Women's Health and Disease

George Creatsas is the editor of Women's Health and Disease: Gynecologic, Endocrine, and Reproductive Issues, Volume 1092, published by Wiley. George Mastorakos is the editor of Women's Health and Disease: Gynecologic, Endocrine, and Reproductive Issues, Volume 1092, published by Wiley.

• Foreword : George Creatsas, George Mastorakos, George P. Chrousos. Part I: Introduction:.1. Contraception Today: Giuseppe Benagiano, Carlo Bastianelli & Manuela Farris.2. Metabolic Syndrome and Women's Health: A. Mitrakou.Part II: The First Menstruation:.3. From Menarche to Regular Menstruation: Endocrinological Background: Ioannis E. Messinis.4. Presence or Absence of Mestruation in Young Girls: Margaret Rees.5. A Behind-the-Scene Look at the Safety Assessment of Feminine Hygiene Pads: Miranda A. Farage.Part III: Adolescent Medicine:.6. Contraception in Adolescence: Efthimios Deligeoroglou, Panagiotis Christopoulos, George Creatsas.7. Anorexia Nervosa: Vicenza Bruni.8. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach of Hypothalamic Amenorrhea: Alessandro D. Genazzani, Federica Ricchieri, Chiara Lanzoni, Claudia Strucchi, Hilda Mehmeti.9. The Use of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea: Sarah L. Berga, Tammy L. Loucks.Part IV: Female Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Inflammation:.10. Ovarian and Adrenal Hyperandrogenism: Enrico Carmina.11. Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction and the Postnatal Development of the Metabolic Syndrome: George Valsamakis, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein, Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, George Mastorakos.12. Premature Adrenarche Leads to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome? Long-term Consequences: Eleni Kousta.13. PCOS: A Multifaceted Disease from Adolescence to Adult Age: Renato Pasquali and Alessandra Gambineri.14. Indices of Low-Grade Inflammation in PCOS: Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis, Thomas Paterakis, Helen A. Kandarakis.Part V: Minimally Invasive Surgery:.15. The Retroperitoneal Approach in Minimally Invasive Pelvic Surgery: Jean-Bernard Dubuisson, Yannick de Dycker, Michal Yaron.16. Laparoscopic Mangement of Hydrosalpinx: John N. Bontis, Theodoros D. Theodoridis.17. Laparoscopic Management of the Adnexal Mass: George Pados, Dimitris Tsolakidis, John Bontis.18. Safety Issues of Hysteroscopic Surgery: Minas Paschopoulos, Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Lazaros G. Lavasidis, Thomas Vrekoussis, Nikolaos Dalkalitsis, Evangelos Paraskevaidis.Part VI: Assisted Reproduction:.19. Oocyte Maturation in Assisted Reproductive Techniques: Dimitrios Loutradis.20. Prevention and Management of the Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome: N. Vlahos.21. Fertility Drugs and Gynecologic Cancer: Themis Mantzavinos and Nikos Kanakas.22. Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis: George Maroulis.Part VII: Fetal-Maternal Medicine:.23. Recent Developments in the Detection of Fetal Single Gene Differences in Maternal Plasma and the Role of the Size Fractionation: Ying Li, Sinuhe Hahn, Wolfgang Holzgreve.24. Routine Ultrasound in Low-Risk Obstetric Population: Aris J. Antsaklis.25. Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Brain-Sparing Effect and Neurotrophins: Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, K.E. Nikolaou, K-P. Puchner.26. Doppler Assessment of the Intrauterine Growth Restricted Fetus: Dimitrios Botsis, Nicholaos Vrachnis, George Christodoulacos.27. The Symmetric Small for Gestational Age Fetus: Nikolaos Vrachnis, Dimitrios Botsis, Zoe Iliodromiti.28. Reproductive Corticotropin Releasing Hormone: Nikolaos Vitoratos, Dimitrios C. Papatheodorou, Sophia Kalantaridou, George Mastorakos.Part VIII: Treating Menopausal Women Under the WHI Shadow:.29. Pitfalls of the WHIs: George Mastorakos, Vaggelis Gr. Sakkas, George Creatsas.30. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardioprotection. What is Good and What is Bad for the Cardiovascular System: Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Cristiana Vitale, Massimo Fini.31. Hormone Replacement Therapy in Breast Cancer Survivors: Antonios M. Xydakis, Vaggelis Gr. Sakkas, George Mastorakos.32. Potential Biological Functions Emerging from the Different Estrogen Receptors: Karen D. Carpenter and Kenneth S. Korach.33. The Cardiovascular Effects of SERMs: George E. Christodoulakos, Irene V. Lambrinoudaki, Dimitrios C. Botsis.Part IX: Menopause-Osteoporosis:.34. Bone Remodelling: Dimitrios J. Hadjidakis, Ioannis I. Androulakis.35. Bisphosphonates: Irene Lambrinoudaki, George Christodoulakos, Dimitrios Botsis.36. Strontium Ranelate: A novel treatment in postmenopausal osteoporosis: S. Tournis, G.P. Lyritis, D. Economopoulos.Part X: Selected Research Papers:.37. Myomectomy during Cesarean Section-A Safe Procedure?: Dimitrios Hassiakos, Panagiotis Christopoulos, Nicolaos Vitoratos, E. Xarchoulakou, G. Vaggos, K. Papadias.38. Maternal Age and the Duration of the Second Stage of Labor: K. Papadias K., Panagiotis Christopoulos, E. Deligeoroglou, Nicolaos Vitoratos, Evangelos Makrakis, P. Kaltapanidou, A. Tsoukas, George Creatsas.39. Poor Responders in IVF: Cancellation of a First Cycle is not Predictive for a Subsequent Failure: Stavroula Baka, Evangelos Makrakis, Despoina Tzanakaki, Socrates Konidaris, Dimitris Hassiakos, Theodoros Moustakarias, George Creatsas.40. The Varying Patterns of Neurotrophin Changes in the Perinatal Period: K.E. Nikolaou, A. Malamitsi-Puchner, T. Boutsikou, E. Economou, M. Boutsikou, K-P. Puchner, Stavroula Baka, Dimitris Hassiakos.41. Insulin-like Growth Factor – 1 Isoforms mRNA Expression in Women with Endometriosis: Eutopic Endometrium vs Endometriotic Cyst: Dimitrios Milingos, Haralampos Katopodis, Spyros Milingos, Athanasios Protopapas, George Creatsas, Stelios Michalas, Aris Antsaklis, Michael Koutsilieris.42. Possible Early Prediction of Preterm Birth by Determination of Novel Pro-inflammatory Factors in Mid-Trimester Amniotic Fluid: Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, Nikolaos Vrachnis, Evi Samoli, Stavroula Baka, Zoe Iliodromiti, Karl-Philipp Puchner, Pantelis Malligianis, Dimitrios Hassiakos.43. Effect of Prolactin in the Absence of hCG on Maturation, Fertilization and Embryonic Development of in vitro Matured Mouse Oocytes: Erasmia Kiapekou, Evangelia Zapanti, George Mastorakos, Panagiotis Beretsos, Ritsa Bletsa, Peter Drakakis, Dimitris Loutradis, Aristidis Antsaklis.44. The Greek Experience in the Use of Thermachoice(TM) for Treating Heavy.Menstrual Bleeding: A Prospective Study: Minas Paschopoulos, Lazaros Lavasidis, Thomas Vrekoussis, Nikolaos Polyzos, Nikolaos Dalkalitsis, Panagiotis Stamatopoulos, Odysseas Grigoriou, Nikolaos Vlachos, Panagiotis Skolarikos, George Adonakis, Anastasia Goumenou, George Lalios, George Maroulis, Evangelos Paraskevaidis