Biennial Review of Infertility

Section 1Female Infertility 1. Autoimmunity and Female Infertility: Fact versus Fiction Lawrence N. Odom, Amy M. Cline, and William H. Kutteh 2. Minimal Stimulation IVF Ahmad O. Hammoud and Mark Gibson 3. Current Understanding of Anti-Müllerian Hormone Dimitrios G. Goulis, Marina A. Dimitraki and Basil C. Tarlatzis 4. The Role of Obesity in Reproduction Barbara Luke, ScD, MPH 5. Endometrial Receptivity in Natural and Controlled Ovarian Stimulated Cycles José A. Horcajadas, José A. Martínez-Conejero and Carlos Simón 6. Current Understanding of Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Antonio La Marca, Giovanna Sighinolfi, and Annibale Volpe 7. Evidence-Based Use of Progesterone During IVF Elena Hesina Yanushpolsky 8. Monozygotic Twinning and Perinatal Outcomes Kenneth J. Moise Jr. and Ramesh Papanna 9. Multiple Pregnancy Vanishing Twin Syndrome Gabriel de la Fuente, José Manuel Puente, Juan A. García-Velasco and Antonio Pellicer Section IIMale Infertility 10. The Effect of Cancer Therapies on Sperm: Current Guidelines Akanksha Mehta and Mark Sigman 11. Environmental Insults on Spermatogenesis Stefan S. du Plessis and Ashok Agarwal 12. Sperm DNA Damage: Causes and Guidelines for Current Clinical Practice Aleksander Giwercman, Marcello Spanò, Mona Bungum 13. The Emerging Role of the Sperm Epigenome and its Potential Role in Development Sue Hammoud and Douglas T. Carrell Section IIIAssisted Reproduction Techniques 14. ART and Epigenetic Disorders: Should We Be Concerned? Christopher N. Herndon, MD, Paolo F. Rinaudo, MD, PhD 15. Novel Approaches of Sperm Selection for ART: The Role of Objective Biochemical Markers of Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Integrity and Sperm Function Gabor Huszar and Denny Sakkas 16. The Role of the Oocyte in Remodeling of Male Chromatin and DNA Repair: Are Events During the Zygotic Cell Cycle of Relevance to ART? Liliana Ramos and Peter de Boer 17. Proteomic/Metabolomic Analysis of Embryos - Current Status for Use in ART Mandy G. Katz-Jaffe and Susanna

From the reviews:"The purpose is to provide a review of new topics and technology in the field of infertility, a worthy objective, which, overall, is met. ... Many of the editors and authors are leaders in the fields in which they are writing. The book covers many of the current hot topics and controversial issues in infertility today. ... Overall, this is a useful book." (Patricia T. Jimenez, Doody's Review Service, September, 2011)