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Contents: Volume 17, Number 1 January 2002   [Index by Author]

      Debate

      Opinion

      Reproductive genetics

      Reproductive biology

      Reproductive endocrinology

      Fertility control

      Infertility

      Andrology

      Embryology

      Gynaecology

      Early pregnancy

      Puberty, ageing and hormone replacement therapy

      ESHRE

      Letters to the Editor

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Debate:

Mohammad Fatum, Neri Laufer, and Alex Simon: Investigation of the infertile couple: Should diagnostic laparoscopy be performed after normal hysterosalpingography in treating infertility suspected to be of unknown origin?
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1-3; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Opinion:

S. Egozcue, J. Blanco, F. Vidal, and J. Egozcue: Diploid sperm and the origin of triploidy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 5-7; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michael M. Alper, Peter R. Brinsden, Robert Fischer, and Matts Wikland: Is your IVF programme good?
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 8-10; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. Malpani, A. Malpani, and D. Modi: Preimplantation sex selection for family balancing in India
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 11-12; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.11 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive genetics:

G.R. Dohle, D.J.J. Halley, J.O. Van Hemel, A.M.W. van den Ouwel, M.H.E.C. Pieters, R.F.A. Weber, and L.C.P. Govaerts: Genetic risk factors in infertile men with severe oligozoospermia and azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 13-16; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.13 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B. Peterlin, T. Kunej, J. Sinkovec, N. Gligorievska, and B. Zorn: Screening for Y chromosome microdeletions in 226 Slovenian subfertile men
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 17-24; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.17 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G.A. Palmer, J. Traeger-Synodinos, S. Davies, M. Tzetis, C. Vrettou, M. Mastrominas, and E. Kanavakis: Pregnancies following blastocyst stage transfer in PGD cycles at risk for ß-thalassaemic haemoglobinopathies
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 25-31; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.25 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Marianne Bergère, Robert Wainer, Valérie Nataf, Marc Bailly, Myriam Gombault, Yves Ville, and Jacqueline Selva: Biopsied testis cells of four 47,XXY patients: fluorescence in-situ hybridization and ICSI results
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 32-37; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.32 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive biology:

H. Newton, Y. Wang, N.P. Groome, and P. Illingworth: Inhibin and activin secretion during murine preantral follicle culture and following HCG stimulation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 38-43; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.38 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J.M. van Montfrans, M.H.A. van Hooff, F. Martens, and C.B. Lambalk: Basal FSH, estradiol and inhibin B concentrations in women with a previous Down's syndrome affected pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 44-47; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.44 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R.A. Cushman, C.M. Wahl, and J.E. Fortune: Bovine ovarian cortical pieces grafted to chick embryonic membranes: A model for studies on the activation of primordial follicles
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 48-54; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.48 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Schlatt, L. Foppiani, C. Rolf, G.F. Weinbauer, and E. Nieschlag: Germ cell transplantation into X-irradiated monkey testes
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 55-62; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.55 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K. Thomas, A.J. Thomson, V. Sephton, C. Cowan, S. Wood, G. Vince, C.R. Kingsland, and D.I. Lewis-Jones: The effect of gonadotrophic stimulation on integrin expression in the endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 63-68; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.63 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Y.C. Cheong, J.B. Shelton, S.M. Laird, M. Richmond, G. Kudesia, T.C. Li, and W.L. Ledger: IL-1, IL-6 and TNF- ${alpha}$ concentrations in the peritoneal fluid of women with pelvic adhesions
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 69-75; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.69 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive endocrinology:

D. Cibula, M. Fanta, M. Hill, G. Sindelka, J. Skrha, and J. Zivny: Insulin sensitivity in non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome during treatment with oral contraceptives containing low-androgenic progestin
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 76-82; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.76 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Joseph E. Peña, Peter L. Chang, Lai-King Chan, Khaled Zeitoun, Melvin H. Thornton, II, and Mark V. Sauer: Supraphysiological estradiol levels do not affect oocyte and embryo quality in oocyte donation cycles
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 83-87; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.83 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Randall B. Barnes, Anne B. Namnoum, Robert L. Rosenfield, and Lawrence C. Layman: The role of LH and FSH in ovarian androgen secretion and ovarian follicular development: Clinical studies in a patient with isolated FSH deficiency and multicystic ovaries: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 88-91; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.88 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertility control:

Premila W. Ashok, Avril Kidd, Gillian M.M. Flett, Ann Fitzmaurice, Wendy Graham, and Allan Templeton: A randomized comparison of medical abortion and surgical vacuum aspiration at 10–13 weeks gestation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 92-98; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.92 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Oi Shan Tang, Jieshuang Xu, Linan Cheng, Sharon W.H. Lee, and Pak Chung Ho: The effect of contraceptive pills on the measured blood loss in medical termination of pregnancy by mifepristone and misoprostol: a randomized placebo controlled trial
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 99-102; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.99 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

Joseph McDonnell, Angelique J. Goverde, Frans F.H. Rutten, and Jan P.W. Vermeiden: Multivariate Markov chain analysis of the probability of pregnancy in infertile couples undergoing assisted reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 103-106; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Arieh Raziel, Shevach Friedler, Morey Schachter, Deborah Strassburger, Eitan Mordechai, and Raphael Ron-El: Increased early pregnancy loss in IVF patients with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 107-110; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S.F. Lunn, H.M. Fraser, and H.D. Mason: Structure of the corpus luteum in the ovulatory polycystic ovary
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 111-117; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.A. Esposito, C. Coutifaris, and K.T. Barnhart: A moderately elevated day 3 FSH concentration has limited predictive value, especially in younger women
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 118-123; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.118 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Outi Hovatta, Viveca Söderström-Anttila, Tuija Foudila, Leena Tuomivaara, Kaisa Juntunen, Aila Tiitinen, and Kristiina Aittomäki: Pregnancies after oocyte donation in women with ovarian failure caused by an inactivating mutation in the follicle stimulating hormone receptor
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 124-127; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.124 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chin-Der Chen, Jehn-Hsiahn Yang, Ko-Chen Lin, Kuang-Han Chao, Hong-Nerng Ho, and Yu-Shih Yang: The significance of cytokines, chemical composition, and murine embryo development in hydrosalpinx fluid for predicting the IVF outcome in women with hydrosalpinx
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 128-133; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.128 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Weon-Young Son, San-Hyun Yoon, Suk-Won Lee, Yong Ko, Hye-Gyun Yoon, and Jin-Ho Lim: Blastocyst development and pregnancies after IVF of mature oocytes retrieved from unstimulated patients with PCOS after in-vivo HCG priming: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 134-136; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.134 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paul B. Miller, Thomas Price, John E. Nichols, Jr, and Lawrence Hill: Acute ureteral obstruction following transvaginal oocyte retrieval for IVF: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 137-138; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.137 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

S.J. Fasouliotis, A. Safran, A. Porat-Katz, A. Simon, N. Laufer, and A. Lewin: A high predictive value of the first testicular fine needle aspiration in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia for sperm recovery at the subsequent attempt
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 139-142; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.139 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ana Ivic, Helen Onyeaka, Alan Girling, Ian A. Brewis, Bolarinde Ola, Nahed Hammadieh, Spyros Papaioannou, and Christopher L.R. Barratt: Critical evaluation of methylcellulose as an alternative medium in sperm migration tests
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 143-149; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.143 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M. Schrader, M. Müller, W. Schulze, R. Heicappell, H. Krause, B. Straub, and K. Miller: Quantification of the expression level of the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of telomerase in testicular tissue specimens predicts successful sperm recovery
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 150-156; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.150 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Lahav-Baratz, E. Rothschild, B. Grach, M. Koifman, H. Shiloh, D. Ishai, and M. Dirnfeld: The value of sperm pooling and cryopreservation in patients with transient azoospermia or severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 157-160; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.157 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mário Sousa, Nieves Cremades, Cláudia Alves, Joaquina Silva, and Alberto Barros: Developmental potential of human spermatogenic cells co-cultured with Sertoli cells
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 161-172; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.161 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.G. Andersen, S. Ziebe, N. Jørgensen, J.H. Petersen, N.E. Skakkebæk, and A. Nyboe Andersen: Time to pregnancy in relation to semen quality assessed by CASA before and after sperm separation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 173-177; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.173 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Embryology:

Federica Moffa, Francesca Comoglio, Lewis C. Krey, James A. Grifo, Alberto Revelli, Marco Massobrio, and John Zhang: Germinal vesicle transfer between fresh and cryopreserved immature mouse oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 178-183; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jan Tesarik, Carmen Mendoza, and Ermanno Greco: Paternal effects acting during the first cell cycle of human preimplantation development after ICSI
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 184-189; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gynaecology:

T. Habara, M. Nakatsuka, H. Konishi, K. Asagiri, S. Noguchi, and T. Kudo: Elevated blood flow resistance in uterine arteries of women with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 190-194; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.190 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Margit Dueholm, Erik Lundorf, Joan Solberg Sørensen, Susanne Ledertoug, Frede Olesen, and Hanne Laursen: Reproducibility of evaluation of the uterus by transvaginal sonography, hysterosonographic examination, hysteroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 195-200; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.195 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hsien-An Pan, Meng-Hsing Wu, Yueh-Chin Cheng, Chin-Hsien Li, and Fong-Ming Chang: Quantification of Doppler signal in polycystic ovary syndrome using three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography: a possible new marker for diagnosis
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 201-206; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.201 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Early pregnancy:

Takahiro Nakayama, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Michiyuki Maeda, Takuya Inoue, Shinya Yoshioka, Takahide Mori, and Shingo Fujii: Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in early pregnancy promote embryo invasion in vitro: HCG enhances the effects of PBMC
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 207-212; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N. Lédée-Bataille, G. Laprée-Delage, J.-L. Taupin, S. Dubanchet, R. Frydman, and G. Chaouat: Concentration of leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) in uterine flushing fluid is highly predictive of embryo implantation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 213-218; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.213 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.A. MacLean, R. Wilson, C. Jenkins, H. Miller, and J.J. Walker: Interleukin-2 receptor concentrations in pregnant women with a history of recurrent miscarriage
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 219-220; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Puberty, ageing and hormone replacement therapy:

D.W. Cramer, R.L. Barbieri, A.R. Fraer, and B.L. Harlow: Determinants of early follicular phase gonadotrophin and estradiol concentrations in women of late reproductive age
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 221-227; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.221 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F. Clavel-Chapelon: Evolution of age at menarche and at onset of regular cycling in a large cohort of French women
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 228-232; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.228 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ESHRE:

ESHRE PGD Consortium Steering Committee: ESHRE Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Consortium: data collection III (May 2001)
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 233-246; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.233 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Yves J.R. Ménézo and Denny Sakkas: Monozygotic twinning: is it related to apoptosis in the embryo?
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 247-248; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.247 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pierre F. Ray, Arnold Munnich, Israël Nisand, René Frydman, Michel Vekemans, and Stéphane Viville: The place of ‘social sexing’ in medicine and science
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 248-249; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.248 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E.A. Joura, A. Nather, M. Hohlagschwandtner, and P. Husslein: Peritoneal closure and adhesions
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 249; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.249 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Togas Tulandi: Peritoneal closure and adhesions
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 249-250; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.249-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K. Osmanagaoglu, E. Kolibianakis, H. Tournaye, and P. Devroey: Estimation of spontaneous pregnancies in patients after unsuccessful ICSI treatment
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 250; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.250 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M. Almagor: Estimation of spontaneous pregnancies in patients after unsuccessful ICSI treatment
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 250-251; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.1.250-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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