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Hormones, gender, and the aging brain the endocrine basis of geriatric psychiatry /

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How the endocrine system works / by Neal, J. Matthew

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Combined estrogen-progestogen contraceptives and combined estrogen-progestogen menopausal therapy

Subjects: “…Progestational hormones Carcinogenicity.…”
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Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat, Third Edition / by Nuttall, Tim, Eisenschenk, Melissa, Heinrich, Nicole A., Harvey, Richard G.

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Using lung evolution as a cipher for physiology - pathophysiology

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Osteoporosis in men

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Epidemiology and mechanisms of bone loss in men -- Hip fractures in men -- Role of IGF-I and sex hormones in bone loss -- Bone fractures in obese/overweight men -- Review of the endocrine society guidelines on osteoporosis in men -- Assessing risk factors for osteoporosis in men -- Review of osteoporosis treatments -- Gaps in evidence base.…”
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Metabolic Therapies in Orthopedics, Second Edition /

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Werner & Ingbar's the thyroid : a fundamental and clinical text /

Table of Contents: “…The heritage of the thyroid: a brief history -- Development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis -- Anatomy and pathology of the thyrotrophs -- Thyroid hormone synthesis: thyroid iodide transport -- Thyroid hormone synthesis -- Thyroglobulin structure, function, and biosynthesis -- Thyroid hormone transport proteins and the physiology of hormone binding -- Intracellular pathways of iodothyronine metabolism/implications of deiodination for thyroid hormone action -- Genomic and nongenomic actions of thyroid hormones -- Thyroid hormones structure-function relationships -- Chemistry and biosynthesis of thyrotropin -- The thyrotropin receptor -- Regulation of thyrotropin secretion -- Age related changes in thyroid function -- Effects of drugs on TSH secretion, thyroid hormones absorption, synthesis, metabolism, and action -- Nonthyroidal illness syndrome -- Iodine deficiency and endemic cretinism -- Effect of excess iodide: clinical aspects -- Thyroid radionuclide uptake and imaging studies -- Measuring serum thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroid hormones, thyroid-directed antibodies, and transport proteins -- Measurement of thyroglobulin -- Nonisotopic techniques of thyroid imaging -- Physical examination of the thyroid gland -- Pathology and cytopathology -- Introduction to thyrotoxicosis -- Pathogenesis of graves' disease -- Ophthalmopathy -- Thyroid dermopathy and thyroid acropachy -- Thyrotropin-induced thyrotoxicosis -- Toxic adenoma and toxic multinodular goiter -- Trophoblastic tumors -- Sporadic painless, painful subacute and acute infectious thyroiditis -- Thyrotoxicosis of extrathyroid origin -- Overview of the clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis -- The cardiovascular system in thyrotoxicosis -- Thyroid hormones in thermogenesis, intermediary metabolism, and obesity -- The male and female reproductive system in thyrotoxicosis -- The skeletal system in thyrotoxicosis -- Behavioral and psychiatric aspects of thyrotoxicosis --…”
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Genomics in endocrinology DNA microarray analysis in endocrine health and disease /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Gene expression profiles and transcription factors involved in parathyroid hormone signaling in osteoblastic cells. -- Analysis of growth hormone effects on hepatic gene expression in hypophysectomized rats. -- Gene expression profiling in leiomyoma in response to GnRH therapy and TGF-beta. -- Gene profiling analysis of androgen receptor mediated function. -- Interrogating estrogen receptor [alpha] signaling in breast cancer by chromatin immunoprecipitation microarrays. -- Gene expression analysis of the adrenal cortex in health and disease. -- DNA microarray analysis of human uterine decidualization. -- Large-scale DNA microarray data analysis reveals glucocorticoid receptor-mediated breast cancer cell survival pathways. -- Application of microarrays for gene transcript analysis in type 2 diabetes. -- DNA microarray analysis of effects of TSH, iodide, cytokines, and therapeutic agents on gene expression in cultured human thyroid follicles. -- Genomics and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): the use of microarray analysis to identify new candidate genes. -- Microarray analysis of alterations induced by obesity in white adipose tissue gene expression profiling. -- Novel molecular signaling and classification of human clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas identified by microarray and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. -- Gene expression studies of prostate hyperplasia in prolactin transgenic mice.…”
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Stroke in women epidemiology, risk and prevention /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Epidemiology of sex differences -- Stroke Prevention in Women Guideline -- Stroke risk factors unique to, or more prevalent in, women than men -- Pregnancy complications -- Menopause -- Hormonal contraception and replacement -- Atrial fibrillation -- Risk screening and prevention, including primary prevention -- Summary and future directions.…”
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Pathways regulating bone resorption

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Formation and activation of osteoclasts -- Osteoporotic bone architecture -- Osteoclastic bone resorption -- Osteoclast motility and its inhibition -- Osteoclast regulation (hormones & other important factors) -- The role of low pH (acidosis) in bone loss -- Hypoxia & control of bone cell function by oxygen tension.…”
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Female hepatology favorable role of female factors in chronic liver disease / by Shimizu, Ichiro, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Liver cancer is predominant in men and postmenopausal women -- Chronic hepatitis C and B progress more slowly in females than males -- Hepatic fibrosis and oxidative stress -- Female sex hormones in hepatic fibrosis -- Ms, you can never become an 'iron lady' -- Immune response is affected by estrogens, progesterone and testosterone -- Females and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- 'Female paradox' in alcoholic liver disease -- Autoimmune liver diseases in females -- Are estrogens useful as a therapeutic drug for chronic liver disease? …”
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Epilepsy in women

Table of Contents: “…Thomas -- Aparna nair -- The menstrual cycle, sex hormones, and neuronal excitability / Doodipala Samba Reddy -- Catamenial epilepsy / Erik Taubøll, Line Sveberg Røste, Sigrid Svalheim -- Impact of epilepsy and AEDS on reproductive health / Gerhard Luef -- Contraception and epilepsy / Anne Davis, Kathleen Morrell -- Diagnostic challenges with seizures in pregnancy / Sanjeev V. …”
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