Handbook of In Vitro Fertilization, Second Edition, provides both a theoretical and practical guide to techniques currently used in assisted reproduction. Each chapter provides precise background information and a detailed account of procedures employed. It brings together leaders in every field of clinical in vitro fertilization (IVF), with contributors from America, Australia and Europe. Topics covered include: endocrinology, oocyte retrieval and maturation, IVF, ICSI, embryo culture, assisted hatching, embryo biopsy and preimplantation diagnosis, assessment of viability, cryopreservation, gamete and embryo ultrastructure and uterine receptivity.
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This fine guide covers preimplantation genetc diagnosis, sperm injection, cryopreservation, egg & embryo donation and ethical considerations in addition to the now classical techniques developed by the Monash IVF Program. The book is required reading for those involved in running human embryo labs IVF programs.
-Molecular Reproduction and Development 59:122 (2001)