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EDITORIAL Back

André Van Steirteghem
Editor's Choice
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2177-2178; doi:10.1093/humrep/den354 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATE-CONTINUED Back

Joe Leigh Simpson
What next for preimplantation genetic screening? Randomized clinical trial in assessing PGS: necessary but not sufficient
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2179-2181; doi:10.1093/humrep/den250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES Back

ESHRE Pages Back

G. Pennings, G. de Wert, F. Shenfield, J. Cohen, B. Tarlatzis, and P. Devroey
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 15: Cross-border reproductive care
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 8, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2182-2184; doi:10.1093/humrep/den184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology Back

Xiaofang Sun, Xiaolin Long, Yifei Yin, Yonghua Jiang, Xinjie Chen, Weiqiang Liu, Wenhong Zhang, Hongzi Du, Shaoying Li, Yuhong Zheng, Shu Kong, Qianying Pang, Yu Shi, Yulin Huang, Shengchan Huang, Baoping Liao, Guohong Xiao, and Weihua Wang
Similar biological characteristics of human embryonic stem cell lines with normal and abnormal karyotypes
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 8, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2185-2193; doi:10.1093/humrep/den137 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Morten F. Gjerstorff, Linda Harkness, Moustapha Kassem, Ulrik Frandsen, Ole Nielsen, Melissa Lutterodt, Kjeld Møllgård, and Henrik J. Ditzel
Distinct GAGE and MAGE-A expression during early human development indicate specific roles in lineage differentiation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 8, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2194-2201; doi:10.1093/humrep/den262 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology Back

S. Mechsner, M. Weichbrodt, W.F.J. Riedlinger, J. Bartley, A.M. Kaufmann, A. Schneider, and C. Köhler
Estrogen and progestogen receptor positive endometriotic lesions and disseminated cells in pelvic sentinel lymph nodes of patients with deep infiltrating rectovaginal endometriosis: a pilot study
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2202-2209; doi:10.1093/humrep/den259 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Khaleque Newaz Khan, Michio Kitajima, Takehito Imamura, Koichi Hiraki, Akira Fujishita, Ichiro Sekine, Tadayuki Ishimaru, and Hideaki Masuzaki
Toll-like receptor 4-mediated growth of endometriosis by human heat-shock protein 70
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 1, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2210-2219; doi:10.1093/humrep/den195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pao-Ling Torng, Jing-Shiang Hwang, Su-Cheng Huang, Wen-Chun Chang, Szu-Yu Chen, Daw-Yuan Chang, and Wen-Chiung Hsu
Effect of simultaneous morcellation in situ on operative time during laparoscopic myomectomy
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 10, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2220-2226; doi:10.1093/humrep/den256 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility Back

F. Belva, S. Henriet, E. Van den Abbeel, M. Camus, P. Devroey, J. Van der Elst, I. Liebaers, P. Haentjens, and M. Bonduelle
Neonatal outcome of 937 children born after transfer of cryopreserved embryos obtained by ICSI and IVF and comparison with outcome data of fresh ICSI and IVF cycles
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 14, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2227-2238; doi:10.1093/humrep/den254 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H.K. Snick, J.A. Collins, and J.L.H. Evers
What is the most valid comparison treatment in trials of intrauterine insemination, timed or uninfluenced intercourse? A systematic review and meta-analysis of indirect evidence
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 10, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2239-2245; doi:10.1093/humrep/den214 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard A. Anderson, Annette Weddell, Helen A. Spoudeas, Carolyn Douglas, Stephen M. Shalet, Gill Levitt, and W. Hamish B. Wallace
Do doctors discuss fertility issues before they treat young patients with cancer?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2246-2251; doi:10.1093/humrep/den252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maija Jakobsson, Mika Gissler, Aila Tiitinen, Jorma Paavonen, and Anna-Maija Tapper
Treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and subsequent IVF deliveries
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2252-2255; doi:10.1093/humrep/den271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yan Wang, Zhun Xiao, Lei Li, Wei Fan, and Shang-Wei Li
Novel needle immersed vitrification: a practical and convenient method with potential advantages in mouse and human ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2256-2265; doi:10.1093/humrep/den255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claus Yding Andersen, Mikkel Rosendahl, Anne Grete Byskov, Anne Loft, Christian Ottosen, Margit Dueholm, Kirsten L.T. Schmidt, Anders Nyboe Andersen, and Erik Ernst
Two successful pregnancies following autotransplantation of frozen/thawed ovarian tissue
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 3, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2266-2272; doi:10.1093/humrep/den244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Early Pregnancy Back

M. Cohen, C. Wuillemin, O. Irion, and P. Bischof
Regulation of MMP-9 by p53 in first trimester cytotrophoblastic cells
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2273-2281; doi:10.1093/humrep/den264 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

C. Helige, H. Ahammer, A. Hammer, B. Huppertz, H.-G. Frank, and G. Dohr
Trophoblastic invasion in vitro and in vivo: similarities and differences
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2282-2291; doi:10.1093/humrep/den198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology Back

T. Müller, K. Eildermann, R. Dhir, S. Schlatt, and R. Behr
Glycan stem-cell markers are specifically expressed by spermatogonia in the adult non-human primate testis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 10, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2292-2298; doi:10.1093/humrep/den253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Psychology and Counselling Back

Deborah Lancastle and Jacky Boivin
A feasibility study of a brief coping intervention (PRCI) for the waiting period before a pregnancy test during fertility treatment
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 15, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2299-2307; doi:10.1093/humrep/den257 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive Biology Back

Matthias W. Laschke, Christine Schwender, Claudia Scheuer, Brigitte Vollmar, and Michael D. Menger
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits estrogen-induced activation of endometrial cells in vitro and causes regression of endometriotic lesions in vivo
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 4, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2308-2318; doi:10.1093/humrep/den245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margarida Avo Santos, Keelin O'Donoghue, Josephine Wyatt-Ashmead, and Nicholas M Fisk
Fetal cells in the maternal appendix: a marker of inflammation or fetal tissue repair?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 10, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2319-2325; doi:10.1093/humrep/den261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Begum, V.E. Papaioannou, and R.G. Gosden
The oocyte population is not renewed in transplanted or irradiated adult ovaries
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 1, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2326-2330; doi:10.1093/humrep/den249 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.Y. Turco, K. Matsukawa, M. Czernik, V. Gasperi, N. Battista, L. Della Salda, P.A. Scapolo, P. Loi, M. Maccarrone, and G. Ptak
High levels of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid, block the growth of sheep preimplantation embryos by inducing apoptosis and reversible arrest of cell proliferation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2331-2338; doi:10.1093/humrep/den258 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Oren-Benaroya, R. Orvieto, A. Gakamsky, M. Pinchasov, and M. Eisenbach
The sperm chemoattractant secreted from human cumulus cells is progesterone
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2339-2345; doi:10.1093/humrep/den265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive Endocrinology Back

E. Bosch, C. Vidal, E. Labarta, C. Simon, J. Remohi, and A. Pellicer
Highly purified hMG versus recombinant FSH in ovarian hyperstimulation with GnRH antagonists—a randomized study
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2346-2351; doi:10.1093/humrep/den220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea J. Cussons, Gerald F. Watts, Valerie Burke, Jonathan E. Shaw, Paul Z. Zimmet, and Bronwyn G.A. Stuckey
Cardiometabolic risk in polycystic ovary syndrome: a comparison of different approaches to defining the metabolic syndrome
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2352-2358; doi:10.1093/humrep/den263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Wånggren, A. Stavreus-Evers, C. Olsson, E. Andersson, and K. Gemzell-Danielsson
Regulation of muscular contractions in the human Fallopian tube through prostaglandins and progestagens
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2359-2368; doi:10.1093/humrep/den260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive Genetics Back

W. Verpoest, B.C. Fauser, E. Papanikolaou, C. Staessen, L. Van Landuyt, P. Donoso, H. Tournaye, I. Liebaers, and P. Devroey
Chromosomal aneuploidy in embryos conceived with unstimulated cycle IVF
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 10, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2369-2371; doi:10.1093/humrep/den269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zhen Zhen Zhao, Jodie N. Painter, James S. Palmer, Penelope M. Webb, Nicholas K. Hayward, David C. Whiteman, Dorret I. Boomsma, Nicholas G. Martin, David L. Duffy, and Grant W. Montgomery
Variation in bone morphogenetic protein 15 is not associated with spontaneous human dizygotic twinning
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2372-2379; doi:10.1093/humrep/den268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antonio Agostino Sinisi, Roberta Asci, Giuseppe Bellastella, Luigi Maione, Dario Esposito, Andrea Elefante, Annamaria De Bellis, Antonio Bellastella, and Achille Iolascon
Homozygous mutation in the prokineticin-receptor2 gene (Val274Asp) presenting as reversible Kallmann syndrome and persistent oligozoospermia: Case Report
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 1, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2380-2384; doi:10.1093/humrep/den247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Dimosthenis Miliaras, Soultana Meditskou, and Maria Ketikidou
Increased male proportion in fetal deaths and in fetuses with congenital malformations in Greece
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2385-2386; doi:10.1093/humrep/den266 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evangelos C. Alexopoulos
Reply: Increased male proportion in fetal deaths and in fetuses with congenital malformations in Greece
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2385-2386; doi:10.1093/humrep/den267 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mauricio S. Abrao, Sergio Podgaec, João A. Dias, Jr, and Manoel O. Gonçalves
Diagnosis of rectovaginal endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on August 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2386; doi:10.1093/humrep/den304 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simone Ferrero, Mario Valenzano Menada, and Valentino Remorgida
Reply: Diagnosis of rectovaginal endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on August 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2386-2387; doi:10.1093/humrep/den306 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samuli Helle
Why twin pregnancies are more successful at advanced than young maternal age? A potential role of ‘terminal reproductive investment’
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on August 6, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2387-2389; doi:10.1093/humrep/den305 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum Back

M. Hansen, L. Colvin, B. Petterson, J.J. Kurinczuk, N. de Klerk, and C. Bower
Admission to hospital of singleton children born following assisted reproductive technology (ART)
Hum. Reprod. 2008 23: 2390; doi:10.1093/humrep/den284 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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