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Women’s Health and Menopause

Risk Reduction Strategies — Improved Quality of Health

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Editors:
  1. Rodolfo Paoletti

    1. Università Milano Fac. Farmacia, Milano, Italy

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  2. P.G. Crosignani
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  3. P. Kenemans

    1. Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Univ Verloskunde en Gynaecologie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  4. N.K. Wenger
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  5. Ann S. Jackson
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Part of the book series: Medical Science Symposia Series (MSSS, volume 13)

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. An Aging Humankind: New Realities

      • Egon Diczfalusy
      Pages 1-4

  3. Menopause

    1. Does Menopause Increase the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease?

      • Menno V. Huisman
      Pages 5-13

    2. Chronic Low-Grade Metabolic Acidosis in Normal Adult Humans: Pathophysiology and Consequences

      • Lynda Frassetto, R. Curtis Morris Jr., Karen Todd, Anthony Sebastian
      Pages 15-23

    3. The Menopause, Sex Hormones, and Rheumatic Disease

      • Gerard Hall
      Pages 25-31

  4. Estrogen-Progestrogen Action

    1. Novel Mechanisms of Estrogen Action

      • Jan-Åke Gustafsson
      Pages 33-38

    2. The Action of Ovarian Steroid Hormones on Tissues and Organs

      • Marianne J. Legato
      Pages 39-45

    3. Nongenomic Mechanisms of Sex Hormones

      • Jos H. H. Thijssen
      Pages 47-51

    4. Action of Specific Estrogens on Vascular Cells

      • Callum S. Wingrove, John C. Stevenson
      Pages 53-58

    5. Direct Actions of Estrogen on Vascular Cells Ameliorates Response to Injury

      • D. W. Losordo
      Pages 59-66

    6. Newer Progestogens

      • Göran Samsioe
      Pages 67-74

  5. Cardiovascular Risk

    1. Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Factors Related to Thrombosis

      • Giovanni de Gaetano, Maria Benedetta Donati, Licia Iacoviello
      Pages 75-82

    2. Estrogen Effect upon Coronary Vasculature

      • Giuseppe M. C. Rosano, Filippo Leonardo, Gaia Panina
      Pages 83-88

    3. Estrogen and Endothelial Function

      • Agostino Virdis, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Isabella Sudano, Stefania Pinto, Stefano Taddei, Antonio Salvetti
      Pages 89-98

    4. Action of Specific Estrogens on the Coronary Artery: Effects on Lipoproteins, Coagulation, and Fibrinolysis

      • Jay M. Sullivan
      Pages 99-104

    5. Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Status 1998

      • Nanette Kass Wenger
      Pages 105-108

  6. Osteoporosis

    1. Introduction to Osteoporosis

      • Claus Christiansen
      Pages 109-116

    2. Genetics of Osteoporosis

      • Laura Masi, Luigi Gennari, Alberto Falchetti, Maria Luisa Brandi
      Pages 117-124

    3. The Clinical Management of Osteoporosis

      • Socrates E. Papapoulos
      Pages 125-130

  7. Central Nervous System

    1. Menopause and Psychopharmacology: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment

      • Linda S. Kahn, Uriel Halbreich
      Pages 131-136
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Università Milano Fac. Farmacia, Milano, Italy

    Rodolfo Paoletti

  • Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Univ Verloskunde en Gynaecologie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. Kenemans

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women’s Health and Menopause

  • Book Subtitle: Risk Reduction Strategies — Improved Quality of Health

  • Editors: Rodolfo Paoletti, P.G. Crosignani, P. Kenemans, N.K. Wenger, Ann S. Jackson

  • Series Title: Medical Science Symposia Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-37973-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5906-7Published: 30 September 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-3822-4Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-585-37973-9Published: 11 July 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0928-9550

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 291

  • Topics: Cardiology, Biochemistry, general, Epidemiology, Public Health, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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