Human Reproduction

EDITORIAL:

T.C.Anand Kumar

Legislation on reproductive technologies in India
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 685. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATES: What are the risks of third-generation oral contraceptives[quest ]:

Lynn Rosenberg, Bernard Bégaud, Ulf Bergman, Byron Brown, A.Sonia Buist, Daniel Cramer, Janet Daling, David Grimes, Fritz Kemper, and Angela Mills

Are third-generation oral contraceptives safe?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 687-688. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Walter O. Spitzer

The future of oral contraceptives: research priorities
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 688-689. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Cohen

Epidemiological disasters
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 689-690. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R.F. Kaper

Differences in venous thromboembolism-risk are related to causes other than product characteristics
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 690-691. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.Alex Michaels and Thomas Norpoth

Health policy and third-generation oral contraceptives
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 691-692. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arthur Leader

The public warnings on cardiovascular disease and third-generation oral contraceptives were not justified
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 692-693. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATES: On the reporting of results on assisted human conception:

R. Schoysman

Plea for realism and honesty in results of infertility reatment
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 695-697. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph D. Schulman

What's your success rate? Dr. X comes to America
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 697-699. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

François Olivennes and René Frydman

The A.R.T. of embroidery
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 699-700. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATES: Potential health hazards of assisted human reproduction:

Meenakshi Narayanan, P.S.R. Murthy, S.A. Munaf, and M.D. Kini

Possible immunological complications
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 701-702. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DEBATES: Frozen embryos: too cold to touch[quest ]:

C.Yding Andersen, L.G. Westergaard, J. Grinsted, K. Petersen, and A.Nyboe Andersen

Frozen pre-embryos in Denmark
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 703. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruiz Amparo, Inmaculada Pérez, and Antonio Pellicer

Cryostorage of human embryos: time to decide
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 703. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OPINIONS:

Alan H. Handyside

Commonsense as applied to eugenics: response to Testart and Sèle
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 707. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Morris Fiddler and Eugene Pergament

Medically-assisted procreation: a maturing technology or a premature fear? Response to Testart and Sèle
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 708-709. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW:

Arie Raziel, Arie Herman, Ian Bukovsky, Eliahu Caspi, and Raphael Ron-el

Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment of pregnant patients with unexplained recurrent abortions
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 711-715. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Endocrinology:

Roy Homburg, Raoul Orvieto, Itai Bar-Hava, and Zion Ben-Rafael

Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-1, IGF binding protein-1 and insulin and the response to human menopausal gonadotrophins in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 716-719. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shlomo Lipitz, Dan Grisaru, Reuwen Achiron, Gilad Ben-Baruch, Eyal Schiff, and Shlomo Mashiach

Spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation mimicking an ovarian tumour
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 720-721. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Genetics:

J. Blanco, J. Egozcue, and F. Vidal

Incidence of chromosome 21 disomy in human spermatozoa as determined by fluorescent in-situ hybridization
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 722-726. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Surgery:

Luigi Fedele, Stefano Bianchi, Maurizio Marchini, Raffaella Mezzopane, Giuliana Di Nola, and Luca Tozzi

Residual uterine septum of less than 1 cm after hysteroscopic metroplasty does not impair reproductive outcome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 727-729. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dov Dicker, Jacob Ashkenazi, Arie Dekel, Raoul Orvieto, Dov Feldberg, Arie Yeshaya, and Zion Ben-Rafael

The value of hysteroscopic evaluation in patients with preclinical in-vitro fertilization abortions
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 730-731. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Infertility:

Aldo Campana, Denny Sakkas, Anne Stalberg, Patrizia Grace Bianchi, Isabelle Comte, Thierry Pache, and Dilys Walker

Intrauterine insemination: evaluation of the results according to the woman's age, sperm quality, total sperm count per insemination and life table analysis
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 732-736. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Contraception:

C. Rice, S. Killick, D. Hickling, and H.Coelingh Bennink

Ovarian activity and vaginal bleeding patterns with a desogestrel-only preparation at three different doses
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 737-740. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Andrology:

Abdel-Halim Amin, Janice L. Bailey, Bayard T. Storey, Luis Blasco, and Susan Heyner

A comparison of three methods for detecting the acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 741-745. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ken R. Daniels, Ruth Curson, and Gillian M. Lewis

Semen donor recruitment: a study of donors in two clinics
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 746-751. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Salzbrunn, D.M. Benson, A.F. Holstein, and W. Schulze

A new concept for the extraction of testicular spermatozoa as a tool for assisted fertilization (ICSI)
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 752-755. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Semra Kahraman, Suat Özgür, Cengiz Alatas, Senai Aksoy, Murat Tasdemir, Alp Nuhoglu, Islk Tasdemir, Basak Balaban, Kutay Biberoglu, Robert Schoysman, Martine Nijs, and Pierre Vanderzwahnen

Fertility with testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in non-obstructive azoospermic men
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 756-760. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adel Zalata, Tarek Hafez, Frank Schoonjans, and Frank Comhaire

The possible meaning of transferrin and its soluble receptors in seminal plasma as markers of the seminiferous epithelium
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 761-764. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franco Dondero, Tiziana Rossi, Giampiero D'Offizi, Fernando Mazzilli, Rosamaria Rosso, Nadia Sarandrea, Elena Pinter, and Fernando Aiuti

Semen analysis in HTV seropositive men and in subjects at high risk for HTV infection
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 765-768. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aby Lewin, David B. Weiss, Shevach Friedler, Inbar Ben-Shachar, Anat Porat-Katz, Dror Meirow, Joseph G. Schenker, and Anat Safran

Delivery following intracytoplasmic injection of mature sperm cells recovered by testicular fine needle aspiration in a case of hypergonadotropic azoospermia due to maturation arrest
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 769-771. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Tesarik and Carmen Mendoza

Spermatid injection into human oocytes. I. Laboratory techniques and special features of zygote development
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 772-779. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Tesarik, François Rolet, Charles Brami, Eric Sedbon, Jean Thorel, Charles Tibi, and Alain Thébault

Spermatid injection into human oocytes. II.Clinical application in the treatment of infertility due to non obstructive azoospermia
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 780-783. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Waltraud Eggert-Kruse, Gerhard Rohr, Harald Kerbel, Beate Schwalbach, Traute Demirakca, Klaus Klinga, Wolfgang Tilgen, and Benno Runnebaum

The Acridine Orange test: a clinically relevant screening method for sperm quality during infertility investigation?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 784-789. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Ovary and ovulation:

Craig L. Best, Jeffrey Pudney, William R. Welch, Natalie Burger, and Joseph A. Hill

Localization and characterization of white blood cell populations within the human ovary throughout the menstrual cycle and menopause
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 790-797. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eugenie M. Kaayk, Maarten C. Pieterse, Johan F. Beek, Fulco van der Veen, Fibo J.W.ten Kate, Frits B. Lammes, and Martin J.C. van Gemert

Transvaginal interstitial laser treatment of the ovary: a feasibility study in cows
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 808-813. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Overy and ovulation:

D. Spitzer, K.F. Murach, F. Lottspeich, A. Staudach, and K. Illmensee

Different protein patterns derived from follicular fluid of mature and immature human follicles
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 798-807. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Fertilization and early embryology:

M. Paul, J.P. Sumpter, and K.S. Lindsay

The paradoxical effects of pentoxifylline on the binding of permatozoa to the human zona pellucioda
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 814-819. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L.Lane Wong, Richard S. Legro, Steven R. Lindheim, Richard J. Paulson, and Mark V. Sauer

Efficacy of oocytes donated by older women in an oocyte donation programme
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 820-823. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazufumi Goto, Akihiro Kinoshita, Yoshihiko Nakanishi, and Kiyohiko Ogawa

Blastocyst formation following intracytoplasmic injection of in-vitro derived spermatids into bovine oocytes
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 824-829. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.M. Green, S.M. Cockle, P.F. Watson, and L.R. Fraser

Fertilization promoting peptide, a tripeptide similar to thyrotrophin-releasing hormone, stimulates the capacitation and fertilizing ability of human spermatozoa in vitro
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 830-836. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Sakkas, F. Urner, P.G. Bianchi, D. Bizzaro, I. Wagner, N. Jaquenoud, G. Manicardi, and A. Campana

Sperm chromatin anomalies can influence decondensation after intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 837-843. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Uterus and endometrium:

Annette J. Bonhoff, Olaf G.J. Naether, and Elisabeth Johannisson

Effects of clomiphene citrate stimulation on endometrial structure in infertile women
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 844-849. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deepa Bhartiya, S.R. Chowdhury, and Virendra K. Bajpai

Stromal cell interaction and relevance to predecidual events and menstruation
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 850-856. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kentaro Takahashi, Saori Okada, Masako Okada, Manabu Kitao, Yasushi Kaji, and Kazuro Sugimura

Magnetic resonance relaxation time in evaluating the cyst fluid characteristics of endometrioma
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 857-860. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Endometriosis:

N. Berkova, A. Lemay, M. Boutin, L. Turcot-Lemay, E. Gagnon, and Le Group d'Investigation en Gynecologie

Decreased amounts of antibodies to 22 and 18 kDa antigens in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 861-867. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Chapron and Jean-Bernard Dubuisson

Laparoscopic treatment of deep endometriosis located on the uterosacral ligaments
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 868-873. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ceana H. Nezhat, Farr Nezhat, Soheila Borhan, Daniel S. Seidman, and Camran R. Nezhat

Is hormonal treatment efficacious in the management of ovarian cysts in women with histories of endometriosis?
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 874-877. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruth Hadfield, Helen Mardon, David Barlow, and Stephen Kennedy

Delay in the diagnosis of endometriosis: a survey of women from the USA and the UK
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 878-880. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Implantation and early pregnancy:

M.A.H. Al-Sebai, M. Diver, and L.J. Hipkin

The role of a single free -human chorionic gonadotrophin measurement in the diagnosis of early pregnancy failure and the prognosis of fetal viability
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 881-888. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Implantion and early pregnancy:

Eric Jauniaux, Davor Jurkovic, Christoph Lees, Stuart Campbell, and Beatrice Gulbis

In-vivo study of diazepam transfer across the first trimester human placenta
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 889-892. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Implantation and early pregnancy: Case report:

Anja C. Schulte and Paul Serhal

Twin pregnancy following embryo transfer on day 7 of the luteal phase in an oocyte donation programme
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 893-894. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Pregnancy:

Chandrasekhar Yallampalli, Yuan-Lin Dong, and Sunil J. Wimalawansa

Calcitonin gene-related peptide reverses the hypertension and significantly decreases the fetal mortality in pre-eclampsia rats induced by N^G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 895-899. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anthony Abbas, Neil J. Sebire, Mark Johnson, Nicholas Bersinger, and Kypros H. Nicolaides

Maternal serum concentrations of pregnancy associated placental protein A and pregnancy specific -1-glycoprotein in multifetal pregnancies before and after fetal reduction
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 900-902. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Psychology:

Jacky Boivin and Janet E. Takefnan

Impact of the in-vitro fertilization process on emotional, physical and relational variables
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 903-907. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES: Ethics and society:

J.G. Schenker and A. Shushan

Ethical and legal aspects of assisted reproduction practice in Asia
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 908-911. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

H.J.A. Carp and V. Toder

The ETEP protocol for recurrent miscarriage
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 912-913. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Exalto

The ETEP protocol for recurrent miscarriage
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 913. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fabio Parazzini, Simona Restelli, Liliane Chatenoud, Daniela Dal Pino, and Luigi Fedele

Trend of spontaneous abortions in Italy 1980-1991
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 914. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ram S. Verma

Twins of different races: choice or technical blunder
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 915. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cesare Battaglia and Annibale Volpe

Colour Doppler imaging and polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 915. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jamal Zaidi and Stuart Campbell

Colour Doppler imaging and polycystic ovary syndrome
Hum. Reprod. 1996 11: 916. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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