Male fertility & infertility /
Male fertility & infertility /
Male Fertility & Infertility
edited by Timothy D. Glover and Christopher L.R. Barratt.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Evolution of the sexual arena / Role of sperm competition in reproduction / Sperm production and delivery in mammals, including man / Local control of spermatogenesis / Some misconceptions of the human epididymis / Transport of spermatozoa to the egg and fertilization success / Changes in human male reproductive health / ICSI : the revolution and the portents / Genetic basis of male infertility / Treatment of azoospermia with surgery and ICSI / Challenge of asthenozoospermia / Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of inherited disorders and male reproductive malfunction / Gazing into the crystal ball : future diagnosis and management in andrology / Jack Cohen -- Tim Birkhead -- Hector Dott, Tim Glover -- Kate Lakoski Loveland, David de Kretser -- Roy Jones -- Jackson Brown, Steve Publicover, Chris Barratt -- Stewart Irvine -- Herman Tournaye -- Pasquale Patrizio, Diana Broomfield -- Sherman Silber -- Chris Ford -- Ian Findlay, Justin St John -- Jim Cummins, Anne Jequier.
This contemporary account of male fertility provides a much needed bridge between those seeking to understand the subject from an evolutionary and biological perspective and those with clinical responsibility for the investigation and treatment of infertility. Accordingly, the first half of the book deals with the evolutionary aspects of male reproduction and sperm competition, sperm production and delivery in man and other animals, spermatogenesis and epididymal function, sperm transport in the female tract and the apparent decline in human sperm count. The second part of the book puts greater emphasis on clinical problems and opens with a discussion of intracytoplasmic sperm injection, its value and limitations. This is followed by a review of modern developments in the genetics of male fertility and proceeds to a further chapter on the role of surgical procedures used in the treatment. Semen analysis is critically reviewed and the molecular techniques now being used in preimplantation diagnosis and in the study of mitochondrial inheritance are fully described. Taken together these chapters, written by an international team of authors, illustrate the breadth of vision needed to tackle the problem of male fertility.
9780511545177 (ebook)
Infertility, Male.
Fertility, Human.
Generative organs, Male--Evolution.
RC889 / .M335 1999
616.6/92
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Evolution of the sexual arena / Role of sperm competition in reproduction / Sperm production and delivery in mammals, including man / Local control of spermatogenesis / Some misconceptions of the human epididymis / Transport of spermatozoa to the egg and fertilization success / Changes in human male reproductive health / ICSI : the revolution and the portents / Genetic basis of male infertility / Treatment of azoospermia with surgery and ICSI / Challenge of asthenozoospermia / Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of inherited disorders and male reproductive malfunction / Gazing into the crystal ball : future diagnosis and management in andrology / Jack Cohen -- Tim Birkhead -- Hector Dott, Tim Glover -- Kate Lakoski Loveland, David de Kretser -- Roy Jones -- Jackson Brown, Steve Publicover, Chris Barratt -- Stewart Irvine -- Herman Tournaye -- Pasquale Patrizio, Diana Broomfield -- Sherman Silber -- Chris Ford -- Ian Findlay, Justin St John -- Jim Cummins, Anne Jequier.
This contemporary account of male fertility provides a much needed bridge between those seeking to understand the subject from an evolutionary and biological perspective and those with clinical responsibility for the investigation and treatment of infertility. Accordingly, the first half of the book deals with the evolutionary aspects of male reproduction and sperm competition, sperm production and delivery in man and other animals, spermatogenesis and epididymal function, sperm transport in the female tract and the apparent decline in human sperm count. The second part of the book puts greater emphasis on clinical problems and opens with a discussion of intracytoplasmic sperm injection, its value and limitations. This is followed by a review of modern developments in the genetics of male fertility and proceeds to a further chapter on the role of surgical procedures used in the treatment. Semen analysis is critically reviewed and the molecular techniques now being used in preimplantation diagnosis and in the study of mitochondrial inheritance are fully described. Taken together these chapters, written by an international team of authors, illustrate the breadth of vision needed to tackle the problem of male fertility.
9780511545177 (ebook)
Infertility, Male.
Fertility, Human.
Generative organs, Male--Evolution.
RC889 / .M335 1999
616.6/92