Perimenopause
By: Ronald T. Burkman, guest editor
Series: Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America -- v. 29, no. 3; Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America -- v. 29, no. 3.
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 598
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: Premenopause; Gonadal Steroid Hormones; Physiology; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Osteoporosis; Prevention & control; Neoplasms
Notes: "September 2002."

Series title from spine: Obstetrics and gynecology clinics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The perimenopause: definitions, demography and physiology / Leon Speroff; title: Access of reproductive steroids to target tissues / Geoffrey L. Hammond; title: Metabolism of endogenous and exogenous reproductive hormones / Daniel L. Grow; title: The role of reproductive hormones in maintaining cognition / Robert A. Greene and Whitney Dixon; title: Gynecologic problems of the perimenopause: evaluation and treatment / Andrew M. Kaunitz; title: Reproductive hormones and cardiovascular disease: mechanism of action and clinical implications / Janice D. Wagner, Jay R. Kaplan, and Ronald T. Burkman; title: Bone metabolism and the perimenopause: overview risk factors, screening, and osteoporosis preventive measures / Raja A. Sayegh and Phillip G. Stubblefield; title: Perimenopausal use of reproductive hormones: effects on breast and endometrial cancer / John A. Collins and James J. Schlesselman; title: Reproductive hormones and cancer: ovarian and colon cancer / Ronald T. Burkman; title: Counseling the perimenopausal woman / June La Valleur; title: Alternative medicine and the perimenopause: an evidence-based review / Maida Taylor; title: Contraceptive needs of the perimenopausal woman / J. Kell Williams.