Human Reproduction

DEBATE:

Roy Homburg and Cornelius B. Lambalk

Polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescence—a therapeutic conundrum
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 11, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1039-1042; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATES-continued:

William Buckett and Seang Lin Tan

What is the most relevant standard of success in assisted reproduction?: The importance of informed choice
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1043-1045; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh206 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jolande A. Land and Johannes L.H. Evers

What is the most relevant standard of success in assisted reproduction?: Defining outcome in ART: a Gordian knot of safety, efficacy and quality
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 11, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1046-1048; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh215 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael J. Davies, Jim X. Wang, and Robert J. Norman

What is the most relevant standard of success in assisted reproduction?: Assessing the BESST index for reproduction treatment
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1049-1051; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh202 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anja Pinborg, Anne Loft, Søren Ziebe, and Anders Nyboe Andersen

What is the most relevant standard of success in assisted reproduction?: Is there a single ‘parameter of excellence’?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1052-1054; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh228 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.B. Lambalk, C.H. de Koning, A. Flett, Y. van Kasteren, R. Gosden, and R. Homburg

Assessment of ovarian reserve: Ovarian biopsy is not a valid method for the prediction of ovarian reserve
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1055-1059; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh216 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OPINION:

Guido Pennings and André Van Steirteghem

The subsidiarity principle in the context of embryonic stem cell research
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1060-1064; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh142 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sheryl de Lacey and R.J. Norman

What should we do with donated embryos that may be genetically affected?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1065-1068; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh225 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive biology:

C.P. Schröder, H. Timmer-Bosscha, J.G. Wijchman, L.F.M.H. de Leij, H. Hollema, M.J. Heineman, and E.G.E. de Vries

An in vitro model for purging of tumour cells from ovarian tissue
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1069-1075; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh244 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Levin, R. Gamzu, Y. Hasson, J.B. Lessing, A. Amit, I. Shapira, S. Berliner, and B. Almog

Increased erythrocyte aggregation in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: a possible contributing factor in the pathophysiology of this disease
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1076-1080; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh210 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Huber, M. Fieder, B. Wallner, G. Moser, and W. Arnold

Brief communication: Birth month influences reproductive performance in contemporary women
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1081-1082; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh247 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive endocrinology:

S. Taponen, S. Ahonkallio, H. Martikainen, R. Koivunen, A. Ruokonen, U. Sovio, A-L. Hartikainen, A. Pouta, J. Laitinen, V. King, S. Franks, M.I. McCarthy, and M.-R. Järvelin

Prevalence of polycystic ovaries in women with self-reported symptoms of oligomenorrhoea and/or hirsutism: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1083-1088; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh214 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edward V. Younglai, Alison C. Holloway, Gareth E. Lim, and Warren G. Foster

Synergistic effects between FSH and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(P-chlorophenyl)ethylene (P,P'-DDE) on human granulosa cell aromatase activity
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1089-1093; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh252 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive genetics:

Didem Dayangaç, Hayat Erdem, Engin Yilmaz, Ahmet Sahin, Christof Sohn, Meral Özgüç, and Thilo Dörk

Mutations of the CFTR gene in Turkish patients with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1094-1100; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh223 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Fertility control:

Oi Shan Tang, Kam Hung Mok, and Pak Chung Ho

A randomized study comparing the use of sublingual to vaginal misoprostol for pre-operative cervical priming prior to surgical termination of pregnancy in the first trimester
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1101-1104; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh143 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility:

E.G. Hughes, M.L. Beecroft, V. Wilkie, L. Burville, P. Claman, I. Tummon, E. Greenblatt, M. Fluker, and K. Thorpe

A multicentre randomized controlled trial of expectant management versus IVF in women with Fallopian tube patency
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1105-1109; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh209 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cynthia M. Farquhar, Karen Williamson, Paul M. Brown, and Jules Garland

An economic evaluation of laparoscopic ovarian diathermy versus gonadotrophin therapy for women with clomiphene citrate resistant polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1110-1115; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Tummon, Christopher Newton, Clive Lee, and James Martin

Lidocaine vaginal gel versus lidocaine paracervical block for analgesia during oocyte retrieval
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1116-1120; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh221 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology:

A. Idahl, J. Boman, U. Kumlin, and J.I. Olofsson

Demonstration of Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibodies in the male partner of the infertile couple is correlated with a reduced likelihood of achieving pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1121-1126; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh155 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carole Marchetti, Miguel-Angel Gallego, André Defossez, Pierre Formstecher, and Philippe Marchetti

Staining of human sperm with fluorochrome-labeled inhibitor of caspases to detect activated caspases: correlation with apoptosis and sperm parameters
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1127-1134; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh222 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Vernaeve, C. Staessen, G. Verheyen, A. Van Steirteghem, P. Devroey, and H. Tournaye

Can biological or clinical parameters predict testicular sperm recovery in 47,XXY Klinefelter’s syndrome patients?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1135-1139; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh253 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E.B. Baart, G.W. van der Heijden, F.A. van der Hoeven, R. Bakker, T.G. Cooper, and P. de Boer

Reduced oocyte activation and first cleavage rate after ICSI with spermatozoa from a sterile mouse chromosome mutant
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1140-1147; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology:

S.F. Mullen, Y. Agca, D.C. Broermann, C.L. Jenkins, C.A. Johnson, and J.K. Critser

The effect of osmotic stress on the metaphase II spindle of human oocytes, and the relevance to cryopreservation.
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1148-1154; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh201 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.-L. Windt, T.F. Kruger, K. Coetzee, and C.J. Lombard

Comparative analysis of pregnancy rates after the transfer of early dividing embryos versus slower dividing embryos
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1155-1162; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh208 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.Cristina Magli, Luca Gianaroli, Anna P. Ferraretti, Marco Toschi, Francesca Esposito, and M.Carmen Fasolino

The combination of polar body and embryo biopsy does not affect embryo viability
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1163-1169; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh162 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Papaxanthos-Roche, P. Trimoulet, M. Commenges-Ducos, C. Hocké, H.J.A. Fleury, and G. Mayer

PCR-detected hepatitis C virus RNA associated with human zona-intact oocytes collected from infected women for ART
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1170-1175; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh220 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Tesarik, André Hazout, and Carmen Mendoza

Enhancement of embryo developmental potential by a single administration of GnRH agonist at the time of implantation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1176-1180; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh235 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shee-Uan Chen, Chia-Yi Chang, Chien-Cheng Lu, Fon-Jou Hsieh, Hong-Nerng Ho, and Yu-Shih Yang

Microtubular spindle dynamics and chromosome complements from somatic cell nuclei haploidization in mature mouse oocytes and developmental potential of the derived embryos
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1181-1188; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh168 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Heindryckx, S. Lierman, J. Van der Elst, and M. Dhont

Chromosome number and development of artificial mouse oocytes and zygotes
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1189-1194; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh217 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology:

Akira Fujishita, Hideaki Masuzaki, Khaleque Newaz Khan, Michio Kitajima, Koichi Hiraki, and Tadayuki Ishimaru

Laparoscopic salpingotomy for tubal pregnancy: comparison of linear salpingotomy with and without suturing
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 25, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1195-1200; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh196 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U. Ulrich, J. Schrickel, C. Dorn, O. Richter, T. Lewalter, B. Lüderitz, and K. Rhiem

Mayer–von Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome in association with a hitherto undescribed variant of the Holt–Oram syndrome with an aorto-pulmonary window
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1201-1203; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh198 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grigoris F. Grimbizis, Tryfon Tsalikis, Themistoklis Mikos, Nikos Papadopoulos, Basil C. Tarlatzis, and John N. Bontis

Successful end-to-end cervico-cervical anastomosis in a patient with congenital cervical fragmentation: Case report
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1204-1210; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh213 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Early pregnancy:

A.J. Carlin, R.G. Farquharson, S.M. Quenby, J. Topping, and W.D. Fraser

Prospective observational study of bone mineral density during pregnancy: low molecular weight heparin versus control
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1211-1214; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh115 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Kruse, R. Steffensen, K. Varming, and O.B. Christiansen

A study of HLA-DR and -DQ alleles in 588 patients and 562 controls confirms that HLA-DRB1*03 is associated with recurrent miscarriage
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1215-1221; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh200 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshiki Kudo, Tetsuaki Hara, Takafumi Katsuki, Aya Toyofuku, Yuki Katsura, Osamu Takikawa, Tsuneo Fujii, and Koso Ohama

Mechanisms regulating the expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase during decidualization of human endometrium
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1222-1230; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh218 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Bovicelli, T. Ghi, G. Pilu, A Farina, L. Savelli, G. Simonazzi, E. Calzolari, A. Ferlini, D. Santini, and B. Valeri

Prenatal diagnosis of a complete mole coexisting with a dichorionic twin pregnancy: Case report
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1231-1234; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh211 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the editor:

Gary N. Clarke

Sperm autoimmunity
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1235; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh170 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto Matorras, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Escudero, and Antonia Expósito

Reproductive history and Creutzfeld–Jakob disease
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1235-1236; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh174 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hester J.T. Ward, Adam Balen, and Robert G. Will

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and urinary gonadotrophins
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1236-1237; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh175 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ernest Loumaye

Reply: LH/HCG as a monthly injectable contraceptive
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1237; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh199 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Erratum
Hum. Reprod. 2004 19: 1238; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh276 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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