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Lecture Notes

Below are downloadable sets of lecture notes and bibliographical references for readings used in conjunction with lectures.

LEC # TOPICS
1 Introduction to the Course

Male Reproductive Anatomy (PDF)

Impotence

Reading
Spark, Richard, Henry A. Feldman, Irwin Goldstein, Dimitrios G., Hatzichristou, Robert J. Is, and John B. McKinlay. "Impotence in Men." Impotence and its Medical and Psychosocial Correlates: Results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study.
2 Male System Pathology

Male Fertility (PDF)
3 Female Reproductive Anatomy (PDF)

Elementary Female Endocrinology

Reading
Klapholz, Henry. "Basic Reproductive Endocrinology." (Adapted from Bryan Cowen in Clinical Reproductive Medicine).
4 Sexual Differentiation

Puberty

Reading
Reindollar, R.H.  "Normal and abnormal sexual differentiation."  In Infertility, Contraception & Reproductive Endocrinology, 4th edition, Edited by R.A. Lobo, D.R. Mishell, R.J. Paulson, and D. Shoupe,  Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, 1997, pp. 255-277.
5 Female Reproductive Anatomic Pathology

Anatomic Pathology 2

Reading
Klapholz, Henry, Tony G. Zreik, David L. Olive, "Andengn Oral and Aydn Arici." Excerpted from Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America 24, 2 (June 1997) 259.
6 The Normal Menstrual Cycle (PDF 1 - 1.0 MB)
(PDF 2 F - 1.0 MB)

Abnormalities of the Menstrual Cycle
7 Placentation

Placental Pathology (PDF)

Reading
Klapholz, Henry. "Human Placentation." This material is taken in part from the "American Society for Clinical Pathology Slide Set," and Human Embryology.
8 Non-hormonal Contraception

Hormonal Contraception (PDF)
9 Maternal Physiology I (PDF)

Maternal Physiology II (PDF)
10 Infertility (PDF)

Assisted Reproductive Technology
11 Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PDF)

Isoimmunization (PDF)
12 Teratology

Ethical Issues in Reproductive Biology (PDF)

Reading
Holmes, Lewis. "Principles of Teratology." Pediatrics in Review 13, 10 (October 1992).
13 Techniques of Prenatal Diagnosis

Pregnancy Termination Technology (PDF)
14 Cervical Neoplasia I

Cervical Neoplasia II
15 Ovarian Failure

Ovarian Failure II
16 Obstetrical Ultrasound

Fetal Surveillance in Labor
17 Phytoestrogens (PDF)

Energy Impact on Pregnancy
18 Uterine Physiology (PDF)

Premature Labor (PDF)
19 Labor and Delivery (PDF)

Labor and Delivery
20 Final Exam