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Textbook of perimenopausal gynecology / edited by Nanette Santoro and Steven R. Goldstein.
LIBRA RG186 .T476 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Menopause.
- Climacteric.
- Middle-aged women--Health and hygiene.
- Middle-aged women.
- Climacteric--physiology.
- Genital Diseases, Female.
- Middle Aged.
- Genital Diseases, Female--diagnosis.
- Genital Diseases, Female--therapy.
- Gynecology--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Climacteric--physiology.
- Genital Diseases, Female.
- Middle Aged.
- Genital Diseases, Female--diagnosis.
- Genital Diseases, Female--therapy.
- Gynecology--methods.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Perimenopausal gynecology
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton [Fla.] ; London : Parthenon Pub. Group, [2003]
- Contents:
- I. Physiology of the menopause
- 1 Is it perimenopause? Diagnostic considerations / N. Santoro 1
- 2 Reproductive aging: compensated ovarian failure / N. A. Klein, M. R. Soules 5
- 3 Hormonal patterns in the later menopause transition / H. Burger, N. Santoro 13
- 4 Body composition changes in midlife / C. K. Sites 19
- 5 Studying the complexity of the menopause transition from an epidemiological perspective / M. F. Sowers 27
- 6 Midlife sexuality / A. Altman 37
- II. Signs and symptoms of perimenopause
- 7 Symptoms of the perimenopause / L. Dennerstein, J. Guthrie 59
- 8 Bleeding patterns in perimenopausal women / S. R. Goldstein 69
- 9 Screening for major malignancies in the perimenopausal woman / V. A. Givens, F. W. Ling 79
- 10 Uterine disease in midlife women / R. L. Barbieri 87
- III. Therapeutic considerations in the perimenopause
- 11 Creative use of oral contraceptives in the perimenopausal patient / P. J. Sulak 99
- 12 Reduction of breast cancer risk in midlife women / S. R. Goldstein 109
- 13 Minimal access surgery for uterine disease / R. S. Neuwirth 119
- 14 Perimenopause: nutritional considerations / J. Lovejoy, M. Hamilton 127
- 15 Hormonal management of symptoms / J. L. Chervenak 145.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1842141708
- OCLC:
- 50948685
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