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Modern Trends
Aromatase inhibitors: the next generation of therapeutics for endometriosis? Erkut Attar, Serdar E. Bulun pages 1307-1318 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (616 KB)
Special Contribution
Obesity and androgens: facts and perspectives Renato Pasquali pages 1319-1340 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (497 KB)
Controversy: Acupuncture
Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women: a prospective, randomized trial, 05 April 2006 Lars G. Westergaard, Qunhui Mao, Marianne Krogslund, Steen Sandrini, Suzan Lenz, Jørgen Grinsted pages 1341-1346 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (100 KB)
Effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a randomized, prospective, controlled clinical study, 07 April 2006 Stefan Dieterle, Gao Ying, Wolfgang Hatzmann, Andreas Neuer pages 1347-1351 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (95 KB)
Influence of acupuncture stimulation on pregnancy rates for women undergoing embryo transfer, 04 April 2006 Caroline Smith, Meaghan Coyle, Robert J. Norman pages 1352-1358 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (128 KB)
Controversy Responses
Acupuncture and infertility: we need to stick to good science, 05 April 2006 Alice D. Domar pages 1359-1361 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (58 KB)
Acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in assisted reproduction: remaining uncertainties, 05 April 2006 Evan R. Myers pages 1362-1363 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
The play of chance, 05 April 2006 John Collins pages 1364-1367 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (116 KB)
Positive effects of acupuncture in assisted reproductive technologies are not mediated by changes in ovarian and endometrial production of estradiol, progesterone, and placental protein 14, 05 April 2006 Lars G. Westergaard, Qunhui Mao, Marianne Krogslund, Steen Sandrini, Suzan Lenz, Jørgen Grinsted pages 1368-1369 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (58 KB)
Invitation to an international multicenter study of the effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, 07 April 2006 Stefan Dieterle page 1370 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (34 KB)
Contraception
Decreased neuroactive steroids induced by combined oral contraceptive pills are not associated with mood changes, 30 March 2006 Andrea J. Rapkin, Melinda Morgan, Cristiana Sogliano, Giovanni Biggio, Alessandra Concas pages 1371-1378 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (458 KB)
Endometriosis
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor expression in the intrauterine endometrium of women with endometriosis varies with disease stage, infertility status, and pelvic pain, 14 April 2006 Ali Akoum, Christine N. Metz, Mahera Al-Akoum, Rouslan Kats pages 1379-1385 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (342 KB)
HOXA10 expression in ectopic endometrial tissue Hyacinth Browne, Hugh Taylor pages 1386-1390 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (170 KB)
Infertility
Association of lower plasma estradiol levels and low expression of scavenger receptor class B, type I in infertile women, 04 April 2006 Maria Velasco, Carolyn Alexander, Jeremy King, Yulian Zhao, Jairo Garcia, Annabelle Rodriguez pages 1391-1397 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (256 KB)
In Vitro Fertilization
Urinary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is more effective than recombinant FSH in older women in a controlled randomized study, 04 April 2006 Mohamed A. Mohamed, Marco Sbracia, Arianna Pacchiarotti, Giulietta Micara, Antonella Linari, Daniela Tranquilli, Salomé M.B. Espinola, Cesare Aragona pages 1398-1403 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (97 KB)
Impact of hypnosis during embryo transfer on the outcome of in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer: a case-control study, 27 March 2006 Eliahu Levitas, Aldo Parmet, Eitan Lunenfeld, Yacov Bentov, Eliezer Burstein, Michael Friger, Gad Potashnik pages 1404-1408 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (90 KB)
Male Factor
Carnitine for the treatment of idiopathic asthenospermia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 05 April 2006 Mark Sigman, Stacy Glass, Janice Campagnone, Jon L. Pryor pages 1409-1414 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (122 KB)
Use of a medium buffered with N-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N-ethanesulfonate (HEPES) in intracytoplasmic sperm injection procedures is detrimental to the outcome of in vitro fertlization, 04 April 2006 Francesco Morgia, Monica Torti, Monica Montigiani, Claudio Piscitelli, Annalise Giallonardo, Mauro Schimberni, Pierluigi Giannini, Marco Sbracia pages 1415-1419 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (84 KB)
Fathers over 40 and increased failure to conceive: the lessons of in vitro fertilization in France, 07 April 2006 Elise de La Rochebrochard, Jacques de Mouzon, François Thépot, Patrick Thonneau, French National IVF Registry (FIVNAT) association pages 1420-1424 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (95 KB)
Past oral contraceptive use and angiographic coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women: data from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute–sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation, 04 April 2006 C. Noel Bairey Merz, B. Delia Johnson, Sarah Berga, Glenn Braunstein, Steven E. Reis, Vera Bittner, WISE Study Group pages 1425-1431 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (141 KB)
Type of menopause, patterns of hormone therapy use, and hot flashes, 27 March 2006 Lisa Gallicchio, Maura K. Whiteman, Dragana Tomic, Kimberly P. Miller, Patricia Langenberg, Jodi A. Flaws pages 1432-1440 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (123 KB)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Serum soluble leptin receptor levels and free leptin index in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: relationship to insulin resistance and androgens, 30 March 2006 Vicken P. Sepilian, John R. Crochet, Manubai Nagamani pages 1441-1447 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (657 KB)
Two weeks of metformin improves clomiphene citrate-induced ovulation and metabolic profiles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, 30 March 2006 Omid Khorram, Jason P. Helliwell, Simone Katz, Colleen M. Bonpane, Lorena Jaramillo pages 1448-1451 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (85 KB)
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Alteration of TH1 and TH2 cells by intracellular cytokine detection in patients with unexplained recurrent abortion before and after immunotherapy with the husband’s mononuclear cells Tomokazu Yokoo, Koichi Takakuwa, Izumi Ooki, Akira Kikuchi, Masaki Tamura, Kenichi Tanaka pages 1452-1458 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (187 KB)
Reproductive Surgery
Intraoperative and postoperative lower genital tract changes after global endometrial ablation using the Hydro ThermAblator® device Martin Farrugia, Sarah Y. Hussain pages 1459-1463 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (553 KB)
Ovarian response to gonadotropins after laparoscopic salpingectomy or the division of fallopian tubes for hydrosalpinges, 30 March 2006 Tarek A. Gelbaya, Luciano G. Nardo, Cheryl T. Fitzgerald, Greg Horne, Daniel R. Brison, Brian A. Lieberman pages 1464-1468 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (90 KB)
Novel serum inflammatory markers in patients with adnexal mass who had surgery for ovarian torsion, 07 April 2006 Alexandros Daponte, Spyros Pournaras, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Georgios Lialios, Athanasios Kallitsaris, Antonios N. Maniatis, Ioannis E. Messinis pages 1469-1472 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (120 KB)
Hysteroscopic metroplasty of the complete uterine septum, duplicate cervix, and vaginal septum, 04 April 2006 Mohammad Ebrahim Parsanezhad, Saeed Alborzi, Afsoun Zarei, Sedigheh Dehbashi, Lila Ghasempour Shirazi, Abdolreza Rajaeefard, Ernst Hienrich Schmidt pages 1473-1477 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (87 KB)
Administration of goserelin acetate after uterine artery embolization does not change the reduction rate and volume of uterine myomas, 30 March 2006 George A. Vilos, Angelos G. Vilos, Basim Abu-Rafea, Gaylene Pron, Roman Kozak, Greg Garvin pages 1478-1483 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (189 KB)
Reproductive Endocrinology
Multifollicular ovaries in female adolescents with cystic fibrosis, 04 April 2006 Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou, Tatiana Moudiou, Apostolos Mamopoulos, Michael Karamouzis, Sanda Nousia-Arvanitakis pages 1484-1487 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (84 KB)
X-chromosome inactivation and ovarian age during the reproductive years Jennie Kline, Ann Kinney, Bruce Levin, Amalia Kelly, Chih-yu Yu, Stephen Brown, Dorothy Warburton pages 1488-1495 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (116 KB)
Sildenafil improves sexual functioning in premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes who are affected by sexual arousal disorder: a double-blind, crossover, placebo-controlled pilot study, 30 March 2006 Salvatore Caruso, Salvatore Rugolo, Carmela Agnello, Giorgia Intelisano, Lucia Di Mari, Antonio Cianci pages 1496-1501 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (107 KB)
Investigation of the human stem cell factor KIT ligand gene, KITLG, in women with 46,XX spontaneous premature ovarian failure Emily S. Hui, Ekemini A. Udofa, Jackeline Soto, Vien H. Vanderhoof, Keith Zachman, Zhi-Bin Tong, Lawrence M. Nelson pages 1502-1507 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (811 KB)
Images in Reproductive Medicine
Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy, 05 April 2006 Fu-Tsai Kung, Tung-Liang Huang, Chih-Wei Chen, Yu-Fan Cheng pages 1508-1509 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (166 KB)
Case Report Summaries
Safety of simple cystectomy in patients with unilateral mucinous borderline tumors Laurent J. Salomon, Catherine Lhommé, Patricia Pautier, Pierre Duvillard, Philippe Morice pages 1510.e1-1510.e4 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (74 KB)
Inguinal ovaries associated with müllerian agenesis: case report and review Tony Bazi, Ghina Berjawi, Muhieddine Seoud pages 1510.e5-1510.e8 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (78 KB)
First successful pregnancy outcome after preimplantation genetic diagnosis for aneuploidy screening in embryos generated from natural-cycle in vitro fertilization combined with an in vitro maturation procedure, 07 April 2006 Asangla Ao, Shaoguang Jin, Durga Rao, Weon-Young Son, Ri-Cheng Chian, Seang Lin Tan pages 1510.e9-1510.e11 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Laparoscopic management of cervical agenesis, 14 April 2006 Sarah M. Creighton, Melissa C. Davies, Alfred Cutner pages 1510.e13-1510.e15 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (119 KB)
Adult onset of declining spermatogenesis in a man with nonmosaic Klinefelter’s syndrome, 07 April 2006 Kentaro Ichioka, Noriaki Utsunomiya, Naoki Kohei, Nobufumi Ueda, Koji Inoue, Akito Terai pages 1511.e1-1511.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
Metformin hydrochloride and recurrent miscarriage in a woman with polycystic ovary syndrome Stefano Palomba, Angela Falbo, Francesco Orio, Tiziana Russo, Achille Tolino, Fulvio Zullo pages 1511.e3-1511.e5 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (64 KB)
Correspondence
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection may lead to vertical transmission, expansion, and de novo occurrence of Y-chromosome microdeletions in male fetuses, 27 March 2006 Sook-Hwan Lee, So-Yeon Ahn, Kyo-Won Lee, KyuBum Kwack, Hye-Sun Jun, Kwang-Yul Cha pages 1512-1515 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (75 KB)
Expression of aromatase (P450 aromatase/CYP19) in peritoneal and ovarian endometriotic tissues and deep endometriotic (adenomyotic) nodules of the rectovaginal septum, 27 March 2006 Jean-François Heilier, Olivier Donnez, Valérie Van Kerckhove, Dominique Lison, Jacques Donnez pages 1516-1518 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (82 KB)
Follicle-stimulating hormone isoforms are not useful as pretreatment predictors of outcome in in vitro fertilization: a pilot study, 30 March 2006 Jesper M.J. Smeenk, Didi D.M. Braat, Jan A.M. Kremer, Fred C.G.J. Sweep, Chris M.G. Thomas pages 1519-1522 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (79 KB)
Impact of coasting in patients undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation with the gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist cetrorelix, 27 March 2006 Mustafa Bahceci, Ulun Ulug, Suleyman Tosun, Halit Firat Erden, Numan Bayazit pages 1523-1525 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
Expression of mannose-binding lectin in the peritoneal fluid of women with and without endometriosis, 04 April 2006 Shahryar K. Kavoussi, Michael D. Mueller, Dan I. Lebovic pages 1526-1528 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (85 KB)
Sperm immobilizing properties of lemon juice, 27 March 2006 Gary N. Clarke, Scott G. McCoombe, Roger V. Short pages 1529-1530 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (61 KB)
The psychobiology and diagnostic significance of amenorrhea in patients with anorexia nervosa, 04 April 2006 Kelly A. Gendall, Peter R. Joyce, Frances A. Carter, Virginia V. McIntosh, Jennifer Jordan, Cynthia M. Bulik pages 1531-1535 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (95 KB)
Polymorphisms of the peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor-γ and its coactivator-1α genes in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome, 04 April 2006 Yong Wang, XiaoKe Wu, Yunxia Cao, Long Yi, Haijian Fan, Jianxiu Chen pages 1536-1540 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (96 KB)
Elevated serum müllerian-inhibiting substance may be a marker for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in normal women undergoing in vitro fertilization, 27 March 2006 Gary S. Nakhuda, Micheline C. Chu, Jeff G. Wang, Mark V. Sauer, Rogerio A. Lobo pages 1541-1543 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (66 KB)
Comparison of bovine- and recombinant human-derived hyaluronidase with regard to fertilization rates and embryo morphology in a sibling oocyte model: a prospective, blinded, randomized study Tyl H. Taylor, Thomas Elliott, Luiz F. Colturato, Robert J. Straub, Dorothy Mitchell-Leef, Zsolt P. Nagy pages 1544-1546 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (66 KB)
Serum anti-müllerian hormone levels in women with secondary amenorrhea, 07 April 2006 Antonio La Marca, Mariangela Pati, Raoul Orvieto, Gaspare Stabile, Alfredo Carducci Artenisio, Annibale Volpe pages 1547-1549 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (90 KB)
Effect of progesterone supplementation in early pregnancy on the pregnancy outcome after in vitro fertilization, 05 April 2006 Asha Proctor, Bradley S. Hurst, Paul B. Marshburn, Michelle L. Matthews pages 1550-1552 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Effect of glycodelin on the production of vascular endothelial growth factor in cumulus cells Ellen C. Hayes, Celia E. Dominguez, Steven Voelkel, Mingqing Song, Aida S. Shanti, Ana A. Murphy pages 1553-1556 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Levels of P34H, a sperm protein of epididymal origin, as a predictor of conventional in vitro fertilization outcome, 07 April 2006 Robert Sullivan, Christine Légaré, Marc Villeneuve, Bernard Foliguet, François Bissonnette pages 1557-1559 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (79 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Dissecting and temporarily resuspending the adherent ovary David B. Redwine page e9 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (33 KB)
Reply: Dissecting and temporarily resuspending the adherent ovary Jason Parker, Ninet Sinaii, James Segars, Heidi Godoy, Craig Winkel, Pamela Stratton page e10 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (34 KB)
Solutions to the problem of multiple pregnancy with IVF James M. Goldfarb page e11 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (32 KB)
Reply: Solutions to the problem of multiple pregnancy with IVF Amy Criniti, Gregory Chow, Angela Thyer, Paul Lin, Nancy Klein, Michael Soules page e12 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (35 KB)
Book Review
William E. Gibbons page 1560 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (33 KB)
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