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Contents VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1, FEBRUARY 1994 H. Tournaye, R. Janssens, P. Devroey and A. 29 I. H. Hirsch, J. Sedor, D. Kulp, P. J. McCue Van Steirteghem and W. E. Staas, Jr. The influence of pentoxifylline on motility and Objective assessment of spermatogenesis in men viability of spermatozoa from normozoospermic with functional and an anatomic obstruction of the semen genital tract T. N. Ramuthaga, M. S. Bornman, M. E. A. Giwercman, O. P. FE Clausen, E. Bruun, Mahomed, D. Boomker, A. S. Greef, H. H. C. Frimodt-Moller and N. E. Skakkebaek Crewe-Brown and S. Reif The value of quantitative DNA flow cytometry of Urine as an alternative to urethral swabs for the testicular fine-needle aspirates in assessment of diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in infertile males spermatogenesis: a study of 137 previously malde- scended human testes C. Orlando, C. Krasz, G. Forti and R. Casana M. A. Barbieri, M. A. Sosa, R. Couso, L. Simultaneous measurement of sperm LDH, LDH- Ielpi, S. Merello, C. E. Tonn and EF. Bertini X, CPK activities and ATP content in normosper- Affinity sites for N-acetyl-B-D-glucosaminidase on mic and oligozoospermic men the surface of rat epididymal spermatozoa E. A. McLaughlin, W. C. L. Ford and M. G. F.C. R. Guma and E. A. Bernard R. Hull Effects of retinol on glycoprotein synthesis by Adenosine triphosphate and motility characteris- Sertoli cells in culture: dolichyl phosphomannose tics of fresh and cryopreserved human spermato- synthase activation zoa Announcement N. B. Oldereid, Y. Thomassen and K. Purvis Erratum Seminal plasma lead, cadmium and zinc in rela- tion to tobacco consumption VOLUME 17, NUMBER 2, APRIL 1994 57 Topical Review N. Henley, C. Baron and K. D. Roberts I. Huhtaniemi Flow cytometric evaluation of the acrosome reac- Anabolic-androgenic steroids—a double edged tion of human spermatozoa: a new method using a sword photoactivated supravital stain. Prize for basic research papers E. Rajpert-de Meyts and N. E. Skakkebek Expression of the c-kit protein product in carci- A. Mandal and A. K. Bhattacharyya noma-in-situ and invasive testicular germ cell Collective isolation of two major, close molecular tumours weight coagulum proteins occurring in human semen before liquefaction L. D. Russell, V. Chandrashekar, A. Bartke and A. P. Sinha Hikim R. Henkel, T. Stalf, N. Mertens, W. Miska The hamster Sertoli cell in early testicular regres- and W. -B. Schill sion and early recrudescence: a stereological and Outer dense fibres of human spermatozoa: partial endocrine study characterizations and possible physiological func- tions P. H. Chow, P. Dockery, M. P. L. Cheung and W. S. O R. Hauser, J. B. Lessing, D. Samuel, H. Effects of male accessory sex glands on fertiliza- Yavetz, M. R. Peyser, G. F Paz and Z. tion, polyspermy and morphometry of early Homonnai embryos in the golden hamster Management of bilateral nonpalpable testes: laparo- scopic diagnosis and orchidectomy VOLUME 17, NUMBER 3, JUNE 1994 113 European Academy of Andrology—General 140 K. Matsumiya, M. Namiki, S. Takahara, Assembly report N. Kondoh, S. Takada, H. Kiyohara and A. Okuyama 115 FE. Pérez-Sanchez, T. G. Cooper, C. H. Clinical study of azoospermia Yeung and E. Nieschlag Improvement in quality of cryopreserved human S. I. Gonzalez, M. O. Suescun, S. B. Rulli, spermatozoa by swim-up before freezing F. Estivariz and R. S. Calandra Modulation of ornithine decarboxylase activity by H. Ben Ali, J. KRG uerin, M. C. Pinatel, prolactin in seminal vesicles of the rat C. Mathieu, D. Boulieu and B. Tritar Relationship between semen characteristics, M. R. Millar, R. M. Sharpe, S. M. Maguire, ot-glucosidase and the capacity of spermatozoa to J. Gaughan, A. P. West and P. T. K. bind to the human zona pellucida Saunders Localization of mRNAs by in-situ hybridization to Ch. De Geyter, M. De Geyter, H. M. Behre, the residual body at stages IX—X of the cycle of H. P. G. Schneider and E. Nieschlag the rat seminiferous epithelium: fact or artefact? Peroxidase-positive round cells and microorganisms in human semen together with antibiotic treatment 161 J. van der Grond, G. Dijkstra and adversely influence the outcome of in-vitro fertil- C. J. A. van Echteld ization and embryo transfer The effect of experimental cryptorchidism on the phosphorus NMR spectrum of the rat testis R. Paschke, D. Schulze Bertelsbeck, S. Bahrs, A. Heinecke and H. M. Behre Prize for basic research papers/ Meetings Seminal sperm antibodies exhibit an unstable spon- update taneous course and an increased incidence of leu- cocytospermia VOLUME 17, NUMBER 4, AUGUST 1994 169 R. Wang, M. Bell, W. J. G. Hellstrom and N. Americanos, N. Goulandris and D. S. C. Sikka Papaioannou Post-thaw sperm motility, cAMP concentration and Increased 17-OH-Progesterone levels following membrane lipid peroxidation after stimulation with hCG stimulation in men with idiopathic pentoxifylline and platelet-activating factor oligozoospermia and raised FSH levels A-M. Andersson, K. Edvardsen and N. E. W. C. L. Ford, J. M. Rees, E. A. Skakkebaek McLaughlin, L. Ling and M. G. R. Hull Expression and localization of N- and E-cadherin Pentoxifylline acts synergistically with A23187 in the human testis and epididymis to increase the penetration of zona-free hamster oocytes by cryopreserved human spermatozoa R-Q. Wen, S-Q. Li, C-X. Wang, Q-H. Wang, Q-K. Li, H-M. Feng, Y-J. Jiang and T. T. Turner, E. A. Avery and T. J. Sawchuk J-C. Huang Assessment of protein synthesis and secretion by Analysis of spermatozoa from the proximal vas rat seminiferous and epididymal tubules in vivo deferens of vasectomized men S. Schlatt and G. F Weinbauer R. Mieusset and L. Bujan Immunohistochemical localization of proliferating The potential of mild testicular heating as a safe, cell nuclear antigen as a tool to study cell prolifera- effective and reversible contraceptive method for tion in rodent and primate testes men 192 M. L. G. Anapliotou, M. Liparaki, 223 Announcements VOLUME 17, NUMBER 5, OCTOBER 1994 225 J. EK Griveau and D. Le Lannou 256 R. Weissenberg, S. Yossefi, Y. Oschry, Effects of antioxidants on human sperm I. Madgar and L. M. Lewin preparation techniques Investigation of epididymal sperm maturation in 232 Martin Robert and Claude Gagnon the golden hamster Sperm motility inhibitor from human seminal P. N. S. Kumar, M. M. Aruldhas and plasma: presence of a precursor molecule in S. C. Juneja seminal vesicle fluid and its molecular processing Influence of hypothyroidism induced at prepuberty after ejaculation on epididymal lipids and the number and motility of spermatozoa in rats A. W. C. Kung, Y. Y. Zhong, K. S. L. Lam and C. Wang C. Soler, C. H. Yeung and T. G. Cooper Induction of spermatogenesis with gonadotrophins Development of sperm motility patterns in the in Chinese men with hypogonadotrophic murine epididymis hypogonadism Obituary—Paul Franchimont F. Pérez-Sanchez, J. J. de Monserrat and Prize for basic research papers C. Soler Morphometric analysis of human sperm Announcements morphology VOLUME 17, NUMBER 6, DECEMBER 1994 281 Topical Review K. Ellerbrock, I. Pera, S. Hartung and J. M. Hutson R. Ivell Testicular descent: the first step towards fertility Gene expression in the dog epididymis: a model for 289 A. G. Birks, H. Izzard, D. R. Morroll, human epididymal function J. R. Prior, S. A. Troup, B. A. Lieberman I. Pera, R. Ivell and C. Kirchhoff and P. L. Matson Regional variation of specific gene expression in The routine assessment of sperm motility at room the dog epididymis as revealed by in-situ transcript temperature and 37°C hybridization J. T. Pajarinen and P. J. Karhunen Book review Spermatogenic arrest and ‘Sertoli cell-only’ Prize for basic research papers syndrome—common alcohol-induced disorders of the human testis Author index J. E Griveau, P. Renard and D. Le Lannou Subject index An in vitro promoting role for hydrogen peroxide Announcements: pp. 299, 332 in human sperm capacitation M. Gavella and V. Lipovac Effect of pentoxifylline on experimentally induced lipid peroxidation in human spermatozoa