The Endometrial Factor
A Reproductive Precision Medicine Approach
1st Edition
Published on 27. April 2017
284 pages
978-1-4987-4040-1 (ISBN)
Description
At the dawn of precision medicine, there is a new opportunity for novel approaches to understand, diagnose and treat endometrial disorders that affect fertility, reproductive outcomes, and women's health more broadly. Herein, the editors have assembled critically evaluated state-of-the-art chapters presenting basic and clinical knowledge about the human endometrium that impacts or will impact clinical practice. All clinicians and researchers in Reproductive Medicine will find this book useful as a reference and a valuable tool for continued advancement in the understanding and management of the "endometrial factor".
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
100 s/w Abbildungen, 300 farbige Abbildungen
300 Illustrations, color; 100 Illustrations, black and white
File size
16,21 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-4040-1 (9781498740401)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
06/2017
1st Edition
CRC Press
€259.98
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Persons
Carlos Simon M.D., PhD is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Valencia, Spain; Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Ob/Gyn, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA; Scientific Director of Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI) and IGENOMIX. Linda C Giudice MD, PhD, MSc is Distinguished Professor and Chair, The Robert B. Jaffe, MD Endowed Professor in the Reproductive Sciences, University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA.
Content
Preface. Foreword: An eye to the future. Highlights on the dynamism and multifunctionality of human endometrium in the era of precision medicine. Diagnosis of the Endometrial Factor: New imaging diagnostics. Molecular diagnosis of endometrial receptivity. Molecular diagnosis of endometriosis. Microbiological diagnosis: The human endometrial microbiome-endometritis. Hysteroscopy: An invasive diagnosis. Personalization of the Endometrial Factor: The endometrium in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Obesity and the endometrium. Uterine fibroids and the endometrium. New knowledge about adenomyosis. Therapeutic Options of the Endometrial Factor: Hormonal regulation of the endometrium and the effects of hormonal therapies. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (previously Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding): How to manage. Inflammation of the endometrium in reproduction. Empirical treatments to improve receptivity: Why not?. Endometrial scratching. Stem Cell Therapies for Atrophic Endometrium and Asherman?s Syndrome. Gestational surrogacy. Uterine transplantation. The Ultimate Goal: Embryo/fetal-maternal cross-talk. Embryo transfer: Fresh, deferred, personalized? Reproductive and obstetrical outcomes.
