Human Reproduction

DEBATES-continued:

Amir Lass

Assessment of ovarian reserve: Is there still a role for ovarian biopsy in the light of new data?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 467-469; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh118 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fady I. Sharara and Richard T. Scott

Assessment of ovarian reserve. Is there still a role for ovarian biopsy?: First do no harm!
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 470-471; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Aittomäki, U.-B. Wennerholm, C. Bergh, A. Selbing, J. Hazekamp, and K.-G. Nygren

Safety issues in assisted reproduction technology: Should ICSI patients have genetic testing before treatment? A practical proposition to help patient information
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 472-476; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh100 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kutluk Oktay and Murat Sonmezer

Ovarian tissue banking for cancer patients: Fertility preservation, not just ovarian cryopreservation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 477-480; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh152 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OPINION:

Spyros Papaioannou

A hypothesis for the pathogenesis and natural history of proximal tubal blockage
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 481-485; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Delbaere, G. Smits, O. Olatunbosun, R. Pierson, G. Vassart, and S. Costagliola

New insights into the pathophysiology of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. What makes the difference between spontaneous and iatrogenic syndrome?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 486-489; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh124 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

THE EUROPEAN IVF-MONITORING REPORT PROGRAMME:

The European IVF-monitoring programme (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), A. Nyboe Andersen, L. Gianaroli, and K.G. Nygren

Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2000. Results generated from European registers by ESHRE
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 490-503; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh129 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive endocrinology:

Jacoba A.M. de Boer, Cornelis B. Lambalk, Heleen H. Hendriks, Claire van Aken, Eduard A. van der Veen, and Joop Schoemaker

Growth hormone secretion is impaired but not related to insulin sensitivity in non-obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 504-509; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh122 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.J. Glueck, N. Goldenberg, P. Wang, M. Loftspring, and A. Sherman

Metformin during pregnancy reduces insulin, insulin resistance, insulin secretion, weight, testosterone and development of gestational diabetes: prospective longitudinal assessment of women with polycystic ovary syndrome from preconception throughout pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 510-521; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh109 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A.J. Tozer, R.K. Iles, E. Iammarrone, C.M.Y. Gillott, T. Al-Shawaf, and J.G. Grudzinskas

The effects of ‘coasting’ on follicular fluid concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor in women at risk of developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 522-528; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh096 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Vanky, K.Å. Salvesen, and S.M. Carlsen

Six-month treatment with low-dose dexamethasone further reduces androgen levels in PCOS women treated with diet and lifestyle advice, and metformin
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 529-533; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Guido, D. Romualdi, R. Suriano, M. Giuliani, B. Costantini, R. Apa, and A. Lanzone

Effect of pioglitazone treatment on the adrenal androgen response to corticotrophin in obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 534-539; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh145 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive genetics:

Kari L. Danziger, Lauri D. Black, Steven B. Keiles, Anja Kammesheidt, and Paul J. Turek

Improved detection of cystic fibrosis mutations in infertility patients with DNA sequence analysis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 540-546; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh134 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fertility control:

Wisan Sereepapong, Pichai Chotnopparatpattara, Surasak Taneepanichskul, Robert Markham, Peter Russell, and Ian S. Fraser

Endometrial progesterone and estrogen receptors and bleeding disturbances in depot medroxyprogesterone acetate users
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 547-552; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh123 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S.R. Killick and G. Irving

A national study examining the effect of making emergency hormonal contraception available without prescription
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 553-557; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh128 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Infertility:

Tim J. Child, Anna Maria Henderson, and Seang Lin Tan

The desire for multiple pregnancy in male and female infertility patients
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 558-561; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Osnat Eytan, David Elad, Uri Zaretsky, and Ariel J. Jaffa

A glance into the uterus during in vitro simulation of embryo transfer
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 562-569; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh138 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.B. Henne and A.A. Milki

Uterine position at real embryo transfer compared with mock embryo transfer
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 570-572; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh116 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Moser, T. Ebner, M. Sommergruber, U. Gaisswinkler, K. Jesacher, M. Puchner, R. Wiesinger, and G. Tews

Laser-assisted zona pellucida thinning prior to routine ICSI
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 573-578; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh093 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.D.M. Nicopoullos, C. Gilling-Smith, P.A. Almeida, and J.W.A. Ramsay

The results of 154 ICSI cycles using surgically retrieved sperm from azoospermic men
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 579-585; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gedalia Paz, Ami Amit, and Haim Yavetz

Case Report: Pregnancy outcome following ICSI of oocytes with abnormal cytoplasm and zona pellucida
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 586-589; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh114 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Kwee, R. Schats, J. McDonnell, C.B. Lambalk, and J. Schoemaker

Intercycle variability of ovarian reserve tests: results of a prospective randomized study
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 590-595; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh119 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology:

Lynn R. Fraser and Olufunmilayo O. Osiguwa

Human sperm responses to calcitonin, angiotensin II and fertilization-promoting peptide in prepared semen samples from normal donors and infertility patients
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 596-606; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh126 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Lachaud, Jan Tesarik, Maria Luisa Cañadas, and Carmen Mendoza

Apoptosis and necrosis in human ejaculated spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 607-610; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh130 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Tesarik, Ermanno Greco, and Carmen Mendoza

Late, but not early, paternal effect on human embryo development is related to sperm DNA fragmentation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 611-615; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh127 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan H. Benoff, Colleen Millan, Ian R. Hurley, Barbara Napolitano, and Joel L. Marmar

Bilateral increased apoptosis and bilateral accumulation of cadmium in infertile men with left varicocele
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 616-627; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh139 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Sutovsky, Russ Hauser, and Miriam Sutovsky

Increased levels of sperm ubiquitin correlate with semen quality in men from an andrology laboratory clinic population
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 628-638; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh131 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuo Sengoku, Naoyuki Takuma, Toshinobu Miyamoto, Michiharu Horikawa, and Mutsuo Ishikawa

Integrins are not involved in the process of human sperm–oolemmal fusion
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 639-644; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh095 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology:

Kamal Jaroudi, Saad Al-Hassan, Ulla Sieck, Hamad Al-Sufyan, Maya Al-Kabra, and Serdar Coskun

Zygote transfer on day 1 versus cleavage stage embryo transfer on day 3: a prospective randomized trial
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 645-648; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh125 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y. Cohen, M. Malcov, T. Schwartz, N. Mey-Raz, A. Carmon, T. Cohen, J.B. Lessing, A. Amit, and F. Azem

Spindle imaging: a new marker for optimal timing of ICSI?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 649-654; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh113 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Rienzi, F. Martinez, F. Ubaldi, M.G. Minasi, M. Iacobelli, J. Tesarik, and E. Greco

Polscope analysis of meiotic spindle changes in living metaphase II human oocytes during the freezing and thawing procedures
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 655-659; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vladimir Isachenko, Markus Montag, Eugenia Isachenko, Frank Nawroth, Salvatore Dessole, and Hans van der Ven

Developmental rate and ultrastructure of vitrified human pronuclear oocytes after step-wise versus direct rehydration
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 660-665; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh151 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ariel Revel, Naama Moshe, Aharon Helman, Anat Safran, Alex Simon, and Moriah Koler

Mouse embryos generated from frozen–thawed oocytes can successfully survive a second cryopreservation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 666-669; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh144 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edith Suss-Toby, S. Gerecht-Nir, M. Amit, D. Manor, and J. Itskovitz-Eldor

Derivation of a diploid human embryonic stem cell line from a mononuclear zygote
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 670-675; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh135 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Se-Pill Park, Young Jae Lee, Keum Sil Lee, Hyun Ah Shin, Hwang Yoon Cho, Kil Saeng Chung, Eun Young Kim, and Jin Ho Lim

Establishment of human embryonic stem cell lines from frozen–thawed blastocysts using STO cell feeder layers
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 676-684; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh102 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E.B. Baart, D. Van Opstal, F.J. Los, B.C.J.M. Fauser, and E. Martini

Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of two blastomeres from day 3 frozen–thawed embryos followed by analysis of the remaining embryo on day 5
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 685-693; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh094 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A.P. Ferraretti, M.C. Magli, L. Kopcow, and L. Gianaroli

Prognostic role of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for aneuploidy in assisted reproductive technology outcome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 694-699; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh121 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Van de Velde, I. Georgiou, M. De Rycke, R. Schots, K. Sermon, W. Lissens, P. Devroey, A. Van Steirteghem, and I. Liebaers

Novel universal approach for preimplantation genetic diagnosis of -thalassaemia in combination with HLA matching of embryos
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 700-708; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh153 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology:

H. Oku, Y. Tsuji, S.-I. Kashiwamura, S. Adachi, A. Kubota, H. Okamura, and K. Koyama

Role of IL-18 in pathogenesis of endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 709-714; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Early pregnancy:

R. Nahum, O. Brenner, M.A. Zahalka, L. Traub, F. Quintana, and C. Moroz

Blocking of the placental immune-modulatory ferritin activates Th1 type cytokines and affects placenta development, fetal growth and the pregnancy outcome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 715-722; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Flori, B. Doray, E. Gautier, M. Kohler, P. Ernault, J. Flori, and J.M. Costa

Circulating cell-free fetal DNA in maternal serum appears to originate from cyto- and syncytio-trophoblastic cells. Case report
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 723-724; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh117 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Terhi Saisto, Aila Tiitinen, Veli-Matti Ulander, and Risto Kaaja

Clinical cure of severe, early onset preeclampsia with low molecular weight heparin therapy in primigravida with hyperreactio luteinalis and thrombophilia
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 725-728; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh091 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Mäkikallio, P. Jouppila, and A. Tekay

First trimester uterine, placental and yolk sac haemodynamics in pre-eclampsia and preterm labour
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 729-733; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive epidemiology:

Pierre-Yves Ancel, Nathalie Lelong, Emile Papiernik, Marie-Josèphe Saurel-Cubizolles, and Monique Kaminski

History of induced abortion as a risk factor for preterm birth in European countries: results of the EUROPOP survey
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 734-740; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Puberty, ageing and HRT:

Caroline Antoine, Fabienne Liebens, Birgit Carly, Anne Pastijn, and Serge Rozenberg

Influence of HRT on prognostic factors for breast cancer: a systematic review after the Women’s Health Initiative trial
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 29, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 741-756; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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