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Contents: Volume 17, Number 5 May 2002   [Index by Author]

      Editorial

      Debate

      Opinion

      Reproductive genetics

      Reproductive biology

      Reproductive endocrinology

      Fertility Control

      Infertility

      Andrology

      Embryology

      Gynaecology

      Early pregnancy

      Puberty, ageing and hormone replacement therapy

      Reproductive epidemiology

      Ethics and Society

      ESHRE

      Letters to the Editor

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Editorial:

David H. Barlow: The children of assisted reproduction_the need for an ongoing debate
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1133-1134; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1133 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debate:

D.J. Cahill: What is the optimal medical management of infertility and minor endometriosis?: Analysis and future prospects
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1135-1140; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1135 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Annika Strandell and Anette Lindhard: Why does hydrosalpinx reduce fertility?: The importance of hydrosalpinx fluid
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1141-1145; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1141 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

O. Ozturk, M. Greaves, and A. Templeton: Aspirin Dilemma: Remodelling the hypothesis from a fertility perspective
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1146-1148; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1146 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Opinion:

R.T. Mansour and M.A. Aboulghar: Optimizing the embryo transfer technique
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1149-1153; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1149 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive genetics:

B. Benzacken, L. Carbillon, C. Dupont, J.P. Siffroi, F. Monier-Gavelle, M. Bucourt, M. Uzan, and J.P. Wolf: Lack of submicroscopic rearrangements involving telomeres in reproductive failures
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1154-1157; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1154 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Chamayou, C. Alecci, C. Ragolia, A. Giambona, S. Siciliano, A. Maggio, M. Fichera, and A. Guglielmino: Successful application of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for ß-thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia in Italy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1158-1165; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1158 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Vaidehi Jobanputra, Antonio Sobrino, Ann Kinney, Jennie Kline, and Dorothy Warburton: Multiplex interphase FISH as a screen for common aneuploidies in spontaneous abortions
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1166-1170; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1166 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive biology:

C.A. Hodges, A. Ilagan, D. Jennings, R. Keri, J. Nilson, and P.A. Hunt: Experimental evidence that changes in oocyte growth influence meiotic chromosome segregation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1171-1180; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1171 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leila M. Mitchell, C. Richard Kennedy, and Geraldine M. Hartshorne: Effects of varying gonadotrophin dose and timing on antrum formation and ovulation efficiency of mouse follicles in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1181-1188; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1181 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.J. Vincent, J. Zhang, A. Östör, P.A.W. Rogers, B. Affandi, G. Kovacs, and L.A. Salamonsen: Decreased tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase in the endometrium of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate: a role for altered endometrial matrix metalloproteinase/tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase balance in the pathogenesis of abnormal uterine bleeding?
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1189-1198; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lara S. Gambino, Nigel G. Wreford, John F. Bertram, Peter Dockery, Fiona Lederman, and Peter A.W. Rogers: Angiogenesis occurs by vessel elongation in proliferative phase human endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1199-1206; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1199 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive endocrinology:

Sheila Loh, Jim X. Wang, and Colin D. Matthews: The influence of body mass index, basal FSH and age on the response to gonadotrophin stimulation in non-polycystic ovarian syndrome patients
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1207-1211; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P.E. Egbase, M. Al Sharhan, and J.G. Grudzinskas: ‘Early coasting' in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome is consistent with good clinical outcome
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1212-1216; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1212 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T. Al-Shawaf, A. Zosmer, A. Tozer, C. Gillott, A.M. Lower, and J.G. Grudzinskas: Value of measuring serum FSH in addition to serum estradiol in a coasting programme to prevent severe OHSS
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1217-1221; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1217 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertility Control:

C.Y.G. Wong, E.H.Y. Ng, S.W. Ngai, and P.C. Ho: A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the use of conscious sedation in conjunction with paracervical block for reducing pain in termination of first trimester pregnancy by suction evacuation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1222-1225; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1222 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Duolao Wang and Dan R. Altmann: Socio-demographic determinants of intrauterine device use and failure in China
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1226-1232; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1226 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

Ernest Hung Yu Ng, Benyu Miao, and Pak Chung Ho: Anxiolytic premedication reduces preoperative anxiety and pain during oocyte retrieval. A randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1233-1238; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1233 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Basak Balaban, Bulent Urman, Cengiz Alatas, Ramazan Mercan, Alper Mumcu, and Aycan Isiklar: A comparison of four different techniques of assisted hatching
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1239-1243; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1239 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J.H. Check, J.K. Choe, G. Lee, and C. Dietterich: The effect on IVF outcome of small intramural fibroids not compressing the uterine cavity as determined by a prospective matched control study
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1244-1248; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1244 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N. Lédée-Bataille, F. Olivennes, J-L. Lefaix, G. Chaouat, R. Frydman, and S. Delanian: Combined treatment by pentoxifylline and tocopherol for recipient women with a thin endometrium enrolled in an oocyte donation programme
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1249-1253; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1249 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.Y. Silverman, S.R. Stephens, M.T. Drouin, R.G. Zack, J. Osborne, and S.A. Ericsson: Female sex selection using clomiphene citrate and albumin separation of human sperm
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1254-1256; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1254 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

Carole Marchetti, Guillaume Obert, André Deffosez, Pierre Formstecher, and Philippe Marchetti: Study of mitochondrial membrane potential, reactive oxygen species, DNA fragmentation and cell viability by flow cytometry in human sperm
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1257-1265; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1257 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Han-Ming Shen, Jun Dai, Sin-Eng Chia, Alvin Lim, and Choon-Nam Ong: Detection of apoptotic alterations in sperm in subfertile patients and their correlations with sperm quality
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1266-1273; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1266 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S.M. Duty, N.P. Singh, L. Ryan, Z. Chen, C. Lewis, T. Huang, and R. Hauser: Reliability of the comet assay in cryopreserved human sperm
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1274-1280; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1274 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Coralie Pallier, Lamia Tebourbi, Stéphanie Chopineau-Proust, Damien Schoevaert, Patrice Nordmann, Jacques Testart, and Anne-Marie Courtot: Herpesvirus, cytomegalovirus, human sperm and assisted fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1281-1287; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1281 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P. Inaudi, S. Petrilli, A. Joghtapour, P. Trusso, and F. Petraglia: Reduction of steps in the preparation of motile sperm for intrauterine insemination does not reduce efficacy of the procedure: simplified one-step swim-up method versus classic swim-up
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1288-1291; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1288 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F. Devillard, C. Metzler-Guillemain, R. Pelletier, C. DeRobertis, U. Bergues, S. Hennebicq, M. Guichaoua, B. Sèle, and S. Rousseaux: Polyploidy in large-headed sperm: FISH study of three cases
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1292-1298; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1292 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L. Björndahl, C.L.R. Barratt, L.R. Fraser, U. Kvist, and D. Mortimer: ESHRE basic semen analysis courses 1995–1999: immediate beneficial effects of standardized training
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1299-1305; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1299 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Embryology:

W.E. Roudebush, J.D. Wininger, A.E. Jones, G. Wright, A.A. Toledo, H.I. Kort, J.B. Massey, and D.B. Shapiro: Embryonic platelet-activating factor: an indicator of embryo viability
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1306-1310; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1306 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Siqin Bao, Yayoi Obata, Yukiko Ono, Nana Futatsumata, Shueo Niimura, and Tomohiro Kono: Nuclear competence for maturation and pronuclear formation in mouse oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1311-1316; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1311 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T. Ebner, M. Moser, C. Yaman, M. Sommergruber, J. Hartl, K. Jesacher, and G. Tews: Prospective hatching of embryos developed from oocytes exhibiting difficult oolemma penetration during ICSI
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1317-1320; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1317 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fabrice Guerif, Rachel Bidault, Veronique Cadoret, Marie-Laure Couet, Jacques Lansac, and Dominique Royere: Parameters guiding selection of best embryos for transfer after cryopreservation: a reappraisal
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1321-1326; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1321 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

U. Zollner, K.-P. Zollner, G. Hartl, J. Dietl, and T. Steck: The use of a detailed zygote score after IVF/ICSI to obtain good quality blastocysts: the German experience
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1327-1333; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1327 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gynaecology:

C. Chapron, A. Fauconnier, F. Goffinet, G. Bréart, and J.B. Dubuisson: Laparoscopic surgery is not inherently dangerous for patients presenting with benign gynaecologic pathology. Results of a meta-analysis
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1334-1342; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1334 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Salih Sadik, Omur Taskin, Salim Sehirali, Inanc Mendilcioglu, A.Seçkin Önoglu, Sinan Kursun, and James M. Wheeler: Complex Müllerian malformation: report of a case with a hypoplastic non-cavitated uterus and two rudimentary horns: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1343-1344; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1343 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Early pregnancy:

L. Bricker and R.G. Farquharson: Types of pregnancy loss in recurrent miscarriage: implications for research and clinical practice
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1345-1350; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1345 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.O. Babawale, M.A. Mobberley, T.A. Ryder, M.G. Elder, and M.H.F. Sullivan: Ultrastructure of the early human feto-maternal interface co-cultured in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1351-1357; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1351 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Arie Herman, Eli Dreazen, Joseph Tovbin, Zvi Weinraub, Yan Bukovsky, and Ron Maymon: Comparison between disclosure and non-disclosure approaches for trisomy 21 screening tests
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1358-1362; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1358 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hun-Shan Pan, Jesse Chuang, Su-Fang Chiu, Bih-Chwen Hsieh, Yu-Hung Lin, Yieh-Loong Tsai, Shih-Chia Huang, Mei-Ling Hsieh, Chin-Yu Chen, and Jiann-Loung Hwang: Heterotopic triplet pregnancy: report of a case with bilateral tubal pregnancy and an intrauterine pregnancy: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1363-1366; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1363 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Puberty, ageing and hormone replacement therapy:

C.J.H. Kelnar, C. McKinnell, M. Walker, K.D. Morris, W.H.B. Wallace, P.T.K. Saunders, H.M. Fraser, and R.M. Sharpe: Testicular changes during infantile ‘quiescence’ in the marmoset and their gonadotrophin dependence: a model for investigating susceptibility of the prepubertal human testis to cancer therapy?
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1367-1378; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1367 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cairu Li, Kittisak Wilawan, Göran Samsioe, Jonas Lidfeldt, Carl-David Agardh, and Christina Nerbrand: Health profile of middle-aged women: The Women's Health in the Lund Area (WHILA) study
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1379-1385; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1379 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

May Wahab, John Thompson, Malcolm Whitehead, and Farook Al-Azzawi: The effect of a change in the dose of trimegestone on the pattern of bleeding in estrogen-treated post-menopausal women: 6 month extension of a dose-ranging study
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1386-1390; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1386 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive epidemiology:

Sari Koivurova, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Mika Gissler, Elina Hemminki, Ulla Sovio, and Marjo-Riitta Järvelin: Neonatal outcome and congenital malformations in children born after in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1391-1398; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1391 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David B. Dunson, Bernardo Colombo, and Donna D. Baird: Changes with age in the level and duration of fertility in the menstrual cycle
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1399-1403; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1399 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ethics and Society:

D. Rabinerson, A. Dekel, R. Orvieto, D. Feldberg, D. Simon, and B. Kaplan: Subsidised oocyte donation in Israel (1998–2000): results, costs and lessons
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1404-1406; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1404 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ESHRE:

ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law: III. Gamete and embryo donation
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1407-1408; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1407 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ESHRE Taskforce on Ethics and Law: IV. Stem cells
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1409-1410; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1409 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Richard P. Dickey and Roman Pyrzak: Prevention of high order multiple pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1411; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1411 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rosa Tur: Prevention of high order multiple pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1411-1412; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1411-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shee-Uan Chen, Yih-Ron Lien, Yi-Yi Tsai, Li-Jung Chang, Hong-Nerng Ho, and Yu-Shih Yang: Successful pregnancy occurred from slowly freezing human oocytes using the regime of 1.5 mol/l 1,2-propanediol with 0.3 mol/l sucrose
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1412; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1412 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R. Fabbri: Successful pregnancy occurred from slowly freezing human oocytes using the regime of 1.5 mol/l 1,2-propanediol with 0.3 mol/l sucrose
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1412-1413; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1412-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hesham Al-Inany: GnRH agonist versus antagonist therapy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1413; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1413 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J.A. Garcia-Velasco and A. Pellicer: GnRH agonist versus antagonist therapy
Hum. Reprod. 2002 17: 1413-1414; doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1413-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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