Fertility and Sterility

February 2012 | Vol. 97, No. 2

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Use of laptop computers connected to internet through Wi-Fi decreases human sperm motility and increases sperm DNA fragmentation
January 2012 (Vol. 97 | No. 1 | Pages 39-45.e2)
Conrado Avendaño, Ariela Mata, César A. Sanchez Sarmiento, Gustavo F. Doncel
A systematic review of randomized trials for the treatment of poor ovarian responders: is there any light at the end of the tunnel?
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Pages 1058-1061.e7)
Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Paul Devroey
Modified natural-cycle in vitro fertilization should be considered as the first approach in young poor responders
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Pages 1066-1068)
Isaac-Jacques Kadoch, Simon J. Phillips, François Bissonnette
Poor responders: still a problem
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Page 1057)
Rene Frydman
Intrauterine injection of human chorionic gonadotropin before embryo transfer significantly improves the implantation and pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a prospective randomized study
December 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 6 | Pages 1370-1374.e1)
Ragaa Mansour, Nevine Tawab, Omnia Kamal, Yahia El-Faissal, Ahmed Serour, Mohamed Aboulghar, Gamal Serour

Laptop computers with Wi-Fi decreases human sperm motility and increases sperm DNA fragmentation
06 February 2012
Jean-François Doré, Marie-Christine Chignol
We read with interest the article, “Use of laptop computers connected to internet through Wi-Fi decreases human sperm motility and increases sperm DNA fragmentation” by Avendaño et al. . However, we t...
Reply of the Authors
06 February 2012
Conrado Avendaño
We thank Drs. Doré and Chignol for their interest in and comments on our article . The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of laptop computers connected to the Internet through Wi-Fi on human...
A tissue-engineered human endometrial stroma that responds to cues for secretory differentiation, decidualization, and menstruation
06 February 2012
Stacey C. Schutte, Robert N. Taylor
Objective: To show the responsiveness of tissue-engineered human endometrial stroma to combinations of hormones that mimic the secretory and menstrual phases of the cycle. Design: In vitro experimenta...
Degradation of actin nucleators affects cortical polarity of aged mouse oocytes
06 February 2012
Shao-Chen Sun, Wei-Wei Gao, Yong-Nan Xu, Yong-Xun Jin, Qing-Ling Wang, Xi-Jun Yin, Xiang-Shun Cui, Nam-Hyung Kim
Objective: To investigate the molecular mechanism of mouse oocyte polarity loss during aging. Design: Experimental study. Setting: Academic basic research laboratory. Animal(s): Mice. Intervention(s):...
Comprehensive chromosome screening is highly predictive of the reproductive potential of human embryos: a prospective, blinded, nonselection study
03 February 2012
Richard T. Scott, Kathleen Ferry, Jing Su, Xin Tao, Katherine Scott, Nathan R. Treff
Objective: To determine both the negative and positive predictive values of comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS) results for clinical outcome. Design: Data obtained from two prospective, double-bl...

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A systematic review of randomized trials for the treatment of poor ovarian responders: is there any light at the end of the tunnel?
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Pages 1058-1061.e7)
Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Paul Devroey
The value of growth hormone supplements in ART for poor ovarian responders
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Pages 1069-1076)
Dominique de Ziegler, Isabelle Streuli, David R. Meldrum, Charles Chapron
Modified natural-cycle in vitro fertilization should be considered as the first approach in young poor responders
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Pages 1066-1068)
Isaac-Jacques Kadoch, Simon J. Phillips, François Bissonnette
Selective progesterone receptor modulators in reproductive medicine: pharmacology, clinical efficacy and safety
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Pages 1175-1189)
Philippe Bouchard, Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet, Bart C.J.M. Fauser
Hormonal induction of endometrial receptivity
September 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 3 | Pages 530-535)
Richard J. Paulson
Androgens and poor responders: are we ready to take the plunge into clinical therapy?
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Pages 1062-1065)
Renato Fanchin, Nelly Frydman, Marc Even, Ana Luisa Berwanger da Silva, Michaël Grynberg, Jean-Marc Ayoubi
Poor responders: still a problem
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Page 1057)
Rene Frydman
Assessment of endometrial receptivity
September 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 3 | Pages 522-529)
Bruce A. Lessey
Evidence of impaired endometrial receptivity after ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization: a prospective randomized trial comparing fresh and frozen–thawed embryo transfer in normal responders
August 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 2 | Pages 344-348)
Bruce S. Shapiro, Said T. Daneshmand, Forest C. Garner, Martha Aguirre, Cynthia Hudson, Shyni Thomas
Couples with unexplained subfertility and unfavorable prognosis: a randomized pilot trial comparing the effectiveness of in vitro fertilization with elective single embryo transfer versus intrauterine insemination with controlled ovarian stimulation
November 2011 (Vol. 96 | No. 5 | Pages 1107-1111.e1)
Inge M. Custers, Tamar E. König, Frank J. Broekmans, Peter G.A. Hompes, Eugenie Kaaijk, Jur Oosterhuis, Monique H. Mochtar, Sjoerd Repping, Madelon van Wely, Pieternel Steures, Fulco van der Veen, Ben W.J. Mol

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Announcement of Incoming Editors

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine is pleased to welcome Drs. Craig Niederberger and Antonio Pellicer as co-editors-in-chief of Fertility and Sterility. Please click here for more information.