Title | The Somatotrophic Axis and the Reproductive Process in Health and Disease [electronic resource] / edited by Eli Y. Adashi, Michael O. Thorner |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1995 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2518-8 |
Descript | XVIII, 332 p. online resource |
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 in Turner 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