Testosterone (eBook, ePUB)

Action, Deficiency, Substitution
Redaktion: Nieschlag, Eberhard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Now in its fourth edition Testosterone: Action, Deficiency, Substitution provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information on testosterone and its role in human physiology and pathology. It covers biosynthesis and mechanisms of action and reviews their effects on brain and behavior, spermatogenesis, hair growth, bones, muscles, erythropoiesis, the cardiovascular system and the prostate. The therapeutic uses of testosterone preparations are carefully evaluated as well as its abuse and detection in competitive sport. This new edition also devotes sections to exploring the effects of testosterone on female physiology and sexual function, and the experimental use of testosterone in male hormonal contraception. Testosterone: Action, Deficiency, Substitution has been written and edited by world experts in the fields of clinical andrology and endocrinology and provides a unique and invaluable guide for andrologists, endocrinologists, urologists, internists and those working in reproductive medicine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139539975
• Artikelnr.: 52937882

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. The medical and cultural history of testosterone and the testes
Eberhard Nieschlag and Susan Nieschlag; 2. Testosterone: biosynthesis,
transport, metabolism and (non-genomic) actions C. Marc Luetjens and
Gerhard F. Weinbauer; 3. Pathophysiology of the androgen receptor Olaf
Hiort, R. Werner and Michael Zitzmann; 4. Methodology for measuring
testosterone, DHT and SHBG in a clinical setting Manuela Simoni, Flaminia
Fanelli, Laura Roli and Uberto Pagotto; 5. The behavioral correlates of
testosterone John Bancroft; 6. The role of testosterone in spermatogenesis
Liza O'Donnell and Robert I. McLachlan; 7. Androgens and hair: a biological
paradox with clinical consequences Valerie Anne Randall; 8. Testosterone
and bone Dirk Vanderschueren, Mieke Sinnesael, E. Gielen, F. Claessens and
S. Boonen; 9. Androgens effects on the skeletal muscle Shalender Bhasin,
Ravi Jasuja, Carlo Serra, Rajan Singh, Thomas W. Storer, Wen Guo, Thomas G.
Travison and Shezad Basaria; 10. Testosterone and cardiovascular disease
Kevin S. Channer and T. Hugh Jones; 11. Testosterone, obesity, diabetes and
the metabolic syndrome T. Hugh Jones and Kevin S. Channer; 12. Testosterone
and erection Mario Maggi and Hermann M. Behre; 13. Testosterone and the
prostate John T. Isaacs and Samuel R. Denmeade; 14. Clinical use of
testosterone in hypogonadism and other conditions Eberhard Nieschlag and
Hermann M. Behre; 15. Testosterone preparations for clinical use in males
Hermann M. Behre and Eberhard Nieschlag; 16. Androgens in male senescence
Jean-Marc Kaufman, Guy T'Sojen and Alex Verleulen; 17. Androgen therapy in
non-gonadal disease David J. Handelsman; 18. Review of guidelines on
diagnosis and treatment of testosterone deficiency Ronald S. Swerdloff and
Christina C. L. Wang; 19. Pathophysiology of estrogen action in men
Vincenzo Rochira, Daniele Santi and Cesare Carani; 20.
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione Bruno Allolio, Wiebke
Arlt and Stefanie Hahner; 21. The state-of-the-art in the development of
selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) Ravi Jasuja, M. Zacharov and
Shalender Bhasin; 22. The essential role of testosterone in hormonal male
contraception Eberhard Nieschlag and Hermann M. Behre; 23. Testosterone use
in women Susan R. Davis; 24. Detection of illegal use of androgens and
SARMs Wilhelm Schänzer and Mario Thevis; 25. Clinical effects of doping
with anabolic steroids Elena Vorona and Eberhard Nieschlag; Index.