March 2016

Introduction: Examining the many potential reasons why euploid blastocysts do not always result in viable pregnancies: part 1
David R. Meldrum
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 545–547
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Aging and the environment affect gamete and embryo potential: can we intervene?
David R. Meldrum, Robert F. Casper, Antonio Diez-Juan, Carlos Simon, Alice D. Domar, Rene Frydman
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 548–559
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Regimen of ovarian stimulation affects oocyte and therefore embryo quality
Ernesto Bosch, Elena Labarta, Efstratios Kolibianakis, Mitchell Rosen, David Meldrum
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 560–570
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Optimizing the culture environment and embryo manipulation to help maintain embryo developmental potential
Jason E. Swain, Doug Carrell, Ana Cobo, Marcos Meseguer, Carmen Rubio, Gary D. Smith
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 571–587
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Assisted reproductive technology: moving forward—or just moving?
Marcelle I. Cedars
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 588–589
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Effects of in vitro fertilization and maternal characteristics on perinatal outcomes: a population-based study using siblings
Jorien Seggers, Martina Pontesilli, Anita C.J. Ravelli, Rebecca C. Painter, Mijna Hadders-Algra, Maas Jan Heineman, Sjoerd Repping, Ben Willem J. Mol, Tessa J. Roseboom, Sabine Ensing
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 590–598.e2
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Claims-based analysis of male infertility: a cautious step in the right direction
Anthony J. Schaeffer, James M. Hotaling
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 599–600
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Peer counseling to improve shared decision making in surplus embryo disposition
Gwendolyn P. Quinn
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Page 601
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Obesity and infertility: the importance of ART policies and practice standards
Julia V. Johnson
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Page 602
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Oocyte vitrification for elective fertility preservation: lessons for patient counseling
Dominic Stoop
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 603–604
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Treatment of infertility and the risk of ovarian cancer: are the data reassuring?
Richard J. Paulson
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 605–606
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Ovarian stimulation, insemination, and contraception
Daniela Galliano
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Page 607
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Angiotensin II type 2 receptor is expressed in human sperm cells and is involved in sperm motility
Marta Gianzo, Iraia Muñoa-Hoyos, Itziar Urizar-Arenaza, Zaloa Larreategui, Fernando Quintana, Nicolás Garrido, Nerea Subirán, Jon Irazusta
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 608–616
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Association between the seminal plasma proteome and sperm functional traits
Paula Intasqui, Mariana Camargo, Mariana Pereira Antoniassi, Agnaldo Pereira Cedenho, Valdemir Melechco Carvalho, Karina Helena Morais Cardozo, Daniel Suslik Zylbersztejn, Ricardo Pimenta Bertolla
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 617–628
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Increased risk of incident chronic medical conditions in infertile men: analysis of United States claims data
Michael L. Eisenberg, Shufeng Li, Mark R. Cullen, Laurence C. Baker
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 629–636
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Sperm DNA fragmentation and mitochondrial membrane potential combined are better for predicting natural conception than standard sperm parameters
Slađana Malić Vončina, Barbara Golob, Alojz Ihan, Andreja Nataša Kopitar, Mojca Kolbezen, Branko Zorn
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 637–644.e1
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Effectiveness of semen washing to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission and assist pregnancy in HIV-discordant couples: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Maryam Zafer, Hacsi Horvath, Okeoma Mmeje, Sheryl van der Poel, Augusto E. Semprini, George Rutherford, Joelle Brown
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 645–655.e2
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Time-lapse deselection model for human day 3 in vitro fertilization embryos: the combination of qualitative and quantitative measures of embryo growth
Yanhe Liu, Vincent Chapple, Katie Feenan, Peter Roberts, Phillip Matson
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 656–662.e1
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Pregnancy outcomes decline with increasing body mass index: analysis of 239,127 fresh autologous in vitro fertilization cycles from the 2008–2010 Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology registry
Meredith P. Provost, Kelly S. Acharya, Chaitanya R. Acharya, Jason S. Yeh, Ryan G. Steward, Jennifer L. Eaton, James M. Goldfarb, Suheil J. Muasher
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 663–669
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Optimal polar bodies angle for higher subsequent embryo viability: a pilot study
Qiong Zhang, Xiaoyue M. Guo, Yanping Li
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 670–675.e2
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Preimplantation genetic testing: polar bodies, blastomeres, trophectoderm cells, or blastocoelic fluid?
M. Cristina Magli, Alessandra Pomante, Giulia Cafueri, Marzia Valerio, Andor Crippa, Anna P. Ferraretti, Luca Gianaroli
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 676–683.e5
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Are health care providers adequately educating couples for embryo disposition decisions?
Stacy G. Deniz, Edward G. Hughes, Michael S. Neal, Mehrnoosh Faghih, Shilpa Amin, Megan F. Karnis
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 684–689
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Impact of pituitary suppression on antral follicle count and oocyte recovery after ovarian stimulation
Nam D. Tran, Lusine Aghajanova, Chia-Ning Kao, Marcelle I. Cedars, Mitchell P. Rosen
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 690–696
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Does the addition of growth hormone to the in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection antagonist protocol improve outcomes in poor responders? A randomized, controlled trial
Yasmin Ahmed Bassiouny, Dina Mohamed Refaat Dakhly, Yomna Ali Bayoumi, Nawara Mohamed Hashish
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 697–702
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Survey assessing obesity policies for assisted reproductive technology in the United States
Leah Kaye, Carolina Sueldo, Lawrence Engmann, John Nulsen, Claudio Benadiva
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 703–706.e2
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Blastocyst development in single medium with or without renewal on day 3: a prospective cohort study on sibling donor oocytes in a time-lapse incubator
Nuno Costa-Borges, Marta Bellés, Marcos Meseguer, Daniela Galliano, Agustin Ballesteros, Gloria Calderón
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 707–713
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Urinary paraben concentrations and in vitro fertilization outcomes among women from a fertility clinic
Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Yu-Han Chiu, Carmen Messerlian, Paige L. Williams, Mary E. Sabatini, Thomas L. Toth, Jennifer B. Ford, Antonia M. Calafat, Russ Hauser, EARTH Study Team
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 714–721
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First trimester pregnancy loss after fresh and frozen in vitro fertilization cycles
Heather Hipp, Sara Crawford, Jennifer F. Kawwass, Jeani Chang, Dmitry M. Kissin, Denise J. Jamieson
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 722–728
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Monochorionic diamniotic in vitro fertilization twins have a decreased incidence of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
Ido Ben-Ami, Francisca Sonia Molina, Shlomo Battino, Etty Daniel-Spiegel, Yaakov Melcer, Anne Flöck, Annegret Geipel, Marwan Odeh, Pierre Miron, Ron Maymon
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 729–733
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Norethindrone acetate or dienogest for the treatment of symptomatic endometriosis: a before and after study
Paolo Vercellini, Benedetta Bracco, Paola Mosconi, Anna Roberto, Daniela Alberico, Dridi Dhouha, Edgardo Somigliana
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 734–743.e3
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Ethnicity or environment: effects of migration on ovarian reserve among Bangladeshi women in the United Kingdom
Khurshida Begum, Shanthi Muttukrishna, Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Taniya Sharmeen, Lorna Murphy, Osul Chowdhury, Adetayo Kasim, Richard Gunu, Gillian R. Bentley
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 744–754.e1
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Oocyte vitrification as an efficient option for elective fertility preservation
Ana Cobo, Juan A. García-Velasco, Aila Coello, Javier Domingo, Antonio Pellicer, José Remohí
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 755–764.e8
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Menses resumption after cancer treatment–induced amenorrhea occurs early or not at all
Melanie H. Jacobson, Ann C. Mertens, Jessica B. Spencer, Amita K. Manatunga, Penelope P. Howards
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 765–772.e4
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PROMISe trial: a pilot, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound for uterine fibroids
Vanessa L. Jacoby, Maureen P. Kohi, Liina Poder, Alison Jacoby, Jeanette Lager, Michael Schembri, Viola Rieke, Deborah Grady, Eric Vittinghoff, Fergus V. Coakley
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 773–780
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Treatment of infertility does not increase the risk of ovarian cancer among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
Jacek Gronwald, Karen Glass, Barry Rosen, Beth Karlan, Nadine Tung, Susan L. Neuhausen, Pal Moller, Peter Ainsworth, Ping Sun, Steven A. Narod, Jan Lubinski, Joanne Kotsopoulos, Hereditary Breast Cancer Clinical Study Group
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 781–785
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Cross-border reproductive care in North America: a pilot study testing a prospective data collection program for in vitro fertilization clinics in Canada and the United States
Edward G. Hughes, Angie Sawyer, Deirdre DeJean, G. David Adamson
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 786–790
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing in vitro fertilization
Lynn Sterling, Jennifer Liu, Nan Okun, Anamika Sakhuja, Sony Sierra, Ellen Greenblatt
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 791–797.e2
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Effect of two assisted oocyte activation protocols used to overcome fertilization failure on the activation potential and calcium releasing pattern
Dimitra Nikiforaki, Frauke Vanden Meerschaut, Chloë de Roo, Yuechao Lu, Minerva Ferrer-Buitrago, Petra de Sutter, Björn Heindryckx
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 798–806.e2
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Artificial oocyte activation with calcium ionophore does not cause a widespread increase in chromosome segregation errors in the second meiotic division of the oocyte
Antonio Capalbo, Christian S. Ottolini, Darren K. Griffin, Filippo Maria Ubaldi, Alan H. Handyside, Laura Rienzi
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 807–814.e2
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c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase inhibitor bentamapimod reduces induced endometriosis in baboons: an assessor-blind placebo-controlled randomized study
Mostafa Hussein, Daniel C. Chai, Cleophas M. Kyama, Jason M. Mwenda, Stephen S. Palmer, Jean-Pierre Gotteland, Thomas M. D’Hooghe
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 815–824.e5
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Mammalian target of rapamycin controls glucose consumption and redox balance in human Sertoli cells
Tito T. Jesus, Pedro F. Oliveira, Joaquina Silva, Alberto Barros, Rita Ferreira, Mário Sousa, C. Yan Cheng, Branca M. Silva, Marco G. Alves
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 825–833.e3
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Diversion neovaginitis after sigmoid vaginoplasty: endoscopic and clinical characteristics
Wouter B. van der Sluis, Mark-Bram Bouman, Wilhelmus J.H.J. Meijerink, Lian Elfering, Margriet G. Mullender, Nanne K.H. de Boer, Adriaan A. van Bodegraven
Vol 105 | No. 3 | March 2016 | Pages 834–839.e1
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