Polycystic ovary syndrome : challenging issues in the modern era of individualized medicine /: challenging issues in the modern era of individualized medicine. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis.
• Editors: Diamanti-Kandarakis, Evanthia
• Contents: Part I: Polycystic ovary syndrome: Challenges and controversies; 1. Defining PCOS: A syndrome with an intrinsic heterogeneous nature; HECTOR F. ESCOBAR-MORREALE; 2. Secondary PCOS: Well-defined causes, leading to the PCOS phenotype; ALESSANDRA GAMBINERI, CAROLINA CECCHETTI, PAOLA ALTIERI, DANILO RIBICHINI, VALENTINA LO PREIATO, FLAMINIA FANELLI, AND UBERTO PAGOTTO; 3. Developmental origins of polycystic ovary syndrome: Everything starts in utero; DAVID H. ABBOTT, EMILY P. GREINWALD, AND JON E. LEVINE; 4. The multifarious role of insulin in PCOS: From pathophysiology to therapeutic management; PAOLO MOGHETTI; 5. The pathogenic role of androgen excess in PCOS; DUARTE PIGNATELLI, SOFIA S. PEREIRA, AND ELENI KANDARAKI; 6. Intrinsic abnormalities of adipose tissue and adipose tissue dysfunction in PCOS; P.M. SPRITZER, B.R. SANTOS, T.M. FIGHERA, L.B. MARCHESAN, AND S.B. LECKE; 7. Diet and exercise in the management of PCOS: Starting from the basics; GEORGIOS K. MARKANTES, GINA TSICHLIA, AND NEOKLIS A. GEORGOPOULOS; 8. Targeting metabolism in the management of PCOS: Metformin and beyond; SEDA HANIFE OGUZ, SULEYMAN NAHIT SENDUR, UGUR UNLUTURK, AND BULENT OKAN YILDIZ; 9. Combined oral contraceptives: Why, when, where?; ATHANASIOS ANTONIOU-TSIGKOS, KONSTANTINA PASTROMA, ELENI MEMI, NIKOLAOS VRACHNIS, AND GEORGE MASTORAKOS; 10. Targeting infertility in PCOS: Unfolding “Ariadne’s thread”; MARIANO MASCARENHAS AND ADAM H. BALEN; 11. Inositols and other supplements in the management of PCOS; VITTORIO UNFER, GIOVANNI MONASTRA, MARCO TILOTTA, GIANPIERO FORTE, AND SIMONA DINICOLA; 12. Polycystic ovary syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; CARMEN EMANUELA GEORGESCU; 13. Cardiometabolic risk in women with PCOS; ENRICO CARMINA; Part II: PCOS and pregnancy: Current concepts?; 14. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and PCOS: A novel contributor in the etiology of the syndrome; EVANTHIA DIAMANTI-KANDARAKIS, OLGA PAPALOU, AND ELENI KANDARAKI; 15. Long-term health in women of age more than 40years with polycystic ovary syndrome; ELENI ARMENI AND IRENE LAMBRINOUDAKI; 16. Vitamin D metabolism in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS); FLAVIA DI BARI AND SALVATORE BENVENGA; 17. The challenging role of antiandrogens in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome; KASIANI PAPADIMITRIOU, PANAGIOTIS ANAGNOSTIS, AND DIMITRIOS G. GOULIS; 18. PCOS in adolescence: Pathophysiology, diagnostic challenges, and therapeutic controversies; NICOLAS CRISOSTO
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 618.11; Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128230466
• Related ISBNs: 9780128230459
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