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Male Fertility and Infertility

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Klappentext This contemporary account illustrates the breadth of vision needed to tackle the problem of male fertility. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Biological Perspectives: 1. The evolution of the sexual arena Jack Cohen; 2. The role of sperm competition in reproduction Tim Birkhead; 3. Sperm production and delivery in mammals, including man Hector Dott and Tom Glover; 4. The local control of spermatogenesis Kate Lakoski Loveland and David de Kretser; 5. Some misconceptions of the human epididymis Roy Jones; 6. Transport of spermatozoa to the egg and fertilisation success Jackson Brown, Steve Publicover and Chris Barratt; 7. Changes in human male reproductive health Stewart Irvine; Part II. Implications of the New Technologies: 8. ICSI: the revolution and the portents Herman Tournaye; 9. The genetic basis of male fertility Pasquale Patrizio and Diana Broomfield; 10. The treatment of azoospermia with surgery and ICSI Sherman Silber; 11. The challenge of asthenozoospermia Chris Ford; 12. Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of inherited disorders and male reproductive malfunction Ian Findlay and Justin St John; 13. Gazing into the crystal ball: future diagnosis and management in andrology Jim Cummins and Anne Jequier; Index.

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Authors T. D. (University of Leeds) Barratt Glover, T. D. Barratt Glover, T.d. Barratt Glover
Assisted by C. L. R. Barratt (Editor), Christopher L. R. Barratt (Editor), T. D. Glover (Editor), Timothy D. Glover (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 19.03.2009
 
EAN 9780521104005
ISBN 978-0-521-10400-5
No. of pages 288
Subjects Guides > Health
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine

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