Endometriosis in clinical practice / edited by David L. Olive.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olive, David L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endometriosis.

Medical Subjects:

Endometriosis.

Physical Description:

xi, 228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2005.

Summary:

Endometriosis is an intriguing disease currently on the increase across the world, with serious implications for women's reproductive health. This color illustrated project brings together international experts to demonstrate what can be known about the condition and the clinical implications for the patient suffering from it.

Contents:

1 Normal cycling endometrium: molecular, cellular and histologic perspectives / Steven L. Young, Timothy S. Loy 1

2 Endometriosis and implantation / Pinar H. Kodaman, Hugh S. Taylor 13

3 The endometrium and angiogenesis / Elizabeth Pritts 31

4 Epidemiology of endometriosis / Stacey A. Missmer, Daniel W. Cramer 49

5 Pathogenesis of endometriosis / Craig A. Witz 61

6 Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease / Neal G. Mahutte, Umit Kayisli, Aydin Arici 79

7 Cytokine regulation / Daniela Hornung 89

8 Matrix metalloproteinases and endometriosis / Kevin G. Osteen, Kaylon L. Bruner-Tran 105

9 The biology of endometriosis: aromatase and endometriosis / Serdar E. Bulun, Zongjuan Fang, Gonca Imir, Bilgin Gurates, Mitsutoshi Tamura, Bertan Yilmaz, David Langoi, Sanober Amin, Sijun Yang, Santanu Deb 113

10 Animal models / Henrik Falconer, Jason M. Mwenda, Thomas M. D'Hooghe 119

11 Symptoms / Steven R. Lindheim 133

12 Diagnosis / Steven R. Lindheim 141

13 Assessing health status in endometriosis / Lisa Story, Nik Taylor, Enda McVeigh, Crispin Jenkinson, Stephen Kennedy 161

14 Medical therapy of endometriosis / David L. Olive 173

15 Surgical treatment of women with endometriosis / John D. Buek, Craig A. Winkel 193

16 Assisted reproduction and endometriosis / Eric S. Surrey 205

17 Future directions in diagnosis and treatment / David Olive 215.

Notes:

"A Martin Dunitz Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1841843431

OCLC:

56654890