Title | ART and the Human Blastocyst [electronic resource] / edited by David K. Gardner, Michelle Lane |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0149-3 |
Descript | XVI, 254 p. online resource |
I. Gamete Quality and Pregnancy Outcome -- 1. The Impact of High-Order Multiple Pregnancies -- 2. Patient Stimulation and Effect on Outcomes -- 3. New Developments in Imaging and Hormonal Stimulation of the Ovaries -- 4. Paternal Effects on Fertilization, Embryo Development, and Pregnancy Outcome -- II. Physiology of the Embryo -- 5. The Cell Biology of Preimplantation Development -- 6. Metabolism of the Early Embryo: Energy Production and Utilization -- 7. Blastomere Homeostasis -- 8. Cell Junctions and Cell Interactions in Animal and Human Blastocyst Development -- III. Blastocyst Development in Culture -- 9. Blastocyst Development in Culture: The Role of Macromolecules -- 10. Culture Systems and Blastocyst Development -- 11. Apoptosis in the Human Blastocyst: Role of Survival Factors -- 12. Predictors of Viability of the Human Blastocyst -- IV. Blastocyst Transfer and Fate -- 13. Which Patients Should Have Blastocyst Transfer? -- 14. Embryo Transfer and Luteal Phase Support -- 15. Cryopreservation of Blastocysts -- V. Implantation -- 16. EmbryoโMaternal Dialogue in the Apposition and Adhesion Phases of Human Implantation -- 17. Biomarkers and the Assessment of Uterine Receptivity -- 18. Endometrial Pinopodes: Relevance for Human Blastocyst Implantation -- 19. The Future: Toward Single Embryo Transfer -- 20. The Niche of the Blastocyst in Human ART -- Author Index