Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
A Clinical Guide to Early Menopause
Editors: Santoro, Nanette F., Cooper, Amber R. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Focuses exclusively on diagnosis and management of premature ovarian insufficiency and failure (POI/POF) and premature menopause
- Utilizes first-person clinical vignettes to frame each chapter for a more personal approach to the topics
- Appropriate for reproductive medicine specialists, OB/GYNs, and primary care physicians alike
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- About this book
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Presenting the most current and relevant information on the diagnosis and management of primary ovarian insufficiency, also known as premature ovarian failure (POI/POF), this book presents two equally important voices. The first is the scientific, evidence-based voice discussing the latest information on POI/POF in a concise and logical fashion: etiologies, symptoms, genetics, mechanisms, associated conditions, as well as psychological and lifestyle considerations. The second voice presents the first-person stories of affected women, who are often faced with a diagnosis of irreversible infertility at a very young age and who somehow learn to live with great uncertainty about their ability to create a family – a core identity issue for many women. It is thus not simply a clinical, case-based presentation, but a more collaborative effort between clinicians who are well-versed in the field and women who have POI/POF. Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Clinical Guide to Early Menopause will therefore be an excellent practical yet personal reference for OB/GYNs, reproductive medicine specialists, and any clinician, nurse or health care worker treating women living with POI/POF.
- About the authors
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Nanette Santoro, MD, Professor and E. Stewart Taylor Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
Amber Cooper, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Defining Menopause: What Is Early, What Is Late?
Pages 1-17
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Etiologies of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
Pages 19-35
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Signs and Symptoms of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
Pages 37-49
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The Genetics of POI
Pages 51-73
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Mechanisms of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
Pages 75-100
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
- Book Subtitle
- A Clinical Guide to Early Menopause
- Editors
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- Nanette F. Santoro
- Amber R. Cooper
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-22491-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-22491-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-22490-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-79403-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 207
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
- Topics