Textbook of assisted reproductive techniques : laboratory and clinical perspectives

Content: ""Book Cover""
 ""Title""
 ""Copyright""
 ""Contents""
 ""Acknowledgments""
 ""Preface""
 ""List of Contributors""
 ""Introduction: the beginnings of human in vitro fertilization""
 ""1 Setting up an ART laboratory""
 ""2 Quality control: maintaining stability in the laboratory""
 ""3 Accreditation of the ART laboratory: the North American perspective""
 ""4 Accreditation of the ART laboratory: the European perspective""
 ""5 Evaluation of sperm""
 ""6 Sperm preparation techniques""
 ""7 Sperm chromatin assessment""
 ""8 Oocyte treatment:from retrieval to insemination"" ""9 Preparation and evaluation of oocytes for intracytoplasmic sperm injection""""10 Oocyte in vitro maturation""
 ""11 Equipment and general technical aspects of micromanipulation of gametes and embryos""
 ""12 Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: technical aspects""
 ""13 Assisted hatching""
 ""14 Human embryo biopsy for preimplantation genetic diagnosis""
 ""15 Analysis of fertilization""
 ""16 Culture systems for the human embryo""
 ""17 Evaluation of embryo quality: sequential analysis of embryo development with the aim of single embryo transfer""
 ""18 Slow freezing of human oocytes"" ""19 Vitrification of human oocytes""""20 Slow freezing of human embryos""
 ""21 Vitrification of human embryos""
 ""22 Managing the cryopreserved embryo bank""
 ""23 Cryopreservation and storage of spermatozoa""
 ""24 Handling and cryopreservation of testicular sperm""
 ""25 Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and other fertility preservation strategies""
 ""26 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis using comparative genomic hybridization""
 ""27 Severe male factor: genetic consequences and recommendations for genetic testing""
 ""28 Chromosome abnormalities in human embryos"" ""29 Genetic analysis of the embryo""""30 Polar body biopsy""
 ""31 Clinical application of polar body biopsy""
 ""32 Embryonic regulation in the implantation process""
 ""33 The use of biomarkers for the assessment of uterine receptivity""
 ""34 Setting up an ART national register""
 ""35 Evidence-based medicine: issues in evaluating efficacy of treatment in assisted reproduction""
 ""36 Health economics of ART""
 ""37 Quality management in reproductive medicine""
 ""38 Indications for IVF treatment: from diagnosis to prognosis""
 ""39 Initial investigation of the patient (female and male)"" ""40 Drugs used for controlled ovarian stimulation: clomiphene citrate, aromatase inhibitors, gonadotropins, and gonadotropin-�""""41 The role of FSH and LH in ovulation induction: current concepts and the contribution of recombinant gonadotropins""
 ""42 Developing new therapeutics for ART: recombinant DNA technology and beyond""
 ""43 Endocrine characteristics of ART cycles""
 ""44 The use of GnRH agonists""
 ""45 GnRH antagonists""
 ""46 Monitoring IVF cycles""
 ""47 Follicle aspiration""
 ""48 The luteal phase:luteal support protocols""