Female Reproductive Endocrinology

Female Reproductive Endocrinology — Internal Medicine

How it begins

Análisis exhaustivo del eje hipotálamo-hipófisis-ovario, la foliculogénesis, la esteroidogénesis, el ciclo menstrual con su regulación hormonal precisa, y las principales entidades clínicas de la endocrinología reproductiva femenina

What it covers

1. Introduction and Conceptual Framework
2. Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Ovary Axis
3. · 1.1 Functional Anatomy of the Reproductive Hypothalamus
4. · 1.2 HPO Axis Feedback Mechanisms
5. GnRH — Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
6. · 2.1 Structure and Synthesis
7. · 2.2 GnRH Pulsatility — The Pulse Generator
8. · 2.3 GnRH Receptor (GnRHR)
9. Gonadotropins: FSH and LH
10. · 3.1 Prolactin — Brief Reference in the Reproductive Context
11. Folliculogenesis
12. · 4.1 The Primordial Follicle Pool — The Ovarian Reserve
13. · 4.2 Stages of Follicular Development
14. Ovarian Steroidogenesis
15. · 5.1 The Two Cells, Two Gonadotropins Model
16. · 5.2 Ovarian Steroidogenesis Pathway
17. Normal Menstrual Cycle
18. · 6.1 Hormonal Changes Throughout the Cycle
19. · 6.2 Endometrial Cycle
20. Ovulation
21. Corpus Luteum
22. · 8.1 Formation and Luteinization
23. · 8.2 Progesterone Production
24. · 8.3 Luteolysis
25. · 8.4 Rescue of the Corpus Luteum by hCG
26. Ovarian Hormones — Systemic Actions
27. · 9.1 Estrogens
28. · 9.2 Progesterone
29. · 9.3 Inhibins, Activins, AMH and Follistatin
30. Female Puberty
31. · 10.1 Tanner Stages — Breast Development and Pubic Hair
32. · 10.2 Sequence of Pubertal Events
33. Menopause and Menopausal Transition
34. · 11.1 STRAW+10 Classification (Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop)
35. · 11.2 Pathophysiology of Vasomotor Symptoms (Hot Flashes)
36. Endocrinology of Pregnancy
37. · 12.1 Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)
38. · 12.2 Fetoplacental Unit and Gestational Steroidogenesis
39. · 12.3 Placental Lactogen Hormone (hPL) and other pregnancy hormones
40. Breastfeeding Endocrinology
41. · 13.1 Hormonal Control of Lactogenesis
42. · 13.2 Oxytocin — Milk Ejection Reflex
43. · 13.3 Lactational Infertility (Lactational Amenorrhea)
44. Pathology of the Female Reproductive Axis
45. · 14.1 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
46. · 14.2 Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (FMA)
47. · 14.3 Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) / Premature Ovarian Failure
48. · 14.4 Endometriosis — Endocrine Basis
49. · 14.5 Turner syndrome (45,X) — Endocrinology
50. · 14.6 Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHS)
51. · Integrating Principle