Modern ART in the 2000's: Andrology in the Nineties
This a state-of-the-art, illustrated clinical reference volume on the diagnosis and treatment of male subfertility using assisted reproduction technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), gamete intrafallopian tube transfer (GIFT), and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The book is in five sections containing 19 original new chapters by leading experts writing on Evidence-Based Medicineas a means of studying ART, quality control for andrology laboratories, recent developments and new insights in ICSI, and cytokines and growth factors, with special attention to testicular physiology and sperm function. Section V deals with the reliability of semen parameters, maturation arrest in spermatogenesis, and the cell biology of the fertilizing spermatozoon. Includes bibliographic references and index.