Fertility and Sterility : A Current Overview Book

	List of principal contributors
	Foreword
1	Population concerns for the next century	3
2	The evolution of contraceptive methods and practices to the year 2000	15
3	Advances in oral hormonal contraception	21
4	Advances in intrauterine device technology	31
5	Recent advances on the path to a contraceptive vaccine	35
6	Combined injectable preparations and introduction as a new method	47
7	Vaginal rings for contraception	51
8	New concepts on the etiology of endometriosis	57
9	Medical treatment of endometriosis	63
10	Diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome	71
11	Polycystic ovary syndrome: medical therapy	85
12	Doppler ultrasound in fertility	93
13	Falloposcopy: its place in the state-of-the-art spectrum of tubal investigation methods	97
14	Sporadic and recurrent abortion	105
15	Immunological and hematological abnormalities and recurrent pregnancy loss	119
16	Medical care for recurrent pregnancy loss	123
17	Management of uterine congenital malformations: diagnosis	131
18	Management of uterine congenital malformations: evaluation of outcome	135
19	Environment and reproduction	139
20	Influences of nutrition on the menstrual cycle and fertility in women	163
21	Vaginismus	173
22	Female age and fecundity	181
23	Genetic screening in practice	187
24	The endometrium and implantation	193
25	Antiprogestins and the implantation process	199
26	Prevention of the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome	205
27	Systemic effects of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: implications for the rationale of treatment	211
28	Outcome and long-term follow-up after ovarian stimulation	215
29	The potential relevance of growth factors to ovarian physiology	219
30	The potential relevance of insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins to endometrial physiology	225
31	The potential relevance of inhibin and activin to placental physiology
32	Contribution of cytokines to apoptosis in the ovary and in endometrium	237
33	Cytokines and spermatogenesis	249
34	The human sex determination pathway: news and views	257
35	Molecular genetics of the androgen receptor	263
36	Molecular biology of the human androgen receptor	275
37	The clinical and molecular spectrum of disorders of the androgen receptor	279
38	Anti-Mullerian hormone in normal and malignant granulosa cells	283
39	Management of male problems	289
40	Assessment of sperm concentration	297
41	Biochemical aspects of semen analysis	303
42	Fertilization capacity	311
43	Cryopreservation of semen	317
44	Paternal age and development	321
45	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and donor insemination	329
46	Are semen quality and male fertility at risk?	331
47	Risks and benefits of endoscopic surgery in reproductive medicine	339
48	Endoscopic surgery of peritoneal, ovarian and rectovaginal septum endometriosis	345
49	Laparoscopic procedures for treatment of infertility related to polycystic ovarian syndrome	353
50	Non-responsive patients: characteristics of patients	361
51	Management of the non-responsive patient	369
52	Ovarian challenge tests	373
53	Women's age and assisted medical procreation	379
54	Long-term follow-up after assisted reproduction	387
55	Microinsemination
56	Microfertilization techniques: choice of correct indications	405
57	Follow-up of children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection
58	Culture and co-culture techniques	413
59	Embryo freezing in humans: an overview	419
60	Fluorescent in situ hybridization in human blastomeres	425
61	Fate of disposable embryos	439
62	First-trimester selective termination in multiple pregnancies	443
63	Ethical aspects of surrogacy	455
64	Analysis of clinical research	461
65	Evaluation of infertility treatment: multicenter trials or national registers?	465
	Index	469