The Infertility Manual

KAMINI A RAO, Consultant, Bangalore, India. PETER R BRINSDEN, Bourne Hall Clinic, Cambridge, UK. A HENRY SATHANANTHAN, Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development, Melbourne, Australia. KEY SELLING POINTS - 2 nd Edition of major reference work on assisted reproduction technology (ART). - Now with CD Rom of procedures in assisted reproduction. - Fully illustrated 4-colour text . Assisted Reproduction is one of the fastest growing areas of medicine. Having been introduced in 1978 with the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby", the field of infertility has been broadened so far that it is no longer a mere sub-category of gynaecology, but is in fact a major medical discipline. The second edition of "The Infertility Manual" contains innovations and case studies dealing with all aspects of human reproduction:- male and female infertility, gene technology, blastocyst culture and assisted hatching, providing information to both scientists and clinicians at all levels of expertise. Contents: Section 1: A general overview - Patient Selection Counselling and Management; Transvaginal Sonography in Infertility; Infections and Infertility; Immunology in Infertility; Unexplained Infertility; Declining Fertility. Section 2: Endocrinological Disorders of Infertility -Hyperprolactinemia and Thyroid Disorders; Luteal Phase Defect; Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome; Hirsutism; Fertility Treatment in Primary and Secondary Amenorrhea; Obesity in Infertility Practice. Section 3: Male Factor Infertility - Cytogenetics of Male Infertility; The Human Sperm - Its Contribution to Fertilization and Embryogenesis; Male Fertility. Section 4: Female Factor Infertility - Uterine & Cervical Factors in Infertility; Tubal Factor of Infertility and Assisted Reproduction; Evaluation of Fallopian Tube In Infertility; Female Infertility Surgery; Endometriosis and Infertility; Ectopic Pregnancy; Role of Fibroids in Infertility; Enigma of Implantation. Section 5: Ovulation Induction - Superovulation Strategies in Assisted Conception; Monitoring of Ovulation Induction; Ovarian Follicular Stimulation Regimens in ART (The Bourn Hall Experience); CD Contents: Assisted Reproductive Technologies Endoscopic Procedures Human Sperms and its Contribution to Fertilization and Embroyogenesis