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Oxford handbook of reproductive medicine and family planning /

This handbook provides practical, evidence-based guidance on the care of adolescents, reproductive age females, and males. Divided into three sections, it follows chronological age up to the menopause, covering areas such as the reproductive system puberty, the menstrual cycle, contraceptive methods...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Ovid Technologies, Inc
Otros Autores: McVeigh, Enda, Homburg, Roy, Guillebaud, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:Oxford handbooks.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Reproductive Medicine
  • 1. Sexual differentiation
  • 2. Steroid hormones
  • 3. Menarche and adolescent gynaecology
  • 4. Ovaries and the menstrual cycle
  • 5. Polycystic ovary syndrome
  • 6. Hirsutism and virilization
  • 7. Amenorrhoea and oligomenorrhoea
  • 8. Menopause and hormone replacement therapy
  • 9. Initial advice to those concerned about delays in conception
  • 10. Defining infertility
  • 11. Investigation of fertility problems
  • 12. Management strategies for fertility problems
  • 13. Male infertility
  • 14. Ovulation induction
  • 15. Tubal and uterine disorders
  • 16. Medical and surgical management of endometriosis
  • 17. Intra-uterine insemination
  • 18. In vitro fertilization (IVF) and associated assisted conception techniques
  • pt. 2. Contraception and Family Planning
  • 19. Fertility and fertility awareness
  • 20. Male contraception
  • 21. Vaginal methods
  • 22. The combined oral contraceptive (COC)
  • 23. Progestogen-only pill (POP)
  • 24. Injectables
  • 25. Contraceptive implants
  • 26. Intra-uterine contraception
  • 27. Postcoital contraception
  • 28. Sterilization
  • 29. Special considerations.