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…
PHARMACOLOGY Part of “CHAPTER 105 – COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION“ Hormonal contraceptives are formulated from synthetic steroid 19-nortestosterone derivatives, which include norethindrone, norethindrone acetate, norethynodrel, ethynodiol diacetate,…
COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION Alisa B. Goldberg Philip Darney All steroidal contraceptives are composed either of a progestin alone or a combination of an estrogen and a…
