A Modern Approach to the Perimenopausal Years / / ed. by Renate Heithecker, Robert B. Greenblatt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Medicine and Life Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: Andersen, H. M.,; Brincat, M.,; Cardozo, L.,; Christiansen, C.,; Crosignani, P. G.,; Gambrell, R. D.,; Greenblatt, R. B.,; Hannse, H.,; Hunt, K.,; Husmann, F.,; Kuusi, T.,; Larsson-Cobn, U.,; Lindsay, R.,; Magos, A. L.,; Montgomery, J. C.,; Nikkila, E. A.,; Nocke, W.,; Notelovitz, M.,; Schneider, H. P. G.,; Schwartz, U.,; Studd, J. W. W.,; Tikkanen, M. J.,; Utian, W. H.,; Versi, E.,; Vessey, M.,; Wallentin, L.,; Wenderlein, J. M.,; Whitehead, M. I.,
• HerausgeberIn: Greenblatt, Robert B.,; Heithecker, Renate,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Series: New Developments in Biosciences ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Opening remarks --; Prologue --; 1. Physiology and pathophysiology of the perimenopausal years --; Some aspects of oogenesis, follicular growth, and endocrine involution --; The climacteric syndrome --; Skin and the menopause --; Osteoporosis: occurrence and diagnosis --; Lipids, hormonal status and the cardiovascular system in the postmenopause --; Psychosocial aspects in the perimenopause --; The bladder in the menopausal woman --; Discussion --; 2. Management of the climacteric patient --; 2.1. General aspects --; The influence of nutrition and exercise --; Non-hormonal medication --; 2.2. Hormonal treatment --; Selection of patients — kind and duration of treatment --; Routes of estrogen administration --; Sex steroids and lipoproteins --; 2.3. Risk-benefit evaluation of hormonal therapy --; Prospective study on long term risk of hormone replacement therapy --; Long-term metabolic effects of estrogen therapy --; Hormonal replacement therapy and breast cancer --; Prevention of endometrial abnormalities --; Estrogen/progestogen as a prophylactic treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis --; 2.4. Special aspects in premenopausal women --; Management of the premenstrual syndrome --; Contraception in premenopausal age --; Closing remarks --; Epilogue --; List of contributors --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110859362; 9783110637861
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110859362
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Renate Heithecker, Robert B. Greenblatt.