1. Message from the Editor-in-Chief

   • O. Ortmann

   Editorial 19 November 2013 Pages: 1 - 1

   

2. Measure DRAM with a purpose: diagnose or evaluate

   • Alexander T. M. van de Water
   • Deenika R. Benjamin

   Letter to the Editor 18 July 2013 Pages: 3 - 4

3. Robotic surgery in gynecology

   • Pauline Wimberger
   • Axel Schindelhauer

   News and Views 30 October 2013 Pages: 5 - 6

4. The concept of the certification system of the German Cancer Society and its impact on gynecological cancer care

   • Simone Wesselmann
   • M. W. Beckmann
   • A. Winter

   Review 13 November 2013 Pages: 7 - 12

   

5. Mechanism of pain generation for endometriosis-associated pelvic pain

   • Hiroshi Kobayashi
   • Yuki Yamada
   • Fuminori Ito

   Review 12 October 2013 Pages: 13 - 21

   

6. Assessment of bowel function in the peripartum period

   • Scott Graziano
   • Darby Murphy
   • Kimberly Kenton

   Maternal-Fetal Medicine 14 June 2013 Pages: 23 - 27

   

7. Membrane stripping to prevent post-term pregnancy in Enugu, Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial

   • Emmanuel Onyebuchi Ugwu
   • Samuel Nnamdi Obi
   • Frank Okechukwu Ezugwu

   Maternal-Fetal Medicine 14 June 2013 Pages: 29 - 34

   

8. Consecutive intra-umbilical vein injection of misoprostol and intravenous sulprostone in the management of retained placenta

   • Frouke Notten
   • Linda Meertens
   • Hubertina C. J. Scheepers

   Maternal-Fetal Medicine 15 June 2013 Pages: 35 - 40

   

9. The timing of amniotomy, oxytocin and neuraxial analgesia and its association with labour duration and mode of birth

   • Mechthild M. Gross
   • Cornelia Frömke
   • Hartmut Hecker

   Maternal-Fetal Medicine 18 June 2013 Pages: 41 - 48

   

10. Obstetric outcomes and prognostic factors of lupus pregnancies

    • Riza Madazli
    • Mehmet Aytac Yuksel
    • Handan Yilmaz

    Maternal-Fetal Medicine 27 June 2013 Pages: 49 - 53

11. Disability and psychiatric symptoms in hyperemesis gravidarum patients

    • İbrahim Ezberci
    • Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven
    • Çiçek Hocaoğlu

    Maternal-Fetal Medicine 27 June 2013 Pages: 55 - 60

12. Prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassemia in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

    • Sheng He
    • Dongming Li
    • Chenguang Zheng

    Maternal-Fetal Medicine 04 July 2013 Pages: 61 - 65

13. Development of noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21 by RT-MLPA with a new set of SNP markers

    • Pei-qiong Li
    • Jun Zhang
    • Hong-ying Hou

    Maternal-Fetal Medicine 05 July 2013 Pages: 67 - 73

    

14. The prevalence of non-detectable chromosomal abnormalities by QF-PCR in amniocentesis for certain referral indications: experience at a mainland Chinese hospital

    • Can Liao
    • Cui-Xing Yi
    • Dong-Zhi Li

    Maternal-Fetal Medicine 09 July 2013 Pages: 75 - 78

15. Fetal mortality at and beyond term in singleton pregnancies in Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany 2004–2009

    • Erich Weiss
    • Kerstin Krombholz
    • Martin Eichner

    Maternal-Fetal Medicine Open access 10 July 2013 Pages: 79 - 84

    

16. Pregnancy outcome following loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) a systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Gong Jin
    • Zhang LanLan
    • Zhang Dan

    Maternal-Fetal Medicine 11 July 2013 Pages: 85 - 99

    

17. The increasing use of robot-assisted approach for hysterectomy results in decreasing rates of abdominal hysterectomy and traditional laparoscopic hysterectomy

    • Noam Smorgick
    • Kristin E. Patzkowsky
    • Sawsan As-Sanie

    General Gynecology 10 July 2013 Pages: 101 - 105

    

18. Common polymorphisms in the CYP1A1 and CYP11A1 genes and polycystic ovary syndrome risk: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

    • Wenjing Shen
    • Tianren Li
    • Min Song

    General Gynecology 13 July 2013 Pages: 107 - 118

    

19. Elevated diastolic blood pressure in insulin-resistant polycystic ovarian syndrome patients

    • Angélica Maria Holanda Pascoal da Silva
    • Ana Carolina Rodrigues de Andrade
    • Francisco das Chagas Medeiros

    General Gynecology 17 July 2013 Pages: 119 - 122

20. Work–life balance of German gynecologists: a web-based survey on satisfaction with work and private life

    • Katharina Hancke
    • Wilmar Igl
    • Rolf Kreienberg

    General Gynecology 17 July 2013 Pages: 123 - 129

    

21. Bladder perforation after TVT-Secur™ procedure: how secure is TVT-Secur™?

    • Irena Zivanovic
    • Jacek Kociszewski
    • Volker Viereck

    General Gynecology 19 July 2013 Pages: 131 - 134

    

22. Effect of ethinyl estradiol–cyproterone acetate treatment on asymmetric dimethyl-arginine levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

    • Feridun Karakurt
    • Ayse Carlioglu
    • Derya Akdeniz

    General Gynecology 24 July 2013 Pages: 135 - 140

    

23. Mechanisms of tumor immune escape in triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) with and without mutated BRCA 1

    • Jörg B. Engel
    • Arnd Honig
    • Sabine E. Segerer

    Gynecologic Oncology 05 July 2013 Pages: 141 - 147

    

24. Establishment of Fischer 344 rat model of ovarian cancer with lymphatic metastasis

    • Lingling Fan
    • Yingtao Liu
    • Congjian Xu

    Gynecologic Oncology 05 July 2013 Pages: 149 - 154

    

25. In vitro and in vivo evaluations of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16)-derived peptide-loaded dendritic cells (DCs) with a CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG-ODN) adjuvant as tumor vaccines for immunotherapy of cervical cancer

    • Hua Li Wang
    • Hui Xu
    • Fan Zhen Hong

    Gynecologic Oncology 03 August 2013 Pages: 155 - 162

    

26. Effects of a combined treatment with tamoxifen and estrogen receptor β agonists on human breast cancer cell lines

    • Claus Lattrich
    • Susanne Schüler
    • Oliver Treeck

    Gynecologic Oncology 02 August 2013 Pages: 163 - 171

    

27. Evaluation of conventional semen parameters, intracellular reactive oxygen species, DNA fragmentation and dysfunction of mitochondrial membrane potential after semen preparation techniques: a flow cytometric study

    • Leila Rashki Ghaleno
    • Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi
    • Reza Salman Yazdi

    Reproductive Medicine 12 July 2013 Pages: 173 - 180

    

28. The effect of ovarian stimulation on the outcome of intrauterine insemination

    • Ruth Gomez
    • Martin Schorsch
    • Christine E. Skala

    Reproductive Medicine 14 July 2013 Pages: 181 - 185

    

29. Role of hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy in women with unexplained infertility

    • Ahmed Khairy Makled
    • Mohamed Mahmoud Farghali
    • Demiana Samir Shenouda

    Reproductive Medicine 20 July 2013 Pages: 187 - 192

30. Effects of amifostine on endometriosis, comparison with N-acetyl cysteine, and leuprolide as a new treatment alternative: a randomized controlled trial

    • Gogsen Onalan
    • Cagri Gulumser
    • Hulusi Zeyneloglu

    Reproductive Medicine 24 July 2013 Pages: 193 - 200

    

31. Value of follicular fluid vitamin D in predicting the pregnancy rate in an IVF program

    • Razieh Dehghani Firouzabadi
    • Elham Rahmani
    • Mohammad Mahdavi Firouzabadi

    Reproductive Medicine 24 July 2013 Pages: 201 - 206

    

32. Influence of ultrasound-guided artificial insemination on pregnancy rates: a randomized study

    • Ayla Sargın Oruç
    • Nafiye Yılmaz
    • Cavidan Gülerman

    Reproductive Medicine 27 July 2013 Pages: 207 - 212

    

33. Chronic hepatitis B virus infection in women is not associated with IVF/ICSI outcomes

    • Hua Chen
    • Hong-Shan Ge
    • Chun-Fang Zhu

    Reproductive Medicine 30 July 2013 Pages: 213 - 217

34. Bethlem myopathy: pregnancy and delivery

    • Carla Nunes
    • Joana Barros
    • Luís M. Graça

    Letter to the Editor 06 July 2013 Pages: 219 - 220

35. Cesarean scar pregnancy: a diagnostic dilemma and impending catastrophe

    • Sandhya Jain
    • Amita Suneja
    • Neelam Vaid

    Letter to the Editor 11 July 2013 Pages: 221 - 222

    

36. Persistent ascites resolving with gonadotropin-releasing-hormone-agonist 18 months after hospitalization for severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

    • Cihan Comba
    • Funda Gungor Ugurlucan
    • Samet Topuz

    Letter to the Editor Open access 12 July 2013 Pages: 223 - 225

37. Blastocyst formation, pregnancy and birth (more than 10 years after the birth of the first child from the same IVF cycle), derived from human PN-stage cryopreserved for 10 years

    • Martin Schorsch
    • Thomas Hahn
    • Rudolf Seufert

    Letter to the Editor 18 July 2013 Pages: 227 - 228

38. Reviewers 2013

    Acknowledgement to Referees 19 November 2013 Pages: 229 - 231