Androgens in Health and Disease
Androgens in Health and Disease
Buch
- Herausgeber: Carrie Bagatell, William J Bremner
- Humana Press Inc., 05/2003
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781588290298
- Bestellnummer: 7117994
- Umfang: 448 Seiten
- Sonstiges: 30 SW-Abb.,
- Nummer der Auflage: 2003
- Auflage: 2003 edition
- Copyright-Jahr: 2003
- Gewicht: 2230 g
- Maße: 254 x 178 mm
- Stärke: 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.5.2003
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Beschreibung
Authoritative researchers and clinicians review our latest understanding of andrology in both basic science and clinical medicine. Topics range from explaining the biology of androgens-from several different perspectives-to illuminating their role in the development and modulation of physiologic systems. Authors demonstrate in a number of cases that testosterone can be a useful adjunct to the treatment of a variety of disease states. Other chapters consider important topics such as androgens use in athletes, the potential of androgens to improve physical function and quality of life in older men, and androgens as potential male contraceptives. In recent years, medical researchers have demonstrated that androgens, both naturally occurring and synthetic, influence a myriad of physiological functions and can also be used therapeutically in a wide variety of clinical settings. In Androgens in Health and Disease, an authoritative panel of researchers and clinicians review our latest understanding of andrology in both basic science and clinical medicine. Topics range from explaining the biology of androgens-from several different perspectives-to illuminating their role in the development and modulation of physiologic systems. The authors demonstrate how testosterone can be a useful adjunct to the treatment of a variety of disease states, particularly those in which catabolism and loss of muscle mass occur. Other chapters consider important topics such as androgen use in athletes, the potential of androgens to improve physical function and quality of life in older men, and androgens as potential male contraceptives. Of special interest is a presentation of recent advances in understanding the physiological and clinical effects of androgen excess and androgen deficiency in women.Authoritative and wide-ranging, Androgens in Health and Disease offers both researchers and practicing clinicians a comprehensive survey of how, why, and where androgens exert their effects, as well as their therapeutic roles in a broad range of diseases.
Inhaltsangabe
I. General AndrologyTestosterone Synthesis, Transport, and Metabolism
Stephen J. Winters and Barbara J. Clark
Androgen Action
Terry R. Brown
Hypogonadism in Men: An Overview
Stephen R. Plymate
Dihydrotestosterone and 5a-Reductase: Normal Physiology and Inhibition
Paul R. Sutton, John K. Amory, and Richard V. Clark
Estrogen Action in Males: Insights Through Mutations in Aromatase and Estrogen-Receptor Genes
Jonathan Lindzey and Kenneth S. Korach
Alterations of Androgen Action Caused by Mutation of the Human Androgen Receptor
Michael J. McPhaul
Androgen Excess Disorders in Women
Richard S. Legro
Androgen Pharmacology and Delivery Systems
Christina Wang and Ronald S. Swerdloff
II. Androgen Effects on Physiologic Systems
Androgen Signaling in Prostatic Neoplasia and Hyperplasia
Marco Marcelli, Dolores J. Lamb, Nancy L. Weigel, and Glenn R. Cunningham
Androgens and Coronary Artery Disease
Frederick C. W. Wu and Arnold von Eckardstein
Androgens and Bone
Anne M. Kenny and Lawrence G. Raisz
Androgens and the Hematopoietic System
Shehzad Basaria and Adrian S. Dobs
Androgens and Body Composition
Laurence Katznelson
Androgens and Sexual Function in Men and Women
John Bancroft
Androgens and Cognition
Monique M. Cherrier and Suzanne Craft
III. Applied Andrology
Androgen Treatment of the Hypogonadal Male
Alvin M. Matsumoto
Androgens and Puberty
Erick J. Richmond and Alan D. Rogol
Androgens as Anabolic Agents
Shalender Bhasin, Linda J. Woodhouse, and Thomas W. Storer
Androgens and Male Contraception
John K. Amory
Androgens in Primary Care
Bradley D. Anawalt
Index
Klappentext
In recent years, medical researchers have demonstrated that androgens, both naturally occurring and synthetic, influence a myriad of physiological functions and can also be used therapeutically in a wide variety of clinical settings. In Androgens in Health and Disease, an authoritative panel of researchers and clinicians review our latest understanding of andrology in both basic science and clinical medicine. Topics range from explaining the biology of androgens-from several different perspectives-to illuminating their role in the development and modulation of physiologic systems. The authors demonstrate how testosterone can be a useful adjunct to the treatment of a variety of disease states, particularly those in which catabolism and loss of muscle mass occur. Other chapters consider important topics such as androgen use in athletes, the potential of androgens to improve physical function and quality of life in older men, and androgens as potential male contraceptives. Of special interest is a presentation of recent advances in understanding the physiological and clinical effects of androgen excess and androgen deficiency in women.Authoritative and wide-ranging, Androgens in Health and Disease offers both researchers and practicing clinicians a comprehensive survey of how, why, and where androgens exert their effects, as well as their therapeutic roles in a broad range of diseases.