Enda McVeigh, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
David Barlow, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Published online: March 2002
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002314
In Western practice infertility, though not a disease or a symptom in the usual sense, is managed as an aspect of medicine, usually led from the gynaecological perspective but with major involvement of urologists, endocrinologists and others.
Keywords: IVF; GIFT; IUI; embryo cryopreservation; assisted reproduction; human cloning
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Figure 1. Ultrasonic image of a stimulated ovary.
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Figure 2. Ultrasonic image of a hyperstimulated ovary.
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Figure 3. Human embryo at the four‐cell stage.
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Figure 4. Human oocyte undergoing intracytoplasmic injection of a sperm (ICSI).
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Figure 5. Biopsy of an embryo undergoing removal of a single cell.
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Figure 6. Two cells from two embryos that have undergone fluorescent in situ hybridization.
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| Further Reading | |
| book Countinho EM and Spinolo P (eds) (1999) Reproductive Medicine: A Millennium Review. Pearl River, NY: Parthenon Publishing Group. | |
| book Hillier SG, Kitchener HC and Neilson JP (eds) (1996) Scientific Essentials of Reproductive Medicine. London: WB Saunders. | |
| book Templeton A, Cooke I and Shaughn O'Brien PM (eds) (1998) Evidence‐based Fertility Treatment. London: Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. | |
| book Trounson AO and Gardner DK (eds) (2000) Handbook of In Vitro Fertilization, 2nd edn. Boca Raton: CRC. | |
| book Yen SSC, Jaffe RB and Barbieri RL (eds) (1999) Reproductive Endocrinology: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders. | |
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