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Assisted human conception

scientific editor, R. G. Edwards

(British medical bulletin, v. 46, no. 3)

Published for the British Council by Churchill Livingstone, 1990

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This latest volume in the British Medical Bulletin" covers all aspects of assisted human conception from indications and induction to ethics and the law. Topics also include endocrine monitoring, surgical techniques of oocyte collectiion and embryo transfer, outcome of pegnancies, and future developments. The text is written by an international team of contributors and is supplemented with halftone illustrations, line drawings and tables. The text is fully referenced. This issue should prove of value to any with an interest in assisted human conception."

Table of Contents

  • Development of assisted conception
  • indications for assisted conception
  • induction of multiple follicular development for IVF
  • endocrine monitoring for assisted human conception
  • surgical techniques of oocyte collection and embryo transfer
  • laboratory techniques for handling gametes and embryos
  • evaluation of human sperm function
  • oocyte maturation, fertilization and embryonic growth in vitro
  • cryopreservation
  • endorcinology inluteal phase and implantation
  • assessment of endometrial differentiation and function
  • value of ultrasound during the menstrual cycle
  • outcome of pregnancies, resulting from assisted conception
  • factors affecting the outcome of assisted cnception
  • simple techniques past and present as an alternative to in-vitro fertilization and GIFT
  • oocyte donation and surrogacy
  • using a donor insemination management system
  • future developments in IVF
  • counselling, care in infertility - the ethic of care
  • ethics and the law - the law and assisted human conception.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA19274413
  • ISBN
    • 0443043191
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Edinburgh ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    p. 565-864
  • Size
    23cm
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