Human Reproduction

EDITORIAL:

G. Forti and M. Serio

Male infertility: is its rising incidence due to better methods of detection or an increasing frequency?
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1153-1154. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATES:

Ariff Bongso, Chui-Yee Fong, Soon-Chye Ng, and Shan Ratnam

The search for improved in-vitro systems should not be ignored: embryo co-culture may be one of them
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1155-1160. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B.D. Bavister

Response to the use of co-culture for embryo development
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1160-1162. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES:

John Carroll and Roger G. Gosden

Physiology: Transplantation of frozen—thawed mouse primordial follicles
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1163-1167. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Jonsson and M. Hammarström

Physiology: Autonomic nervous modulation and effects of a prostaglandin synthase inhibitor on human cervical secretion
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1168-1172. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.C.P. Rees, A.R. Heryet, and R. Bicknell

Physiology: Immunohistochemical properties of the endothelial cells in the human uterus during the menstrual cycle
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1173-1178. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Anttila, P. Koskinen, T.-A. Jaatinen, R. Erkkola, K. Irjala, and K. Ruutiainen

Endocrinology: Insulin hypersecretion together with high luteinizing hormone concentration augments androgen secretion in oral glucose tolerance test in women with polycystic ovarian disease
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1179-1183. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Amit, Y. Yaron, I. Yovel, M.R. Peyser, M.P. David, A. Botchan, and J.B. Lessing

Endocrinology: Repeated aspiration of ovarian follicles and early corpus luteum cysts in an in-vitro fertilization programme reduces the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in high responders
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1184-1186. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E.J. Thomas, W. Edridge, Ann Weddell, A. McGill, and H.H.G. McGarrigle

Endocrinology: The impact of cigarette smoking on the plasma concentrations of gonadotrophins, ovarian steroids and androgens and upon the metabolism of oestrogens in the human female
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1187-1193. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S.D. Maguiness, K. Shrimanker, O. Djahanbakhch, B. Teisner, and J.G. Grudzinskas

Immunology: Evidence for the in-vitro de-novo synthesis of immunoglobulin and a previously undescribed 17 kDa protein (TEP-2) by the mucosa of the Fallopian tube
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1199-1202. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Marzusch, P. Ruck, A. Geiselhart, R. Handgretinger, J.A. Dietl, E. Kaiserling, H.-P. Horny, G. Vince, and C.W.G. Redman

Immunology: Distribution of cell adhesion molecules on CD56++, CD3–, CD16– large granular lymphocytes and endothelial cells in first-trimester human decidua
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1203-1208. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patricia A. O'Donovan, Patrick Vandekerckhove, Richard J. Lilford, and Edward Hughes

Infertility:Treatment of male infertility: is it effective? Review and meta-analyses of published randomized controlled trials
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1209-1222. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L.D. Klentzeris, J.N. Bulmer, L.K. Trejdosiewicz, L. Morrison, and I.D. Cooke

Infertility: Beta-1 integrin cell adhesion molecules in the endometrium of fertile and infertile women
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1223-1230. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

X.J. Wang, G.M. Warnes, R.J. Norman, C.A. Kirby, A.M. Clark, and C.D. Matthews

Infertility: Gamete intra-Fallopian transfer: outcome following the elective or non-elective replacement of two, three or four oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1231-1234. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Bielfeld, R.S. Jeyendran, and L.J.D. Zaneveld

Andrology: Osmo-sensitivity of the human sperm acrosome reaction
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1235-1239. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel R. Franken, Thinus F. Kruger, Sergio Oehninger, Charles C. Coddington, Carl Lombard, K. Smith, and Gary D. Hodgen

Andrology: The ability of the hemizona assay to predict human fertilization in different and consecutive in-vitro fertilization cycles
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1240-1244. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Tesarik

Andrology: Subzonal sperm insertion with aged human oocytes from failed in-vitro fertilization attempts: fertilization results and some applications
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1245-1250. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T.G. Cooper, C. Keck, U. Oberdieck, and E. Nieschlag

Andrology: Effects of multiple ejaculations after extended periods of sexual abstinence on total, motile and normal sperm numbers, as well as accessory gland secretions, from healthy normal and oligozoospermic men
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1251-1258. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pasquale Patrizio, Teri Ord, Sherman J. Silber, and Ricardo H. Asch

Andrology: Cystic fibrosis mutations impair the fertilization rate of epididymal sperm from men with congenital absence of the vas deferens
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1259-1263. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Norbert Gleicher, Edmond Confino, Randle Corfman, Carolyn Coulam, Alan DeCherney, Gilbert Haas, Eugene Katz, Earle Robinson, Ilan Tur-Kaspa, and Michael Vermesh

Surgery: The multicentre transcervical balloon tuboplasty study: conclusions and comparison to alternative technologies
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1264-1271. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.Kevin Artley, Peter R. Braude, and Pauline Cooper

Surgery: Vaginal squamous cells in follicular aspirates following transvaginal puncture
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1272-1273. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S.T. Homa, J. Carroll, and K. Swann

Fertilization and early embryology: The role of calcium in mammalian oocyte maturation and egg activation
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1274-1281. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guy Verhulst, Michel Camus, Nico Bollen, André Van Steirteghem, and Paul Devroey

Pregnancy: Analysis of the risk factors with regard to the occurrence of ectopic pregnancy after medically assisted procreation
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1284-1287. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T.S. Zaytseva, V.N. Goncharova, M.S. Morozova, T.M. Astakhova, I.A. Manuilova, and Y.A. Pankov

Pregnancy: The effect of RU486 on progesterone and oestrogen receptor concentration in human decidua on early pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1288-1292. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.H. Check, D. Lurie, C. Dietterich, C. Callan, and A. Baker

Pregnancy: Adverse effect of a homogeneous hyperechogenic endometrial sonographic pattern, despite adequate endometrial thickness on pregnancy rates following in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1293-1296. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

François Olivennes, P. Rufat, B. André, A. Pourade, M.C. Quiros, and René Frydman

Pregnancy: The increased risk of complication observed in singleton pregnancies resulting from in-vitro fertilization (IVF) does not seem to be related to the IVF method itself
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1297-1300. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W.M. Ankum, F.Van der Veen, J.V.Th.H. Hamerlynck, and F.B. Lammes

Pregnancy: Laparoscopy: a dispensable tool in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy?
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1301-1306. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W.M. Ankum, F.Van der Veen, J.V.Th.H. Hamerlynck, and F.B. Lammes

Pregnancy: Transvaginal sonography and human chorionic gonadotrophin measurements in suspected ectopic pregnancy: a detailed analysis of a diagnostic approach
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1307-1311. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.B.A. Oliveira, R.L.R. Baruffi, A.L. Mauri, C.G. Petersen, M.S. Campos, and J.G. Franco, Jr

Pregnancy: Endometrial ultrasonography as a predictor of pregnancy in an in-vitro fertilization programme
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1312-1315. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John D. West

Pregnancy: A genetically defined animal model of anembryonic pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1316-1323. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adam H. Balen, Jane MacDougall, and Seang-Lin Tan

Pregnancy: The influence of the number of embryos transferred in 1060 in-vitro fertilization pregnancies on miscarriage rates and pregnancy outcome
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1324-1328. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin J. Connolly, Robert J. Edelmann, Helen Bartlett, Ian D. Cooke, Elizabeth Lenton, and Sheila Pike

Counselling: An evaluation of counselling for couples undergoing treatment for in-vitro fertilization
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1332-1338. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTILCES:

Antoni J. Duleba, Leszek A. Pawelczyk, Basil Ho Yuen, and Young S. Moon

Endocrinology: Insulin actions on ovarian steroidogenesis are not modulated by metformin
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1194-1198. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Endometriosis:

S.L. Padilla

Case Report: Ovarian abscess following puncture of an endometrioma during ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1282-1283. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pregnancy:

Lawrence Mascarenhas and Brian Eliot

CASE REPORT: Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, selective embryo reduction and heterotopic pregnancy
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1329-1331. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

E. Krampl and W. Feichtinger

Endometrial thickness and echo patterns
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1339. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Schoysman, P. Vanderzwalmen, M. Nijs, G. Segal-Bertin, and M. van de Casseye

Successful fertilization by testicular spermatozoa in an in-vitro fertilization programme
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1339-1340. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

V. Remorgida, M. Giordano, P. Lanera, S. Costantini, and L. de Cecco

The relationship between body composition plasma and concentrations of exogenously administered urinary follicle stimulating hormone
Hum. Reprod. 1993 8: 1341. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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