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This volume contains the proceedings of the Symposium on The Somatotrophic Axis and the Reproductive Process in Health and Disease, held October 28 - 31, 1993 in Baltimore, Maryland. Written and edited by eminent international experts, the papers herein cover: the state-of-the-art on growth hormone and its receptor; pubertal, menstrual, gestational, and menopausal adaptation; growth hormone and the ovarian connection; potential utility of growth hormone in clinical reproductive medicine; and the potential utility of growth hormone in ovulation induction.

Table of Contents:
I. Growth Hormone and Its Receptor: State of the Art.- 1. Growth Hormone: A Current Perspective.- 2. Probing and Designing Growth Hormone-Receptor Interactions.- 3. Human Growth Hormone Binding Proteins: Regulation and Physiological Significance.- 4. Ovarian Prolactin Receptors and Their Placental Ligands.- 5. Regulatory Actions of Testosterone on Pulsatile Growth Hormone Secretion in the Human: Studies Using Deconvolution Analysis.- 6. Growth Hormone and IGF-I as Anabolic Partitioning Hormones.- II. Pubertal, Menstrual, Gestational, and Menopausal Adaptation.- 7. Growth Hormone Secretory Dynamics During Puberty.- 8. Impact of Growth Hormone on the Timing and Progression of Puberty: How Are Growth and Sexual Maturation Linked?.- 9. Role of Growth Hormone in the Promotion of Linear Skeletal Growth.- 10. Growth Hormone Economy in Normally Cycling Women.- 11. Gestational Physiology of the Growth Hormone Gene Family.- 12. Growth Hormone Economy in Menopausal Women: Effects of Age.- 13. Growth Hormone Economy in Hypogonadism: Effects of Sex Steroids.- III. Growth Hormone: The Ovarian Connection.- 14. Ovary as a Site of Growth Hormone Reception and Action.- 15. Ovarian IGF System: Interface with the Gonadotropic and Somatotrophic Axes.- 16. Is the Intraovarian IGF System a Mediator of Growth Hormone Action?.- 17. Evidence for a Role of Growth Hormone-Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).- 18. Evidence Against a Role for the Growth Hormone-Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.- IV. Potential Utility of Growth Hormone in Clinical Reproductive Medicine.- 19. Diagnosing Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults.- 20. Growth Hormone Delivery, Dosing, and Pharmacokinetics in Adults.- 21. Role of Growth Hormone Therapy inTurner Syndrome.- 22. Role of Growth Hormone in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.- V. Potential Utility of Growth Hormone in Ovulation Induction.- 23. Evidence for the Utility of Growth Hormone in the Enhancement of Ovulation.- 24. Evidence Against the Utility of Growth Hormone in the Enhancement of Ovulation.- Author Index.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780387944197
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Height: 248 mm
  • No of Pages: 332
  • Series Title: Serono Symposia USA
  • Weight: 908 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0387944192
  • Publisher Date: 23 Jun 1995
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 31 mm
  • Width: 182 mm


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