Human Reproduction

OPINION:

Mathew Tomlinson

Managing risk associated with cryopreservation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on May 19, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1751-1756; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh679 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MINI REVIEW: DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE:

J.-C. Arce, A. Nyboe Andersen, and J. Collins

Resolving methodological and clinical issues in the design of efficacy trials in assisted reproductive technologies: a mini-review
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on May 12, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1757-1771; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh818 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES:

Reproductive biology:

Meiyi Tang, Hugh S. Taylor, and Siamak Tabibzadeh

In vivo gene transfer of lefty leads to implantation failure in mice
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 24, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1772-1778; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh849 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sung Yun Ha, Byung Chul Jee, Chang Suk Suh, Hee Sun Kim, Sun Kyung Oh, Seok Hyun Kim, and Shin Yong Moon

Cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells without the use of a programmable freezer
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 10, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1779-1785; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh854 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benoît Schubert, Michel Canis, Claude Darcha, Christine Artonne, Jean-Luc Pouly, Pierre Déchelotte, Daniel Boucher, and Geneviève Grizard

Human ovarian tissue from cortex surrounding benign cysts: a model to study ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1786-1792; doi:10.1093/humrep/dei002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive epidemiology:

N.H. Hjollund, J.P. Bonde, E. Ernst, S. Lindenberg, A.N. Andersen, and J. Olsen

Spontaneous abortion in IVF couples—a role of male welding exposure
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 10, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1793-1797; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh680 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive endocrinology:

C. Pirard, J. Donnez, and E. Loumaye

GnRH agonist as novel luteal support: results of a randomized, parallel group, feasibility study using intranasal administration of buserelin
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on May 12, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1798-1804; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh830 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S.C. Low, S.L. Nunes, A.J. Bitonti, and J.A. Dumont

Oral and pulmonary delivery of FSH–Fc fusion proteins via neonatal Fc receptor-mediated transcytosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1805-1813; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh896 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Talia Eldar-Geva, Ehud J. Margalioth, Michael Gal, Avraham Ben-Chetrit, Nurit Algur, Edit Zylber-Haran, Baruch Brooks, Michael Huerta, and Irving M. Spitz

Serum anti-Mullerian hormone levels during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in women with polycystic ovaries with and without hyperandrogenism
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1814-1819; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh873 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Terhi Piltonen, Laure Morin-Papunen, Riitta Koivunen, Antti Perheentupa, Aimo Ruokonen, and Juha S. Tapanainen

Serum anti-Müllerian hormone levels remain high until late reproductive age and decrease during metformin therapy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1820-1826; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh850 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Madelon van Wely, Neriman Bayram, Fulco van der Veen, and Patrick M.M. Bossuyt

Predicting ongoing pregnancy following ovulation induction with recombinant FSH in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1827-1832; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh891 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lourdes Ibáñez, Adriana Jaramillo, Angela Ferrer, and Francis de Zegher

Absence of hepatotoxicity after long-term, low-dose flutamide in hyperandrogenic girls and young women
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1833-1836; doi:10.1093/humrep/dei004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive genetics:

C. J. Petry, K. K. Ong, K. F. Michelmore, S. Artigas, D. L. Wingate, A. H. Balen, F. de Zegher, L. Ibáñez, and D. B. Dunger

Association of aromatase (CYP 19) gene variation with features of hyperandrogenism in two populations of young women
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1837-1843; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh900 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manjula Bhanoori, K. Arvind Babu, N.G. Pavankumar Reddy, K. Lakshmi Rao, Krina Zondervan, Mamata Deenadayal, Stephen Kennedy, and S. Shivaji

The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) +405G>C 5'-untranslated region polymorphism and increased risk of endometriosis in South Indian women: a case control study
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1844-1849; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh852 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Anahory, S. Hamamah, B. Andréo, B. Hédon, M. Claustres, P. Sarda, and F. Pellestor

Sperm segregation analysis of a (13;22) Robertsonian translocation carrier by FISH: a comparison of locus-specific probe and whole chromosome painting
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1850-1854; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh886 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Kokkali, C. Vrettou, J. Traeger-Synodinos, G.M. Jones, D.S. Cram, D. Stavrou, A.O. Trounson, E. Kanavakis, and K. Pantos

Birth of a healthy infant following trophectoderm biopsy from blastocysts for PGD of -thalassaemia major: Case report
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on May 5, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1855-1859; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh893 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Yahata, J. Quan, N. Tamura, H. Nagata, T. Kurabayashi, and K. Tanaka

Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms of estrogen receptor gene and efficacy of HRT on bone mineral density in post-menopausal Japanese women
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1860-1866; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh895 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility:

A.M.E. Lintsen, P.C.M. Pasker-de Jong, E.J. de Boer, C.W. Burger, C.A.M. Jansen, D.D.M. Braat, and F.E. van Leeuwen on behalf of the OMEGA project group

Effects of subfertility cause, smoking and body weight on the success rate of IVF
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1867-1875; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh898 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Thurin, T. Hardarson, J. Hausken, B. Jablonowska, K. Lundin, A. Pinborg, and C. Bergh

Predictors of ongoing implantation in IVF in a good prognosis group of patients
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1876-1880; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh872 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ernest Hung Yu Ng, Carina Chi Wai Chan, William Shu Biu Yeung, and Pak Chung Ho

Comparison of ovarian stromal blood flow between fertile women with normal ovaries and infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1881-1886; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh853 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katrien Stouffs, Willy Lissens, Herman Tournaye, André Van Steirteghem, and Inge Liebaers

The choice and outcome of the fertility treatment of 38 couples in whom the male partner has a Yq microdeletion
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 24, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1887-1896; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh847 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology:

M.R. Guichaoua, J. Perrin, C. Metzler-Guillemain, J. Saias-Magnan, R. Giorgi, and J.M. Grillo

Meiotic anomalies in infertile men with severe spermatogenic defects
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1897-1902; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh868 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tarmo Tiido, Anna Rignell-Hydbom, Bo Jönsson, Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman, Lars Rylander, Lars Hagmar, and Aleksander Giwercman

Exposure to persistent organochlorine pollutants associates with human sperm Y:X chromosome ratio
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1903-1909; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh855 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Rignell-Hydbom, L. Rylander, S. Elzanaty, A. Giwercman, C.H. Lindh, and L. Hagmar

Exposure to persistent organochlorine pollutants and seminal levels of markers of epididymal and accessory sex gland functions in Swedish men
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1910-1914; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh856 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Koscinski, C. Wittemer, J.M. Rigot, M. De Almeida, E. Hermant, and A. Defossez

Seminal haploid cell detection by flow cytometry in non-obstructive azoospermia: a good predictive parameter for testicular sperm extraction
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1915-1920; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh883 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Sergerie, G. Laforest, K. Boulanger, F. Bissonnette, and G. Bleau

Longitudinal study of sperm DNA fragmentation as measured by terminal uridine nick end-labelling assay
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1921-1927; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh885 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R.T. Preiksa, B. Zilaitiene, V. Matulevicius, N.E. Skakkebæk, J.H. Petersen, N. Jørgensen, and J. Toppari

Higher than expected prevalence of congenital cryptorchidism in Lithuania: a study of 1204 boys at birth and 1 year follow-up
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1928-1932; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh887 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Soichi Nakamura, Yukihiro Terada, Vanesa Y. Rawe, Shigeki Uehara, Yuki Morito, Tomoko Yoshimoto, Masahito Tachibana, Takashi Murakami, Nobuo Yaegashi, and Kunihiro Okamura

A trial to restore defective human sperm centrosomal function
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1933-1937; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh899 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Psychology/counselling:

S.J. Dyer, N. Abrahams, N.E. Mokoena, C.J. Lombard, and Z.M. van der Spuy

Psychological distress among women suffering from couple infertility in South Africa: a quantitative assessment
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1938-1943; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh845 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V.L. Peddie, E. van Teijlingen, and S. Bhattacharya

A qualitative study of women's decision-making at the end of IVF treatment
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1944-1951; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh857 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunilla Sydsjö, Katarina Ekholm, Marie Wadsby, Svante Kjellberg, and Adam Sydsjö

Relationships in couples after failed IVF treatment: a prospective follow-up study
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 24, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1952-1957; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh882 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology:

Hung Chi Chang, Hui Liu, John Zhang, Jamie Grifo, and Lewis C. Krey

Developmental incompetency of denuded mouse oocytes undergoing maturation in vitro is ooplasmic in nature and is associated with aberrant Oct-4 expression
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1958-1968; doi:10.1093/humrep/dei003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

X.Y. Cai, G.A. Chen, Y. Lian, X.Y. Zheng, and H.M. Peng

Cryoloop vitrification of rabbit oocytes
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on June 2, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1969-1974; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh805 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shee-Uan Chen, Yih-Ron Lien, Hsin-Fu Chen, Li-Jung Chang, Yi-Yi Tsai, and Yu-Shih Yang

Observational clinical follow-up of oocyte cryopreservation using a slow-freezing method with 1,2-propanediol plus sucrose followed by ICSI
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 24, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1975-1980; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh884 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology:

Ludovico Muzii, Filippo Bellati, Innocenza Palaia, Francesco Plotti, Natalina Manci, Marzio Angelo Zullo, Roberto Angioli, and Pierluigi Benedetti Panici

Laparoscopic stripping of endometriomas: a randomized trial on different surgical techniques. Part I: Clinical results
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1981-1986; doi:10.1093/humrep/dei007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ludovico Muzii, Filippo Bellati, Antonella Bianchi, Innocenza Palaia, Natalina Manci, Marzio Angelo Zullo, Roberto Angioli, and Pierluigi Benedetti Panici

Laparoscopic stripping of endometriomas: a randomized trial on different surgical techniques. Part II: pathological results
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1987-1992; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh851 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlos A. Petta, Rui A. Ferriani, Mauricio S. Abrao, Daniela Hassan, Julio C. Rosa e Silva, Sergio Podgaec, and Luis Bahamondes

Randomized clinical trial of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system and a depot GnRH analogue for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 24, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1993-1998; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh869 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jo Kitawaki, Hiroaki Ishihara, Hisato Koshiba, Miyo Kiyomizu, Mariko Teramoto, Yui Kitaoka, and Hideo Honjo

Usefulness and limits of CA-125 in diagnosis of endometriosis without associated ovarian endometriomas
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on May 12, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 1999-2003; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh890 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Khaleque Newaz Khan, Hideaki Masuzaki, Akira Fujishita, Michio Kitajima, Ichiro Sekine, Toshifumi Matsuyama, and Tadayuki Ishimaru

Estrogen and progesterone receptor expression in macrophages and regulation of hepatocyte growth factor by ovarian steroids in women with endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2004-2013; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh897 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L.W. Jackson, E.F. Schisterman, R. Dey-Rao, R. Browne, and D. Armstrong

Oxidative stress and endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 7, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2014-2020; doi:10.1093/humrep/dei001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suzi Demirbag, Salih Cetinkursun, Umut Tasdemir, Haluk Ozturk, Mesut Pekcan, and Narter Yesildaglar

Comparison of hyaluronate/carboxymethylcellulose membrane and melatonin for prevention of adhesion formation in a rat model
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2021-2024; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh846 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fertility control:

E.R. Wiebe, K.J. Trouton, and E. Savoy

Intra-cervical versus i.v. fentanyl for abortion
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2025-2028; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh892 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Karunakar Marikinti and Peter R. Brinsden

‘The presence of blood in the transfer catheter negatively influences outcome at embryo transfer’
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2029-2030; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh812 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruben Alvero and James Segars

Reply: ‘The presence of blood in the transfer catheter negatively influences outcome at embryo transfer’
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2030-2031; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh813 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan G. Alvarez

‘Efficient treatment of infertility due to sperm DNA damage by ICSI with testicular sperm’
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2031-2032; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh814 [Extract] [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

Reply: ‘Efficient treatment of infertility due to sperm DNA damage by ICSI with testicular spermatozoa’
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2032-2033; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh815 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annick Delvigne

Request for information on unreported cases of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS)
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2033; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh816 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. van Leeuwen, J.M. van Weert, F. van der Veen, and S. Repping

The effects of the human immunodeficiency virus on semen parameters and intrauterine insemination outcome
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2033-2034; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh875 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James D.M. Nicopoullos, Paula A. Almeida, Jonathan W.A. Ramsay, and Carole Gilling-Smith

Reply to ‘The effect of human immunodeficiency virus on semen parameters and intrauterine insemination outcome’
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2034-2035; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh876 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jerome H. Check

Recurrent miscarriage and embryonic loss
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2035-2036; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh877 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hideto Yamada and Mamoru Morikawa

Reply to ‘Recurrent miscarriage and embryonic loss’
Hum. Reprod. 2005 20: 2036-2037; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh878 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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