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Human Reproduction features full-length, peer-reviewed papers reporting original research, clinical case histories, as well as opinions and debates on topical issues. Papers published cover the scientific and medical aspects of reproductive physiology and pathology, endocrinology, andrology, gonad function, gametogenesis, fertilization, embryo development, implantation, pregnancy, genetics, genetic diagnosis, oncology, infectious disease, surgery, contraception, infertility treatment, psychology, ethics and social issues. The highest scientific and editorial standard is maintained throughout the journal along with a rapid rate of publication.

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Volume 14, Number 8, August 1999
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Should hysteroscopy be a part of the basic infertility workup?
pp. 1923-1924(2)
Author: Asher Shushan

Legal aspects of clinical practice in reproductive medicine
pp. 1925-1926(2)
Authors: Izhar Ben-Shlomo; Moshe Zeidner

Manipulating the genome to study reproduction
pp. 1927-1939(13)
Author: Philip.E. Castle

Are there disadvantages to outpatient IVF? Experiences from current practice in Japan
pp. 1931-1933(3)
Authors: Toshiro Kubota; Yasufumi Shimizu

Endocrinology. Increased peripheral androgen activity in infertile Korean women with polycystic ovaries
pp. 1934-1938(5)
Authors: J.S. Roh; J.B. Yoo

Endocrinology. Does growth hormone-releasing factor assist follicular development in poor responder patients undergoing ovarian stimulation for in-vitro fertilization?
pp. 1939-1943(5)
Authors: C.M. Howles; E. Loumaye; M. Germond; R. Yates; P. Brinsden; D. Healy; L.M. Bonaventura

Endocrinology. Luteal support with micronized progesterone following in-vitro fertilization using a down-regulation protocol with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist: a comparative study between vaginal and oral administration
pp. 1944-1948(5)
Authors: S. Friedler; A. Raziel; M. Schachter; D. Strassburger; I. Bukovsky

Endocrinology. Alterations in cardiac flow parameters in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome
pp. 1949-1952(4)
Authors: M.B. Tírascaron; R. Yalçìn; V. Noyan; I. Maral; M. Yìldìrìm; O. Dörtlemez

Endocrinology. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and benign intracranial hypertension in pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: Case report
pp. 1953-1955(3)
Authors: P. Lesny; S.D. Maguiness; D.M. Hay; J. Robinson; C.E. Clarke

Immunology. Human reproductive failure is not a clinical feature associated with beta2 glycoprotein-I antibodies in anticardiolipin and lupus anticoagulant seronegative patients (the antiphospholipid/cofactor syndrome)
pp. 1956-1959(4)
Authors: Juan Balasch; Juan C. Reverter; Montserrat Creus; Dolors Tàssies; Francisco Fábregues; Francisco Carmona; Josep Font

Surgery. Total corporal synechiae due to tuberculosis carry a very poor prognosis following hysteroscopic synechialysis
pp. 1960-1961(2)
Authors: Orhan Bukulmez; Hakan Yarali

Surgery. Blind hemivagina: long-term follow-up and reproductive performance in 42 cases
pp. 1962-1964(3)
Authors: B. Haddad; E. Barranger

Surgery. Laparoscopic management of a unicornuate uterus with two cavitated, non-communicating rudimentary horns: Case report
pp. 1965-1968(4)
Author: C.R. Nezhat

Infertility. Antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis heat shock proteins in women with tubal factor infertility are associated with prior infection by C. trachomatis but not by C. pneumoniae
pp. 1969-1973(5)
Authors: K. Persson; S. Osser; S. Birkelund; G. Christiansen

Infertility. Variations in vaginal epithelial surface appearance determined by colposcopic inspection in healthy, sexually active women
pp. 1974-1978(5)
Authors: I.S. Fraser; P. Lähteenmäki; K. Elomaa; M. Lacarra; D.R. Mishell; F. Alvarez; V. Brache; E. Weisberg; M. Hickey; P. Vallentine

Infertility. Colour Doppler indices of follicular blood flow as predictors of pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
pp. 1979-1982(4)
Authors: C.B. Coulam; C. Goodman

Infertility. Early resort to ovarian stimulation improves the cost-effectiveness of a donor insemination programme
pp. 1983-1988(6)
Authors: H. Lashen; M. Afnan

Infertility. Failure of pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection with decapitated spermatozoa: Case report
pp. 1989-1992(4)
Authors: J. Saïas-Magnan; C. Metzler-Guillemain; G. Mercier; F. Carles-Marcorelles; J.M. Grillo

Contraception. Parenteral administration of progestin Nestorone® to lactating cynomolgus monkeys: an ideal hormonal contraceptive at lactation?
pp. 1993-1997(5)
Authors: O. Heikinheimo; S. Ranta; A. Moo-Young; P. Lähteenmäki

Andrology. Influence of the male reproductive tract on the reproductive potential of round spermatids abnormally released from the seminiferous epithelium
pp. 1998-2006(9)
Authors: N. Sofikitis; K. Ono; Y. Yamamoto; H. Papadopoulos

Andrology. Morphometric assessment of mature and diminished-maturity human spermatozoa: sperm regions that reflect differences in maturity
pp. 2007-2014(8)
Authors: Anna Gergely; Ertug Kovanci; Levent Senturk; Eric Cosmi; Lynne Vigue

Andrology. Density gradient centrifugation and glass wool filtration of semen remove spermatozoa with damaged chromatin structure
pp. 2015-2019(5)
Authors: K.L. Larson; J.D. Brannian; B.K. Timm; L.K. Jost

Andrology. Anti-Müllerian hormone as a seminal marker for spermatogenesis in non-obstructive azoospermia
pp. 2020-2024(5)
Authors: P. Fénichel; R. Rey; S. Poggioli; M. Donzeau; D. Chevallier

Andrology. Seminal leukocyte concentration and related specific reactive oxygen species production in patients with male accessory gland infections
pp. 2025-2030(6)

Andrology. Pregnancies achieved after frozen–thawed pronuclear oocytes obtained by intracytoplasmic sperm injection with spermatozoa extracted from frozen–thawed testicular tissues from non-obstructive azoospermic men
pp. 2031-2035(5)
Authors: S. Al-Hasani; L.C. Demirel; B. Schöpper; M. Bals-Pratsch; N. Nikolettos; W. Küpker; M. Ugur; R. Sturm

Andrology. Intra- and inter-laboratory variability in the assessment of sperm morphology by strict criteria: impact of semen preparation, staining techniques and manual versus computerized analysis
pp. 2036-2040(5)
Authors: Gerardo Barroso; Ramazan Mercan; Kemal Ozgur; Mahmood Morshedi; Paul Kolm; Kevin Coetzee; Thinus Kruger

Andrology. Light and electron microscopic analysis of human testicular spermatozoa and spermatids from frozen and thawed testicular biopsies
pp. 2041-2049(9)
Authors: D. Nogueira; C. Bourgain; G. Verheyen

Andrology. Vigorous prostatic massage: a simple method to retrieve spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection in psychogenic anejaculation: Case report
pp. 2050-2053(4)
Authors: I. Fahmy; A. Kamal; M. Metwali; C. Rhodes; R. Mansour; G. Serour

Ovary and ovulation. The effect of the angiogenesis inhibitor TNP-470 on luteal establishment and function in the primate
pp. 2054-2060(7)
Authors: H.M. Fraser; S.E. Dickson; K.D. Morris; G.F. Erickson

Ovary and ovulation. Effect of cooling rate and dehydration regimen on the histological appearance of human ovarian cortex following cryopreservation in 1,2-propanediol
pp. 2061-2068(8)
Authors: Debra A. Gook; D.H. Edgar

Fertilization and early embryology. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonists inhibit sperm binding to the human zona pellucida
pp. 2069-2074(6)
Authors: Patricio Morales; Bredford Kerr; Carolina Oliva; Eduardo Pizarro

Fertilization and early embryology. The effects of group size on development and interferon-tau secretion by in-vitro fertilized and cultured bovine blastocysts
pp. 2075-2079(5)
Author: Melissa A. Larson

Uterus and endometrium. Lack of correlation between vascular endothelial growth factor production and endothelial cell proliferation in the human endometrium
pp. 2080-2088(9)
Authors: C.E. Gargett; F.L. Lederman; T.M. Lau; N.H. Taylor

Uterus and endometrium. Matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 and their inhibitors are produced by the human uterine cervix but their secretion is not regulated by nitric oxide donors
pp. 2089-2096(8)
Authors: Marie-Anne Ledingham; Fiona C. Denison; Simon C. Riley

Implantation and early pregnancy. Chromosome translocations in couples with in-vitro fertilization implantation failure
pp. 2097-2101(5)
Authors: C. Stern; M. Pertile; H. Norris; L. Hale

Pregnancy. The feasibility of nuchal translucency measurement in higher order multiple gestations achieved by assisted reproduction
pp. 2102-2105(4)
Authors: R. Maymon; E. Dreazen; Y. Tovbin; I. Bukovsky; Z. Weinraub

Pregnancy. Habitual abortions in 678 healthy patients: investigation and prevention
pp. 2106-2109(4)
Authors: M.F. Reznikoff-Etievant; V. Cayol; G.M. Zou; N. Abuaf; A. Robert; C. Johanet

Pregnancy. Obstetric and perinatal outcome of pregnancies after intrauterine insemination
pp. 2110-2115(6)
Authors: Sinikka Nuojua-Huttunen; Mika Gissler; Hannu Martikainen

Pregnancy. Nitric oxide synthesis is increased after dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate administration in term human pregnancy
pp. 2116-2119(4)
Authors: Atsushi Manabe; Toshiyuki Hata; Toshihiro Yanagihara; Michio Hashimoto; Yohko Yamada; Shingo Irikoma; Showa Aoki; Sumio Masumura

Pregnancy. Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotrophin in pregnancies conceived after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and conventional in-vitro fertilization
pp. 2120-2123(4)
Authors: Yung Hang Lam; William Shu Biu Yeung; Mary Hoi Yin Tang; Ernest Hung Yu Ng; William Wai Ki So

Pregnancy. Outcome of twin pregnancies complicated by single intrauterine death in relation to vascular anatomy of the monochorionic placenta
pp. 2124-2130(7)
Authors: Rekha Bajoria; Ling Y. Wee; Shaheen Anwar

Pregnancy. The role of trophoblast in the physiological change in decidual spiral arteries
pp. 2131-2138(8)
Authors: Elisa P.Y. Kam; Lucy Gardner; Y.W. Loke

Pregnancy. The use of misoprostol for pre-operative cervical dilatation prior to vacuum aspiration: a randomized trial
pp. 2139-2142(4)
Authors: Suk Wai Ngai; Yik Ming Chan; Oi Shan Tang

Birth. A Danish national cohort of 730 infants born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) 1994–1997
pp. 2143-2148(6)
Authors: A. Loft; K. Petersen; K. Erb; A.L. Mikkelsen; J. Grinsted; F. Hald; J. Hindkjær; K.M. Nielsen; P. Lundstrøm; A. Gabrielsen; S. Lenz; P. Hornnes; S. Ziebe; H.B. Ejdrup; A. Lindhard; Y. Zhou

Cancer. Orthotopic and heterotopic autografts of frozen–thawed ovarian cortex in sheep
pp. 2149-2154(6)
Authors: Y. Aubard; P. Piver; Y. Cognié; V. Fermeaux; N. Poulin

Cancer. Tryptophan ingestion by pregnant rats induces pituitary and mammary tumours in the adult female offspring
pp. 2155-2161(7)
Authors: Cristo Santana; Lorenzo Martin; Francisco Valladares; Lucio Diaz-Flores; Celsa Santana-Herrera; Antonio Milena

Psychology. The psychological status at school age of children conceived by in-vitro fertilization
pp. 2162-2165(4)
Authors: Thomas R. Montgomery; Frank Aiello; Raymond D. Adelman; Nadia Wasylyshyn; Mason C. Andrews; T.Berry Brazelton; Georgeanna S. Jones

Psychology. Reproductive decisions of men with microdeletions of the Y chromosome: the role of genetic counselling
pp. 2166-2169(4)
Authors: Annemiek W. Nap; Ron J.T. Van Golde; Joep H.A.M. Tuerlings; Paul De Sutter; Math H.E.C. Pieters; Jacques C. Giltay; Peter M.M. Kastrop; Didi D.M. Braat

Psychology. Obstetric outcome and psychological follow-up of pregnancies after embryo reduction
pp. 2170-2175(6)
Authors: Christina Bergh; Anders Möller; Lars Nilsson

Extraordinary implantation rates with fresh blastocyst transfer: better culture conditions or selection of the best patients?
pp. 2178-2179(2)
Authors: Richard P. Dickey; Roman Pyrzak

The usefulness of a piezo-micromanipulator in ICSI in humans
pp. 2180-2180(1)
Authors: Safaa Al-Hasani; Haruo Katayose; Hiroyuki Yazawa; Yasuyuki Kimura; Katuyuki Konnai

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