1. Bioethics in medically assisted conception in the Muslim world

   • Gamal I. Serour
   • Mohamed A. Aboulghar
   • Ragaa T. Mansour

   News and Views Pages: 559 - 565

2. Sex ratio of babies is unchanged after transfer of fast- versus slow-cleaving embryos

   • Esther N. G.
   • Paul Claman
   • George Wells

   OriginalPaper Pages: 566 - 568

3. Factors associated with improving success rates with gamete intrafallopian transfer under thin-needle spinal anesthesia

   • Paul D. Silva
   • Abigail L. Meisch
   • Brenda Rooney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 569 - 573

4. Families created through ovum donation: A preliminary investigation of obstetrical outcome and psychosocial adjustment

   • Linda Applegarth
   • Neal C. Goldberg
   • Zev Rosenwaks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 574 - 580

5. In vitro fertilization in women age 40 and older: The impact of assisted hatching

   • William B. Schoolcraft
   • Terry Schlenker
   • Howard W. Jones Jr.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 581 - 584

6. A seasonal effect on pregnancy rates in anin vitro fertilization program

   • D. Chamoun
   • L. Udoff
   • H. D. McClamrock

   OriginalPaper Pages: 585 - 589

7. Interferon gamma and interleukin 10 levels in preimplantation embryo culture media

   • M. H. özörnek
   • P. Bielfeld
   • U. Kuhn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 590 - 593

8. Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy afterin vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

   • Martina Ribič-pucelj
   • TomaŽ TomaŽevič
   • Helena Meden-Vrtovec

   OriginalPaper Pages: 594 - 598

9. Antiovarian antibodies and their effect on the outcome of assisted reproduction

   • Meenakshi Narayanan
   • P. S. R. Murthy
   • M. D. Kini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 599 - 605

10. High rates of perforation are found in endovaginal ultrasound probe covers before and after oocyte retrieval forin vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

    • Michael Hignett
    • Paul Claman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 606 - 609

11. Ureaplasma urealyticum andMycoplasma hominis detected by the polymerase chain reaction in the cervices of women undergoingin vitro fertilization: Prevalence and consequences

    • Steven S. Witkin
    • Isaac Kligman
    • Zev Rosenwaks

    OriginalPaper Pages: 610 - 614

12. Pituitary down-regulation in IVF cycles: Is it necessary to use strict criteria?

    • C. Calhaz-Jorge
    • Fernanda Leal
    • A. M. Pereira-Coelho

    OriginalPaper Pages: 615 - 619

13. Morphology in intracytoplasmic sperm injection: Preliminary results

    • W. Küpker
    • S. Al-Hasani
    • K. Diedrich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 620 - 626

14. Fertilization and pregnancies following intracytoplasmic injection of testicular spermatozoa

    • Andreas Obruca
    • Karl Mock
    • Gerhard Lunglmayr

    OriginalPaper Pages: 627 - 631

15. Ultrastructure of endometrial epithelial cells in a three-dimensional cell culture system for human implantation studies

    • U. Bentin-Ley
    • S. Lindenberg
    • J. Falck Larsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 632 - 638

16. Regulation of IGF binding proteins by FSH in human luteinizing granulosa cells

    • Tomoko Adachi
    • Mitsutoshi Iwashita
    • Yoshihiko Takeda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 639 - 643

17. Influence of elevated pH levels on structural and functional characteristics of the human zona pellucida: Functional morphological aspects

    • Ralf Henkel
    • Susan Cooper
    • Daniel R. Franken

    OriginalPaper Pages: 644 - 649

18. Influence of follicular phase duration on human granulosa-luteal cell subpopulations in natural and stimulated IVF-ET cycles

    • Ksenija Gersak
    • Tomaz Tomazevic

    OriginalPaper Pages: 650 - 656

19. Bacterial contamination after transvaginal aspiration (TVA) of oocytes

    • Barbara Saltes
    • Mary Wood Molo
    • Ewa Radwanska

    Short Communications Pages: 657 - 658

20. Successful delivery at age 61: Report of a case as a result of oocyte donation

    • Roberto Sposetti

    Short Communications Pages: 658 - 660