Hormones and women's health
Subtitle: the reproductive years
By: edited by Lois A. Salamonsen.
Contributors: Salamonsen, L. A.
Series: Health, hormones and disease,; v. 1
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Endocrine gynecology.; Hormones, Sex.; Women -- Health and hygiene.; Hormones sexuelles; Femmes -- Santé et hygiène
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1. PUBERTY: THE TRANSITION TO WOMANHOOD 1; title: Chapter 1 Hormones, Genes and the Adolescent Way of Uife 3; title: G. L. Warne; title: Chapter 2 Ovarian Development: Fetus to Puberty 9; title: K. P McNatty, L. D. Quirke, A. Fidler, P Smith,; title: D. A. Heath and D. Tidsall; title: Chapter 3 Hormone Replacement Treatment in Adolescent Girls 23; title: and Young Women; title: M. Zacharin; title: Chapter 4 Adolescent Health and its Management 29; title: S. Grover; title: SECTION 2. FERTILITY AND INFERTILITY: NEURAL BASIS FOR 35; title: ANOVULATION; title: Chapter 5 Ovulation is Timed by the Brain 37; title: 1. J. Clarke and A. J. Tilbrook; title: Chapter 6 Leptin and the Regulation of Nutrition 49; title: and Reproduction; title: I. J. Clarke; title: SECTION 3. OVARIAN FUNCTION 59; title: Chapter 7 Factors Affecting Follicular Development and Maturation 61; title: J. K. Findlay; title: Chapter 8 Genetic and Environmental Origins of Polycystic Ovary 71; title: Syndrome; title: R. J. Norman; title: Chapter 9 Ovarian Cancers: Inhibin as a New Screening Test 83; title: D. M. Robertson, N. Cahir, R Mamers, T. Job ing,; title: D. L. Healy, N. Groome, K. Pettersson, P.I. McCIoud, M.; title: McGuckin and H.G. Burger; title: Chapter 10 Premenstrual Syndrome 91; title: S. R. Davis and R. Goldstat; title: SECTION 4. OVARIAN STIMULATION 97; title: Chapter 11 Ovulation Induction 99; title: H. G. Burger; title: Chapter 12 Cancer after Infertility and In Vitro Fertilization 107; title: A. Venn; title: SECTION 5. UTERINE FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION 115; title: Chapter 13 Mechanisms of Menstruation and Abnormal 117; title: Uterine Bleeding: New Concepts; title: L. A. Salamonsen and A. J. Vincent; title: Chapter 14 Endometriosis: Why and How? 127; title: P A. W. Rogers; title: Chapter 15 Uterine Fibroids 133; title: B. J. Vollenhoven; title: Chapter 16 Treatment of Menorrhagia in Younger Women 141; title: E. Farrell; title: SECTION 6. STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION 147; title: Chapter 17 Steroid Hormone Action: Consequences of Receptor Binding 149; title: P J. Fuller; title: Chapter 18 Benefits and Risks of Steroidal Contraception 1 61; title: I. S. Fraser; title: Chapter 19 Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Contraception 173; title: and Reduced Bone Mineral Density; title: T. Cundy, H. Roberts and I. Reid; title: Chapter 20 Cardiovascular Consequences of Oral Contraception 183; title: H. Majewski, J. Binko, L. McMartin, H. Teede; title: and A. van der Zypp; title: Chapter 21 Female Contraception in China 191; title: S-C. Wu; title: SECTION 7. PREGNANCY AND ITS OUTCOMES 197; title: Chapter 22 Molecular Aspects of Human Implantation 199; title: S. K. Smith; title: Chapter 23 Serum Markers of Feto-Maternal Well-Being 207; title: E. M. Wallace; title: Chapter 24 Regulation of Parturition: The Role of CRH 215; title: R. Smith, E-C. Chan, S. Mesiano, R. Nicholson,; title: Y-H. Cheng, M. Bowman, V. Clifton, G. Madsen,; title: J. Fitter, W. Giles and A. Bisits; title: COLOUR PLATES 221.