Assisted Human Conception
Published in July 1990
Book
Mixed media product
305 pages
978-0-443-04319-2 (ISBN)
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."
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."
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."
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line drawings and half-tones
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
564 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-04319-2 (9780443043192)
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Content
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.