Clinical Pathology of the Endocrine Ovary [Paperback]

I Embryology.- 1 The role of mesonephros in ovarian organogenesis.- II Ovarian Follicle Biodynamics.- 2 Hormonal control of ovarian follicular development.- 3 Recruitment selection and maturation of the dominant ovarian follicle in the menstrual cycle.- 4 Intraovarian regulation of maturation of granulosa cells.- 5 Influence of cyclic variations in gonadotrophin and steroid hormones on follicular growth in the human ovary.- 6 Hormonal control of Leydig cell function.- III Clinical Pathology.- 7 Evolution and function of non-ovulatory follicles.- 8 The menopausal ovary.- 9 The ovarian stroma after the menopause: activity and ageing.- 10 Ovary and pregnancy.- IV Clinical Physiopathology.- 11 Clinical investigation of luteal defect: a model for understanding the endocrine correlates of the menstrual cycle disorders.- 12 Gonadotrophin-resistant ovaries: a desensitization syndrome?.Springer Book Archives