Human Reproduction

Editorial:

David H. Barlow

Time to reflect on the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Study
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 1-3; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg117 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debates:

M. Canis, G. Mage, A. Wattiez, J.L. Pouly, and M.A. Bruhat

The ovarian endometrioma: why is it so poorly managed?: Laparoscopic treatment of large ovarian endometrioma: why such a long learning curve?
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 5-7; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandra J. Tanahatoe, Peter G.A. Hompes, and Cornelis B. Lambalk

Investigation of the infertile couple: Should diagnostic laparoscopy be performed in the infertility work up programme in patients undergoing intrauterine insemination?
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 8-11; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg034 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive biology:

Eske Bendsen, Anne Grete Byskov, Steen B. Laursen, Hans-Peter E. Larsen, Claus Y. Andersen, and Lars G. Westergaard

Number of germ cells and somatic cells in human fetal testes during the first weeks after sex differentiation
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 13-18; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg057 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenzo Kosaka, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Keiji Tatsumi, Shinya Yoshioka, Toshihiro Higuchi, Yukiyasu Sato, Takahiro Nakayama, and Shingo Fujii

Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells enhance cell–cell interaction between human endometrial epithelial cells and BeWo-cell spheroids
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 19-25; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Romeo, R. Ientile, P. Impellizzeri, N. Turiaco, M. Teletta, P. Antonuccio, M. Basile, and C. Gentile

Preliminary report on nitric oxide-mediated oxidative damage in adolescent varicocele
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 26-29; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annemiek W. Nap, Patrick G. Groothuis, Ayse Y. Demir, Jacques W.M. Maas, Gerard A.J. Dunselman, Anton F.P.M. de Goeij, and Johannes L.H. Evers

Tissue integrity is essential for ectopic implantation of human endometrium in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 30-34; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg033 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive endocrinology:

Peter Y.K. Yong, David T. Baird, K.Joo Thong, Alan S. McNeilly, and Richard A. Anderson

Prospective analysis of the relationships between the ovarian follicle cohort and basal FSH concentration, the inhibin response to exogenous FSH and ovarian follicle number at different stages of the normal menstrual cycle and after pituitary down-regulation
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 35-44; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jiann-Loung Hwang, Lee-Wen Huang, Bih-Chwen Hsieh, Yieh-Loong Tsai, Shih-Chia Huang, Chin-Yu Chen, Mei-Ling Hsieh, Pei-Hsin Chen, and Yu-Hung Lin

Ovarian stimulation by clomiphene citrate and hMG in combination with cetrorelix acetate for ICSI cycles
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 45-49; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Klein, L. Lobel, S. Pollak, B. Lustbader, R.T. Ogden, M.V. Sauer, and J.W. Lustbader

Development and characterization of a long-acting recombinant hFSH agonist
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 50-56; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lourdes Ibáñez and Francis de Zegher

Low-dose combination of flutamide, metformin and an oral contraceptive for non-obese, young women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 57-60; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg056 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fertility control:

D.T. Baird, A. Brown, H.O.D. Critchley, A.R. Williams, S. Lin, and L. Cheng

Effect of long-term treatment with low-dose mifepristone on the endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 61-68; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S.M. Borman, K.M. Schwinof, C. Niemeyer, K. Chwalisz, R.L. Stouffer, and M.B. Zelinski-Wooten

Low-dose antiprogestin treatment prevents pregnancy in rhesus monkeys and is reversible after 1 year of treatment
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 69-76; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Jay McGavigan, Peter Dockery, Vasiliki Metaxa-Mariatou, Dianne Campbell, Colin J.R. Stewart, Iain T. Cameron, and Steven Campbell

Hormonally mediated disturbance of angiogenesis in the human endometrium after exposure to intrauterine levonorgestrel
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 77-84; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salvatore Caruso, Luigi Maiolino, Salvatore Rugolo, Giorgia Intelisano, Marco Farina, Salvatore Cocuzza, and Agostino Serra

Auditory brainstem response in premenopausal women taking oral contraceptives
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 85-89; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility:

K. Oktay, E. Buyuk, O. Davis, I. Yermakova, L. Veeck, and Z. Rosenwaks

Fertility preservation in breast cancer patients: IVF and embryo cryopreservation after ovarian stimulation with tamoxifen
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 90-95; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg045 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masatoshi Hayashi, Kazunori Hoshimoto, and Takeyoshi Ohkura

Successful conception following Fallopian tube recanalization in infertile patients with a unilateral proximally occluded tube and a contralateral patent tube
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 96-99; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology:

S.A. Adeoya-Osiguwa, S. Markoulaki, V. Pocock, S.R. Milligan, and L.R. Fraser

17ß-Estradiol and environmental estrogens significantly affect mammalian sperm function
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 100-107; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg037 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fábio F. Pasqualotto, Antônio M. Lucon, Jorge Hallak, Plínio M. Góes, Luiz B. Saldanha, and Sami Arap

Induction of spermatogenesis in azoospermic men after varicocele repair
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 108-112; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg032 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B.D. Bavister, D.L. Kinsey, M. Lane, and D.K. Gardner

Recombinant human albumin supports hamster in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 113-116; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology:

W.H.B. Wallace, A.B. Thomson, and T.W. Kelsey

The radiosensitivity of the human oocyte
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 117-121; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Grøndahl, Jens Breinholt, Philip Wahl, Anthony Murray, Thomas Høst Hansen, Inger Færge, Carsten E. Stidsen, Kirsten Raun, and Christa Hegele-Hartung

Physiology of meiosis-activating sterol: endogenous formation and mode of action
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 122-129; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fu-Jen Huang, Chung-Chang Shen, Shiuh-Young Chang, Tsung-Chieh J. Wu, and Yan-Der Hsuuw

Retinoic acid decreases the viability of mouse blastocysts in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 130-136; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Weon-Young Son, San-Hyun Yoon, Hye-Jin Yoon, Sang-Min Lee, and Jin-Ho Lim

Pregnancy outcome following transfer of human blastocysts vitrified on electron microscopy grids after induced collapse of the blastocoele
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 137-139; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg029 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hélène Letur-Könirsch, Gille Collin, Christophe Sifer, Aviva Devaux, Frederique Kuttenn, Patrick Madelenat, Françoise Brun-Vezinet, Gerard Feldmann, and Jean-Louis Benifla

Safety of cryopreservation straws for human gametes or embryos: a study with human immunodeficiency virus-1 under cryopreservation conditions
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 140-144; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology:

Jeffrey M. Goldberg and Tommaso Falcone

Laparoscopic microsurgical tubal anastomosis with and without robotic assistance
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 145-147; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Hoffmann, F. Stanke-Labesque, R. Fanchin, N. Dilaï, J.C. Pons, and J.M. Ayoubi

Effects of L-arginine and sodium nitroprusside on the spontaneous contractility of human non-pregnant uterus
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 148-151; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sachiko Matsuzaki, Michel Canis, Rei Yokomizo, Nobuo Yaegashi, Maurice A. Bruhat, and Kunihiro Okamura

Expression of erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor in peritoneal endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 152-166; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Chapron, Arnaud Fauconnier, Marco Vieira, Habib Barakat, B. Dousset, Valeria Pansini, M.C. Vacher-Lavenu, and J.B. Dubuisson

Anatomical distribution of deeply infiltrating endometriosis: surgical implications and proposition for a classification
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 157-161; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Salim, L. Regan, B. Woelfer, M. Backos, and D. Jurkovic

A comparative study of the morphology of congenital uterine anomalies in women with and without a history of recurrent first trimester miscarriage
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 162-166; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg030 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Li-Ying Huang, Yu-Fan Cheng, Chao-Cheng Huang, Shiuh-Young Chang, and Fu-Tsai Kung

Incomplete vaginal expulsion of pyoadenomyoma with sepsis and focal bladder necrosis after uterine artery embolization for symptomatic adenomyosis: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 167-171; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Early pregnancy:

Hideo Matsui, Yoshinori Iitsuka, Koji Yamazawa, Naotake Tanaka, Katsuyoshi Seki, and Souei Sekiya

Changes in the incidence of molar pregnancies. A population-based study in Chiba Prefecture and Japan between 1974 and 2000
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 172-175; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg008 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oi Shan Tang, Winnie Nga Ting Lau, Ernest Hung Yu Ng, Sharon Wai Heung Lee, and Pak Chung Ho

A prospective randomized study to compare the use of repeated doses of vaginal with sublingual misoprostol in the management of first trimester silent miscarriages
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 176-181; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg013 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Rubio, C. Simón, F. Vidal, L. Rodrigo, T. Pehlivan, J. Remohí, and A. Pellicer

Chromosomal abnormalities and embryo development in recurrent miscarriage couples
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 182-188; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L.J. Salomon, H. Fernandez, A. Chauveaud, S. Doumerc, and R. Frydman

Successful management of a heterotopic Caesarean scar pregnancy: potassium chloride injection with preservation of the intrauterine gestation: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 189-191; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Puberty, ageing and hormone replacement therapy:

Stefano Palomba, Fabio Giuliano Numis, Giuseppe Mossetti, Domenico Rendina, Pietro Vuotto, Tiziana Russo, Fulvio Zullo, Carmine Nappi, and Vincenzo Nunziata

Raloxifene administration in post-menopausal women with osteoporosis: effect of different BsmI vitamin D receptor genotypes
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 192-198; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.L. Luborsky, P. Meyer, M.F. Sowers, E.B. Gold, and N. Santoro

Premature menopause in a multi-ethnic population study of the menopause transition
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 199-206; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive epidemiology:

P. Astolfi, L. Ulizzi, and L.A. Zonta

Changes in twinning rate: Italy 1950–1996
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 207-211; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg036 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ethics and Society:

A. Lalos, K. Daniels, C. Gottlieb, and O. Lalos

Recruitment and motivation of semen providers in Sweden
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 212-216; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Maureen Porter and Siladitya Bhattacharya

Caesarean Section and subfertility
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 217; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg038 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D.J. Murphy, G.M. Stirrat, and J. Heron

Caesarian section and subfertility
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 217-218; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg038 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen D. Keay, Patrick Vandekerckhove, and Julian M. Jenkins

Any effect of adjuvant low dose prednisolone on follicular development and embryo implantation may be masked by the concomitant use of aspirin
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 218-219; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg040 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Filippo Ubaldi

Any effect of adjuvant low dose prednisolone on follicular development and embryo implantation may be masked by the concomitant use of aspirin
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 219; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg041 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.H. Check

Oocytes from younger women with increased serum FSH are superior to those from older women with hypergonadotrophism
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 219-220; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg052 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yacoub Khalaf and Tarek El-Toukhy

Oocytes from younger women with increased serum FSH are superior to those from older women with hypergonadotrophism
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 220-221; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg053 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

C. Li, K. Wilawan, G. Samsioe, J. Lidfeldt, C.-D. Agardh, and C. Nebrand

Health profile in middle-aged women: The Women's Health in the Lund Area (WHILA) study
Hum. Reprod. 2003 18: 222; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg038 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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