{"title":"The role of interleukins in the ovary","authors":"C. Simon, A. Tsafriri, A. Pellicer, M. Polan","doi":"10.1017/S096227990000123X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S096227990000123X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115734828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Postsurgical adhesion formation and prevention – recent developments with regard to the consecutive stages in adhesion formation","authors":"E. Bakkum, J. Trimbos, T. Trimbos-Kemper","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001228","url":null,"abstract":"The formation of adhesions is a significant clinical problem. Complications like bowel obstruction and chronic pelvic pain are known to be related to adhesion formation. Besides these complications, adhesions do play an additional role in the gynaecological patient. Interference with the functioning of the fallopian tubes and ovaries disturbs ovum pickup and sperm transport and may compromise the fertility of patients.","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130685093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The value of salpingoscopy in tubal infertility","authors":"I. Brosens","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001204","url":null,"abstract":"Tubal factors are estimated to account for 15–20 per cent of infertility. The incidence not only depends on the patient population but is probably also underestimated since evaluation of tubai function is largely restricted to the appraisal of its patency. Consequently the treatment of tubai infertility is primarily focused on the restoration of tubai patency. That infertility frequently persists in spite of successfully restored patency and that tubal pregnancy frequently occurs after infertility surgery suggest that underlying disease has not been diagnosed.","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114181457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pharmacokinetics of gonadotropin therapy","authors":"T. Levy, Z. Ben-Rafael","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"156 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126897766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The epididymal influence on sperm maturation","authors":"T. Cooper","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001149","url":null,"abstract":"Consideration of the function of the epididymis has undergone profound changes over the last century during which it has moved from a largely neglected male reproductive organ to one that is an increasingly exploited source of sperm for assisted reproduction strategies. From histological studies in the lizard1 it was considered that, ‘…the cells lining the epididymal canal produce a material necessary for the spermatozoa during their passage through the organ …’ whereas a fertility study with guinea-pigs stated boldly that, ‘… changes undergone [by spermatozoa in the epididymis] are not conditioned by some specific action of epididymal secretion …’. The former view found favour in a review of the literature which concluded that, ‘… there are specific epididymal secretions necessary for sperm maturation and survival …’, although the nature of the secretions were not then known. However, this concept, currently held by most of those studying the epididymis of animals, was again contradicted on the basis of clinical work: ‘… it certainly is possible for sperm that have never passed through any length of the epididymis at all to mature on their own …’.","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130318958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular biology of sperm maturation in the human epididymis","authors":"C. Kirchhoff","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127098516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pathogenesis and treatment of hirsutism in late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia","authors":"E. Carmina","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001162","url":null,"abstract":"Late-onset or nonclassic hyperandrogenic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an attenuated deficiency of 21-hydroxylase, 3β-ol-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase or 11β-hydroxylase which presents during childhood or adolescence and leads to an increased secretion of adrenal androgens. Many reviews of the genetic or hormonal characteristics of these syndromes have been published, but relatively little attention has been paid to the pathogenesis and treatment of hirsutism which, in most young women, is the main complaint. In fact, it is generally assumed that the hirsutism is strictly related to the increased secretion of adrenal androgens and that glucocorticoids are the treatment of choice. However, some recent studies have shown that the ovary contributes to the hyperandrogenism of these patients and some alternative therapies have been proposed. This forms the matter of the present review.","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121034704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cigarette smoking as a cause of delay in conception","authors":"M. Zenzes","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001174","url":null,"abstract":"Epidemiological studies relating cigarette smoking to the ability to conceive and maintain a pregnancy provide information on the clinical significance of smoking on reproductive health. Cigarette smoking by females has significantly increased in the decades after World War II, and now has an average initiation at ages 18–20 years. Maternal smoking is a hazard to the general health, the reproductive health and the life of both mother and child. Gestational smoking renders the fetus a passive smoker. This can result in fetal and neonatal death and in reduced fecundity of adult daughters.","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131492940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FSH in therapy: physiological basis, new preparations and clinical use","authors":"M. Simoni, E. Nieschlag","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001150","url":null,"abstract":"Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is a glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that, together with luteinizing hormone (LH), controls development, maturation and function of the gonad. Like the related hormones, LH, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), FSH consists of two polypeptide chains, α and β, bearing carbohydrate moieties N -linked to asparagine (Asn) residues. The α subunit is common to all members of the glycoprotein hormone family, whereas the β subunit, although structurally very similar, differs in each hormone and confers specificity of action.","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127741987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences with intracytoplasmic sperm injection","authors":"S. Lanzendorf","doi":"10.1017/S0962279900001083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962279900001083","url":null,"abstract":"Mammalian fertilization, whether it takes place within the female reproductive tract or within a laboratory dish, is comprised of many processes which must follow a specific sequence. The spermatozoon must bind to and pass through the zona pellucida, fuse with the oolemma and become incorporated into the cytoplasm of the oocyte. Fusion of the two gametes triggers oocyte activation, resulting in exocytosis of the cortical granules and completion of the second meiotic division of the oocyte. A block in one or more of these processes, due either to abnormalities in the spermatozoon or oocyte, may result in fertilization failure.","PeriodicalId":329551,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116736520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}