Hum. Reprod. -- Table of Contents (17 [2])

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Contents: Volume 17, Number 2 February 2002   [Index by Author]

      Debate

      Opinion

      Reproductive biology

      Reproductive endocrinology

      Reproductive genetics

      Fertility control

      Infertility

      Andrology

      Embryology

      Gynaecology

      Early pregnancy

      Puberty, ageing and hormone replacement therapy

      Reproductive epidemiology

      Letters to the Editor

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Debate:

Mary Ann Lumsden: Embolization versus myomectomy versus hysterectomy: Which is best, when?
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 253-259; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.253 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Opinion:

Stéphane Viville and Yves Ménézo: Human embryo research in France
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 261-263; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.261 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive biology:

J. Zhang and L.A. Salamonsen: Expression of hypoxia-inducible factors in human endometrium and suppression of matrix metalloproteinases under hypoxic conditions do not support a major role for hypoxia in regulating tissue breakdown at menstruation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 265-274; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.265 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E. Yakirevich, O. Yanai, Y. Sova, E. Sabo, A. Stein, J. Hiss, and M.B. Resnick: Cytotoxic phenotype of intra-epithelial lymphocytes in normal and cryptorchid human testicular excurrent ducts
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 275-283; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.275 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. Szamatowicz, P. Laudanski, and I. Tomaszewska: Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1: a possible role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 284-288; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.284 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive endocrinology:

Hakan Yarali, Bülent O. Yildiz, Aygül Demirol, Hulusi B. Zeyneloglu, Nuray Yigit, Orhan Bükülmez, and Zehra Koray: Co-administration of metformin during rFSH treatment in patients with clomiphene citrate-resistant polycystic ovarian syndrome: a prospective randomized trial
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 289-294; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.289 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Karen E. Elkind-Hirsch, Kathy Phillips, Sandra M. Bello, Milton McNicho, and Dominique de Ziegler: Sequential hormonal supplementation with vaginal estradiol and progesterone gel corrects the effect of clomiphene on the endometrium in oligo-ovulatory women
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 295-298; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.295 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ioannis E. Messinis, Spyros Milingos, Elias Alexandris, Iordanis Mademtzis, George Kollios, and Konstantinos Seferiadis: Evidence of differential control of FSH and LH responses to GnRH by ovarian steroids in the luteal phase of the cycle
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 299-303; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.299 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jonas Harlin, A. Aanesen, G. Csemiczky, H. Wramsby, and G. Fried: Delivery rates following IVF treatment, using two recombinant FSH preparations for ovarian stimulation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 304-309; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.304 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ulun Ulug, Mustafa Bahceci, Halit F. Erden, Eliezer Shalev, and Izhar Ben-Shlomo: The significance of coasting duration during ovarian stimulation for conception in assisted fertilization cycles
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 310-313; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.310 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive genetics:

G. Tsanadis, G. Vartholomatos, I. Korkontzelos, F. Avgoustatos, G. Kakosimos, A. Sotiriadis, A. Tatsioni, A. Eleftheriou, and D. Lolis: Polycystic ovarian syndrome and thrombophilia
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 314-319; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.314 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M. Sbracia, M. Baldi, D. Cao, A. Sandrelli, A. Chiandetti, R. Poverini, and C. Aragona: Preferential location of sex chromosomes, their aneuploidy in human sperm, and their role in determining sex chromosome aneuploidy in embryos after ICSI
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 320-324; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.320 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Aimé Geneix, Benoît Schubert, André Force, Karen Rodet, Georges Briançon, and Daniel Boucher: Sperm analysis by FISH in a case of t(17; 22) (q11; q12) balanced translocation: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 325-331; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.325 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertility control:

Oi Shan Tang, Horst Schweer, H.W. Seyberth, Sharon W.H. Lee, and Pak Chung Ho: Pharmacokinetics of different routes of administration of misoprostol
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 332-336; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.332 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

Raed Salim, Izhar Ben-Shlomo, Raul Colodner, Yoram Keness, and Eliezer Shalev: Bacterial colonization of the uterine cervix and success rate in assisted reproduction: results of a prospective survey
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 337-340; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.337 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Buenaventura Coroleu, Pedro N. Barri, Olga Carreras, Francisca Martínez, Mónica Parriego, Lourdes Hereter, Nuria Parera, Anna Veiga, and Juan Balasch: The influence of the depth of embryo replacement into the uterine cavity on implantation rates after IVF: a controlled, ultrasound-guided study
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 341-346; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.341 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F.P. Biervliet, P. Lesny, S.D. Maguiness, J. Robinson, and S.R. Killick: Transmyometrial embryo transfer and junctional zone contractions
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 347-350; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.347 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Li-Wei Chien, Heng-Kien Au, Jean Xiao, and Chii-Ruey Tzeng: Fluid accumulation within the uterine cavity reduces pregnancy rates in women undergoing IVF
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 351-356; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.351 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. Nyboe Andersen, B. Popovic-Todorovic, K.T. Schmidt, A. Loft, A. Lindhard, A. Højgaard, S. Ziebe, F. Hald, B. Hauge, and B. Toft: Progesterone supplementation during early gestations after IVF or ICSI has no effect on the delivery rates: a randomized controlled trial
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 357-361; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.357 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michelle Plachot, Joëlle Belaisch-Allart, Jean-Marc Mayenga, Albert Chouraqui, Laurent Tesquier, and Alain Michel Serkine: Outcome of conventional IVF and ICSI on sibling oocytes in mild male factor infertility
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 362-369; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.362 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Papaioannou, M. Afnan, A. Coomarasamy, B. Ola, N. Hammadieh, D.H. Temperton, J.M. McHugo, and K. Sharif: Long term safety of fluoroscopically guided selective salpingography and tubal catheterization
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 370-372; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.370 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fritz Nagele, Michael O. Sator, Johanna Juza, and Johannes C. Huber: Successful pregnancy resulting from in-vitro matured oocytes retrieved at laparoscopic surgery in a patient with polycystic ovary syndrome: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 373-374; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.373 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

Joanna V. Abraham-Peskir, Eric Chantler, Erik Uggerhøj, and Jens Fedder: Response of midpiece vesicles on human sperm to osmotic stress
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 375-382; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.375 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hans-Peter Ejler Larsen, Jørgen Thorup, Lene Theil Skovgaard, Dina Cortes, and Anne Grete Byskov: Long-term cultures of testicular biopsies from boys with cryptorchidism: effect of FSH and LH on the number of germ cells
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 383-389; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.383 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Y. Hovav, H. Yaffe, B. Zentner, M. Dan-Goor, and M. Almagor: The use of ICSI with fresh and cryopreserved electroejaculates from psychogenic anejaculatory men
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 390-392; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.390 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Embryology:

Jonathan Van Blerkom, Patrick Davis, Vicky Mathwig, and Samuel Alexander: Domains of high-polarized and low-polarized mitochondria may occur in mouse and human oocytes and early embryos
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 393-406; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.393 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. Fenwick, P. Platteau, A.P. Murdoch, and M. Herbert: Time from insemination to first cleavage predicts developmental competence of human preimplantation embryos in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 407-412; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.407 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Magdalena Bielanska, Seang Lin Tan, and Asangla Ao: Chromosomal mosaicism throughout human preimplantation development in vitro: incidence, type, and relevance to embryo outcome
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 413-419; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.413 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K. Tsuchiya, Y. Kamiguchi, K. Sengoku, and M. Ishikawa: A cytogenetic study of in-vitro matured murine oocytes after ICSI by human sperm
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 420-425; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.420 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gynaecology:

M.A. Bedaiwy, T. Falcone, R.K. Sharma, J.M. Goldberg, M. Attaran, D.R. Nelson, and A. Agarwal: Prediction of endometriosis with serum and peritoneal fluid markers: a prospective controlled trial
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 426-431; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.426 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Toru Hachisuga and Tatsuhiko Kawarabayashi: Histopathological analysis of laparoscopically treated ovarian endometriotic cysts with special reference to loss of follicles
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 432-435; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.432 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.M. Bucceri, E. Somigliana, R. Matrone, G. Ferraris, G. Rossi, E. Grossi, and M. Vignali: Combination antiretroviral therapy in 100 HIV-1-infected pregnant women
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 436-441; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.436 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Early pregnancy:

R. Rai, M. Backos, S. Elgaddal, A. Shlebak, and L. Regan: Factor V Leiden and recurrent miscarriage—prospective outcome of untreated pregnancies
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 442-445; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.442 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.D. Stephenson, K.A. Awartani, and W.P. Robinson: Cytogenetic analysis of miscarriages from couples with recurrent miscarriage: a case–control study
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 446-451; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.446 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Natalie Greenwold and Eric Jauniaux: Collection of villous tissue under ultrasound guidance to improve the cytogenetic study of early pregnancy failure
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 452-456; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.452 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.B. Pinto, A.L. Schlein, and K.H. Moley: Preimplantation exposure to high insulin-like growth factor I concentrations results in increased resorption rates in vivo
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 457-462; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.457 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ruey-Jien Chen, Chien-Ts Chu, Su-Cheng Huang, Song-Nan Chow, and Chang-Yao Hsieh: Telomerase activity in gestational trophoblastic disease and placental tissue from early and late human pregnancies
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 463-468; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.463 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hideo Matsui, Yoshinori Iitsuka, Kiyomi Suzuka, Koji Yamazawa, Katsuyoshi Seki, and Souei Sekiya: Outcome of subsequent pregnancy after treatment for persistent gestational trophoblastic tumour
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 469-472; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.469 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Haruto Egawa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Takeshi Hirano, Takahiro Nakayama, Toshihiro Higuchi, Keiji Tatsumi, Takahide Mori, and Shingo Fujii: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells in early pregnancy promote invasion of human choriocarcinoma cell line, BeWo cells
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 473-480; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.473 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R. Räty, A. Virtanen, P. Koskinen, L. Anttila, J. Forsström, P. Laitinen, P. Mörsky, A. Tiitinen, and U. Ekblad: Serum free ß-HCG and alpha-fetoprotein levels in IVF, ICSI and frozen embryo transfer pregnancies in maternal mid-trimester serum screening for Down's syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 481-484; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.481 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Yuval Yaron, Ofer Lehavi, Avi Orr-Urtreger, Ilan Gull, Joseph B. Lessing, Ami Amit, and Dalit Ben-Yosef: Maternal serum HCG is higher in the presence of a female fetus as early as week 3 post-fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 485-489; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.485 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Afaf Felemban, Aref Sammour, and Togas Tulandi: Serum vascular endothelial growth factor as a possible marker for early ectopic pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 490-492; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.490 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shlomo Mashiach, Dahlia Admon, Gabriel Oelsner, Baram Paz, R. Achiron, and Yaron Zalel: Cervical Shirodkar cerclage may be the treatment modality of choice for cervical pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 493-496; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.493 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Puberty, ageing and hormone replacement therapy:

M. Perera, J.R. Petrie, C. Hillier, M. Small, N. Sattar, J.M.C. Connell, and M.A. Lumsden: Hormone replacement therapy can augment vascular relaxation in post-menopausal women with type 2 diabetes
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 497-502; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.497 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive epidemiology:

R. Slama, F. Eustache, B. Ducot, T.K. Jensen, N. Jørgensen, A. Horte, S. Irvine, J. Suominen, A.G. Andersen, J. Auger, M. Vierula, J. Toppari, A.N. Andersen, N. Keiding, N.E. Skakkebæk, A. Spira, and P. Jouannet: Time to pregnancy and semen parameters: a cross-sectional study among fertile couples from four European cities
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 503-515; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.503 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Aniruddha Malpani: PGD and sex selection
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 517; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.517 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Marco Filicori: The potential value of mid-follicular phase LH
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 517-520; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.517-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Juan Balasch: The potential value of mid-follicular phase LH
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 518-520; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.518 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mike Joffe: Myths about endocrine disruption and the male reproductive system should not be propagated
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 520-521; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.520 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kristina Thayer and Frederick S. vom Saal: Myths about endocrine disruption and the male reproductive system should not be propagated
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 521-523; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.521 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard P. Dickey and Roman Pyrzak: Ovarian artery resistance index as a marker of pituitary suppression
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 523; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.2.523 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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