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Modern trends
Impact of male obesity on infertility: a critical review of the current literature Ahmad O. Hammoud, Mark Gibson, C. Matthew Peterson, A. Wayne Meikle, Douglas T. Carrell pages 897-904 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (262 KB)
Editor's corner
The destiny of myomas: should we treat small submucous myomas in women of reproductive age?, 03 January 2008 Stefano Bettocchi, Charalampos Siristatidis, Giovanni Pontrelli, Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, Oronzo Ceci, Luigi Nappi, Luigi Selvaggi pages 905-910 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (330 KB)
Special contribution
Female reproductive disorders: the roles of endocrine-disrupting compounds and developmental timing D. Andrew Crain, Sarah J. Janssen, Thea M. Edwards, Jerrold Heindel, Shuk-mei Ho, Patricia Hunt, Taisen Iguchi, Anders Juul, John A. McLachlan, Jackie Schwartz, Niels Skakkebaek, Ana M. Soto, Shanna Swan, Cheryl Walker, Teresa K. Woodruff, Tracey J. Woodruff, Linda C. Giudice, Louis J. Guillette pages 911-940 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (619 KB)
Coauthorship networks and institutional collaboration patterns in reproductive biology, 04 January 2008 Gregorio González-Alcaide, Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent, Carolina Navarro-Molina, Juan Carlos Valderrama-Zurián pages 941-956 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2243 KB)
An examination of the association of abuse (physical, sexual, or emotional) and female sexual dysfunction: results from the Boston Area Community Health Survey, 19 November 2007 Karen E. Lutfey, Carol L. Link, Heather J. Litman, Raymond C. Rosen, John B. McKinlay pages 957-964 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (222 KB)
Contraception
Pharmacokinetic interactions between depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and combination antiretroviral therapy, 19 September 2007 Kavita Nanda, Eliana Amaral, Melissa Hays, Marco A.M. Viscola, Neha Mehta, Luis Bahamondes pages 965-971 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (221 KB)
Endometriosis
Gene expression profiles and functional characterization of human immortalized endometriotic epithelial and stromal cells, 14 November 2007 Sakhila K. Banu, JeHoon Lee, Anna Starzinski-Powitz, Joe A. Arosh pages 972-987 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1133 KB)
Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor in ovarian endometriotic cysts and their relationship with angiogenesis, 29 November 2007 Seyit Temel Ceyhan, Onder Onguru, İskender Baser, Omer Gunhan pages 988-993 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (885 KB)
Serum interleukin-8 levels are elevated in patients with ovarian endometrioma, 16 July 2008 Yorie Ohata, Tasuku Harada, Hiroko Miyakoda, Fuminori Taniguchi, Tomio Iwabe, Naoki Terakawa pages 994-999 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (209 KB)
Increased expression of c-fos protein associated with increased matrix metalloproteinase-9 protein expression in the endometrium of endometriotic patients, 20 September 2007 Hong Pan, Jian-Zhong Sheng, Li Tang, Rong Zhu, Tian-Hua Zhou, He-Feng Huang pages 1000-1007 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (796 KB)
Endorectal ultrasound accuracy in the diagnosis of rectal endometriosis infiltration depth, 19 November 2007 Horace Roman, Khaled Kouteich, Alexis Gromez, Patrick Hochain, Benoît Resch, Loïc Marpeau pages 1008-1013 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (121 KB)
Is painful rectovaginal endometriosis an intermediate stage of rectal endometriosis?, 29 November 2007 Horace Roman, Alexis Gromez, Patrick Hochain, Nolwenn Marouteau-Pasquier, Jean-Jacques Tuech, Benoit Resch, Loic Marpeau pages 1014-1018 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (128 KB)
Infertility
Country of birth and hospitalization for pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, and infertility: a nationwide study of 2 million women in Sweden, 19 September 2007 Jan Eggert, Xinjun Li, Kristina Sundquist pages 1019-1025 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (143 KB)
Glutathione S-transferase theta 1 expressed in granulosa cells as a biomarker for oocyte quality in age-related infertility, 05 October 2007 Megumu Ito, Miho Muraki, Yuji Takahashi, Misa Imai, Tohru Tsukui, Naomi Yamakawa, Koji Nakagawa, Shirei Ohgi, Takashi Horikawa, Wakako Iwasaki, Ayumi Iida, Yoshihiro Nishi, Toshihiko Yanase, Hajime Nawata, Kenji Miyado, Tomohiro Kono, Yoshihiko Hosoi, Hidekazu Saito pages 1026-1035 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (685 KB)
Women's awareness and perceptions of delay in childbearing, 01 October 2007 Abha Maheshwari, Maureen Porter, Ashalata Shetty, Siladitya Bhattacharya pages 1036-1042 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (179 KB)
In vitro fertilization
A comparison of the efficacy, tolerability, and convenience of two formulations of follitropin-α in Iranian woman undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles, 29 November 2007 Malek Mansour Aghssa, Azam Azargoon, Fatame Ramezanzadeh, Maryam Bagheri pages 1043-1048 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
Accuracy of FISH analysis in predicting chromosomal status in patients undergoing preimplantation genetic diagnosis, 25 March 2008 Catherine M. DeUgarte, Man Li, Mark Surrey, Hal Danzer, David Hill, Alan H. DeCherney pages 1049-1054 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (314 KB)
Oral contraceptive pill pretreatment in ovarian stimulation with GnRH antagonists for IVF: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 29 November 2007 George Griesinger, Christos A. Venetis, Tanja Marx, Klaus Diedrich, Basil C. Tarlatzis, Efstratios M. Kolibianakis pages 1055-1063 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (383 KB)
Redefining in vitro fertilization success: should triplets be considered failures?, 19 September 2007 Lawrence Grunfeld, Martha Luna, Tanmoy Mukherjee, Benjamin Sandler, Yui Nagashima, Alan B. Copperman pages 1064-1068 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (177 KB)
Role of coculture in human in vitro fertilization: a meta-analysis, 20 May 2008 Namita Kattal, Jerry Cohen, Larry I. Barmat pages 1069-1076 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (239 KB)
Favorable pregnancy, delivery, and implantation rates experienced in embryo donation programs in the United States, 13 November 2007 Jeffrey Keenan, Reginald Finger, Jerome H. Check, Douglas Daly, William Dodds, Ron Stoddart pages 1077-1080 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (94 KB)
Results of in vitro fertilization in Italy after the introduction of a new law, 14 November 2007 Paolo Emanuele Levi Setti, Elena Albani, Paola Novara, Amalia Cesana, Luciano Negri pages 1081-1086 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (121 KB)
Can pregnancy rate be improved in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist cycles by administering GnRH agonist before oocyte retrieval? A prospective, randomized study, 19 November 2007 Morey Schachter, Shevach Friedler, Raphael Ron-El, Ariel L. Zimmerman, Deborah Strassburger, Orna Bern, Arieh Raziel pages 1087-1093 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (167 KB)
Autologous mature follicular fluid: its role in in vitro maturation of human cumulus-removed oocytes, 13 November 2007 Xiao-Ming Zhu, Yi-Min Zhu, Chen-Ming Xu, Yu-Li Qian, Fan Jin, He-Feng Huang pages 1094-1102 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (339 KB)
Male factor
Impact of clinical varicocele and testis size on seminal reactive oxygen species levels in a fertile population: a prospective controlled study, 19 November 2007 Marcello Cocuzza, Kelly S. Athayde, Ashok Agarwal, Rodrigo Pagani, Suresh C. Sikka, Antonio M. Lucon, Miguel Srougi, Jorge Hallak pages 1103-1108 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (133 KB)
Identification of human spermatogenesis-related proteins by comparative proteomic analysis: a preliminary study, 10 December 2007 Ran Huo, Ying He, Chun Zhao, Xue-jiang Guo, Min Lin, Jia-hao Sha pages 1109-1118 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (3482 KB)
Semen cryopreservation in pubertal boys before gonadotoxic treatment and the role of endocrinologic evaluation in predicting sperm yield, 01 October 2007 Niels J. van Casteren, Gert R. Dohle, Johanens C. Romijn, Sabine M.P.F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Robertus F.A. Weber, Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink pages 1119-1125 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (149 KB)
The association of 4a4b polymorphism of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene with the sperm morphology in Korean infertile men, 09 June 2008 Yeo-Jin Yun, Jung-Hoon Park, Seung-Hun Song, Suman Lee pages 1126-1131 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (125 KB)
Menopause
Randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of synthetic conjugated estrogens B for the treatment of vulvovaginal atrophy in healthy postmenopausal women, 29 November 2007 James A. Simon, Kathleen Z. Reape, Steve Wininger, Howard Hait pages 1132-1138 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (542 KB)
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Clinical and metabolic characteristics of polycystic ovary syndrome without polycystic ovary: a pilot study on Chinese women, 24 September 2007 Yuhua Shi, Xuan Gao, Xuedong Sun, Peng Zhang, Zijiang Chen pages 1139-1143 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (107 KB)
Clinical, endocrine, and metabolic effects of acarbose, a α-glucosidase inhibitor, in overweight and nonoverweight patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome, 31 March 2008 Semih Tuğrul, Tayfun Kutlu, Oya Pekin, Elif Bağlam, Hüseyin Kıyak, Özay Oral pages 1144-1148 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (115 KB)
Effect of metformin pretreatment on pregnancy outcome of in vitro matured oocytes retrieved from women with polycystic ovary syndrome, 19 November 2007 Zhaolian Wei, Yunxia Cao, Lin Cong, Ping Zhou, Zhiguo Zhang, Jun Li pages 1149-1154 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (122 KB)
Recurrent pregnancy loss
Association of the protein Z intron F G79A gene polymorphism with recurrent pregnancy loss, 04 January 2008 Astrid Dossenbach-Glaninger, Michael van Trotsenburg, Hanns Helmer, Christian Oberkanins, Pierre Hopmeier pages 1155-1160 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (126 KB)
Reproductive endocrinology
Leptin levels and luteinizing hormone pulsatility in normal cycling women and their relationship to daily changes in metabolic rate, 26 February 2008 Rebecca M. Fenichel, Jennifer E. Dominguez, Laurel Mayer, B. Timothy Walsh, Carol Boozer, Michelle P. Warren pages 1161-1168 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (453 KB)
Effects of follicle-stimulating hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin on gonadal steroidogenesis in two siblings with a follicle-stimulating hormone β subunit mutation, 24 October 2007 Adriana Lofrano-Porto, Luiz Augusto Casulari, Paula P. Nascimento, Leonardo Giacomini, Luciana A. Naves, Lucilia Domingues Casulari da Motta, Lawrence C. Layman pages 1169-1174 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (183 KB)
Reproductive surgery
Robotic tubal anastomosis: surgical technique and cost effectiveness, 03 December 2007 Sejal P. Dharia Patel, Michael P. Steinkampf, Scott J. Whitten, Beth A. Malizia pages 1175-1179 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (274 KB)
Images in reproductive medicine
Massive cystic degeneration of a pedunculated leiomyoma, 15 February 2008 Christina E. Dancz, Heather R. Macdonald pages 1180-1181 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (710 KB)
Techniques and instrumentation
Satisfaction and tolerance with office hysteroscopic tubal sterilization, 16 January 2008 José E. Arjona, Mónica Miño, Javier Cordón, Balbino Povedano, Blas Pelegrin, Camil Castelo-Branco pages 1182-1186 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (194 KB)
Ultrasound guidance during embryo transfer: a prospective, single-operator, randomized, controlled trial, 25 April 2008 Mamdoh Eskandar, Ahmed M. Abou-Setta, Mona A. Almushait, Mohamed El-Amin, Saria E.Y. Mohmad pages 1187-1190 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (98 KB)
Role of hysteroscopy in evaluating chronic pelvic pain, 19 September 2007 Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, Maurizio Guida, Stefano Bettocchi, Luigi Nappi, Filomena Sorrentino, Giuseppe Bifulco, Carmine Nappi pages 1191-1196 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (125 KB)
Case report summaries
Therapeutic response to metformin in an underweight patient with polycystic ovarian syndrome, 28 January 2008 Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Richard Quinton, Andrew Advani pages 1197.e1-1197.e4 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (94 KB)
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome after a molar pregnancy evacuation, 14 January 2008 Ranjana Arora, Zaher O. Merhi, Neekinaund Khulpateea, Diana Roth, Howard Minkoff pages 1197.e5-1197.e7 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (181 KB)
Aspects of an ovarian osteoma on magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography, 03 January 2008 Marcos Ballester, Marc Bazot, Emile Daraï pages 1197.e9-1197.e11 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (269 KB)
Malignant transformation of abdominal wall endometriosis to clear cell carcinoma: case report and review of the literature, 14 December 2007 Anne Sophie Bats, Yaelle Zafrani, Patricia Pautier, Pierre Duvillard, Philippe Morice pages 1197.e13-1197.e16 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (207 KB)
Clinical implications of the detection of Y-chromosome mosaicism in Turner's syndrome: report of 3 cases, 25 February 2008 Bianca Bianco, Mônica Vannucci Nunes Lipay, Alexis Dourado Guedes, Ieda T.N. Verreschi pages 1197.e17-1197.e20 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (105 KB)
Primary amenorrhea revealing an occult progesterone-secreting ovarian tumor, 26 February 2008 Helene Bry-Gauillard, Geri Meduri, Fadi Abirached, Elisabeth Constancis, Sylvie Brailly, Philippe Chanson, Jacques Young pages 1198.e1-1198.e5 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (393 KB)
Acute urine retention in early pregnancy resulting from fibroid incarceration: proposition for management, 07 January 2008 Céline Chauleur, Laetitia Vulliez, Pierre Seffert pages 1198.e7-1198.e10 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (104 KB)
Characterization of a de novo unbalanced Y;autosome translocation in a 45,X mentally retarded male and literature review, 26 February 2008 Chih-Ping Chen, Shuan-Pei Lin, Fuu-Jen Tsai, Tzu-Hao Wang, Schu-Rern Chern, Wayseen Wang pages 1198.e11-1198.e18 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (337 KB)
Mosaic ring X chromosome in a case of secondary amenorrhea, 04 January 2008 Alexandra Chrisoulidou, Helen Bili, Eleni Georgiou, Sotiria Mavroudi, Anna S. Lazaridou pages 1198.e19-1198.e21 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (203 KB)
Isolated fallopian tube torsion: a rare but important event for women of reproductive age, 22 October 2007 Giuseppe Comerci, Filippo Maria Colombo, Marco Stefanetti, Giovanni Grazia pages 1198.e23-1198.e25 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (169 KB)
Analysis of the SRY gene in two sex-reversed XY sisters identifies two new novel point mutations in the high mobility group box domain, 26 February 2008 Mohd Shahid, Varinderpal S. Dhillon, Zahid Hussain, Juan F. Masa, Mohd Aslam, Mohd Raish, Arif Ahmad, Nida Jamil Khan, Sudha Prasad, Swaraj Batra, Syed T. Pasha, Syed Akhtar Husain pages 1199.e1-1199.e8 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1110 KB)
Triplet pregnancy after ovulation induction with an aromatase inhibitor, 22 October 2007 Cary L. Dicken, Gary S. Nakhuda, Michael M. Guarnaccia, Mark V. Sauer, Rogerio A. Lobo pages 1199.e9-1199.e11 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Successful pregnancy following double-frozen embryo transfer in a patient with repeated implantation failure, 17 December 2007 Navid Esfandiari, Joan Coogan-Prewer, Lynda Gotlieb, E. Anne Claessens, Robert F. Casper pages 1199.e13-1199.e15 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (76 KB)
Pregnancies associated with primary adrenal insufficiency, 14 December 2007 Carolina Fux Otta, Paula Szafryk de Mereshian, Gabriel Santino Iraci, María Rosa Ojeda de Pruneda pages 1199.e17-1199.e20 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (86 KB)
Empty follicle syndrome in the setting of dramatic weight loss after bariatric surgery: case report and review of available literature, 17 December 2007 Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, Helen H. Kim pages 1199.e21-1199.e23 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (80 KB)
Pregnancy after in vitro fertilization–intracytoplasmic sperm injection obtained with a modified natural cycle in a BRCA1 mutation carrier, 21 December 2007 Raphaël Hirt, Céline Davy, Juliette Guibert, François Olivennes pages 1199.e25-1199.e28 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (91 KB)
Successful treatment of ovarian pregnancy with laparoscopy-assisted local injection of etoposide, 07 May 2008 Yin-Chen Juan, Peng-Hui Wang, Chien-Hang Chen, Pei-Chun Ma, Wei-Min Liu pages 1200.e1-1200.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (85 KB)
Acute eosinophilic pneumonia with intramuscular progesterone after in vitro fertilization, 18 January 2008 Amir M. Khan, Sunit Jariwala, Harry Jay Lieman, Philip Klapper pages 1200.e3-1200.e6 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (183 KB)
Identical twins with ovarian endometriosis and mucinous borderline tumor: an unusual association, 13 February 2008 Ma-Lee Ko, Hun-Shan Pan pages 1200.e7-1200.e9 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (66 KB)
An advanced flexible laparoscope with wide optic angle for observing diaphragmatic lesions associated with catamenial pneumothorax, 03 January 2008 Jun Kumakiri, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Hideaki Miyamoto, Hiroto Shimanuki, Yuko Kobayashi, Keiji Kuroda pages 1200.e11-1200.e14 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2921 KB)
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