Studies on Women's Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Agarwal, Ashok. (Editor), Aziz, Nabil. (Editor), Rizk, Botros. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2013.
• Series: Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Reproductive Medicine.; Cytology.; Life Sciences.; Oxidative Stress.; Cell Biology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-041-0

Oxidative stress in womens health has been of interest only in the last two decades.� The gap between the basic research and the clinical practice has been the main reason for the lack of progress.� As in many areas of medicine, research is ahead of the clinical practice.� This book aims to bridge...

Table of Contents:

• Early Embryonic Embryopathies and Oxidative Stress
• Methods for the Detection of ROS in Female Reproductive System
• Oxidative Stress and the Endometrium
• Oxidative Stress, Oogenesis and Folliculogenesis
• Placental Vascular Morphogenesis and Oxidative Stress
• The Use of Antioxidants in Pre-eclampsia
• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Oxidative Stress
• Pre-term Rupture of Membranes and Oxidative Stress
• Endometriosis and Oxidative Stress
• Oxidative Stress Impact on the Fertility of Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• The Menopause and Oxidative Stress
• OS in ART (includes IVM, oocyte cryo-preservation and hydrosapinx)
• Antioxidant Strategies to Overcome OS in IVF-embryo Transfer
• Oxidative Insult after Ischemia/Reperfusion in Older Adults
• Relationship of Oxidative Stress with Cardiovascular Disease
• Female Infertility and Free Radicals: Potential Role in Adhesions and Endometriosis
• Impact of Life Style Factors on Oxidative Stress.