Women's Health and Disease: Gynecologic, Endocrine, and Reproductive Issues, Volume 1092

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