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An up-to-date and balanced overview of PCOS, with specific attention to the role of insulin resistance in its pathogenesis
Examines diet and lifestyle factors in the aetiology and management of PCOS
Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Despite dizzyingly fast-paced advances over the past two decades, even the definition of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) remains in dispute. Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Treatment highlights the recent transition of PCOS from an infertility disorder with a diagnosis based on ovarian tissue histology to a more complex clinical entity, a metabolic disorder in which insulin resistance plays a central role. With an expert panel of authors, each chapter provides an up-to-date and balanced overview of PCOS, paying special attention to the central role of insulin resistance in the syndrome’s pathogenesis and in the management of its reproductive and metabolic abnormalities.
Comprehensive and thought-provoking, Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Treatment is an invaluable resource for endocrinologists, gynecologists, and internists eager to learn more about this controversial and challenging disease.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This volume provides an up to date comprehensive review on various aspects of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a more and more diagnosed disorder also in adolescent girls. It is divided into 6 parts … . A well written and informative text." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 5 (3), 2008)
"This is an overview of the association between insulin resistance and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with a special focus on pathogenesis, evaluation, and treatment. The book also focuses on the other metabolic and fertility issues occurring in PCOS. … Although it can be used by students and residents, it is written primarily for practitioners whose focus is either in endocrinology or obstetrics/gynecology. … The book is useful and the information is current and relevant." (Monica Mortensen, Doody’s Review Service, August, 2007)
Editors and Affiliations
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Endocrine Section of First Department of Internal Medicine, Athens University School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis
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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
John E. Nestler
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Division of Endocrinology and Human Reproduction, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Panidis
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Endocrinology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and C.R.B.A., S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Renato Pasquali
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Book Subtitle: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Treatment
Editors: Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis, John E. Nestler, Dimitrios Panidis, Renato Pasquali
Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-310-3
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-763-1Published: 06 June 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-763-1Published: 09 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-310-3Published: 21 December 2009
Series ISSN: 2523-3785
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 475
Topics: Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Diabetes, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery