The somatotrophic axis and the reproductive process in health and disease / Eli Y. Adashi, Michael O. Thorner, editors.

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Book
Language
English
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New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1995.
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xviii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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    Series
    Serono symposia series
    Notes
    "Proceedings of the Symposium on the Somatotrophic Axis and the Reproductive Process in Health and Disease, sponsored by Serono Symposia, USA, Inc., held October 28 to 31, 1993, in Baltimore, Maryland"--T.p. verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Contents
    • 1. Growth Hormone: A Current Perspective / M. O. Thorner, M. L. Hartman, C. M. Silva, B. D. Gaylinn, J. A. Aloi, S. E. Kirk, S. S. Pezzoli and M. L. Vance
    • 2. Probing and Designing Growth Hormone-Receptor Interactions / James A. Wells and Anthony A. Kossiakoff
    • 3. Human Growth Hormone Binding Proteins: Regulation and Physiological Significance / Gerhard Baumann, Moises Mercado, Norma Davila, Melissa Shaw and Klaus Amburn
    • 4. Ovarian Prolactin Receptors and Their Placental Ligands / Daniel I. H. Linzer and Brian J. Arey
    • 5. Regulatory Actions of Testosterone on Pulsatile Growth Hormone Secretion in the Human: Studies Using Deconvolution Analysis / J. D. Veldhuis, A. Iranmanesh, A. D. Rogol and R. J. Urban
    • 6. Growth Hormone and IGF-I as Anabolic Partitioning Hormones / David R. Clemmons
    • 7. Growth Hormone Secretory Dynamics During Puberty / Alan D. Rogol, Paul M. Martha, Jr., Michael Johnson, Johannes D. Veldhuis and Robert M. Blizzard
    • 8. Impact of Growth Hormone on the Timing and Progression of Puberty: How Are Growth and Sexual Maturation Linked? / Paul A. Boepple
    • 9. Role of Growth Hormone in the Promotion of Linear Skeletal Growth / Claes Ohlsson, Jorgen Isgaard, Anders Lindahl and Olle G. P. Isaksson
    • 10. Growth Hormone Economy in Normally Cycling Women / W. S. Evans, R. A. Booth, Jr., K. K. Y. Ho, A. C. S. Faria, C. M. Asplin, J. D. Veldhuis and M. O. Thorner
    • 11. Gestational Physiology of the Growth Hormone Gene Family / Nancy E. Cooke, Beverly K. Jones, Alan Salzman, J. Eric Russell, Anita Misra-Press, Margrit Urbanek and Stephen A. Liebhaber
    • 12. Growth Hormone Economy in Menopausal Women: Effects of Age / Mark L. Hartman, Jill A. Kanaley and Arthur Weltman
    • 13. Growth Hormone Economy in Hypogonadism: Effects of Sex Steroids / Ken K. Y. Ho, Andrew J. Weissberger and John J. Kelly
    • 14. Ovary as a Site of Growth Hormone Reception and Action / Eli Y. Adashi
    • 15. Ovarian IGF System: Interface with the Gonadotropic and Somatotrophic Axes / James M. Hammond, Susan Samaras, Randall Grimes, Daniel Hagen and David Guthrie
    • 16. Is the Intraovarian IGF System a Mediator of Growth Hormone Action? / J. K. Findlay
    • 17. Evidence for a Role of Growth Hormone-Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) / S. S. C. Yen, G. A. Laughlin and A. J. Morales
    • 18. Evidence Against a Role for the Growth Hormone-Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Stephen Franks, Debbie Willis, Diana Hamilton-Fairley, Davinia M. White and Helen D. Mason
    • 19. Diagnosing Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults / Peter Sonksen, Andrew J. Weissberger and Katherine Verikiou
    • 20. Growth Hormone Delivery, Dosing, and Pharmacokinetics in Adults / Marc R. Blackman
    • 21. Role of Growth Hormone Therapy in Turner Syndrome / E. Kirk Neely and Ron G. Rosenfeld
    • 22. Role of Growth Hormone in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis / John G. Haddad
    • 23. Evidence for the Utility of Growth Hormone in the Enhancement of Ovulation / Howard S. Jacobs
    • 24. Evidence Against the Utility of Growth Hormone in the Enhancement of Ovulation / Marco Filicori.
    ISBN
    • 0387944192 ((New York ; : acid-free paper))
    • 9780387944197 ((New York ; : acid-free paper))
    LCCN
    94039174
    OCLC
    31489075
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