Handbook of the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory

ISBN-13: 9780367398675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 416 str.

Brooks A. Keel; Jeffrey V. May; Christopher J. Dejonge

Opis

The Handbook of the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory addresses management issues and basic background information on reproductive biology and medicine needed by the technicians staffing and directing ART labs. Internationally recognized experts discuss various topics in this handbook, which reviews male and female reproductive systems and processes. They discuss the clinical diagnosis and management of male and female infertility; provide information on the modern techniques of egg and embryo culture, micromanipulation, and biopsy; and present various aspects of quality control, quality assurance, and clinical laboratory management.

Spis treści

Human Fertilization. Overview of Spermatogenesis and Ejaculation. Implantation. Evaluation of Male Infertility. Female Infertility. Ovarian Stimulation and Ovulation Induction. Oocyte and Pre-Embryo Classification. Oocyte and Embryo Culture. Micromanipulation of Human Gametes, Zygotes, and Embryos. Quality Control: A Framework for the ART Laboratory. Internal and External Quality Control in the Andrology Laboratory. Quality Assurance in the Embryology, Andrology, and Endocrine Laboratories. Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Management of the Cryopreservation Laboratory. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA '88): A Review. The Physician-Laboratory Relationship. Ethics and the Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Managed Care and ART. Index.

O autorze

Brooks A. Keel , Jeffrey V. May, Christopher J. Jonge