and ICSI outcome
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2084-2092; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2084 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Raphaële Nove Josserand, Faïza Bey-Omar, Jacques Rollet, Hervé Lejeune, Dominique Boggio, Denis Vital Durand, and Isabelle Durieu: Cystic fibrosis phenotype evaluation and paternity outcome in 50 males with congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2093-2097; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2093 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertility control:

Julia Bartley, Audrey Brown, Rob Elton, and David T. Baird: Double-blind randomized trial of mifepristone in combination with vaginal gemeprost or misoprostol for induction of abortion up to 63 days gestation
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2098-2102; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2098 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T. Maruo, J.B. Laoag-Fernandez, P. Pakarinen, H. Murakoshi, I.M. Spitz, and E. Johansson: Effects of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system on proliferation and apoptosis in the endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2103-2108; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

W. Kuczynski, M. Dhont, C. Grygoruk, D. Grochowski, S. Wolczynski, and M. Szamatowicz: The outcome of intracytoplasmic injection of fresh and cryopreserved ejaculated spermatozoa—a prospective randomized study
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2109-2113; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2109 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ghazala Sikandar Basir, Tina Poy Wing Lam, Ming Tak Chau, Ernest Hung Yu Ng, Wai-sum O, and Pak Chung Ho: Colour Doppler analysis of peri-implantation utero-ovarian haemodynamics in women with excessively high oestradiol concentrations after ovarian stimulation
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2114-2117; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2114 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

James S. Meriano, Jennifer Alexis, Shirin Visram-Zaver, Micheal Cruz, and Robert F. Casper: Tracking of oocyte dysmorphisms for ICSI patients may prove relevant to the outcome in subsequent patient cycles
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2118-2123; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2118 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rosa Tur, Pedro N. Barri, Buenaventura Coroleu, Rosario Buxaderas, Francisca Martínez, and Juan Balasch: Risk factors for high-order multiple implantation after ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophins: evidence from a large series of 1878 consecutive pregnancies in a single centre
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2124-2129; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2124 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ghina S. Ghazeeri and William H. Kutteh: Immunological testing and treatment in reproduction: frequency assessment of practice patterns at assisted reproduction clinics in the USA and Australia
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2130-2135; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2130 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Marianne Bergère, Raoul Lombroso, Myriam Gombault, Robert Wainer, and Jacqueline Selva: An idiopathic infertility with oocytes metaphase I maturation block: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2136-2138; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2136 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

Akiko Okada, Hiroaki Igarashi, Masaru Kuroda, Keiji Terao, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, and Tadashi Sankai: Cryopreservation-induced acrosomal vesiculation in live spermatozoa from cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2139-2147; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2139 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Alessandro Schuffner, Mahmood Morshedi, and Sergio Oehninger: Cryopreservation of fractionated, highly motile human spermatozoa: effect on membrane phosphatidylserine externalization and lipid peroxidation
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2148-2153; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2148 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Björn Rosenlund, Ulrik Kvist, Leif Plöen, Urban Ekström, and Outi Hovatta: Percutaneous cutting needle biopsies for histopathological assessment and sperm retrieval in men with azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2154-2159; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.J. Tomlinson, O. Moffatt, G.C. Manicardi, D. Bizzaro, M. Afnan, and D. Sakkas: Interrelationships between seminal parameters and sperm nuclear DNA damage before and after density gradient centrifugation: implications for assisted conception
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2160-2165; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2160 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Embryology:

A. Gabrielsen, S. Lindenberg, and K. Petersen: The impact of the zona pellucida thickness variation of human embryos on pregnancy outcome in relation to suboptimal embryo development. A prospective randomized controlled study
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2166-2170; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2166 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fu-Jen Huang, Tsung-Chieh J. Wu, and Meng-Yin Tsai: Effect of retinoic acid on implantation and post-implantation development of mouse embryos in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2171-2176; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2171 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andres Salumets, Christel Hydén-Granskog, Anne-Maria Suikkari, Aila Tiitinen, and Timo Tuuri: The predictive value of pronuclear morphology of zygotes in the assessment of human embryo quality
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2177-2181; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2177 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E. Mantoudis, B.T. Podsiadly, A. Gorgy, G. Venkat, and I.L. Craft: A comparison between quarter, partial and total laser assisted hatching in selected infertility patients
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2182-2186; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2182 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B.E. Reubinoff, M.F. Pera, G. Vajta, and A.O. Trounson: Effective cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells by the open pulled straw vitrification method
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2187-2194; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2187 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gynaecology:

Shlomo B. Cohen, Arnaud Wattiez, David Stockheim, Daniel S. Seidman, Arie L. Lidor, Shlomo Mashiach, and Mordechai Goldenberg: The accuracy of serum interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor as markers for ovarian torsion
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2195-2197; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2195 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rebecca B. Perkins, Janet E. Hall, and Kathryn A. Martin: Aetiology, previous menstrual function and patterns of neuro-endocrine disturbance as prognostic indicators in hypothalamic amenorrhoea
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2198-2205; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2198 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J.L. Anguenot, F. de Marval, P. Vassilakos, R. Auckenthaler, V. Ibéchéole, and A. Campana: Combined screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and squamous intra-epithelial lesions using a single liquid-based cervical sample
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2206-2210; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2206 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Katsuji Kokawa, Toshihiko Shikone, Tsutomu Otani, Rika Nishiyama, Yuki Ishii, Shigetaka Yagi, and Mareo Yamoto: Apoptosis and the expression of Bax and Bcl-2 in hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma of the uterine endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2211-2218; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2211 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Early pregnancy:

M. Makhseed, R. Raghupathy, F. Azizieh, A. Omu, E. Al-Shamali, and L. Ashkanani: Th1 and Th2 cytokine profiles in recurrent aborters with successful pregnancy and with subsequent abortions
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2219-2226; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Flávio Garcia Oliveira, Vicente Abdelmassih, André Luiz Eigenheer Costa, José Pedro Balmaceda, Soraya Abdelmassih, and Roger Abdelmassih: Rare association of ovarian implantation site for patients with heterotopic and with primary ectopic pregnancies after ICSI and blastocyst transfer: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2227-2229; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2227 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive epidemiology:

L.M. Irvine and M.E. Setchell: Declining incidence of ectopic pregnancy in a UK city health district between 1990 and 1999
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2230-2234; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2230 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T. Nyári, I. Cseh, M. Woodward, J. Szöllösi, M. Bak, and J. Deák: Screening for human papillomavirus infection in asymptomatic women in Hungary
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2235-2237; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2235 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ozkan Ozturk, Kathryn Armstrong, Siladitya Bhattacharya, and Allan Templeton: Fetal antecedents of male factor sub-fertility: how important is birthweight?
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2238-2241; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2238 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Etienne-Emile Baulieu, Daniel S. Seidman, and Selma Hajri: Mifepristone (RU486) and voluntary termination of pregnancy: enigmatic variations or anecdotal religion-based attitudes?
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2243-2244; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2243 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rune Jacobsen: Parental ages and the secondary sex ratio
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2244; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2244 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G. Schilling and R. Conrad: Secrecy and openness in donor offspring
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2244-2245; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2244-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Amanda J. Turner and Adrian Coyle: Secrecy and openness in donor offspring
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2245-2246; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2245 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

William H. James: Variation in the human sex ratio at birth with maternal age, parity and placental pathology
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2246-2247; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2246 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R. Bernabeu: Historical comment on the debate: embryo implantation is the rubicon for the GnRH antagonist, and answer
Hum. Reprod. 2001 16: 2247; doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2247 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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