Human Reproduction

EDITORIAL

André Van Steirteghem

Editor's Choice
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 495; doi:10.1093/humrep/dep038 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OPINION

Get checked abstract Juan A. Garcia-Velasco and Edgardo Somigliana

Management of endometriomas in women requiring IVF: to touch or not to touch
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 496-501; doi:10.1093/humrep/den398 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY

P.M.W. Janssens

Colouring the different phases in gamete and embryo donation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 502-504; doi:10.1093/humrep/den431 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Psychology and counselling

Get checked abstract T. Freeman, V. Jadva, W. Kramer, and S. Golombok

Gamete donation: parents' experiences of searching for their child's donor siblings and donor
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 505-516; doi:10.1093/humrep/den469 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fiona MacCallum

Embryo donation parents’ attitudes towards donors: comparison with adoption
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 517-523; doi:10.1093/humrep/den386 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Lowyck, P. Luyten, J. Corveleyn, T. D’Hooghe, and K. Demyttenaere

Personality and intrapersonal and interpersonal functioning of women starting their first IVF treatment
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 524-529; doi:10.1093/humrep/den438 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrology

Get checked abstract T. Bourlet, J. Lornage, A. Maertens, A.-S. Garret, H. Saoudin, J.-C. Tardy, C. Jimenez, J.-F. Guerin, B. Pozzetto, and R. Levy

Prospective evaluation of the threat related to the use of seminal fractions from hepatitis C virus-infected men in assisted reproductive techniques
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 530-535; doi:10.1093/humrep/den414 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductivity biology

Get checked abstract Nadine Hecht, Rüdiger Behr, Anne Hild, Martin Bergmann, Wolfgang Weidner, and Klaus Steger

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) as a model for histone and protamine expression during human spermatogenesis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 536-545; doi:10.1093/humrep/den390 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Early pregnancy

Get checked abstract M.L. Haadsma, H. Groen, V. Fidler, L.H.M. Seinen, F.J.M. Broekmans, M.J. Heineman, and A. Hoek

The predictive value of ovarian reserve tests for miscarriage in a population of subfertile ovulatory women
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 546-552; doi:10.1093/humrep/den384 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Katsuhiko Naruse, Gendie E. Lash, Barbara A. Innes, Harry A. Otun, Roger F. Searle, Stephen C. Robson, and Judith N. Bulmer

Localization of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-9 and tissue inhibitors for MMPs (TIMPs) in uterine natural killer cells in early human pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 553-561; doi:10.1093/humrep/den408 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Embryology

Get checked abstract Lin-Lin Wang, Zhaofeng Zhang, Qiong Li, Ruiyue Yang, Xinrong Pei, Yajun Xu, Junbo Wang, Shu-Feng Zhou, and Yong Li

Ethanol exposure induces differential microRNA and target gene expression and teratogenic effects which can be suppressed by folic acid supplementation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 562-579; doi:10.1093/humrep/den439 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xiangyun Li, Roman Krawetz, Shiying Liu, Guoliang Meng, and Derrick E. Rancourt

ROCK inhibitor improves survival of cryopreserved serum/feeder-free single human embryonic stem cells
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 580-589; doi:10.1093/humrep/den404 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fertility control

Get checked abstract Rajeev K. Jain, Ashish Jain, Jagdamba P. Maikhuri, Vishnu L. Sharma, Anil K. Dwivedi, S.T.V.S. Kiran Kumar, Kalyan Mitra, Virendra K. Bajpai, and Gopal Gupta

In vitro testing of rationally designed spermicides for selectively targeting human sperm in vagina to ensure safe contraception
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 590-601; doi:10.1093/humrep/den415 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Gynaecology

Get checked abstract Mathilde Piketty, Nicolas Chopin, Bertrand Dousset, Anne-Elodie Millischer-Bellaische, Gilles Roseau, Mahaut Leconte, Bruno Borghese, and Charles Chapron

Preoperative work-up for patients with deeply infiltrating endometriosis: transvaginal ultrasonography must definitely be the first-line imaging examination
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 602-607; doi:10.1093/humrep/den405 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Xu, W.T. Lui, C.Y. Chu, P.S. Ng, C.C. Wang, and M.S. Rogers

Anti-angiogenic effects of green tea catechin on an experimental endometriosis mouse model
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 608-618; doi:10.1093/humrep/den417 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A.O. Robb, N.L. Mills, I.B.J. Smith, A. Short, O. Tura-Ceide, G.R. Barclay, A. Blomberg, H.O.D. Critchley, D.E. Newby, and F.C. Denison

Influence of menstrual cycle on circulating endothelial progenitor cells
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 619-625; doi:10.1093/humrep/den411 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infertility

Get checked abstract M. Connolly, F. Gallo, S. Hoorens, and W. Ledger

Assessing long-run economic benefits attributed to an IVF-conceived singleton based on projected lifetime net tax contributions in the UK
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 626-632; doi:10.1093/humrep/den435 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Abha Maheshwari, Graham Scotland, Jacqueline Bell, Alison McTavish, Mark Hamilton, and Siladitya Bhattacharya

The direct health services costs of providing assisted reproduction services in overweight or obese women: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 5, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 633-639; doi:10.1093/humrep/den424 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. van de Lagemaat, C.M. Timmers, J. Kelder, C. van Koppen, S. Mosselman, and R.G.J.M. Hanssen

Induction of ovulation by a potent, orally active, low molecular weight agonist (Org 43553) of the luteinizing hormone receptor
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 640-648; doi:10.1093/humrep/den412 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive biology

Get checked abstract Yang Yu, Qingyun Mai, Xinjie Chen, Liu Wang, Ling Gao, Canquan Zhou, and Qi Zhou

Assessment of the developmental competence of human somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos by oocyte morphology classification
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 9, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 649-657; doi:10.1093/humrep/den407 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. Vanhoutte, D. Nogueira, and P. De Sutter

Prematuration of human denuded oocytes in a three-dimensional co-culture system: effects on meiosis progression and developmental competence
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 658-669; doi:10.1093/humrep/den420 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marie-Justine Guerquin, Clotilde Duquenne, Hervé Coffigny, Virginie Rouiller-Fabre, Romain Lambrot, Mariana Bakalska, René Frydman, René Habert, and Gabriel Livera

Sex-specific differences in fetal germ cell apoptosis induced by ionizing radiation
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 670-678; doi:10.1093/humrep/den410 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anne E. King, Nick Wheelhouse, Sharon Cameron, Sarah E. McDonald, Kai-Fai Lee, Gary Entrican, Hilary O.D. Critchley, and Andrew W. Horne

Expression of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor and elafin in human fallopian tube and in an in-vitro model of Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 679-686; doi:10.1093/humrep/den452 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D.K. Hapangama, M.A. Turner, J.A. Drury, S. Quenby, A. Hart, M. Maddick, C. Martin-Ruiz, and T. von Zglinicki

Sustained replication in endometrium of women with endometriosis occurs without evoking a DNA damage response
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 16, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 687-696; doi:10.1093/humrep/den416 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Benedito Borges da Silva, Pedro Vitor Lopes-Costa, Alesse Ribeiro dos Santos, Cleicilene Gomes Pires, Carine Soares Borges, and José Antônio Gontijo

Evaluation of Ki-67 antigen expression in the zona reticularis of the adrenal cortex of female rats in persistent estrus
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 705-709; doi:10.1093/humrep/den451 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive endocrinology

Get checked abstract A.J. Goverde, A.J.B. van Koert, M.J. Eijkemans, E.A.H. Knauff, H.E. Westerveld, B.C.J.M. Fauser, and F.J. Broekmans

Indicators for metabolic disturbances in anovulatory women with polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosed according to the Rotterdam consensus criteria
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 710-717; doi:10.1093/humrep/den433 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M.P. Sirivelu, A.C. Shin, G.I. Perez, P.S. MohanKumar, and S.M.J. MohanKumar

Effect of L-dopa on interleukin-1β-induced suppression of luteinizing hormone secretion in intact female rats
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 3, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 718-725; doi:10.1093/humrep/den434 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive genetics

Get checked abstract Hilde Van de Velde, Martine De Rycke, Caroline De Man, Kim De Hauwere, Francesco Fiorentino, Semra Kahraman, Guido Pennings, Willem Verpoest, Paul Devroey, and Inge Liebaers

The experience of two European preimplantation genetic diagnosis centres on human leukocyte antigen typing
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 5, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 732-740; doi:10.1093/humrep/den423 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Derek Lim, Sarah C. Bowdin, Louise Tee, Gail A. Kirby, Edward Blair, Alan Fryer, Wayne Lam, Christine Oley, Trevor Cole, Louise A. Brueton, Wolf Reik, Fiona Macdonald, and Eamonn R. Maher

Clinical and molecular genetic features of Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome associated with assisted reproductive technologies
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 10, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 741-747; doi:10.1093/humrep/den406 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chia-Huei Lee, Chien-Chih Wu, Yi-No Wu, and Han-Sun Chiang

Gene copy number variations in Asian patients with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 748-755; doi:10.1093/humrep/den413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

Fady I. Sharara

Ultrasound-guided hydrosalpinx aspiration during oocyte collection improves outcome in IVF
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 19, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 756; doi:10.1093/humrep/den448 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nahed Hammadieh, Arri Coomarasamy, Bolarinde Ola, Spyros Papaioannou, Masoud Afnan, and Khaldoun Sharif

Reply: Ultrasound-guided hydrosalpinx aspiration during oocyte collection improves outcome in IVF
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 20, 2009
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 756-757; doi:10.1093/humrep/den449 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Cahill and E. El Hakim

Women with consistently or variably elevated early follicular phase FSH
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 10, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 757-758; doi:10.1093/humrep/den440 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.H. de Koning and C.B. Lambalk

Reply: Managing IVF in women with consistently or variably elevated early follicular phase FSH
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 30, 2009
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 758; doi:10.1093/humrep/den444 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Flisser and Alan B. Copperman

Why do couples drop-out from IVF treatment?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on December 10, 2008
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 758-759; doi:10.1093/humrep/den442 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.F.G. Verberg, B.C. Fauser, and N.S. Macklon

Reply: Why do couples drop out from IVF treatment?
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 759; doi:10.1093/humrep/den445 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Norbert Gleicher and Andrea Weghofer

Why depression is associated with increased risk towards premature labor
Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on January 3, 2009
Hum. Reprod. 2009 24: 760-761; doi:10.1093/humrep/den470 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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