European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and, Reproductive Biology 81 (1998) 301-303 Volume contents Volume 81 (1998) Obstetrics and Prenatal Diagnosis Use of antibiotics during pregnancy A.E. Czeizel, M. Rockenbauer, J. Olsen (Hungary, Denmark) Meconium stained amniotic fluid in preterm delivery is an independent risk factor for perinatal complications M. Mazor, R. Hershkovitz, A. Bashiri, E. Maymon, R. Schreiber, D. Dukler, M. Katz, I. Shoham-Vardi (Israel) A randomized comparison of vaginal prostaglandin E, with oxytocin plus amniotomy for induction of labour in women with intermediately ripe cervices F, Parazzini, C. Benedetto, L. Danti, A. Zanini, F. Facchinetti, G. Ettore, M. Franchi, C. Bertulessi, A. Caruso (Italy) Peripartum complications in grand multiparous women: para 6-9 versus para=10 E. Maymon (Israel), F. Ghezzi (Italy), I. Shoham-Vardi, R. Hershkowitz (Israel), M. Franchi (Italy), M. Katz, M. Mazor (Israel) Recombinant human erythropoietin treatment of postpartum anemia. Preliminary results G. Makrydimas, D. Lolis, G. Lialios, S. Tsiara, I. Georgiou, K.L. Bourantas (Greece) Prediction of patients with higher order multifetal pregnancy at risk for postpartum pulmonary edema T. Masue, H. Shimonaka, E. Terazawa, I. Fukao, K. Nagase, S. Dohi, Y. Yamada, A. Imai (Japan) Gynecology and Oncology Laparoscopic gonadectomy in male pseudohermaphrodites A. Kriplani, M. Abbi, A.C. Ammini, A.K. Kriplani, K. Kucheria, D. Takkar (India) Depressive symptoms are often unrecognized in gynaecological practice P. Buekens, K. van Heeringen, M. Boutsen, P. Smekens, P. Mattellaer (Belgium) Surgical treatment of ovarian dermoid cysts G. Morgante, A. Ditto, A. la Marca, V. Trotta, V. De Leo (Italy) High prevalence of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia in women treated for pelvic inflammatory disease J. Giraud, J. Coiffic, P. Poulain, J. Kerisit (France) An objective experimental assessment of the learning curve for laparoscopic surgery: the example of pelvic and para-aortic lymph node dissection D. Querleu, D. Lanvin, A. Elhage, B. Henry-Buisson, E. Leblanc (France) Complications of abortion performed under local anesthesia P. Thonneau, B. Fougeyrollas, B. Ducot, D. Boubilley, J. Dif, M. Lalande, C. Soulat (France) External cephalic version after previous cesarean section: a series of 38 cases J.B. de Meeus, F. Ellia, G. Magnin (France) Cervical dysplasia and human immunodeficiency virus infection in women: prevalence and associated factors C. Hocke, V. Leroy, P. Morlat, J. Rivel, M.-C. Duluc, N. Boulogne, B. Tandonnet, M. Dupon, J.-L. Brun, F. Dabis, Groupe d’Epidémiologie Clinique du SIDA en Aquitaine (GECSA) (France) Parasitic ovarian dermoid tumor of the omentum-A review of the literature and report of two new cases F.B. Ushakov, D. Meirow, D. Prus, E. Libson, A. BenShushan, N. Rojansky (Israel) Long-term disease-free survival following surgery and active specific immunotherapy with allogeneic vaccine in a patient with high-risk malignant melanoma of the vulva B. Piura, M. Meirovitz, I. Kedar (Israel) Reproductive Biology Vasodilator response to exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone in fetal adrenal cortex precedes increased steroidogenesis in sheep at 105-112 days gestation A.M. Carter (Denmark), J.R.G. Challis (Canada), P. Svendsen (Denmark) Leptin levels and gene expression during the perinatal phase in the rat J. Lopez-Soriano, N. Carbo, F.J. Lopez-Soriano, J.M. Argilés (Spain) Volume contents vol. 81 (1998) Thinning of the intervascular tissue layers of the human placenta is an adaptive response to passive diffusion in vivo and may help to predict the origins of fetal hypoxia l.M. Mayhew (UK) Case Reports Aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva - a case report S. Mittal, S. Kumar, P. Baurasi, M.C. Sharma (India) Case of acrania associated with congenital medulloblastoma M. Asai, H. Kitamura, T. Yanagibashi, K. Asukai, N. Katagiri (Japan) Intracranial subdural haematoma complicates accidental dural tap during labour E.K. Skéldefors, Ch.1. Olofsson (Sweden) Ovarian dysgerminoma showing high serum levels and positive immunostaining of placental alkaline phosphatase and neuron-specific enolase associated with elevation of serum prolactin level M. Yoshida, M. Koshiyama, M. Konishi, H. Fujii, H. Nanno, M. Hayashi, K. Kanehira, M. Matsuki, K. Tauchi (Japan) Instructions to authors Announcements Editorial Editorial R. Pijnenborg, M. Hanssens (Leuven) How it all began or The start of the scientific career of Ivo Brosens M. Renaer (Leuven, Belgium) Professor Ivo Brosens: an appreciation W.B. Robertson (London, UK) Obstetrics and Prenatal Diagnosis Re view Advance in the study of inhibin, activin and follistatin production in pregnant women J. Qu, K. Thomas (Brussels, Belgium) Fetal growth and long-term consequences in animal models of growth retardation K. Holemans, L. Aerts, F.A. Van Assche (Leuven, Belgium) Experience with fetoscopic cord ligation J.A. Deprest, P.P. Van Ballaer, V.A. Evrard, K.H.E. Peers, B. Spitz (Leuven, Belgium), E.A. Steegers (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), K. Vandenberghe (Leuven, Belgium) Tracheoscopic endoluminal plugging using an inflatable device in the fetal lamb model J.A.M. Deprest, V.A. Evrard, P.P. Van Ballaer, E. Verbeken, K. Vandenberghe, T.E. Lerut . H. Flageole (Leuven, Belgium) Structural chromosome rearrangements in couples with recurrent fetal wastage J.-P. Fryns, G. Van Buggenhout (Leuven, Belgium) Renin-like immunoreactivity in uterus and placenta from normotensive and hypertensive pregnancies M. Hanssens, R. Pijnenborg (Leuven, Belgium), M.J.N.C. Keirse (Leiden, The Netherlands), L. Vercruysse, L. Verbist, F.A. Van Assche (Leuven, Belgium) rhe origin and future of placental bed research R. Piynenborg (Leuven, Belgium) Infertility and Endrocrinology Microsurgery for intra-abdominal testicular retention W. Boeckx, R. Vereecken, K. Depuydt (Leuven, Belgium) \ decade of salpingoscopy P.J. Puttemans (Brussels, Belgium), F. De Bruyne (Dusseldorf, Germany), S.M. Heylen (Cape Town, South Africa) Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the treatment of male subfertility S. Gordts, L. Rombauts, P. Roziers, A. Serneels, B. Gaurois, M. Vercruyssen, R. Campo (Leuven, Belgium) Gregorius-Josephus Jacquelart, born in 1759, the first andrologist at the University of Leuven O.P. Steeno (Leuven, Belgium) Genetic abnormalities and male infertility. A comprehensive review B.F.J. Thielemans, C. Spiessens, T. D’Hooghe, D. Vanderschueren, E. Legius (Leuven, Belgium) How useful is Leuven personalism in the world of bioethics?. The test case of artificial insemination M.A.M. de Wachter (Waterloo, Beigium) In vitro fertilisation: the ethics of illicitness? A personalist Catholic approach P.T. Schotsmans (Leuven, Belgium) Volume contents vol. 81 (1998) Gynecology and Oncology Battey’s operation: an exercise in surgical frustration M. Thiery (Gent, Belgium) Steroid hormone-dependent myometrial zonal differentiation in the non-pregnant human uterus J.J. Brosens, N.M. de Souza, F.G. Barker (London, UK) “The Flemish Giant’’, reflections on the defense against endometriosis, inspired by Professor Emeritus Ivo A. Brosens J.L.H. Evers, J.A. Land, G.A.J. Dunselman, P.J.Q. van der Linden, C.J.C.M. Hamilton (Maastricht, Netherlands) Biases in the endometriosis literature. Illustrated by 20 years of endometriosis research in Leuven P.R. Koninckx (Leuven, Belgium) Counselling of the climacteric woman. Diagnostic difficulties and therapeutic possibilities P. Nijs (Leuven, Belgium) Lymphocytes and dendritic cells in the normal uterine cervix. An immunohistochemical study W.A.J. Poppe, M. Drijkoningen, P.S. Ide, J.M. Lauweryns, F.A. Van Assche (Leuven, Belgium) Some genetic aspects of ovarian tumors H. Van den Berghe, P. Dal Cin (Leuven, Belgium) Genetic basis of uterine leiomyoma: involvement of high mobility group protein genes W.J.M. Van de Ven (Leuven, Belgium) Author index Subject index Volume contents Announcement