Human reproduction, growth and development

A groundbreaking contribution to the literature now in its revised and expanded second edition, this textbook offers a comprehensive review of diagnostic and treatment techniques for male infertility.

This innovative text aims to help the genetic counselor in training and in practice prepare for the challenges arising in everyday patient scenarios, spanning genomic medicine, communication challenges, ethical issues, and emerging topics in a fast-moving field.

This practical book provides need-to-know information vital for acupuncturists to treat patients with fertility problems.

Research on testosterone is increasing in many senses; however there is still much controversy regarding its physiology and clinical use.

This 2003 book is a comprehensive and highly illustrated guide to micromanipulation techniques in assisted conception in a clinical setting.

Current knowledge concerning both morphological and functional cryptorchid-related alterations in the various testicular compartments is summarized in this valuable new publication.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of various chronic diseases - including their clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods, treatment options, and recent research findings - with a special focus on the psychosexual impacts of these conditions on patients and their partners.

Provides practical guidance for the optimal organization and management of an IVF laboratory for successful embryo culture.

In Vitro Fertilization: A Comprehensive Guide represents the next frontier in the integrated clinical and laboratory practice of ART.

This unique text provides a comprehensive yet concise review of the various environmental factors and lifestyle choices which impact male fertility, with special emphasis on the mechanisms that contribute to decreased sperm production and impaired function.

This comprehensive volume covers all aspects of the revolution in prenatal diagnosis brought about by the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which primarily relies on the detection of free fetal DNA circulating in maternal blood from the early stages of pregnancy.

This book provides the ultrastructural study of the pituitary-gonadal axis through the electron microscope.

Recurrent pregnancy loss presents a vexing clinical problem primarily for medical professionals treating patients in reproductive medicine and in maternal-fetal medicine.

Originally published in 1960, The Future of Man is a chronicle of Professor Medwar's Reith lectures of 1959.

Wer sich ein Kind wünscht, bekommt auch eins?

Over the past decade, there have been major advances in our understanding of ovarian physiology.

Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African-American Perspective, Second Edition is an updating of the classic text that presents leading black scholars discussing complex human behavior problems faced by African-Americans in today's society.

The new edition of this text admirably fills the need for a primer on the central topics involved in Human In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

This case-based guide is written from the clinician's perspective, dealing with a defined male infertility problem, tracing the actual clinical pathway arriving at the diagnosis, and discussing the treatment options and the likely outcome.

The burden of endometriosis is enormous, with one in ten women suffering from this painful and debilitating condition.

Practical, evidence-based guide to managing ART pregnancies, based on 30 years of clinical experience, including gynaecological, genetic and obstetric complications.

To celebrate the Center for Perinatal Biology's 40th Anniversary, an illustrious group gathered at Loma Linda University in February 2013.

In the developing world, the choices available to couples for fertility treatments in the 21st century are wider than ever before.

This well-illustrated, user-friendly text offers a succinct overview of complex surgical sparing management of reproductive pelvic disorders, designed for the reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist and general gynecologist.

This book provides an overview of the latestdevelopments in the concepts and management of ovarian cancer.

The overturning of Roe v Wade makes the ethical consideration of abortion more important than ever.

The scientific study of aging is a relatively nascent field of inquiry.

Reviews contemporary approaches to the assessment, diagnosis and management of infertility, giving essential information for Part 2 MRCOG candidates.

Biology Trending is a truly innovative introductory biology text.

This comprehensive, up-to-date text, which brings together the key practical elements of the rapidly evolving field of sperm DNA and chromatin abnormalities, is divided thematically into five main sections.

In this third volume, the Biennial Review of Infertility brings together the most up-to-date research and clinical information on male and female infertility, emerging assisted reproductive techniques, and controversial issues in reproductive medicine.

Human Placental Trophoblasts: Impact of Maternal Nutrition explores the vital roles of trophoblasts play in fetal growth and pregnancy, giving you new insight into the modulation of placental trophoblast functions by nutrients.

This practical book focuses on the most recent advances in natural cycle and minimal stimulation in vitro fertilization (IVF).

This new edition covers the development, biology and pathology of the oocyte, and technologies to manipulate, enhance and control fertility.

This innovative and engaging book argues that because our genetic information is directly linked to the genetic information of others, it is impossible to assert a 'right to privacy' in the same way that we can in other areas of life.

This text has been written as a practical guide, based on the author's experience over the last 40 years of daily clinical practice and aiming to place the modern approach to the management of infertility in the context of sound theory and evidence-based therapy.

Advances in technology now offer promising solutions to deal with the chronological aging of the cell, tissue or organ to synchronize its existence and its use.

Accelerated population ageing, long a significant issue for developed countries, is now becoming important in the developing world too.

As the age of childbearing increases, reduced female gamete (egg) quality has emerged as the primaery cause of infertility in women.

Die offiziellen Debatten um Sterbehilfe offenbaren ein skandalöses Maß an Arroganz und Bevormundung seitens der machthabenden Eliten.

In spite of the fact that almost eighty percent of all IVF cycles are unsuccessful, the dominant representations of the technology are of its success.

A Probabilistic Model of the Genotype/Phenotype Relationship provides a new hypothesis on the relationship between genotype and phenotype.

Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine: Using Nutrigenomics to Solve 'Unexplained' Infertility provides cutting-edge information and solutions to help support the worldwide rise of fertility challenges.

Originally published in 1972, Homo Sapiens examines how humans emerged from among the millions of other species and achieved our unique position within the animal kingdom.

For some elderly people, the body weakens while the mind stays alert.

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In the era of molecular biology, an atlas that allows a rapid understanding of the complexity of ovarian processes is urgently needed.