Editors:
- Comprehensive, first-of-its kind title in the field
- Covers full range of sex-specific lung diseases
- Important new resource for clinicians and scientists alike
Part of the book series: Respiratory Medicine (RM)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book discusses normal sex-related differences in lung structure and function and the role these differences play in lung disease. New research on the effects of sex hormone signaling on specific cell types of the lung has begun to reveal how these hormones may drive or prevent lung disease. Expertly written chapters examine the effects of sex hormones on normal pulmonary structure and function, hormone signaling in lung health, and specific diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, and lung cancer. Gender, Sex Hormones, and Respiratory Disease: A Comprehensive Guide focuses on our current understanding and the gaps in research, with suggestions for future directions and implications for therapy. This book is a useful reference for pulmonologists and researchers and will prompt further inquiry aimed at improving overall lung health.  Â
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Editors and Affiliations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA
Anna R. Hemnes
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender, Sex Hormones and Respiratory Disease
Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Guide
Editors: Anna R. Hemnes
Series Title: Respiratory Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23998-9
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23996-5Published: 22 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79567-6Published: 27 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23998-9Published: 16 December 2015
Series ISSN: 2197-7372
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7380
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 213
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour