Amenorrhea A Case-Based, Clinical Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Santoro, Nanette F. (Editor), Neal-Perry, Genevieve (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2010.
• Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Gynecology.; Obstetrics.; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Internal Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Amenorrhea: A Case-Based Clinical Guide is a comprehensive review of the current knowledge regarding normal female reproductive physiology. Replete with interesting case vignettes and providing diagnostic algorithms and therapeutic strategies for amenorrhea, Amenorrhea: A Case-Based Clinical Guide i...

Table of Contents:

• The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis
• The Mechanism of Menstruation
• Amenorrhea Due to Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism and Kallmann Syndrome
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
• Hyperprolactinemia and Pituitary Causes of Amenorrhea
• Amenorrhea Associated With the Female Athlete Triad: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
• The Role of Body Weight in Menstrual Disturbances and Amenorrhea
• Natural and Surgical Menopause
• Clinical Implications of Prolonged Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
• Long-Term Implications of Oophorectomy at the Time of Hysterectomy for Benign Disease
• Ethnicity and Amenorrhea.