Male fertility & infertility

Male fertility & infertility / edited by Timothy D. Glover and Christopher L.R. Barratt.

This timely 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 a clinical responsibility for the investigation and treatment of male infertility. Taken together, these chapters, writt...

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Other Authors: Glover, Timothy D., Barratt, C. L. R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Infertility, Male.
Fertility, Human.
Generative organs, Male > Evolution.
Fertility, Human
Infertility, Male
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The evolution of the sexual arena; 2 The role of sperm competition in reproduction; 3 Sperm production and delivery in mammals, including man; 4 The local control of spermatogenesis; 5 Some misconceptions of the human epididymis; 6 Transport of spermatozoa to the egg and fertilization success; 7 Changes in human male reproductive health; 8 ICSI: the revolution and the portents; 9 The genetic basis of male infertility; 10 The treatment of azoospermia with surgery and ICSI; 11 The challenge of asthenozoospermia.
  • 12 Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of inherited disorders and male reproductive malfunction13 Gazing into the crystal ball: future diagnosis and management in andrology; Index.

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