Studies on Women's Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Agarwal, Ashok (Editor), Aziz, Nabil (Editor), Rizk, Botros (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2013.
• Series: Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Reproductive medicine.; Cell biology.; Oxidative stress.; Life Sciences.; Oxidative Stress.; Cell Biology.; Reproductive Medicine.

Oxidative stress in women’s health has been of interest only in the last two decades.  The gap between the basic research and the clinical practice has been the main reason for the lack of progress.  As in many areas of medicine, research is ahead of the clinical practice.  This book aims to bridge...

Table of Contents:

• Early Embryonic Embryopathies and Oxidative Stress
• Methods for the Detection of ROS in Female Reproductive System
• Oxidative Stress and the Endometrium
• Oxidative Stress, Oogenesis and Folliculogenesis
• Placental Vascular Morphogenesis and Oxidative Stress
• The Use of Antioxidants in Pre-eclampsia
• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Oxidative Stress
• Pre-term Rupture of Membranes and Oxidative Stress
• Endometriosis and Oxidative Stress
• Oxidative Stress Impact on the Fertility of Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• The Menopause and Oxidative Stress
• OS in ART (includes IVM, oocyte cryo-preservation and hydrosapinx)
• Antioxidant Strategies to Overcome OS in IVF-embryo Transfer
• Oxidative Insult after Ischemia/Reperfusion in Older Adults
• Relationship of Oxidative Stress with Cardiovascular Disease
• Female Infertility and Free Radicals: Potential Role in Adhesions and Endometriosis
• Impact of Life Style Factors on Oxidative Stress.