Clinical embryology

The postgraduate textbook for the specialization field of clinical embryology provides information on anatomy, development and physiology of the male and female reproductive system, about the development of oocytes and sperm, about the ovulation and menstrual cycle and their hormonal regulation, basics of reproductive genetics and teratology, on fertilization and preimplantation development of the human embryo, human organogenesis with special teratology, about pregnancy and childbirth. Further on the causes of male and female infertility, basics of laboratory methods for clinical embryology, principles of embryology laboratory functioning, instrumentation and quality management, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the embryology laboratory, including in vitro fertilization, cryopreservation of gametes and embryos and preimplantation genetic testing.

This is the second, fully updated and supplemented edition of the book, including new findings from clinical embryology and reproductive physiology, and covers the entire scope of specialization.
The publication includes new chapters on the structure and physiology of sperm and oocyte and embryo transfer.

The book is intended for experts in the field of assisted reproduction, reproductive medicine, and gynecology and obstetrics.