McVEIGH, Enda GUILLEBAUD, John HOMBURG, Roy text xxu New York Oxford University Press 2008 monographic eng

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xxii, 451p.: ills.; 19cm Contents: Part 1: Reproductive medicine: Sexual differentiation -- Steroid hormones -- Menarche and adolescent gynaecology -- Ovaries and the menstrual cycle -- Polycystic ovary syndrome -- Hirsutism and virilization -- Amenorrhoea and oligomenorrhoea -- Menopause and hormone replacement therapy -- Initial advice to those concerned about delays in conception -- Defining infertility -- Investigation of fertility problems -- Management strategies for fertility problems -- Male infertility -- Ovulation induction -- Tubal and uterine disorders -- Medical and surgical management of endometriosis -- Intra-uterine insemination -- In vitro fertilization and associated assisted conception techniques -- Part 2: Contraception and family planning: Fertility and fertility awareness -- Male contraception -- Vaginal methods -- The combined oral contraceptive (COC) -- Progestogen-only pill(POP) -- Injectables -- Contraceptive implants -- Intra-uterine contraception -- Postcoital contraception -- Sterilization -- Special considerations. edited by Enda McVeigh, John Guillebaud and Roy Homburg Includes index. RG136.O94 9780199203802 180209