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Contents: Volume 20, Number 1 January 2005   [Index by Author]

      EDITORIAL

      NEW DEBATE

      OPINION

      ESHRE PAGES

      ARTICLES

            Reproductive biology

            Reproductive endocrinology

            Embryology

            Reproductive genetics

            Infertility

            Andrology

            Ethics and Society

            Gynaecology

            Psychology/counselling

            Puberty/Aging and HRT

            Fertility control

      Letters to the editor

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EDITORIAL:

David H. Barlow: The debate on single embryo transfer in IVF. How will today's arguments be viewed from the perspective of 2020?
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1-3; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh649 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NEW DEBATE:

Pia Saldeen and Per Sundström: Would legislation imposing single embryo transfer be a feasible way to reduce the rate of multiple pregnancies after IVF treatment?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 26, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 4-8; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh610 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T.G. Cooper: Cytoplasmic droplets: the good, the bad or just confusing?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 9-11; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh555 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

OPINION:

G.M. Buck Louis, E.F. Schisterman, V.M. Dukic, and L.A. Schieve: Research hurdles complicating the analysis of infertility treatment and child health
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 15, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 12-18; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh542 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ESHRE PAGES:

K. Sermon, C. Moutou, J. Harper, J. Geraedts, P. Scriven, L. Wilton, M.C. Magli, A. Michiels, S. Viville, and C. De Die: ESHRE PGD Consortium data collection IV: May–December 2001
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 18, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 19-34; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh552 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.R. Thornhill, C.E. deDie-Smulders, J.P. Geraedts, J.C. Harper, G.L. Harton, S.A. Lavery, C. Moutou, M.D. Robinson, A.G. Schmutzler, P.N. Scriven, K.D. Sermon, and L. Wilton: ESHRE PGD Consortium ‘Best practice guidelines for clinical preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and preimplantation genetic screening (PGS)’
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 11, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 35-48; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh579 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ARTICLES:

Reproductive biology:

Khaleque Newaz Khan, Hideaki Masuzaki, Akira Fujishita, Michio Kitajima, Tomoko Kohno, Ichiro Sekine, Toshifumi Matsuyama, and Tadayuki Ishimaru: Regulation of hepatocyte growth factor by basal and stimulated macrophages in women with endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 49-60; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh525 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gracy X. Rosario, Deepak N. Modi, Geetanjali Sachdeva, Dhananjay D. Manjramkar, and Chander P. Puri: Morphological events in the primate endometrium in the presence of a preimplantation embryo, detected by the serum preimplantation factor bioassay
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 2, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 61-71; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh534 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debra A. Gook, D.H. Edgar, J. Borg, J. Archer, and J.C. McBain: Diagnostic assessment of the developmental potential of human cryopreserved ovarian tissue from multiple patients using xenografting
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 72-78; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh550 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S.M. Nichols, B.D. Bavister, C.A. Brenner, P.J. Didier, R.M. Harrison, and H.M. Kubisch: Ovarian senescence in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 21, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 79-83; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh576 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive endocrinology:

S. Fisher, A. Grin, A. Paltoo, and H.M. Shapiro: Falling estradiol levels as a result of intentional reduction in gonadotrophin dose are not associated with poor IVF outcomes, whereas spontaneously falling estradiol levels result in low clinical pregnancy rates
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 15, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 84-88; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh543 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Karl R. Hansen, Angela C. Thyer, Patrick M. Sluss, William J. Bremner, Michael R. Soules, and Nancy A. Klein: Reproductive ageing and ovarian function: is the early follicular phase FSH rise necessary to maintain adequate secretory function in older ovulatory women?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 18, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 89-95; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh544 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F. Miro and L.J. Aspinall: The onset of the initial rise in follicle-stimulating hormone during the human menstrual cycle
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 96-100; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh551 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. Jonard, P. Pigny, L. Jacquesson, C. Demerle-Roux, Y. Robert, and D. Dewailly: The ovarian markers of the FSH insufficiency in functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 28, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 101-107; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh560 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sheba Jarvis, David J. Elliott, Delyth Morgan, Robert Winston, and Carol Readhead: Molecular markers for the assessment of postnatal male germ cell development in the mouse
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 11, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 108-116; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh565 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kok-Min Seow, Chi-Chang Juan, Yung-Pei Hsu, Low-Tone Ho, Yuan-Yung Wang, and Jiann-Loung Hwang: Serum and follicular resistin levels in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome during IVF-stimulated cycles
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 28, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 117-121; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh589 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Embryology:

Chun-Chia Huang, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Shee-Uan Chen, Hsiu-Hui Chen, Tzu-Chun Cheng, Chung-Hsien Liu, Yu-Shih Yang, and Maw-Sheng Lee: Successful pregnancy following blastocyst cryopreservation using super-cooling ultra-rapid vitrification
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 122-128; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh540 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D.D. Daphnis, J.D.A. Delhanty, S. Jerkovic, J. Geyer, I. Craft, and J.C. Harper: Detailed FISH analysis of day 5 human embryos reveals the mechanisms leading to mosaic aneuploidy
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 26, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 129-137; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh554 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I. Noci, B. Fuzzi, R. Rizzo, L. Melchiorri, L. Criscuoli, S. Dabizzi, R. Biagiotti, S. Pellegrini, A. Menicucci, and O.R. Baricordi: Embryonic soluble HLA-G as a marker of developmental potential in embryos
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 21, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 138-146; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh572 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reproductive genetics:

Nobuo Sugawara, Yo Tokunaga, Machiko Maeda, Rie Komaba, and Yasuhisa Araki: A successful pregnancy outcome using frozen testicular sperm from a chimeric infertile male with a 46, XX/46, XY karyotype: Case report
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 28, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 147-148; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh587 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P. Oppelt, P.L. Strissel, A. Kellermann, S. Seeber, A. Humeny, M.W. Beckmann, and R. Strick: DNA sequence variations of the entire anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) gene promoter and AMH protein expression in patients with the Mayer–Rokitanski–Küster–Hauser syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 18, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 149-157; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh547 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. Lespinasse, P. Hoffmann, A. Lauge, D. Stoppa-Lyonnet, F. Felmann, J.C. Pons, and G. Lesca: Chromosomal instability in two siblings with gonad deficiency: Case report
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 2, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 158-162; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh584 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infertility:

D.J. Hendriks, F.J.M. Broekmans, L.F.J.M.M. Bancsi, F.H. de Jong, C.W.N. Looman, and E.R. te Velde: Repeated clomiphene citrate challenge testing in the prediction of outcome in IVF: a comparison with basal markers for ovarian reserve
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 163-169; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh553 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ragaa Mansour: Minimizing embryo expulsion after embryo transfer: a randomized controlled study
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 26, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 170-174; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh573 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A.S. Sönmez, L. Yasar, K. Savan, S. Koç, J. Özcan, A. Toklar, F. Yazicioglu, A. Akgün, and N. Sut: Comparison of the effects of acarbose and metformin use on ovulation rates in clomiphene citrate-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 28, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 175-179; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh580 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D. Cibula, M. Fanta, J. Vrbikova, S. Stanicka, K. Dvorakova, M. Hill, J. Skrha, J. Zivny, and J. Skrenkova: The effect of combination therapy with metformin and combined oral contraceptives (COC) versus COC alone on insulin sensitivity, hyperandrogenaemia, SHBG and lipids in PCOS patients
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 2, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 180-184; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh588 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrology:

Arie Berkovitz, Fina Eltes, Shlomit Yaari, Nathan Katz, Ilya Barr, Ami Fishman, and Benjamin Bartoov: The morphological normalcy of the sperm nucleus and pregnancy rate of intracytoplasmic injection with morphologically selected sperm
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 185-190; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh545 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K. Hucklenbroich, J. Gromoll, M. Heinrich, C. Hohoff, E. Nieschlag, and M. Simoni: Partial deletions in the AZFc region of the Y chromosome occur in men with impaired as well as normal spermatogenesis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 21, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 191-197; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh558 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susan A. Adeoya-Osiguwa and Lynn R. Fraser: Cathine and norephedrine, both phenylpropanolamines, accelerate capacitation and then inhibit spontaneous acrosome loss
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 28, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 198-207; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh566 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Elin V. Magnusdottir, Tanja Thorsteinsson, Sigridur Thorsteinsdottir, Maria Heimisdottir, and Kristin Olafsdottir: Persistent organochlorines, sedentary occupation, obesity and human male subfertility
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 26, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 208-215; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh569 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Maite de Llanos, José Luís Ballescà, Cristina Gázquez, Ester Margarit, and Rafael Oliva: High frequency of gr/gr chromosome Y deletions in consecutive oligospermic ICSI candidates
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 28, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 216-220; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh582 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Saad Elzanaty, Johan Malm, and Aleksander Giwercman: Duration of sexual abstinence: epididymal and accessory sex gland secretions and their relationship to sperm motility
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 18, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 221-225; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh586 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ermanno Greco, Filomena Scarselli, Marcello Iacobelli, Laura Rienzi, Filippo Ubaldi, Susanna Ferrero, Giorgio Franco, Nazareno Anniballo, Carmen Mendoza, and Jan Tesarik: Efficient treatment of infertility due to sperm DNA damage by ICSI with testicular spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 11, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 226-230; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh590 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ethics and Society:

U. Meister, C. Finck, Y. Stöbel-Richter, G. Schmutzer, and E. Brähler: Knowledge and attitudes towards preimplantation genetic diagnosis in Germany
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 231-238; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh548 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J.E. Scheib, M. Riordan, and S. Rubin: Adolescents with open-identity sperm donors: reports from 12–17 year olds
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 11, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 239-252; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh581 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gynaecology:

R. Salim, C. Lee, A. Davies, B. Jolaoso, E. Ofuasia, and D. Jurkovic: A comparative study of three-dimensional saline infusion sonohysterography and diagnostic hysteroscopy for the classification of submucous fibroids
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 21, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 253-257; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh557 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rudi Campo, Carlos Roger Molinas, Luk Rombauts, Greet Mestdagh, Martin Lauwers, Paul Braekmans, Ivo Brosens, Yves Van Belle, and Stephan Gordts: Prospective multicentre randomized controlled trial to evaluate factors influencing the success rate of office diagnostic hysteroscopy
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 18, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 258-263; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh559 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

V. Remorgida, N. Ragni, S. Ferrero, P. Anserini, P. Torelli, and E. Fulcheri: The involvement of the interstitial Cajal cells and the enteric nervous system in bowel endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 2, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 264-271; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh568 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L. Ramón, J. Gilabert-Estellés, R. Castelló, J. Gilabert, F. España, A. Romeu, M. Chirivella, J. Aznar, and A. Estellés: mRNA analysis of several components of the plasminogen activator and matrix metalloproteinase systems in endometriosis using a real-time quantitative RT–PCR assay
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 3, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 272-278; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh571 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G.M. Buck Louis, J.M. Weiner, B.W. Whitcomb, R. Sperrazza, E.F. Schisterman, D.T. Lobdell, K. Crickard, H. Greizerstein, and P.J. Kostyniak: Environmental PCB exposure and risk of endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 28, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 279-285; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh575 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Psychology/counselling:

S. Golombok, V. Jadva, E. Lycett, C. Murray, and F. MacCallum: Families created by gamete donation: follow-up at age 2
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 11, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 286-293; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh585 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Puberty/Aging and HRT:

S. Duffy, T.L. Jackson, M. Lansdown, K. Philips, M. Wells, S. Pollard, G. Clack, M. Coibion, and A.R. Bianco on behalf of the ATAC Trialists' Group: The ATAC (‘Arimidex’, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination) adjuvant breast cancer trial: baseline endometrial sub-protocol data on the effectiveness of transvaginal ultrasonography and diagnostic hysteroscopy
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 28, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 294-301; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh567 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fertility control:

A.H. Shaamash and M.M. Zakhari: Increased serum levels of nitric oxide metabolites among users: a possible role in progestin-induced bleeding
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on October 7, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 302-306; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh541 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Suk Wai Ngai, Susan Fan, Shiqin Li, Linan Cheng, Juhong Ding, Xiaoping Jing, Ernest Hung Yu Ng, and Pak Chung Ho: A randomized trial to compare 24 h versus 12 h double dose regimen of levonorgestrel for emergency contraception
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 26, 2004
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 307-311; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh583 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor:

Mary Lou Ballweg: Selected food intake and risk of endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 312-313; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh561 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fabio Parazzini: Reply: Selected food intake and risk of endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 313; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh562 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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