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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782968203321

Autore

Meniru Godwin I (Godwin Ikechukwu), <1960->

Titolo

Cambridge guide to infertility management and assisted reproduction / / Godwin I. Meniru ; foreword by Alvin Langer [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-11144-7

1-280-15164-1

9786610151646

0-511-11589-X

0-511-02079-1

0-511-15504-2

0-511-30377-7

0-511-54521-5

0-511-05230-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

616.6/9206

Soggetti

Infertility

Human reproductive technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The male reproductive system; 2 The female reproductive system; 3 Fertilization, implantation and early development; 4 Male factor problems; 5 Female factor problems; 6 Evaluation of the infertile couple; 7 Medical and surgical treatment of infertility; 8 Conventional in vitro fertilization treatment; 9 Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; 10 Surgical sperm retrieval; 11 Intratubal replacement of gametes and embryos (GIFT, ZIFT); 12 Intrauterine insemination

13 Cryopreservation of gametes, ovarian tissue, testicular tissue and embryos frozen embryo replacement; 14 Assisted hatching; 15 Preimplantation diagnosis of genetic disease; Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This well-illustrated publication provides concise yet comprehensive



practical information on the modern-day approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. It starts from basic principles of reproductive physiology, before moving on to the medical causes of infertility, and then describes and explains the full armory of techniques from IVF to ICSI and even newer technologies used to treat infertility in all its manifestations. The aim throughout is to explain issues clearly, simply and directly in such a way that will be understood by doctors, scientists and nurses alike. By combining basic science and medical aspects, along with 'how it is done' descriptions of techniques and medical interventions, this book offers an unsurpassed introductory account of this fast moving area and is highly suitable for the full range of personnel involved in looking after the infertile patient, including trainees in medicine and nursing, clinical embryologists, andrologists, ultrasonographers and counsellors.