Pelvic pain, adnexal masses, and ultrasound.

abstract：:Gonadotropins cross the vascular endothelial barrier to reach their target organs. Hormone concentrations in blood are very low and fluctuate rapidly to give sharp biological effects. Nonspecific transendothelial transport mechanisms are slow and markedly concentration dependent. There is thus a need for specific tran...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Ghinea N,Milgrom E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen receptors are present in numerous tissues throughout the female body, and knowledge of the specific actions of androgens at different sites is increasing, along with the understanding of their contribution to various pathophysiological states. This article reviews the physiology of androgens (testosterone and...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Davison SL,Bell R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine-disrupting chemicals generally function as steroid receptor signaling antagonists or agonists that influence development to promote adult-onset disease. Exposure to the endocrine disruptors during the initiation of male reproductive tract development interferes with the normal hormonal signaling and formatio...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Guerrero-Bosagna CM,Skinner MK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasomotor symptoms, including hot flushes and night sweats, pose a significant symptomatic burden to women undergoing menopause, and negatively impact on both their physical and psychological well-being. Management of these symptoms can be challenging, with the use of conventional hormone replacement therapy limited b...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Modi M,Dhillo WS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In non industrialized countries the incidence of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) appears to be similar to that of industrialized countries, although data is scanty. In low-resource settings, women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) often delay seeking medical care because of cultural beliefs that a heavy red menstrua...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Haththotuwa R,Goonewardene M,Desai S,Senanayake L,Tank J,Fraser IS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal adhesions remain a costly, long-term sequela of abdominal surgery. They cause significant postoperative morbidity and difficult reoperative surgery. Although adhesions have been recognized for more than 250 years, a uniformly effective method of adhesion prevention does not exist. In recent years, rese...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Reed KL,Stucchi AF,Becker JM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade there has been a resurgence of interest in the culture media used in clinical in vitro fertilization. Unfortunately, during this time more confusion than consensus appears to have developed regarding the composition of these media. In order to facilitate a clearer understanding of this field, it i...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Gardner DK,Pool TB,Lane M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to gonadotoxic agents for treating cancer and other diseases or postponement of maternity jeopardize the prospects of genetic parenthood and are major factors driving the development of fertility preservation technologies. Although its mainstays, cryopreservation and vitrification, have been adopted from infe...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Gosden RG

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As sperm traverse the female tract from vagina to oocyte, they experience a steroid milieu, which due to transcriptional inactivity, they can only respond to via non-genomic signaling. This environment mediates events including capacitation, changes in motility patterns, chemotaxis, and acrosome reaction. Current know...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Correia JN,Conner SJ,Kirkman-Brown JC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine disrupters are exogenous substances that cause adverse effects in the endocrine system. Sexual differentiation is regulated by reproductive hormones. Male differentiation is critically dependent on normal androgen action, which in turn depends on normal production of luteinizing hormone. Other essential horm...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Toppari J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical treatment of endometriosis is a critical aspect of the therapeutic approach to this disease. Past methods have been based upon systemic hormonal alterations, resulting in suppression of this estrogen-responsive disorder. Treatments such as danazol, progestogens, oral contraceptives, GnRH-agonists, and gest...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Olive DL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2004, assisted conception is encompassed by the European Directive on the Quality and Safety of Tissues and Cells (2004/23/EC). The aim of a standard for quality and safety is to minimize risks of errors, contamination, and accidents and to maximize efficiency of use. This article presents a case study of the im...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Willemen D,D'Hooghe T,Knoops I,De Neubourg D,Spiessens C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) most often seek treatment for reduction of hair growth and/or acne, restoration of menstrual cyclicity, and infertility. In addition, these patients are increasingly seeking advise and treatment for the metabolic abnormalities related to PCOS (e.g., insulin resistance and ty...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Ehrmann DA,Rychlik D

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discrepancy between estrogen's beneficial cardiovascular effects found in animal studies and observational studies in women compared with the recently published randomized clinical trials have stimulated a great deal of controversy. Possibilities for the discrepancy include the age of the women, number of years po...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Wagner JD,Clarkson TB

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human uterus mainly consists of two layers: an inner endometrium and an outer layer, the myometrium, made of smooth muscle. The uterus is characterized by its unique capacity for regeneration. This capacity permits cyclical regeneration and remodeling of the tissue over the course of a woman's reproductive life. D...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Maruyama T,Ono M,Yoshimura Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that endometriosis is inherited as a complex genetic trait in which multiple genes conferring disease susceptibility interact with each other and the environment to produce the phenotype. Research groups worldwide are trying to identify such susceptibility genes through a "positional cloni...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Kennedy S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reviews systematically the effectiveness of management strategies for carriers of a reciprocal translocation involving two chromosomes, ascertained on the basis of recurrent pregnancy loss. Subsequent pregnancy outcomes were tabulated based on whether management was medical or involved in vitro fertilizatio...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Hirshfeld-Cytron J,Sugiura-Ogasawara M,Stephenson MD

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatase p450 (p450arom) is the key enzyme for biosynthesis of estrogen, which is an essential hormone for the establishment and growth of endometriosis. There is no detectable aromatase enzyme activity in normal endometrium; therefore, estrogen is not locally produced in endometrium. Endometriosis tissue, however, c...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Bulun SE,Fang Z,Imir G,Gurates B,Tamura M,Yilmaz B,Langoi D,Amin S,Yang S,Deb S

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few formal studies of differences in the phenotype of PCOS among women of African-American ancestry. Generally, African-American women tend to have an adverse cardiovascular risk profile when compared with women of other racial groups. The metabolic syndrome is a clinical disorder that identifies indiv...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Coney P,Ladson G,Sweet S,Legro RS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro fertilization (IVF) with ovarian stimulation is an effective treatment for couples needing treatment with assisted reproductive technologies (ART) where polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is coexisting. However, it is also associated with an increased risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. In vitro maturati...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Reinblatt SL,Buckett W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) is widely used in assisted reproduction techniques (ART). However, hormonal treatment induces endometrial alterations that may alter implantation rates compared with natural cycles. Endometrial alterations have been observed by histological and biochemical techniques. The recent de...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Horcajadas JA,Díaz-Gimeno P,Pellicer A,Simón C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have been used to assess interventions affecting health since biblical times. They provide the most valid means of measuring the true effects of intervention compared with no treatment or placebo. Although they can also be used to assess the value of diagnostic tests, this article foc...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Hughes EG

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis is the most critical modulator of reproductive function. Genetic or environmental insults to the HPG axis during developmental windows can persist into adulthood, and processes such as gonadal hormone synthesis, timing of puberty, and fertility can be affected. At the leve...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Biehl MJ,Raetzman LT

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contraceptive vaginal rings (CVRs) contain sex steroids that diffuse through a plastic polymer ring at a constant rate and are absorbed directly through the vaginal epithelium into the systemic circulation. This delivery system provides many advantages over oral contraceptives (OCs), including avoidance of the first-p...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Harwood B,Mishell DR Jr

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Old World monkeys display physiological responses to steroid hormones that are similar to those of women. In this review, we describe cyclic morphological changes that take place within the uterus of Old World primates during the menstrual cycle. In primates, estrogen stimulates endometrial growth in the follicular ph...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Slayden OD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm epigenetic programming is tailored to meet the need of this specialized cell, which include its interaction with the oocyte during fertilization and early embryo development. The unique nature of the sperm epigenome has resulted in multiple studies investigating how perturbations in epigenetics might impact male...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Ibrahim Y,Hotaling J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the percentage of women serving in the active-duty military continues to grow, and as their roles continue to expand, the importance of monitoring reproductive health in the military community increases. The Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Research (BIHR) program conducts ongoing epidemiologic studies...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Khodr ZG,Bukowinski AT,Hall C,Gumbs GR,Wells NY,Conlin AMS

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery is continuously pushing its limits by embracing ever more sophisticated technology. This is also true for reproductive surgery, arguably the birthplace of gynecologic endoscopy, where minimally invasive treatment of uterine, tubal, ovarian, and peritoneal pathology has long becom...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Gargiulo AR,Nezhat C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 10 to 15% of the population experiences infertility. Although 85 to 90% of couples or individuals who experience infertility have a diagnosis for their infertility, underlying causes of infertility rarely are found. Extensive literature reporting adverse effects of environmental contaminants on wildlife ...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Giudice LC

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging has dramatic effects on the reproductive system in women. Undoubtedly, the most notable changes in the neuroendocrine axis arise from the loss of ovarian function, and thus, the loss of negative feedback on the hypothalamus and pituitary. Progressive decreases in inhibin B and inhibin A result in an early increa...

journal_title：Seminars in reproductive medicine

authors： Hall JE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00