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Title Hormones and women's health : the reproductive years / edited by Lois A. Salamonsen
Published Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Harwood Academic, 2000

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Description xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Health, hormones and disease ; v.1
Health, hormones and disease ; v.1
Contents Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1. PUBERTY: THE TRANSITION TO WOMANHOOD 1 -- Chapter 1 Hormones, Genes and the Adolescent Way of Uife 3 -- G. L. Warne -- Chapter 2 Ovarian Development: Fetus to Puberty 9 -- K. P McNatty, L. D. Quirke, A. Fidler, P Smith, -- D. A. Heath and D. Tidsall -- Chapter 3 Hormone Replacement Treatment in Adolescent Girls 23 -- and Young Women -- M. Zacharin -- Chapter 4 Adolescent Health and its Management 29 -- S. Grover -- SECTION 2. FERTILITY AND INFERTILITY: NEURAL BASIS FOR 35 -- ANOVULATION -- Chapter 5 Ovulation is Timed by the Brain 37 -- 1. J. Clarke and A. J. Tilbrook -- Chapter 6 Leptin and the Regulation of Nutrition 49 -- and Reproduction -- I. J. Clarke -- SECTION 3. OVARIAN FUNCTION 59 -- Chapter 7 Factors Affecting Follicular Development and Maturation 61 -- J. K. Findlay -- Chapter 8 Genetic and Environmental Origins of Polycystic Ovary 71 -- Syndrome -- R. J. Norman -- Chapter 9 Ovarian Cancers: Inhibin as a New Screening Test 83 -- D. M. Robertson, N. Cahir, R Mamers, T. Job ing, -- D. L. Healy, N. Groome, K. Pettersson, P.I. McCIoud, M. -- McGuckin and H.G. Burger -- Chapter 10 Premenstrual Syndrome 91 -- S. R. Davis and R. Goldstat -- SECTION 4. OVARIAN STIMULATION 97 -- Chapter 11 Ovulation Induction 99 -- H. G. Burger -- Chapter 12 Cancer after Infertility and In Vitro Fertilization 107 -- A. Venn -- SECTION 5. UTERINE FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION 115 -- Chapter 13 Mechanisms of Menstruation and Abnormal 117 -- Uterine Bleeding: New Concepts -- L. A. Salamonsen and A. J. Vincent -- Chapter 14 Endometriosis: Why and How? 127 -- P A. W. Rogers -- Chapter 15 Uterine Fibroids 133 -- B. J. Vollenhoven -- Chapter 16 Treatment of Menorrhagia in Younger Women 141 -- E. Farrell -- SECTION 6. STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION 147 -- Chapter 17 Steroid Hormone Action: Consequences of Receptor Binding 149 -- P J. Fuller -- Chapter 18 Benefits and Risks of Steroidal Contraception 1 61 -- I. S. Fraser -- Chapter 19 Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Contraception 173 -- and Reduced Bone Mineral Density -- T. Cundy, H. Roberts and I. Reid -- Chapter 20 Cardiovascular Consequences of Oral Contraception 183 -- H. Majewski, J. Binko, L. McMartin, H. Teede -- and A. van der Zypp -- Chapter 21 Female Contraception in China 191 -- S-C. Wu -- SECTION 7. PREGNANCY AND ITS OUTCOMES 197 -- Chapter 22 Molecular Aspects of Human Implantation 199 -- S. K. Smith -- Chapter 23 Serum Markers of Feto-Maternal Well-Being 207 -- E. M. Wallace -- Chapter 24 Regulation of Parturition: The Role of CRH 215 -- R. Smith, E-C. Chan, S. Mesiano, R. Nicholson, -- Y-H. Cheng, M. Bowman, V. Clifton, G. Madsen, -- J. Fitter, W. Giles and A. Bisits -- COLOUR PLATES 221.ectories -- 4
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Endocrine gynecology.
Hormones, Sex -- Physiological effect.
Hormones, Sex.
Progestational hormones -- Therapeutic use.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Gonadal Steroid Hormones -- physiology.
Women's Health.
Author Salamonsen, L. A. (Lois Adrienne)
LC no. 2002421776
ISBN 905823035X