Reproductive Medicine

This major book - known as 'The Bourn Hall Textbook' - evolved from teaching courses held at this prestigious Clinic - one of the birthplaces of IVF and clinical reproductive medicine. The content is comprehensive: covering assessment of the infertile couple and both laboratory and clinical aspects..

Providing information from the cutting edge of reproductive technology, this full-color atlas vividly illustrates the typical and atypical morphology of human blastocysts collected and cultured during the course of in vitro fertilization treatments. The narrative and the illustrations detail a varie..

Meeting the needs of professionals in this growing specialty, this book summarizes some of the essential research in the field. Packed with tables, color illustrations, and photographs, the book covers laboratory techniques and the morphological, anatomical, biochemical, immunological, hereditary, a..

A comprehensive, detailed clinical textbook, Androgen Deficiency in the Adult Male: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment explores the male menopause concept. It explains the causes of androgen deficiency in men, its differential diagnosis, and how to treat it. The author presents a large amount of new re..

Worldwide, approximately 500,000 in vitro fertilization cycles are performed every year. Although the best possible result is a healthy child, the technology carries a number of varying risks and complications leading to a trade-off between the efficacy of these treatments and their quality and safe..

Sperm morphology evaluation by strict criteria is the gold-standard used by all IVF and andrology units around the world. It is based on an approach to sperm morphology evaluation that utilizes optimal preparation methods and evaluation procedures and criteria for a morphological normal spermatozoon..

This concise, clinically oriented handbook is predominantly written for gynecologists, primary health practitioners, and medical students who want to improve their knowledge on this aspect of their work. Furthermore the aim is to highlight which types of disorders may be treated by conservative mean..

The purpose of this book is to provide comprehensive coverage and an update of the major roles of eicosanoids in reproduction. It presents considerable evidence of the importance of lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid metabolism in reproductive processes...

The Handbook of the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory addresses management issues and basic background information on reproductive biology and medicine needed by the technicians staffing and directing ART labs. Internationally recognized experts discuss various topics in this handbook, which reviews ..

This book is a comprehensive overview of the literature concerning the physical and psychosocial health of children conceived by assisted reproduction technology (ART). It brings together an international panel of experts in fertility medicine, epidemiology, medical genetics, obstetrics, twin resear..

Each patient seeking assisted reproduction has a unique set of circumstances that affects the outcome of treatment. Particularly challenging are those patients with pre-existing medical conditions or those receiving medical therapies that may impact the safety and success of their IVF treatments. Pr..

In these modern times, it has become evident that the successful practice of reproductive medicine requires the coordinated efforts of many medical professionals, including the andrologist, endocrinologist, urologist, and the gynecologist. In turn, this team would not be complete without the dedica..