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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
Boggs, William M., and Rosella D. Smith. The Journey to Fertility: A Couple's Guide to In Vitro Fertilization. Timonium, MD: Wilrose Books, 2001.
DeJonge, Christopher J. Assisted Reproductive Technologies:Current...
Accomplishments and New Horizons. Oxford: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Elder, Kay, and Brian Dale. In Vitro Fertilization, 2nd edition. Oxford: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Trounson, Alan O., and David K. Gaardner. Handbook of InVitro Fertilization, 2nd edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1999.
PERIODICALS
Aboulghar, M. A., R. T. Mansour, G. I. Serour, H. G. Al-Inany, and M. M. Aboulghar. "The Outcome of In Vitro Fertilization in Advanced Endometriosis with Previous Surgery: A Case-controlled Study."American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 188, no. 2 (2003): 371–375.
Kolibianakis, E. M., et al. "Outcome for Donors and Recipients in Two Egg-sharing Policies."Fertility and Sterility 79, no. 1 (2003): 69–73.
Puskar, J. M. "Prenatal Adoption: The Vatican's Proposal to the In Vitro Fertilization Disposition Dilemma."New York University Law School Journal of Human Rights 14, no. 3 (1998): 757–793.
Squires, J., A. Carter, and P. Kaplan. "Developmental Monitoring of Children Conceived by Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection and In Vitro Fertilization."Fertility and Sterility 79, no. 2 (2003): 453–454.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2915 Vine Street, Suite 300, Dallas, TX 75204. (214) 871-1619; Fax: (214) 871-1943. info@abog.org.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 409 12th St., SW, P.O. Box 96920, Washington, DC 20090-6920.
American Infertility Association. 666 Fifth Avenue, Suite 278, New York, NY 10103. (718) 621-5083. E-mail:
American Society for Reproductive Medicine. 1209 Montgomery Highway, Birmingham, AL 35216-2809. (205) 978-5000.
International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination, Inc. P.O. Box 6836, Arlington, VA 22206. (703) 379-9178.
OTHER
American Society for Reproductive Medicine. [cited March 1, 2003].
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. [cited March 2, 2003].
Encyclopedia.Com. [cited March 2, 2003].
International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination.
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This narrated animation shows how an egg from the ovary that, once fertilized, implants in the womb. This fertilized egg (zygote or embryo) is supported by the endometrial lining of the uterus. The video continues to describe how the fetus develops and interacts with the amniotic fluid and the womb.
A microscopic image of a needle (left) injecting sperm cells directly into a human egg (center). The broad object at right is a pipette used to hold the ovum steady. (Phototake NYC. Reproduced by permission.)
Forin vitrofertilization, hormones are administered to the patient, and then eggs are harvested from her ovaries (A). The eggs are fertilized by sperm donated by the father (B). Once the cells begin to divide, one or more embryos are placed into the woman's uterus to develop (C). (Illustration by GGS Inc.)
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In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside of the womb, in vitro. IVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulatory process, removing ova (eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a fluid medium. The fertilised egg (zygote) is then transferred to the patient's uterus with the intent to establish a successful pregnancy.
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an obstetrician/gynecologist is a physician specialist who provides medical and surgical care to women and has particular expertise in pregnancy, childbirth, and disorders of the reproductive system.
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