CONCEPTION, IMPLANTATION, AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT Philip M. Iannaccone David O. Walterhouse Kristina C. Pfendler The hormonal milieu plays an essential role in the production of parental germ cells, the biology…
MORPHOLOGY AND HORMONAL CONTROL Part of “CHAPTER 106 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE NORMAL BREAST, ITS HORMONAL CONTROL, AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY“ COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF LACTATION The constituents of milk products differ widely…
MORPHOLOGY OF THE NORMAL BREAST, ITS HORMONAL CONTROL, AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Richard E. Blackwell MORPHOLOGY AND HORMONAL CONTROL Related posts: DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR BINDING TO THYROID HORMONE RESPONSE ELEMENTS DISEASE-SPECIFIC VARIATION…
COMMON MINOR SIDE EFFECTS Part of “CHAPTER 105 – COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION“ Related posts: HORMONE SECRETION CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY MEASUREMENTS CLINICAL FEATURES PYCNODYSOSTOSIS…
EFFECTS ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY Part of “CHAPTER 105 – COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION“ Combined Oral Contraceptives. Estrogen-replacement therapy has been proven to prevent bone loss and…
EFFECTS ON THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT Part of “CHAPTER 105 – COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION“ LIVER AND BILIARY TREE EFFECTS Combined Oral Contraception. COCs have a variety of…
EFFECTS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT Part of “CHAPTER 105 – COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION“ OVARIAN EFFECTS OVARIAN CYSTS Combined Oral Contraceptives. High-dose COCs have been shown to…
EFFECTS ON THE BREASTS Part of “CHAPTER 105 – COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION“ BENIGN BREAST CHANGES Combined Oral Contraceptives. The estrogen component of COCs can cause breast…
CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS Part of “CHAPTER 105 – COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION“ THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE Combined Oral Contraceptives. Early epidemiologic studies22,23 and 24 indicated a four-fold to eight-fold increase…
METABOLIC EFFECTS Part of “CHAPTER 105 – COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION“ Pharmacologic doses of contraceptive hormones have widespread metabolic effects, but many of these are merely alterations…
