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Modern trends
Racial and ethnic differences in reproductive potential across the life cycle, 24 November 2009 Samantha F. Butts, David B. Seifer pages 681-690 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (169 KB)
Editor's corner
Cancer and fecundity issues mandate a multidisciplinary approach, 06 February 2009 Dominique de Ziegler, Isabelle Streuli, Ioannis Vasilopoulos, Christine Decanter, Pascale This, Charles Chapron pages 691-696 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (193 KB)
Contraception
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate use after peak bone mass is associated with increased bone turnover but no decrease in bone mineral density, 14 November 2008 Jennifer S. Walsh, Richard Eastell, Nicola F. Peel pages 697-701 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (96 KB)
Ectopic pregnancy
Human chorionic gonadotropin ratio of hemoperitoneum versus venous serum improves early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy, 01 December 2008 YuDong Wang, Hong Zhao, YinCheng Teng, LiHua Lu, JianQian Tong pages 702-705 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (143 KB)
Endometriosis
Endometrial stromal cells from women with endometriosis reveal peculiar migratory behavior in response to ovarian steroids, 19 November 2008 Davide Gentilini, Paola Vigano, Edgardo Somigliana, Lucia Maria Vicentini, Michele Vignali, Mauro Busacca, Anna Maria Di Blasio pages 706-715 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1953 KB)
Pain and ovarian endometrioma recurrence after laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis: a long-term prospective study, 04 December 2008 Maria Grazia Porpora, Debora Pallante, Annamaria Ferro, Brenda Crisafi, Filippo Bellati, Pierluigi Benedetti Panici pages 716-721 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (100 KB)
Infertility
Sexual function in women with female genital mutilation, 24 November 2008 Sharifa A. Alsibiani, Abdulrahim A. Rouzi pages 722-724 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Infertility service use among U.S. women: 1995 and 2002, 18 December 2008 Anjani Chandra, Elizabeth Hervey Stephen pages 725-736 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (136 KB)
When do involuntarily infertile couples choose to seek medical help?, 19 November 2008 Caroline Moreau, Jean Bouyer, Béatrice Ducot, Alfred Spira, Rémy Slama pages 737-744 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (248 KB)
Access to assisted reproductive technology centers in the United States, 10 December 2008 Ajay K. Nangia, Donald S. Likosky, Dongmei Wang pages 745-761 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (618 KB)
Ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation for fertility preservation for medical indications: report of an ongoing experience, 14 November 2008 Kutluk Oktay, Ozgur Oktem pages 762-768 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (455 KB)
In vitro fertilization
Beneficial effect of autologous endometrial cell coculture in patients with repeated implantation failure, 26 February 2009 Victoria Eyheremendy, Fernanda G.E. Raffo, Mercedes Papayannis, Julia Barnes, Cintia Granados, Jorge Blaquier pages 769-773 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (94 KB)
Embryologic outcome and secretome profile of implanted blastocysts obtained after coculture in human endometrial epithelial cells versus the sequential system, 04 December 2008 Francisco Dominguez, Blanca Gadea, Amparo Mercader, Francisco J. Esteban, Antonio Pellicer, Carlos Simón pages 774-782.e1 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1368 KB)
Post-biopsy bovine embryo viability and whole genome amplification in preimplantation genetic diagnosis, 25 December 2008 Juliana Polisseni, Wanderlei Ferreira de Sá, Martha de Oliveira Guerra, Marco Antônio Machado, Raquel Varella Serapião, Bruno Campos de Carvalho, Luiz Sérgio de Almeida Camargo, Vera Maria Peters pages 783-788 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (138 KB)
Male factor
Effect of thawing temperature on the motility recovery of cryopreserved human spermatozoa, 08 December 2008 Juan C. Calamera, Mariano G. Buffone, Gustavo F. Doncel, Santiago Brugo-Olmedo, Sabrina de Vincentiis, Maria M. Calamera, Bayard T. Storey, Juan G. Alvarez pages 789-794 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
The expression and distribution of deoxyribonucleic acid repair and apoptosis markers in testicular germ cells of infertile varicocele patients resembles that of old fertile men, 04 December 2008 Moetaz M. El-Domyati, Abo-Bakr M. Al-Din, Manal T. Barakat, Hasan M. El-Fakahany, Stanton Honig, Jiasen Xu, Denny Sakkas pages 795-801 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1514 KB)
Human papillomavirus found in sperm head of young adult males affects the progressive motility, 18 December 2008 Carlo Foresta, Andrea Garolla, Daniela Zuccarello, Damiano Pizzol, Afra Moretti, Luisa Barzon, Giorgio Palù pages 802-806 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (131 KB)
Birefringence characteristics in sperm heads allow for the selection of reacted spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection, 08 December 2008 Luca Gianaroli, M. Cristina Magli, Anna P. Ferraretti, Andor Crippa, Michela Lappi, Serena Capitani, Baccio Baccetti pages 807-813 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (369 KB)
Sperm viability, apoptosis, and intracellular reactive oxygen species levels in human spermatozoa before and after induction of oxidative stress, 18 December 2008 Reda Z. Mahfouz, Stefan S. du Plessis, Nabil Aziz, Rakesh Sharma, Edmund Sabanegh, Ashok Agarwal pages 814-821 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (449 KB)
Clinical data and parenthood of 63 infertile and Y-microdeleted men, 04 December 2008 Catherine Patrat, Thierry Bienvenu, Laurent Janny, Anne-Karen Faure, Patricia Fauque, Isabelle Aknin-Seifer, Céline Davy, Nicolas Thiounn, Pierre Jouannet, Rachel Lévy pages 822-832 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (196 KB)
Absence of chlamydial deoxyribonucleic acid from testicular and epididymal samples from men with obstructive azoospermia, 25 December 2008 Sreebala Sripada, Maria Rosario Amezaga, Mark Hamilton, Hamish McKenzie, Allan Templeton, Siladitya Bhattacharya pages 833-836 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (87 KB)
Epinephrine is associated with both erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms, 04 December 2008 J.C. Trussell, Allen R. Kunselman, Richard S. Legro pages 837-842 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (144 KB)
Menopause
Impact of age and gender interaction on circulating endothelial progenitor cells in healthy subjects, 25 December 2008 Alexandra Rousseau, Fida Ayoubi, Christel Deveaux, Beny Charbit, Catherine Delmau, Sophie Christin-Maitre, Patrice Jaillon, Georges Uzan, Tabassome Simon pages 843-846 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (150 KB)
Ovulation induction
1,500 IU human chorionic gonadotropin administered at oocyte retrieval rescues the luteal phase when gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist is used for ovulation induction: a prospective, randomized, controlled study, 06 February 2009 Peter Humaidan, Helle Ejdrup Bredkjær, Lars Grabow Westergaard, Claus Yding Andersen pages 847-854 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (155 KB)
A prospective, comparative analysis of anti-Müllerian hormone, inhibin-B, and three-dimensional ultrasound determinants of ovarian reserve in the prediction of poor response to controlled ovarian stimulation, 01 December 2008 Kannamannadiar Jayaprakasan, Bruce Campbell, James Hopkisson, Ian Johnson, Nick Raine-Fenning pages 855-864 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (235 KB)
Ovarian stimulation for fertility preservation in patients with cancer, 14 November 2008 Rudolpho B. Quintero, Amy Helmer, Jian Qun Huang, Lynn M. Westphal pages 865-868 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (77 KB)
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Serum retinol-binding protein 4 levels in nonobese women with polycystic ovary syndrome, 24 November 2008 Te-Fu Chan, Yung-Chieh Tsai, Pu-Rong Chiu, Yi-Ling Chen, Chien-Hung Lee, Eing-Mei Tsai pages 869-873 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (131 KB)
Ovarian hemorrhage after transvaginal ultrasonographically guided oocyte aspiration: a potentially catastrophic and not so rare complication among lean patients with polycystic ovary syndrome, 08 December 2008 Gad Liberty, Jordana Hadassah Hyman, Talia Eldar-Geva, Boris Latinsky, Michael Gal, Ehud J. Margalioth pages 874-879 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
Effect of metformin on serum visfatin levels in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome, 25 December 2008 Mesut Ozkaya, Erman Cakal, Yusuf Ustun, Yaprak Engin-Ustun pages 880-884 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (116 KB)
Pregnancy
Body composition, smoking, and spontaneous dizygotic twinning, 04 December 2008 Chantal Hoekstra, Gonneke Willemsen, C.E.M. Toos van Beijsterveldt, Cornelius B. Lambalk, Grant W. Montgomery, Dorret I. Boomsma pages 885-893 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (129 KB)
Reproductive endocrinology
Early follicle development alters the relationship between antral follicle counts and inhibin B and follicle-stimulating hormone levels on cycle day 3, 04 December 2008 Michael Grynberg, Estelle Feyereisen, Juliano Brum Scheffer, Panayotis Koutroubis, Rene Frydman, Renato Fanchin pages 894-899 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (106 KB)
Reproductive surgery
Novel use of a tracheobronchial stent in a patient with uterine didelphys and obstructed hemivagina, 08 December 2008 Amber R. Cooper, Diane F. Merritt pages 900-903 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (337 KB)
Reproductive biology
Rod outer segment membrane guanylate cyclase type 1 (ROS-GC1) calcium-modulated transduction system in the sperm, 25 December 2008 Anna Jankowska, Beata Burczyńska, Teresa Duda, Jerzy B. Warchol pages 904-912 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (648 KB)
Tissue culture before transplantation of frozen-thawed human fetal ovarian tissue into immunodeficient mice, 23 December 2008 Chao Lan, Wang Xiao, Deng Xiao-Hui, Hao Chun-Yan, Yu Hong-Ling pages 913-919 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (220 KB)
Effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on porcine oocyte meiosis progression, spindle organization, and chromosome alignment, 26 March 2009 Cai-Hong Ma, Li-Ying Yan, Jie Qiao, Wei Sha, Li Li, Yuan Chen, Qing-Yuan Sun pages 920-926 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1368 KB)
Exogenous androstenedione induces formation of follicular cysts and premature luteinization of granulosa cells in the ovary, 18 December 2008 Yuki Okutsu, Masanori T. Itoh, Noriyuki Takahashi, Bunpei Ishizuka pages 927-935 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (4075 KB)
Improvement of in vitro culture of mouse cumulus–oocyte complexes using PDE3-inhibitor followed by meiosis induction with epiregulin, 19 November 2008 Sergio Romero, Johan Smitz pages 936-944 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (693 KB)
Changes in acetylation on lysine 12 of histone H4 (acH4K12) of murine oocytes during maternal aging may affect fertilization and subsequent embryo development, 16 March 2009 Lun Suo, Qing-Gang Meng, Yan Pei, Chang-Liang Yan, Xiang-Wei Fu, Thomas D. Bunch, Shi-En Zhu pages 945-951 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (573 KB)
Immunization with Bin1b decreases sperm motility with compromised fertility in rats, 09 January 2009 Wenming Xu, Xiaohu Zhang, Wenying Chen, Kin Lam Fok, Dewi Kenneth Rowlands, Yiu-Loon Chui, Hsiao Chang Chan pages 952-958.e1 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2207 KB)
Mitochondrial behaviors in the vitrified mouse oocyte and its parthenogenetic embryo: effect of Taxol pretreatment and relationship to competence, 24 February 2009 Chang-Liang Yan, Xiang-Wei Fu, Guang-Bin Zhou, Xue-Ming Zhao, Lun Suo, Shi-En Zhu pages 959-966 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1232 KB)
Images in reproductive medicine
Autoamputated adnexa presents as a peritoneal loose body, 27 April 2009 Kaori Koga, Hisahiko Hiroi, Yutaka Osuga, Miwako Nagai, Tetsu Yano, Yuji Taketani pages 967-968 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (402 KB)
Techniques and instrumentation
Extensive tissue damage of bovine ovaries after bipolar ovarian drilling compared to monopolar electrocoagulation or carbon dioxide laser, 18 December 2008 Marja-Liisa Hendriks, Paul van der Valk, Cornelis B. Lambalk, Mark A.M. Broeckaert, Roy Homburg, Peter G.A. Hompes pages 969-975 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (508 KB)
High concentration of synthetic serum, stepwise equilibration and slow cooling as an efficient technique for large-scale cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells, 19 November 2008 Ji Yeon Lee, Jeoung Eun Lee, Dong Ku Kim, Tae Ki Yoon, Hyung Min Chung, Dong Ryul Lee pages 976-985 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1322 KB)
Comparative evaluation of different in vitro systems that stimulate germ cell differentiation in human embryonic stem cells, 08 December 2008 Mark Richards, Chui-Yee Fong, Ariff Bongso pages 986-994 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1311 KB)
True ovarian volume is underestimated by two-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound measurement, 23 December 2008 Mikkel Rosendahl, Erik Ernst, Per Emil Rasmussen, Claus Yding Andersen pages 995-998 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (237 KB)
Comparison of three methods for cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells, 23 December 2008 Yang Li, Ji-chun Tan, Ling-song Li pages 999-1005 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1670 KB)
Case report summaries
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) after conception using gametes from anonymous donors: recommendations for the future, 03 December 2009 Pamela Callum, Maria Teresa Urbina, Rena E. Falk, Jorge A. Alvarez-Diaz, Isaac Benjamin, Charles A. Sims pages 1006.e1-1006.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (56 KB)
A new FOXL2 gene mutation in a woman with premature ovarian failure and sporadic blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome, 07 December 2009 Frederico José Silva Corrêa, Adriano Bueno Tavares, Rinaldo Wellerson Pereira, Mauricio Simões Abrão pages 1006.e3-1006.e6 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (375 KB)
Live birth after polar body array comparative genomic hybridization prediction of embryo ploidy—the future of IVF?, 24 November 2009 Simon Fishel, Anthony Gordon, Colleen Lynch, Ken Dowell, George Ndukwe, Ehab Kelada, Simon Thornton, Lucy Jenner, Ellen Cater, Anthony Brown, Jose Garcia-Bernardo pages 1006.e7-1006.e10 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (455 KB)
Successful pregnancy after thermal balloon endometrial ablation followed by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, 25 November 2009 David Kuzel, Lucie Bartosova, Karel Rezabek, Dusan Toth, Josef Cindr, Michal Mara pages 1006.e11-1006.e13 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
A multidisciplinary, minimally invasive approach for complicated deep infiltrating endometriosis, 24 November 2009 Renato Seracchioli, Linda Manuzzi, Mohamed Mabrouk, Serena Solfrini, Clarissa Frascà, Fabio Manferrari, Filippo Pierangeli, Roberto Paradisi, Stefano Venturoli pages 1007.e1-1007.e3 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (115 KB)
Correspondence
Surrogate obesity negatively impacts pregnancy rates in third-party reproduction, 07 September 2009 Daniel A. DeUgarte, Catherine M. DeUgarte, Vicken Sahakian pages 1008-1010 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (74 KB)
Effects of the Statutory Health Insurance Modernization Act on the supply and expenditure situation in cases of assisted reproductive technologies in Germany, 11 January 2010 Eva Susanne Dietrich, Wenke Wevers pages 1011-1013 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (79 KB)
Immunologic factors and reproductive success in women with primary repeated spontaneous abortion, 01 October 2009 Fulvia Gloria-Bottini, Maria Nicotra, Andrea Magrini, Egidio Bottini pages 1014-1015 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (61 KB)
Improvement in quality-of-life questionnaire measures in obese adolescent females with polycystic ovary syndrome treated with lifestyle changes and oral contraceptives, with or without metformin, 24 September 2009 Miranda Harris-Glocker, Kristin Davidson, Lynda Kochman, David Guzick, Kathleen Hoeger pages 1016-1019 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (105 KB)
HIV-1 or hepatitis C chronic infection in serodiscordant infertile couples has no impact on infertility treatment outcome, 03 September 2009 Nadia Prisant, Roland Tubiana, Gilles Lefebvre, Pascal Lebray, Anne Genevieve Marcelin, Vincent Thibault, Ouriel Rosenblum, Manuela Bonmarchand, Danielle Vauthier-Brouzes, Jean Louis Golmard, Christine Katlama, Catherine Poirot pages 1020-1023 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (85 KB)
Letters to the editor
High prevalence of endometriosis in infertile women with normal ovulation and normospermic partners, 25 December 2009 Krithiga Ilangavan, Emmanuel Kalu page e10 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (38 KB)
Endometriosis: is laparoscopy justified without previous ultrasonogram and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?, 07 January 2010 Jean Belaisch page e11 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
Reply of the Authors: Endometriosis: is laparoscopy justified without previous ultrasonogram and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)? & High prevalence of endometriosis in infertile women with normal ovulation and normospermic partners, 25 December 2009 Christel Meuleman, Carla Tomassetti, Dirk Timmerman, Thomas D'Hooghe page e12 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
Serum AMH, FSH, and LH levels in PCOS, 11 January 2010 Neoklis A. Georgopoulos, Alexandros D. Saltamavros, George Decavalas, Athanasia Piouka, Ilias Katsikis, Dimitrios Panidis page e13 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
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