This practical, extensively illustrated handbook covers the procedures that are undertaken in andrology and ART laboratories to analyse and assess male-factor infertility, and to prepare spermatozoa for use in assisted conception therapy. The content is presented as brief, authoritative overviews of
Practical Guide to Sperm Analysis: Basic Andrology in Reproductive Medicine
✍ Scribed by Garrido, Nicolás; Rivera, Rocio
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 279
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
This is a reference manual for daily use in the Reproductive Medicine or Andrology laboratory, which goes beyond the literature available in the scientific journals by compiling insights into a detailed and applied clinical approach. All established practitioners in Reproductive Medicine will find much of practical relevance about the latest insights into sperm selection and analysis.
✦ Table of Contents
Content: The usefulness of sperm viability testing in reproductive technology : the hypo-osmotic swelling test, laser and motility stimulants / Denny Sakkas --
History and physical examination : male infertility / Jared L. Moss, Mary Kate Keeter, and Robert E. Brannigan --
The role of hormonal profiles to forecast male fertility chances / Martin Kathrins and Craig Niederberger --
The application of genetic tests in an assisted reproduction unit : karyotype / Ralf Henkel and Burtram C. Fielding --
Genetic testing of y chromosome microdeletion / James M. Hotaling --
The application of genetic tests in an assisted reproduction unit : sperm FISH / Lorena Rodrigo Vivó and Carmen Rubio Lluesa --
The application of genetic tests in an assisted reproduction unit : cystic fibrosis carrier screening / Esther Andres, Rocío Rivera, and Nicolás Garrido --
The application of genetic tests in an assisted reproduction unit : MRNA microarrays / Sandra Garcia --
The application of genetic tests in an assisted reproduction unit : DNA fragmentation / Rachael J. Hutton, Martin P. Lawlor, Lynsey K. Poots, and Sheena E.M. Lewis --
The application of genetic tests in an assisted reproduction unit : DNA methylation defects / Cristina Camprubí and Joan Blanco --
The use of sperm ultra-morphology assessment in assisted reproduction / Nathalie Rives, Aurelie Rives, Rim Saidi, Anne Perdrix, and Christine Rondanin --
The usefulness of antisperm antibodies testing / Mónica Vazquez-Levin, Clara Isabel Marín-Briggiler, Carolina Veaute, Rosa Molina, and Gustavo Verón --
The measurement of oxidative stress in semen and use in assisted reproduction / Ashok Agarwal, Joseph Vitale, and Anthony Kashou --
The importance of sperm surface markers in reproductive success : sperm hyaluronan binding / Leyla Sati and Gabor Huszar --
The importance of sperm surface markers in reproductive success : surface change / Luke Simon and Douglas T. Carrell --
The relevance in reproductive success of sperm head polarization (birefringence) / Andrea Garolla, Alberto Bottacin, Ilaria Cosci, Massimo Menegazzo, and Carlo Foresta --
The applicability of raman spectroscopy in sperm diagnosis and selection for assisted reproduction / Rocío Rivera and Nicolás Garrido --
The use of sperm proteomics in the assisted reproduction laboratory / Meritxell Jodar, Ferran Barrachina, and Rafael Oliva --
The evaluation of surgically retrieved spermatozoa and its usefulness in assisted reproduction / Biljana Popovic-Todorovic, Greta Verheyen, Francisco Osorio, and Herman Tournaye.
✦ Subjects
Spermatozoa;Analysis;Semen;Analysis;Fertility, Human;Semen Analysis;methods;Spermatozoa;pathology;Infertility, Male;diagnosis;Infertility, Male;genetics;Genetic Techniques;Reproductive Techniques, Assisted;MEDICAL;Physiology;SCIENCE;Life Sciences;Human Anatomy & Physiology
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