FUNCTIONING TUMORS AND TUMOR-LIKE CONDITIONS OF THE OVARY I-Tien Yeh Charles Zaloudek Robert J. Kurman CLASSIFICATION OF OVARIAN NEOPLASMS DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION THERAPY Related posts: DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR BINDING TO THYROID…
PILOSEBACEOUS UNIT Part of “CHAPTER 101 – HIRSUTISM, ALOPECIA, AND ACNE“ An understanding of the clinical conditions associated with hyperandrogenism requires some background information about the pilosebaceous unit (PSU), the…
ANDROGEN PRODUCTION IN WOMEN Part of “CHAPTER 101 – HIRSUTISM, ALOPECIA, AND ACNE“ Androgen production in women can be discussed in terms of three separate sources of production: the ovaries…
HIRSUTISM, ALOPECIA, AND ACNE Enrico Carmina Rogerio A. Lobo The effects of androgen on female skin include acne, hirsutism, and alopecia. Although derangements of androgen production and metabolism do not…
CONCLUSION Part of “CHAPTER 100 – MENOPAUSE“ Related posts: DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR BINDING TO THYROID HORMONE RESPONSE ELEMENTS DISEASE-SPECIFIC VARIATION RADIATION AND THYROID CARCINOMA PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND MENSURATION HYPERTHYROIDISM IN…
SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS Part of “CHAPTER 100 – MENOPAUSE“ Postmenopausal estrogen use may protect against osteoporosis and heart disease, but may increase the risks of breast and endometrial cancers….
ESTROGEN-REPLACEMENT THERAPY Part of “CHAPTER 100 – MENOPAUSE“ COMPLICATIONS Hormone-replacement therapy may produce a number of undesirable side effects and complications. For example, it raises the risk of developing thromboembolic…
