Menopause : biology and pathobiology /: biology and pathobiology. (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rogerio A. Lobo, Jennifer Kelsey, Robert Marcus.
• Other Names: Lobo, Rogerio A; Kelsey, Jennifer L; Marcus, Robert, 1940-
• Contents: Ch. 1. Molecular pharmacology of estrogen and progesterone receptors -- Ch. 2. Ovarian anatomy and physiology -- Ch. 3. Regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis: role of gonadal steroids and implications for the menopause -- Ch. 4. Gonadotropins and menopause: new markers -- Ch. 5. Genetic programming in ovarian development and oogenesis -- Ch. 6. Neuroendocrine regulation of the perimenopause transition -- Ch. 7. Changes in men as they age: the manopause -- Ch. 8. Premature ovarian failure. Ch. 9. Perimenopausal changes in FSH, the inhibins, and the circulating steroid hormone milieu -- Ch. 10. Epidemiology: methodologic challenges in the study of menopause -- Ch. 11. SWAN: a multicenter, multiethnic, community-based cohort study of women and the menopausal transition -- Ch. 12. Demographics, environmental influences, and ethnic and international differences in the menopausal experience -- Ch. 13. Distinguishing the effects of age from those of menopause -- Ch. 14. Menopausal hot flashes -- Ch. 15. Cardiovascular pathophysiology. Ch. 16. Insulin resistance, body weight, obesity, body composition, and the menopausal transition -- Ch. 17. Influence of estrogen on collagen -- Ch. 18. The growth hormone IGF-I axis and menopause -- Ch. 19. Bone and calcium -- Ch. 20. Menopause and the skin -- Ch. 21. Estrogen therapy and the brain -- Ch. 22. The gynourinary system -- Ch. 23. Is there a relationship between menopause and mood? -- Ch. 24. Immunologic aspects of menopause -- Ch. 25. Cancers of the female reproductive system -- Ch. 26. Menopausal sexuality -- Ch. 27. Historical perspectives. Ch. 28. Prevention trials in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women -- Ch. 29. Estrogens: different types and properties -- Ch. 30. Progestogens -- Ch. 31. Androgens -- Ch. 32. Alternative therapies to hormone replacement therapy -- Ch. 33. Calcium nutriture: a model system for understanding menopause-nutrient interactions -- Ch. 34. Exercise -- Ch. 35. Estrogens and osteoporosis -- Ch. 36. Osteoarthritis and menopause -- Ch. 37. The epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and postmenopausal hormone therapy -- Ch. 38. Interventions for the control of symptoms. Ch. 39. Effects of steroids on mood/depression -- Ch. 40. Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer -- Ch. 41. HRT and risk of endometrial cancer -- Ch. 42. Risk of pulmonary embolism/venous thrombosis -- Ch. 43. Combined estrogen/androgen replacement therapy: benefits and risks -- Ch. 44. DHEA: biology and use in therapeutic intervention -- Ch. 45. Menopause issues for older women -- Ch. 46. Decision analysis applied to postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (672 pages)
• Subjects: 618.1/75; 612.665; Menopause; Menopause -- physiology; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Ménopause; Menopause; Menopauze; Biologische aspecten; Pathologie
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080536200; 0080536204
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