Research Catalog

Title

Implantation and early pregnancy in humans : a combined research and clinical approach / edited by Eytan R. Barnea ... [et al.] ; associate editor: Mary T. Parvensky.

Publication

London ; New York : Parthenon Pub. Group, c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barnea, E. R.
• Parvensky, Mary T.
• Society for implantation and Early Pregnancy in Humans. World Conference (1993?)

Description

xxvi, 506 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Congress
• Pregnancy > Trimester, First > Congresses
• Embryo Implantation
• Ovum implantation > Congresses
• Pregnancy Complications
• Pregnancy Trimester, First > physiology
• Pregnancy > Complications > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Based on the First World Conference of the Society for Implantation and Early Pregnancy in Humans held in 1992.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• 1. Secretory proteins of the human oviduct / S. D. Maguiness, O. Djahanbakhch, K. Shrimanker, M. Fraidakis and J. G. Grudzinskas -- 2. Role and regulation of growth factors in secretory endometrium: in vitro studies and review / T. Strowitzki, I. Rettig, C. Runkel, H. von Eye Corleta and H. U. Haring -- 3. Is there a role for matrix metalloproteinases in the implantation process? / M. Martelli and P. Bischof -- 4. Assessment of implantation potential in humans: in vitro model for the investigation of endometrial readiness and quality of preimplantation embryos / N. A. Bersinger, M. J. Sinosich, D. M. Saunders and M. H. Birkhauser -- 5. Idiopathic subfertility: outcome of pregnancies following intrauterine insemination and/or ovarian stimulation / F. D. Berg, C. Brucker, C. Lauritzen, V. Seifert, A. Teschner and M. J. Hinrichsen -- 6. Ovarian stimulation using LHRH agonists in assisted conception: pregnancy rates and outcome / S. L. Tan.
• 7. Advanced technologies improve embryo implantation after IVF-ET / H. C. Liu -- 8. Embryo transfer window and luteo-placental shift in donor egg program / C. R. Tzeng, F. C. Chen, S. R. Chang, Y. F. Cheng, L. W. Chien, C. W. Chang and A. C. Chen -- 9. Preimplantation chromosomal analysis: potential approaches and clinical impact / D. P. Marazzo -- 10. Hormone interactions of the corpus luteum / N. F. Santoro, L. T. Goldsmith and G. Weiss -- 11. The role of progesterone in supporting implantation and preventing early pregnancy loss / J. H. Check -- 12. Rationale for luteal support in IVF / E. Kemmann, S. Hatangadi and R. A. Knuppel -- 13. The role of thyroid hormone during the functional shift from corpus luteum to placenta in maintaining early gestation / T. Maruo, H. Matsuo, K. Katayama, M. Hayashi and M. Mochizuki -- 14. Progesterone synthesis in ectopic pregnancy: perspective in controlling mechanisms / A. M. Lower, J. L. Yovich, C. Hancock and J. G. Grudzinskas.
• 15. Placental dynamic cultures: the state of the art / E. R. Barnea -- 16. Paracrine effect of trophoblast-derived cytokines on placental hCG secretion / N. Matsuzaki, K. Shimoya, T. Taniguchi, R. Neki, T. Okada, F. Saji and O. Tanizawa -- 17. The presence and functional relevance of hCG/LH receptors in normal human placentas and choriocarcinomas / P. Licht, Z. M. Lei, Ch. V. Rao and W. E. Merz -- 18. Comparison of in vivo and in vitro trophoblast hormone production at different stages of pregnancy / S. G. Ren and G. D. Braunstein -- 19. Dual effects of embryo-derived factors on hCG secretion by placental explants / E. R. Barnea -- 20. Gene expression of placental corticotropin releasing hormone and its clinical relevance / M. Mochizuki, M. Kitagawa, T. Otani and T. Maruo -- 21. The physical integrity of the villous membrane during the first trimester / G. J. Burton -- 22. The natural history of early human spontaneous abortion / A. E. Szulman.
• 23. Early pregnancy loss and possible etiologic factors / T. Makino -- 24. Early pregnancy loss and the antiphospholipid syndrome / J. Cohen, R. Bakimer, M. David and Y. Shoenfeld -- 25. Cancer and pregnancy: clinical management and biological analogy / E. Fernandez, J. Goldberg, E. Johnson, T. Rutherford and E. R. Barnea -- 26. Expression of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (CYP1A1) in human placentas / M. K. Sanyal and E. R. Barnea -- 27. Reduced catechol metabolism in the first trimester placenta of cigarette smokers / E. R. Barnea -- 28. New approaches in diagnosis and treatment of recurrent spontaneous abortion / J. J. Stern and C. B. Coulam -- 29. First trimester biochemical screening for Down's syndrome / J. G. Grudzinskas, M. C. M. Macintosh and T. Chard -- 30. Spontaneous embryo and fetal reduction and the early detection of fetal anomalies using transvaginal sonography / Z. Blumenfeld and M. Bronshtein.
• 31. Pathophysiology and diagnosis of early pregnancy complications / E. Jauniaux, D. Jurkovic and S. Campbell -- 32. Molecular endocrine aspects in the diagnosis of gestational trophoblastic diseases / T. Maruo and M. Mochizuki.

ISBN

1850705135

LCCN

93034659

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries