DESCRIPTION:
The comprehensive and authoritative guide to clinical reproductive science

The field of clinical reproductive science continues to evolve this important resource offers the basics of reproductive biology as well as the most recent advance in clinical embryology. The author - a noted expert in the field - focuses on the discipline and covers all aspects of this field. The text explores causes of male and female infertility and includes information on patient consultation and assessment, gamete retrieval and preparation, embryo culture, embryo transfer and cryopreservation.

Comprehensive in scope, the text contains an introduction to the field of clinical reproductive science and a review of assisted reproductive technology. The author includes information on a wide range of topics such as gonadal development, the regulation of meiotic cell cycle, the biology of sperm and spermatogenesis, in vitro culture, embryo transfer techniques, fundamentals of fertilisation, oocyte activation and much more.

This important resource:
- Offers an accessible guide to the most current research and techniques to the science of clinical reproduction
- Covers the fundamental elements of reproductive science
- Includes information on male and the female reproductive basics - everything from sexual differentiation to foetal development and parturition
- Explores the long-term health of children conceived through IVF
- Contains the newest developments in assisted reproductive technology

Clinical Reproductive Science is a valuable reference written for professionals in academia, research and clinical professionals working in the field of reproductive science, clinical embryology and reproductive medicine.

CONTENTS:
Section One. Reproductive Science: Fundamentals of Human Reproductive Biology
1. Sexual Differentiation, Gonadal Development, and Development of the External Genitalia: A Review of The Regulation of Sexual Differentiation
2. Male and Female Reproductive Anatomy
3. Fundamentals of Reproductive Endocrinology
4. The Ovaries, Oocytes, and Folliculogenesis
5. The Human Spermatozoa
6. The Biology of Fertilization
7. Human Embryo Development: From Zygote Stage to Periü-Implantation Blastocyst
8. The Female Reproductive Tract and Early Embryo Development: A Question of Supply and Demand
Section Two. Clinical Reproductive Science: Causes of Male and Female Infertility
9. Disorders of Male Reproductive Endocrinology
10. Disorders of Female Reproductive Endocrinology
11. Oocyte Aneuploidy and the Maternal Age Effect
12. Female Reproductive Pathology: Peritoneal, Uterine, and Fallopian Tube Pathologies
13. Pathologies of the Male Reproductive Tract
14. The Impact of Infections on Reproduction and Fertility
15. Nutrition, Fetal Health, and Pregnancy
16. The Embryonic Environment and Developmental Origins of Health
17. Lifestyle and Environmental Impacts on Fertility
Section Three. Clinical Reproductive Science In Practice: IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
18. Assessing the Infertile Couple
19. Ovarian Stimulation Protocols
20. Oocyte Retrieval Techniques and Culture of Oocytes
21. Sperm Preparation: Strategy and Methodology
22. Diagnostic Semen Analysis: Uncertainty, Clinical Value, and Recent Advances
23. Surgical Sperm Retrieval
24. In Vitro Fertilization and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
25. Morphological Assessment of Embryos in Culture
26. In Vitro Culture of Gametes and Embryos - The Culture Medium
27. Incubators in the Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratory
28. Embryo Transfer Techniques and Improving Embryo Implantation Rates
29. Cryopreservation of Gametes and Embryos
30. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening
31. Longü-Term Followü Up of Children Conceived Through In Vitro Fertilization

Author:
MICHAEL CARROLL, Senior Lecturer in Reproductive Science, School of Healthcare Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK