1. A potted history of ovulation induction -- 2. The physiology of ovulation -- 3. Diagnosis and causes of anovulation -- 4. General factors influencing ovarian function and the prognosis for ovulation induction -- 5. Pulsatile gonadotropin releasing hormone -- 6. Antiestrogens -- 7. Gonadotropins -- 8. Management of hyperProfilactinemia -- 9. Insulin-lowering agents -- 10. Laparoscopic ovarian drilling -- 11. Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists and antagonists in ovulation induction -- 12. Controlled ovarian stimulation for intrauterine insemination -- 13. Controlled ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization -- 14. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome -- 15. Multiple pregnancies -- 16. Future perspectives.