In Vitro Fertilizȧtion, Embryo Transfer and Early Pregnancy: Themes from the XIth World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, Dublin, June 1983, held under the Auspices of the International Federation of Fertility Societies

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Polypeptide patterns of follicular fluid at different stages of follicular maturation....Pages 5-8
Steroid hormones in human follicular fluid in assessing the biological characteristics of the oocyte....Pages 9-13
Concentrations of steroid hormones, prolactin and gonadotrophins in human peripheral venous plasma and follicular fluid....Pages 15-17
Concentrations of steroids and prostaglandins in follicular fluids aspirated in an in vitro fertilization programme....Pages 19-25
Prostaglandin F 2α levels in the human ovarian follicle....Pages 27-30
The human granulosa cell changes during luteogenesis veiwed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy....Pages 33-37
Morphological examination of granulosa cells in punctured follicles....Pages 39-40
Development of ovarian follicles in readily ovulating patients during ovulation induction....Pages 41-45
Endocrinological and ultrasonographic findings during ovulation....Pages 49-51
Laparoscopy for oocyte recovery....Pages 53-55
A simplified approach to oocyte recovery for in vitro fertilization....Pages 57-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Quantitative analysis of steroidogenesis in the single oocyte and preimplantation embryo....Pages 65-67
Enzyme cytochemical staining of isolated mouse oocytes with the use of a polyacrylamide carrier....Pages 69-73
Effects of A 23187 and a calmodulin antagonist on maturation of guinea-pig oocyte....Pages 77-81
Effects of hCG, oestradiol and progesterone on mouse oocyte maturation in vitro ....Pages 83-85
Electron microscopic observations on ovarian perifollicular vessels in indomethacin-treated rabbits....Pages 89-93
Monoclonal antibodies to porcine zona pellucida antigens and their inhibitory effects on fertilization....Pages 95-97
Histochemistry of hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities of in vitro fertilized eggs of rabbit....Pages 99-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Analysis of the outer acrosomal membrane of boar spermatozoa by biochemical and immunological methods....Pages 105-108
A new acrosin inhibitor in boar seminal plasma....Pages 109-114
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
A ‘migration-gravity sedimentation’ method for collecting motile spermatozoa from human semen....Pages 117-120
The influence of semen quality on in vitro fertilization of human oocytes....Pages 121-124
Sperm quality and in vitro fertilization....Pages 125-128
An attempt to fertilize human oocytes with epidiymal spermatozoa in vitro ....Pages 129-133
Infertility and sperm bacteriology....Pages 135-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Course of pregnancy and delivery after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer....Pages 143-145
Successful in vitro fertilization: practical technique and first results with cryo-sperma. Fertility Centre — Vienna....Pages 147-148
Pregnancy after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in Singapore....Pages 149-153
 In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: an out-patient procedure?....Pages 155-159
Current status of human in vitro fertilization....Pages 161-172
Successful cryopreservation of eight-cell rabbit embryos using an ‘open freezing system’....Pages 175-178
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 In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: Jewish ethical and legal aspects....Pages 181-185
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Use of a monoclonal anti-T-cell antibody in the rosette inhibition test for detecting early pregnancy factor activity....Pages 191-194
A study of the accuracy of a new β hCG slide test....Pages 195-197
Early pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cows and ewes based on milk progesterone levels....Pages 199-201
Suppressive effect of cord T lymphocytes on mixed lymphocyte reaction....Pages 205-207
Pregnancy associated plasma protein A: a barrier to maternal proteolytic attack....Pages 209-212
Decidual cell reaction. Action of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids....Pages 215-219
The role of vitamin E in fertility....Pages 221-225
Progestin levels of the camel fetus during developmental stages....Pages 229-232
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Radioimmunoassay for oestrogens in the plasma and tissues of one-humped camel fetus....Pages 233-237
Plasma and tissue levels of androgens in the one-humped camel fetus....Pages 239-242
The concentrations of corticosteroids in the plasma and tissues of the one-humped camel fetus....Pages 243-246
Treatment with progesterone in threatened abortion and low level of serum progesterone. A double-blind randomized trial....Pages 247-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-257