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Contents: Volume 19, Number 1 January 2004   [Index by Author]

      EDITORIAL

      DEBATE

      DEBATES-continued

      Reproductive biology

      Reproductive endocrinology

      Reproductive genetics

      Fertility control

      Infertility

      Andrology

      Embryology

      Gynaecology

      Early pregnancy

      Puberty, Age and HRT

      Letters to the editor

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EDITORIAL:

D.H. Barlow: A time for consensus and consistency of reporting in clinical studies and the importance of new basic research
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1-2; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh105 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DEBATE:

Jason K. Min, Sue A. Breheny, Vivien MacLachlan, and David L. Healy: What is the most relevant standard of success in assisted reproduction? The singleton, term gestation, live birth rate per cycle initiated: the BESST endpoint for assisted reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 3-7; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DEBATES-continued:

E. Garbe and S. Suissa: Issues to debate on the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study: Hormone replacement therapy and acute coronary outcomes: methodological issues between randomized and observational studies
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 8-13; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ariel Revel and Joseph Schenker: Ovarian tissue banking for cancer patients: is ovarian cortex cryopreservation presently justified?
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 14-19; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive biology:

A.Y. Demir, P.G. Groothuis, A.W. Nap, C. Punyadeera, A.F.P.M.de Goeij, J.L.H. Evers, and G.A.J. Dunselman: Menstrual effluent induces epithelial–mesenchymal transitions in mesothelial cells
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 21-29; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh042 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leila M. Mitchell, C.Richard Kennedy, and Geraldine M. Hartshorne: Expression of nitric oxide synthase and effect of substrate manipulation of the nitric oxide pathway in mouse ovarian follicles
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 30-40; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh032 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive endocrinology:

The Rotterdam ESHRE/ASRM-sponsored PCOS consensus workshop group: Revised 2003 consensus on diagnostic criteria and long-term health risks related to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 41-47; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh098 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kok-Min Seow, Chi-Chang Juan, Liang-Yi Wu, Yung-Pei Hsu, Wei-Ming Yang, Yieh-Loong Tsai, Jiann-Loung Hwang, and Low-Tone Ho: Serum and adipocyte resistin in polycystic ovary syndrome with insulin resistance
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 48-53; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G. Ragni, F. Alagna, C. Brigante, A. Riccaboni, M. Colombo, E. Somigliana, and P.G. Crosignani: GnRH antagonists and mild ovarian stimulation for intrauterine insemination: a randomized study comparing different gonadotrophin dosages
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 54-58; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive genetics:

H. Matsushita, T. Kurabayashi, M. Tomita, and K. Tanaka: Effects of vitamin D and estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms on the changes in lumbar bone mineral density with multiple pregnancies in Japanese women
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 59-64; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Jensen, Henrik Leffers, Jørgen H. Petersen, Anders Nyboe Andersen, Niels Jørgensen, Elisabeth Carlsen, Tina Kold Jensen, Niels E. Skakkebæk, and Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts: Frequent polymorphism of the mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma gene (POLG) in patients with normal spermiograms and unexplained subfertility
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 65-70; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh038 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Judith Gianotten, G.Henrike Westerveld, Nico J. Leschot, Michael W.T. Tanck, Richard J. Lilford, M.Paola Lombardi, and Fulco van der Veen: Familial clustering of impaired spermatogenesis: no evidence for a common genetic inheritance pattern
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 71-76; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh008 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertility control:

Pikee Saxena, Sudha Salhan, and Nivedita Sarda: Comparison between the sublingual and oral route of misoprostol for pre-abortion cervical priming in first trimester abortions
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 77-80; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. Aronsson, M. Bygdeman, and K. Gemzell-Danielsson: Effects of misoprostol on uterine contractility following different routes of administration
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 81-84; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C. Rørbye, M. Nørgaard, and L. Nilas: Prediction of late failure after medical abortion from serial ${beta}$ -hCG measurements and ultrasonography
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 85-89; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

Henk J. Out, Anthony Rutherford, Richard Fleming, Clement C.K. Tay, Geoffrey Trew, William Ledger, and David Cahill: A randomized, double-blind, multicentre clinical trial comparing starting doses of 150 and 200 IU of recombinant FSH in women treated with the GnRH antagonist ganirelix for assisted reproduction
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 90-95; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh044 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Valentine A. Akande, Linda P. Hunt, David J. Cahill, and Julian M. Jenkins: Differences in time to natural conception between women with unexplained infertility and infertile women with minor endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 96-103; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh045 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miriam Almagor, Albert Hazav, and Haim Yaffe: The levels of C-reactive protein in women treated by IVF
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 104-106; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh036 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.J. Tozer, T. Al-Shawaf, C.M.Y. Gillott, A.M. Lower, and J.G. Grudzinskas: Excessive follicular response to controlled ovarian stimulation in a woman with menopausal FSH levels: Case report
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 107-109; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Solvejg Unger, Markus Hoopmann, Rainer Bald, Dolores Foth, and Frank Nawroth: Monozygotic triplets and monozygotic twins after ICSI and transfer of two blastocysts: case report
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 110-113; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh039 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

Takumi Takeuchi, Liliana T. Colombero, Queenie V. Neri, Zev Rosenwaks, and Gianpiero D. Palermo: Does ICSI require acrosomal disruption? An ultrastructural study
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 114-117; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg511 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L. Rodrigo, C. Rubio, E. Mateu, C. Simón, J. Remohí, A. Pellicer, and M. Gil-Salom: Analysis of chromosomal abnormalities in testicular and epididymal spermatozoa from azoospermic ICSI patients by fluorescence in-situ hybridization
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 118-123; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Parvaneh Nikpoor, S.Javad Mowla, Mansoureh Movahedin, S.Amir-Mohsen Ziaee, and Taki Tiraihi: CatSper gene expression in postnatal development of mouse testis and in subfertile men with deficient sperm motility
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 124-128; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh043 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mohamed H. Moustafa, Rakesh K. Sharma, Julie Thornton, Edward Mascha, Mohammed A. Abdel-Hafez, Anthony J. Thomas, and Ashok Agarwal: Relationship between ROS production, apoptosis and DNA denaturation in spermatozoa from patients examined for infertility
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 129-138; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M.G. Buffone, G.F. Doncel, C.I. Marín Briggiler, M.H. Vazquez-Levin, and J.C. Calamera: Human sperm subpopulations: relationship between functional quality and protein tyrosine phosphorylation
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 139-146; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh040 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S.S. Tang, H. Gao, W.P. Robinson, B. Ho Yuen, and S. Ma: An association between sex chromosomal aneuploidy in sperm and an abortus with 45,X of paternal origin: possible transmission of chromosomal abnormalities through ICSI
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 147-151; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Embryology:

Takayuki Moriwaki, Nobuhiko Suganuma, Mina Hayakawa, Hiroko Hibi, Yoshinari Katsumata, Hidenori Oguchi, and Madoka Furuhashi: Embryo evaluation by analysing blastomere nuclei
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 152-156; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H. Shiloh, S.Lahav Baratz, M. Koifman, D. Ishai, D. Bidder, Z. Weiner-Meganzi, and M. Dirnfeld: The impact of cigarette smoking on zona pellucida thickness of oocytes and embryos prior to transfer into the uterine cavity
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 157-159; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh029 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gynaecology:

Seyide Soysal, Mehmet Emin Soysal, Suzan Ozer, Nyhat Gul, and Tugba Gezgin: The effects of post-surgical administration of goserelin plus anastrozole compared to goserelin alone in patients with severe endometriosis: a prospective randomized trial
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 160-167; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Edgardo Somigliana, Mirco Infantino, Massimo Candiani, Michele Vignali, Annalisa Chiodini, Mauro Busacca, and Mario Vignali: Association rate between deep peritoneal endometriosis and other forms of the disease: pathogenetic implications
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 168-171; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg513 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.-M. Steff, D. Gagné, M. Pagé, P. Hugo, and D. Gosselin: Concentration of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in serum samples from patients with endometriosis collected during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 172-178; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg514 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F.B. Lockhat, J.O. Emembolu, and J.C. Konje: The evaluation of the effectiveness of an intrauterine-administered progestogen (levonorgestrel) in the symptomatic treatment of endometriosis and in the staging of the disease
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 179-184; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carlos Roger Molinas, Maria Mercedes Binda, Karina Mailova, and Philippe Robert Koninckx: The rabbit nephrectomy model for training in laparoscopic surgery
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 185-190; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Early pregnancy:

Howard Carp, Rima Dardik, Aharon Lubetsky, Ophira Salomon, Regina Eskaraev, Esther Rosenthal, and Aida Inbal: Prevalence of circulating procoagulant microparticles in women with recurrent miscarriage: a case-controlled study
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 191-195; doi:10.1093/humrep/deg512 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E. Tuckerman, S.M. Laird, R. Stewart, M. Wells, and T.C. Li: Markers of endometrial function in women with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss: a comparison between morphologically normal and retarded endometrium
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 196-205; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F. Prefumo, N.J. Sebire, and B. Thilaganathan: Decreased endovascular trophoblast invasion in first trimester pregnancies with high-resistance uterine artery Doppler indices
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 206-209; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh037 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Puberty, Age and HRT:

N. Yesildaglar, S. Erkaya, D. Uygur, K. Göl, B. Bingöl, and Z. Günenç: Efficacy of pulsed estrogen therapy in relatively younger patients with surgically induced menopause
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 210-213; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor:

Francesco Orio, Stefano Palomba, Fulvio Zullo, Annamaria Colao, and Gaetano Lombardi: Are serum adiponectin levels really reduced in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome?
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 215; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh013 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dimitrios Panidis, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Anargyros Kourtis, and David Rousso: Reply: adiponectin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome reflect increased adiposity rather than insulin resistance
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 215-216; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh014 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susan A. Adeoya-Osiguwa and Lynn R. Fraser: Environmental estrogens and sperm function
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 216-217; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh015 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sebastiano Andò: Reply: environmental estrogens and sperm function
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 217; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh016 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Amir Lass: Recombinant FSH in alternative doses or versus urinary gonadotrophins for ovulation induction in subfertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 217-218; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh017 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M. van Wely, N. Bayram, and F. van der Veen: Reply: recombinant FSH in alternative doses or versus urinary gonadotrophins for ovulation induction in subfertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 218; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh018 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Claudio Bisioli: Sex ratio of births conceived during wartime
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 218-219; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh027 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Branko Zorn: Reply: sex ratio of births conceived during wartime
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 219-220; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh026 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simone Ferrero, David John Gillott, Paola Anserini, Valentino Remorgida, Børge Teisner, and Jurgis Gediminas Grudzinskas: Methodological concerns regarding levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in serum of patients with endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 220-221; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh033 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Danièle Gagné, Martin Pagé, Geneviève Robitaille, Patrice Hugo, and Diane Gosselin: Reply: Methological concerns regarding levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in serum of patients with endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 221; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh034 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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