Androgens in health and disease /

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Kolejni autorzy: Bremner, William J., Bagatell, Carrie J.
Format: Książka
Język:English
Wydane: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2003.
Seria:Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
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  • Machine derived contents note: Preface v
  • Contributors ix
  • GENERAL ANDROLOGY
  • 1 Testosterone Synthesis, Transport, and Metabolism
  • Stephen J. Winters and Barbara J. Clark 3
  • 2 Androgen Action
  • Terry R. Brown 23
  • 3 Hypogonadism in Men: An Overview
  • Stephen R. Plymate 45
  • 4 Dihydrotestosterone and 5a-Reductase: Normal Physiology and Inhibition
  • Paul R. Sutton, John K. Amory, and Richard V. Clark 77
  • 5 Estrogen Action in Males: Insights Through Mutations
  • in Aromatase and Estrogen-Receptor Genes
  • Jonathan Lindzey and Kenneth S. Korach 89
  • 6 Alterations of Androgen Action Caused by Mutation
  • of the Human Androgen Receptor
  • Michael J. McPhaul 103
  • 7 Androgen Excess Disorders in Women
  • Richard S. Legro 123
  • 8 Androgen Pharmacology and Delivery Systems
  • Christina Wang and Ronald S. Swerdloff 141
  • II ANDROGEN EFFECTS ON PHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEMS
  • 9 Androgen Signaling in Prostatic Neoplasia and Hyperplasia
  • Marco Marcelli, Dolores J. Lamb, Nancy L. Weigel,
  • and Glenn R. Cunningham 157
  • 10 Androgens and Coronary Artery Disease
  • Frederick C. W. Wu and Arnold von Eckardstein 191
  • 11 Androgens and Bone
  • Anne M. Kenny and Lawrence G. Raisz 221
  • 12 Androgens and the Hematopoietic System
  • Shehzad Basaria and Adrian S. Dobs 233
  • 13 Androgens and Body Composition
  • Laurence Katznelson 243
  • 14 Androgens and Sexual Function in Men and Women
  • John Bancroft 259
  • 15 Androgens and Cognition
  • Monique M. Cherrier and Suzanne Craft 291
  • III APPLIED ANDROLOGY
  • 16 Androgen Treatment of the Hypogonadal Male
  • Alvin M . Matsumoto 313
  • 17 Androgens and Puberty
  • Erick J. Richmond and Alan D. Rogol 335
  • 18 Androgens in Older Men
  • J. Lisa Tenover 347
  • 19 Rationale for Treating Hypoandrogenism in Women
  • Susan R. Davis 365
  • 20 Androgens as Anabolic Agents
  • Shalender Bhasin, Linda J. Woodhouse,
  • and Thomas W. Storer 381
  • 21 Androgens and Male Contraception
  • John K. Amory 405
  • 22 Androgens in Primary Care
  • Bradley D. Anawalt 419
  • Index 439.