Endometriosis: science and practice

INDICE: List of Contributors. Part 1 HISTORY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ECONOMICS. 1 Introduction (Linda C. Giudice). 2 History (Ivo Brosens and Giuseppe Benagiano).3 Endometriosis: Epidemiology and Aetiological Factors (Fabio Parazzini , Paolo Vercellini, and Claudio Pelucchi). 4 Economic Perspective on Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis (Steven Simeons and T. D'Hooghe). Part 2 PATHOGENESIS. 5 Pathogenesis: Development of the Female Reproductive Tract(Jolande A. Land and Johannes L. H. Evers). 6 Theories on the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis (Annemiek Nap). 7 Understanding the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis: Gene Mapping Studies (Jodie N. Painter, Krina T. Zondervan, and Grant W. Montgomery). 8 Pathogenesis: Epigenetics (Sun Wei Guo). Part 3 DISEASE CHARACTERIZATION. 9 Disease Classification and Behavior (G. David Adamson). 10 Peritoneal, Ovarian and Rectovaginal Endometriosis Are Three Different Entities (Jacques Donnez, Jean-Christophe Lousse, and Jean Squifflet). 11 Extrapelvic (Thoracic, Other) Endometriosis (Antonio Bobbio, Diane Damotte, Anne Gompel, and Marco Alifano). Part 4 BIOLOGICAL BASIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ENDOMETRIOSIS 12 Biology of Eutopic and Ectopic Endometrium in Women with Endometriosis(Petra A.B. Klemmt and Anna Starzinski-Powitz). 13 Stem Cells in Endometriosis (Caroline E. Gargett, Hirotaka Masuda, and Gareth Weston). 14 Role of Steroid Hormones: Estrogen and Endometriosis (Elke Winterhager). 15 Role of Steroid Hormones: Progesterone Signaling (Shirin Khanjani, Marwa Al-Sabbagh, and Jan J. Brosens). 16 Early Origins of Endometriosis: Role of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (Germaine M. BuckLouis). 17 Signaling Pathways in Endometriosis (Eutopic/Ectopic) (Julie Kim and Xunqin Yin). 18 Micro RNAs and Endometriosis (M. Louise Hull and Cristin G.Print). 19 Hox Genes and Endometriosis (Jennifer L. Kulp, Hakan Cakmak, and Hugh S. Taylor). 20 Angiogenesis and Endometriosis (Patrick Groothuis). 21 Uterine Peristalsis and the Development of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis (Gerard Leyendecker and Ludwig Wildt). 22 Pelvic Mechanisms Involved in the Pathophysiology of Pain in Endometriosis (Ian S. Fraser, Natsuko Tokushige, Alison Hey-Cunningham, Marina Berbic, and Cecilia Ng). 23 Neuroendocrine Aspects of Endometriosis-related Pain (Pamela Stratton and Karen J. Berkley). 24 Pathophysiologyof Infertility in Endometriosis (Ovarian Dysfunction, Endometrium, etc.) (Bruce Lessey and Steven L. Young). 25 Role of the Immune System-Inflammation (Daniela Hornung and Ursula von Wussow). Part 5 MODELS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS. 26 Modelsof Endometriosis: In vitro and in vivo Models (Ruth Gruemmer). 27 Rodent-Based Chimeric Models of Experimental Endometriosis (Kaylon L. Bruner-Tran, Melinda E. McConaha, and Kevin G. Osteen). 28 Models of Endometriosis: Animal ModelsII. Nonhuman Primates (Asgerally T. Fazleabas). Part 6 DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS. 29 Diagnosis of Endometriosis: Surgical Historical Overview (Ayman Al-Talib, and Togas Tulandi). 30 Diagnosis of Endome

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3213-1
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 600
• Fecha Publicación: 16/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés