The ovary
By: editors, Peter C.K. Leung, Eli Y. Adashi.
Contributors: Leung, P. C. K.; Adashi, E. Y.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 664
Subjects: Ovaries -- Physiology.; Ovaries -- Pathophysiology.; Ovary -- physiology.
Description: Incorporates the dramatic research developments regarding the ovarian life cycle within the past decade. It looks at ovarian function from a detailed molecular and cellular level. The updated chapters, along with the new material, represent an unparalleled compilation of chapters relevant to contemporary ovarian physiology. The book is divided into 8 sections: The Ovarian Follicular Apparatus: Operational Characteristics; Oocyte Maturation and Ovulation; The Corpus Luteum; Putative Intraovarian Regulators; Cyclic Ovarian Cell Death; Novel Experimental Models; Human Ovarian Pathophysiology: Select Aspects; and Human Ovarian Surface Epithelium and Neoplasia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.