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HUMAN
REPRODUCTION
Volume 5 number 1 January 1990
An international journal published for ESHRE, covering research and clinical work
in human reproduction and relevant animal studies
ISSN 0268-1161 Coden HUREEE
Oxford University Press

HUMAN
REPRODUCTION
Editor
R.G.Edwards
Bourn Hall, Bourn,
Cambridgeshire, UK
Assistant editor
G.Hartsborne
Bourn Hall, UK
Associate editors
H.M.Beier
Aachen, FRG
J.Cohen,
Paris, France
M.Fraccaro
Pavia, Italy
L.Hamberger
Gothenburg, Sweden
G.H.Zcilmaker
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
American editors
R.Asch
Orange, CA, USA
A.H.DeChcrney
New Haven, CT, USA
R.Yanagimachi
Honolulu, HI, USA
Corresponding editor, Australia
C.R.Austin
Queensland, Australia
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Published for the
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by Oxford University Press, Eynsham,
Oxford, UK
The cover photograph is provided by courtesy of Lennart Nilsson,
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and shows a human
blastocyst.
Editorial board
D T.Baird, Edinburgh, UK
P.N.Barri, Barcelona, Spain
E.-E.Baulieu, Bicitre, France
S.BcIl, Leicester, UK
G.Benagiano, Rome, Italy
B.Brambati, Milan, Italy
M.A.Bruhat, Clermont, France
A.G.Byskov, Copenhagen, Denmark
A.Comninos, Athens, Greece
P.G.Crosignani, Milan, Italy
G.David, Kremlin-Bicetre, France
P.Devroey, Brussels, Belgium
K.Diedrich, Bonn, FRG
J.Egozcue, Barcelona, Spain
W.Feichtinger, Vienna, Austria
M.A.Ferguson-Smith, Cambridge, UK
D.Geraci, Palermo, Italy
W.L.Herrmann, Geneva, Switzerland
M.G.R.Hull, Bristol, UK
P.Jouannet, Kremlin-Bidtre, France
J.G.Lauritsen, Aalborg, Denmark
H.J.Leese, York, UK
F.Leroy, Brussels, Belgium
A.McLaren, London, UK
D. Mortimer, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
M.Neves e Castro, Lisbon, Portugal
J.J.Parilla-Pariccio, Espinado, Spain
B.Runnebaum, Heidelberg, FRG
J.Salat-Baroux, Paris, France
R.Schoysman, Brussels, Belgium
M.Seppala, Helsinki, Finland
A.Simeone, Naples, Italy
A.Sunde, Trondheim, Norway
C.Surcau, Paris, France
P.J.Taylor, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J.Testart, Clamart, France
A.Tsafriri, Rehovot, Israel
A.C.Van Steirteghem, Brussels, Belgium
G.A.Voisin, Paris, France
Editorial secretary
Caroline Black well, Bourn Hall
Production editor
Nancy Hillelson, Oxford University Press

Contents
Opinions
Arbitrary partitions of prenatal life
Impairment of the hatching process following 1VF in the
human and improvement of implantation by assisting
hatching using micromanipulation
Reproductive physiology
Identification of specific serum proteins synthesized
de novo by monolayer cultures of glandular cells of
gestational endometrium
Adrenoceptors mediating contraction in the human
uterine artery
Epithelial cells from human Fallopian tube in culture
Reproductive endocrinology
Combined luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analogue
and exogenous gonadotrophins for the treatment of
infertility associated with poly cystic ovaries
Treatment of hyperstimulation during in-vitro fertilization
The early luteal phase in successful and unsuccessful
implantation after FVF—ET
Reproductive immunology
Antiphospholipid antibodies in unselected patients with
repeated abortion
Regional binding of human anti-sperm antibodies assessed
by indirect immunofluorescence
Infertility
Influence of the duration of the oestradiol rise on the
success rate in GnRH analogue/HMG-stimulated IVF
cycles
In-vitro fertilization: influence of women's age on
pregnancy rates
Transfers of frozen-thawed human embryos in cycles
stimulated by HMG
Gametes
Ultrastructure of the cortex in the human egg
Variation in the cholesterol/phospholipid ratio in human
spermatozoa and its relationship with capacitation
Human Reproduction
Volume 5 number 1 January 1990
J.D.Biggers 1
J.Cohen, C.Eisner, H.Kort, H.Maker, J.Massey, 7
M.P.Mayer and K.Wiemer
T.N.Fay, S.Lindenberg, B.Teisner, 14
L.G.Westergaard, J.G.Westergaard and
J.G.Grudzinskas
M.Stjernquist and Ch.Owman 19
T.Henriksen, T.Tanbo, Th.Abyholm, 25
B.R.Oppedal, O.P.Claussen and T.Hovig
R.Homburg, A.Eshel, J.Kilborn, J.Adams and 32
H.S.Jacobs
J.Salat-Baroux, S.Alvarez, J.M.Antoine, 36
D.Comet, Ch.Tibi, M.Plachot and J.Mandelbaum
L.Nylund, C.Beskow, K.Carlstrom, 40
B.Fredricsson, O.Gustafson, N.-O.Lunell,
A.Pousette, L.Rosenborg, H.Slotte and E.Akerlof
J.Balasch, J.Font, A.L6pez-Soto, R.Cervera, 43
I.Jove", F.J.Casals and J.A.Vanrell
N.L.Cross and S.Moore 47
G.Leyendecker, W.Bernart, Th.Bremen, H.Beck, 52
G.Kunz, S.Waibel, A.Blum, P.Stenger and
H. Kaplan-Reiterer
Prepared for F1VNAT by C.Piette, J.de Mouzon, 56
A.Bachelot and A.Spira
J.Lornage, D.Boulieu, C.Madiieu, J.F.Guerin, 60
M.C.Pinatel, R.James and C.AJvarado
I.N.Hinduja, A.Kumar and T.C.Anand Kumar 66
K.Hoshi, T.Aita, K.Yanagida, N.Yoshimatsu and 71
A.Sato
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Andrology
Comparison between different pre-treatment techniques for
sperm recovery prior to intrauterine insemination, GIFT
or IVF
Differential evaluation of human sperm hypoosmotk
swelling test and its relationship with the outcome of
in-vitro fertilization of human oocytes
Quantitative evaluation of spermatogenesis by testicular
histology in men with congenital absence of the vas
deferens undergoing epididymal sperm aspiration
Ionized calcium in human male and female reproductive
fluids: relationships to sperm motility
Combined use of fluorescent peanut agglutinin lectin and
Hoechst 33258 to monitor the acrosomal status and vitality
of human spermatozoa
Fertilization and early embryology
Non-invasive measurement of pynivate and glucose uptake
and lactate production by single human preimplantation
embryos
Observations on the morphology of pronuclei and nucleoli
in human zygotes and implications for cryopreservation
Pregnancy
Serum levels of CA 125 during the first trimester of
normal outcome, ectopic and anembryonk pregnancies
Case report
Fetal outcome following inadvertent administration of
long-acting DTRP 6 GnRH microcapsules during
pregnancy: a case report
U.Punjabi, J.Gerris, J.van Bijlen, L.Delbeke, 75
M.Gielis and Ph.Buytaert
S.Y.W.Chan, C.Wang, S.T.H.Chan and P.C.Ho 84
S.J.Silber, P.Patrizio and R.H.Asch 89
O.Magnus, T.Abyholm, J.Kofstad and K.Purvis 94
D.Mortimer, E.F.Curtis and A.R.Camenzind
A.L.Gott, K.Hardy, R.M.L.Winston and
H.J.Leese
G.Wright, S.Wiker, C.Eisner, H.Kort, J.Massey,
D.Mitchell, A.Toledo and J.Cohen
I.J.Jacobs, T.N.Fay, J.Yovich, I.Stabile, C.Frost,
J.Turner, D.H.Oram and J.G.Grudzinskas
A.Golan, R.Ron-El, A.Herman, Z.Weinraub,
Y.Soffer and E.Caspi
99
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THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYOLOGY
WORKSHOPS 1990
ESHRE Campus Paramedical workshop - Brussels, place: Centre for Reproductive Medicine,
AZ-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium, date: 16 to 17
February 1990. programme: both practical and theoretical; for more information contact: ESHRE
Secretariat, c/o Bruno Van den Eede, AZ - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, B - 1090
Brussels, Belgium; tel: (2) 477 57 61 or 477 50 50.
ESHRE Campus - Brussels : place: Centre for Reproductive Medicine, AZ - Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium, date: 18 to 23 February 1990. number of participants:
50. programme: the programme will include practical morning sessions and theoretical
afternoon sessions; for more information contact: ESHRE Secretariat, c/o Bruno Van den
Eede, AZ - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, B - 1090 Brussels, Belgium; tel: (2) 477 57
61 or 477 50 50.
Workshop on Retrograde Tubal Catheterization: organizers: J.-R. Zorn, F. Risquez.place:
Cenre Francais de Commerce Extdrieur, 10 Avenue d'lema, 75016 Paris, France, date: 2-3 March
1990. registrations & equiries for travel and accommodation: Organizing Secretariat, J.K.
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ESHRE Campus workshop - Thessaloniki: place: 1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
"Hippokratio" General Hospital, 49 Konstantinoupoleos Avenue, G - 546 42 Thessaloniki,
Greece.tel. (031) 830378; date: 6 - 10 June 1990;for more information contact: Dr B.C. Tarlatzis.lst
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ESHRE Campus workshop - Paris: place: Hopital Cochin - Paris; date: 17 - 22 June 1990: programme:
practical and theoretical sessions.
International Symposium on Recent advances in Assisted Reproductive
Techn iques.organizers: Antonio Pellicer, MD, & Alberto Romeu, MD; place: Valencia,
date: May 23,24, and 25, 1990; programme: Practical sessions on: IVF, cryopreservation, micromanipulation,
animal techniques, special techniques in semen, prenatal diagnosis; Theoretical
sessions on: ovarian physiology in the stimulated cycle, use of gonadotropins in IVF, use of GnRH
analogues in IVF, new developments in the evaluation of the male factor, new developments in
the treatment of the male factor, new developments in the cryopreservation of oocytes and
embryos, factors affecting the survival after cryopreservation, results of cryopreservation: a
critical analysis, sperm microinjection, evaluation of the female gametes: a critical analysis.
Infertility Surgery - Workshop & Symposium: "Microsurgery, Operative Laparoscopy,
Laser-Surgery": place: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Bonn,
date: workshop on 1 to 4 October 1990 - symposium on 5 to 6 October 1990; programme:lectures,
discussions, and practical demonstrations on microsurgical techniques, operative laparoscopy
and laser applications; the symposium will deal with tubal sterility; Information: Dr W. Decleer,
Department of OB/GYN, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud StraBe 27, D - 5300 Bonn, West
Germany.
Second Workshop on Operative & Video-Laser Laparoscopy: place: Centre for Reproductive
Medicine, AZ - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, B - 1090 Brussels, Belgium;
date: 25 - 26 October 1990; programme: live demonstrations from operating theatre with video
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Eede, AZ - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, B- 1090 Brussels, Belgium, tel: (2) 477 57
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FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS
2nd Joint ESCO-ESHRE Meeting, Milan, 29 August to 1 September 1990.
7th Annual Meeting of ESHRE and 7th International Congress on IVF, Paris, 28 to 30
Junel991 and 30 June to 3 July 1991.