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• Human reproduction · Feb 2014

  Follicular fluid from infertile women with mild endometriosis may compromise the meiotic spindles of bovine metaphase II oocytes.

  What is the potential impact of follicular fluid (FF) from infertile women with mild endometriosis (ME) on oocyte quality, especially on nuclear maturation and the meiotic spindle? ⋯ This study was supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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• Human reproduction · Feb 2014

  Proposed legislative change mandating retrospective release of identifying information: consultation with donors and Government response.

  How do gamete donors who presumed they could remain anonymous respond to proposed legislation to retrospectively remove anonymity? ⋯ The study was funded by the Victorian Department of Health. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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• Human reproduction · Jan 2014

  Children of surrogate mothers: psychological well-being, family relationships and experiences of surrogacy.

  What impact does surrogacy have on the surrogates' own children? ⋯ This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (grant number ES/I009221/1). None of the authors has any conflict of interest to declare.

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• Human reproduction · Jan 2014

  Drugs associated with teratogenic mechanisms. Part I: dispensing rates among pregnant women in the Netherlands, 1998-2009.

  What are the dispensing rates of drugs suspected to be associated with teratogenic mechanisms among pregnant Dutch women? ⋯ Marleen van Gelder was supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research/NWO (grant no. 021.001.008). No competing interests are declared.

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• Human reproduction · Jan 2014

  Microsurgical vasoepididymostomy is an effective treatment for azoospermic patients with epididymal obstruction and prior failure to achieve pregnancy by sperm retrieval with intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

  Can microsurgical vasoepididymostomy (MVE) be used to treat azoospermia in men with epididymal obstruction who have had a prior attempt at sperm retrieval with ICSI and failed to achieve a pregnancy? ⋯ No external funding was used for this study. The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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