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Main description:
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age. Providing a state-of-the-art analysis of the connection between insulin resistance and PCOS, this book comprehensively covers a range of topics. It provides an up-to-date and balanced overview of PCOS, with specific attention to the role of insulin resistance in its pathogenesis. It also examines diet and lifestyle factors in the aetiology and management of PCOS.
Contents:
1. EVALUATION FOR INSULIN RESISTANCE AND CO-MORBIDITIES RELATED TO
INSULIN RESISTANCE IN PCOS
Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA
Dept. of Ob/Gyn, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Depts. of Ob/Gyn and
Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA,
USA
2. FAT DISTRIBUTION AND ADIPOSE PRODUCTS IN PCOS
Running title: Adipose products in PCOS
Enrico Carmina, M.D.
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
3. Treatment of Infertility in PCOS: Ovulation Induction
Running head: Ovulation Induction in PCOS
Authors: Deborah S. Wachs, MD
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Department of Reproduction Medicine
*R. Jeffery Chang, MD
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Department of Reproduction Medicine
4. IMAGING STUDIES IN POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
Sophie JONARD, MD 1, Yann ROBERT, MD 2, Yves ARDAENS, MD 2 and Didier
DEWAILLY, MD 1
1 Department of Endocrine Gynaecology and Reproductive Medecine,
Hopital Jeanne de Flandre, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de
Lille, France
2 Department of Radiology, Hopital Jeanne de Flandre, Centre
Hospitalier et Universitaire de Lille, France
5. GENES RELATED TO METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES OR INSULIN RESISTANCE IN
PCOS
SHORT TITLE: Insulin resistance genes in PCOS
Hector F. Escobar-Morreale, MD, PhD
Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal & Department of
Medicine, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain
6. ANTI-ANDROGENS
Kur_ad UEnluhizarci, M.D. and Fahrettin Kele_timur, M.D.
Department of Endocrinology, Erciyes University Medical School,
Kayseri, Turkey
7. LIPID ABNORMALITIES IN PCOS
Abbreviated title: Lipids and PCOS
Djuro Macut, M.D., PhD.
Institute of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Diseases of Metabolism, Dr
Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
8. Serine Phosphorylation,Insulin Resistance, and the Regulation OF
ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS
Running title: Serine phosphorylation, insulin resistance, and
steroidogenesis
Andrew A. Bremer M.D., Ph.D.*, Walter L. Miller, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
*Supported by Pediatric Endocrinology Training Grant T32 DK07161
9. CHRONIC TREATMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME:
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS
Running Title: PCOS and OCP treatment
Shahla Nader, M.D.
Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and
Internal Medicine
The University of Texas Medical School - Houston
10. INSULIN SENSITIZING DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFERTILITY IN
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
(Insulin Sensitizing Drugs in PCOS)
Cynthia S. Ryan, MDa, John E. Nestler, MDbc
aClinical Fellow, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical
College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
Virginia
bWilliam G. Blackard Professor of Medicine and Chair, Division of
Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia
Commonwealth University; and cVice Chair Department of Internal
Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, Virginia
11. DIET AND LIFESTYLE FACTORS IN THE AETIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
R. J. NORMAN1 and L.J. MORAN2
1Research Centre for Reproductive Health and Repromed,
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
University of Adelaide
South Australia, Australia
2CSIRO Human Nutrition,
Kintore Avenue, Adelaide 5000
South Australia, Australia
12. ADRENARCHE: THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF ANDROGENS/ INSULIN ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME/ PCOS
Running Head: Adrenarche: Metabolic Syndrome/ PCOS
Authors: Sharon E. Oberfield, M.D(1), Natasha Leibel, M.D. (1), Lauren
Antler B.A. (1), Miriam Silfen, M.D. (1), Lenore S. Levine, M.D. (1),
Mary Horlick, M.D.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: June, 2007
Pages: 505
Weight: 1236g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Diseases and Disorders, Endocrinology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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