Richard Kennedy
Richard Kennedy
Plasma prolactin measurement is not indicated in women in the routine investigation of uncomplicated infertility [0.03%]
常规不孕症检查中不需要检测血清催乳素水平
Gillian A. Stratford,Julian H. Barth,Anthony J. Rutherford et al.
Gillian A. Stratford et al.
Measurement of plasma prolactin frequently forms part of the routine investigation of infertile couples. In 315 consecutive women attending an infertility clinic in a university teaching hospital, all of those with increased plasma prolacti...
Successful transvaginal ultrasound-guided ablation of a cervical pregnancy in a patient with simultaneous intrauterine pregnancy after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer [0.03%]
体外受精-胚胎移植后输卵管和宫内同时妊娠患者的经阴道超声引导宫颈妊娠电切术一例
Majedah Al-Azemi,William L. Ledger,Gillian M. Lockwood et al.
Majedah Al-Azemi et al.
Heterotopic pregnancy, or simultaneous intrauterine and extrauterine gestation, is a relatively rare condition. However, induced ovulation and assisted reproductive technologies have markedly increased the incidence of this condition. In th...
Karl Swann
Karl Swann
At fertilization in mammals, the spermatozoon triggers a series of Ca(2+) oscillations that are essential for activating the oocyte. The reason why the spermatozoon triggers Ca(2+) oscillations, as opposed to a single Ca(2+) increase, is un...
Siobhan McCarthy,W. Steven Ward
Siobhan McCarthy
During spermiogenesis, the histones in the round spermatid, which bind the DNA in a relatively open configuration leaving much of the DNA exposed, are replaced by the much more tightly binding protamines, which package the DNA into highly c...
Susan Benoff
Susan Benoff
Prospective clinical studies informed by cloning and sequencing of sperm surface receptors and metal ion channels have elucidated critical early steps in the acrosome reaction that explain aspects of metal ion-related male infertility. Indu...
Non-functional fertility genes in humans: contributory factors in reduced male fertility? [0.03%]
人类的非功能生育基因：男性生育率下降的因素之一？
Len Hall,Jan Frayne
Len Hall
Many of the mammalian sperm surface proteins that have been characterized in recent years have been implicated in sperm--egg interactions and subsequent fertilization. In particular, several members of the MDC protein family, most notably f...
Timothy D. Glover,Hector M. Dott
Timothy D. Glover
In this article, human semen analysis is examined critically and some of the difficulties it presents in terms of interpretation are highlighted. The problem of defining fertility is raised and a brief comparison is made between farm animal...