This volume presents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Male Sterility for Motility Disorders, held in Paris, on January 30-31, 1998. The internationally recognized faculty present research on etiologic factors and treatment of male sterility for motility disorders, including the etiology of immobile sperm, therapeutic possibilities for immotile sperm, ICSI option, testicular sperm, physiological and pathological aspects and retrieval, and conceptus quality in ICSI and ethical problems with ART.

This text presents the proceedings of an international symposium held from October 22-25 in Naples, Florida. The proceedings provide insights and concepts gained by molecular, cellular and neuroendocrine research into mechanistic interactions of the reproductive and somatotrophic axes. Chapters include discussions of the impact of sex steroids on growth hormone secretion in both children and adults sex steroids, growth hormone releasing factor, and how sex steroids modulate growth hormone action on target issues and differential effects of growth hormone secretagogues in men and women. This...