Male Fertility and Infertility (Paperback)

Part I. Biological Perspectives: 1. The evolution of the sexual arena Jack Cohen; 2. The role of sperm competition in reproduction Tim Birkhead; 3. Sperm production and delivery in mammals, including man Hector Dott and Tom Glover; 4. The local control of spermatogenesis Kate Lakoski Loveland and David de Kretser; 5. Some misconceptions of the human epididymis Roy Jones; 6. Transport of spermatozoa to the egg and fertilisation success Jackson Brown, Steve Publicover and Chris Barratt; 7. Changes in human male reproductive health Stewart Irvine; Part II. Implications of the New Technologies: 8. ICSI: the revolution and the portents Herman Tournaye; 9. The genetic basis of male fertility Pasquale Patrizio and Diana Broomfield; 10. The treatment of azoospermia with surgery and ICSI Sherman Silber; 11. The challenge of asthenozoospermia Chris Ford; 12. Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of inherited disorders and male reproductive malfunction Ian Findlay and Justin St John; 13. Gazing into the crystal ball: future diagnosis and management in andrology Jim Cummins and Anne Jequier; Index.