The Male Factor in Human Infertility Diagnosis and Treatment: Themes from the Xlth World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, Dublin, June 1983, held under the Auspices of the International Federation of Fertility Societies

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A computerized technique for the measurement of sperm cell velocity: correlation of the results with in vitro fertilization assays....Pages 3-7
Automatic analysis of sperm characteristics by means of a microcomputer system....Pages 9-12
 In vitro cross penetration testing in infertile couples....Pages 13-16
A new standardized in vitro penetration test (bovine) measuring the capacity of fertilization. I....Pages 17-21
A new standardized in vitro penetration test (bovine) measuring the capacity of fertilization. II....Pages 23-26
Penetration of zona-free hamster eggs by human spermatozoa. Comparison of two methods....Pages 27-32
Reduced penetration of zona-free hamster ova by cryopreserved human spermatozoa....Pages 33-36
Effect of caffeine on human sperm penetration into zona-free hamster ova....Pages 37-40
The variability and clinical value of a heterologous ovum penetration test....Pages 41-45
Laser-induced stimulation of sperm motility in vitro ....Pages 47-49
Time-sequential observation on human sperm penetration into zona pellucida-free hamster oocytes by scanning electron microscopy....Pages 51-56
Analysis of various experimental conditions on the rate of human sperm penetration into zona-free hamster ova....Pages 57-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Levels of vitamin B 12 and folic acid in seminal plasma from subjects with normal semen analysis and patients with idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia....Pages 63-67
Functional role of relaxin in the human seminal fluid....Pages 69-72
Hyperprolactinaemia and abnormal seminal cytology....Pages 73-77
Serum FSH and spermatogenesis....Pages 79-84
Response to FSH of human Sertoli cells in culture....Pages 85-89
Anaerobic urinary and prostatic bacteria, and prostatic biochemical markers in urine after prostatic massage of infertile men....Pages 91-93
Effects of bombesin on the pituitary response to TRH and LHRH in humans....Pages 95-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Characteristics of a monoclonal anti-human sperm antibody....Pages 101-104
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Topographical analysis of the surface of human spermatozoa by means of monoclonal antibodies....Pages 105-109
Human seminal plasma proteins: identification and preliminary characterization of a human sperm coating antigen (h-SCA) protein in physiological and pathological conditions....Pages 111-115
Antigenicity of sperm cells after freezing and thawing....Pages 117-121
A radioimmunoassay for antisperm antibodies using 125 I-labelled protein A....Pages 123-126
Human cervical response to artificial insemination....Pages 127-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Kallman’s syndrome — sustained spermatogenesis three years after cessation of treatment....Pages 135-138
Effects of testosterone undecanoate on semen quality and sexual behaviour....Pages 139-141
Tamoxifen in the treatment of reduced semen quality: Preliminary results....Pages 143-146
Tamoxifen in the management of male subfertility — a retrospective analysis....Pages 147-150
Increased sperm count in 41 cases of idiopathic normogonadotropic oligozoospermia following treatment with tamoxifen....Pages 151-154
Treatment of oligozoospermia with Chinese herb medicine (Hachimi-Jiou-Gan)....Pages 155-159
Bacterial contamination of semen of infertile couples and the effect of antibiotic treatment of semen quality and fertility....Pages 161-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Effects on semen parameters and pregnancy rate after occlusion of the spermatic vein in subfertile men with idiopathic varicocele....Pages 169-174
Varicocelectomy for oligozoospermia....Pages 175-179
Emission failure due to retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy: first report of a pregnancy after insemination of spermatozoa obtained by midodrin-induced retrograde ejaculation....Pages 181-185
Restoration of antegrade ejaculation following radical retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy....Pages 187-189
Transurethral resection of verumontanum for ejaculatory duct stenosis and oligozoospermia....Pages 191-196
Results of microsurgical testicular autotransplantation in nine patients with high-lying undescended testes....Pages 197-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Echosonographic control of follicular growth in heterologous therapeutic insemination (AID)....Pages 205-208
A comparison of fresh and frozen semen in AID practice....Pages 209-216
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
AID in the problem patient....Pages 217-221
Repeat pregnancies with AID....Pages 223-226
The post-insemination test in predicting the outcome of artificial insemination with husband’s semen....Pages 227-232
The relationship between the survival of human spermatozoa in culture medium and pregnancy rate....Pages 233-236
Duration of vitality and migrating ability of +4 °C cryopreserved human spermatozoa....Pages 237-241
Male sterility caused by anejaculation — aetiology, diagnosis and treatment....Pages 243-246
Psychological patterns of AID-demanding marital couples....Pages 247-255
The complexity of psychological issues involved in artificial insemination by donor....Pages 257-260
Secrecy in the provision of artificial insemination by donor (AID)....Pages 261-264
Relationships between results of post-coital test and parameters of semen analysis....Pages 265-269
Seminal plasma isoenzyme LDH-X values in extreme oligozoospermia....Pages 271-274
Back Matter....Pages 275-279