Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility / by Fritz, Marc A.

Table of Contents: “…Molecular biology for clinicians -- Hormone biosynthesis, metabolism, and mechanism of action -- The ovary-embryology and development -- The uterus -- Neuroendocrinology -- Regulation of the menstrual cycle -- Sperm and egg transport, fertilization, and implantation -- The endocrinology of pregnancy -- Normal and abnormal sexual development -- Normal and abnormal growth and pubertal development -- Amenorrhea -- Chronic anovulation and the polycystic ovary syndrome -- Hirsutism -- Menstrual disorders -- Abnormal uterine bleeding -- The breast -- Menopause and the perimenopausal transition -- Postmenopausal hormone therapy -- Obesity -- Reproduction and the thyroid -- Family planning, sterilization, and abortion -- Oral contraception -- Vaginal and transdermal estrogen-progestin contraception -- Long-acting methods of contraception -- Intrauterine contraception -- Barrier methods of contraception and withdrawal -- Female infertility -- Recurrent early pregnancy loss -- Endometriosis -- Male infertility -- Induction of ovulation -- Assisted reproductive technologies -- Ectopic pregnancy -- Appendix-I: Interpreting epidemiologic reports -- Appendix-II: Selected laboratory values and the international system of units (SI Units).…”
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The Routledge handbook of stylistics /

Table of Contents: “…Rhetoric and poetics: the classical heritage of stylistics / Michael Burke -- Formalist stylistics / Michael Burke and Kristy Evers -- Functionalist stylistics / Patricia Canning -- Reader response criticism and stylistics / Jennifer Riddle Harding -- The linguistic levels of foregrounding in stylistics / Christiana Gregoriou -- (New) historical stylistics / Beatrix Busse -- Stylistics, speech acts and im/politeness theory / Derek Bousfield -- Stylistics, conversation analysis and the cooperative principle / Marina Lambrou -- Stylistics and relevance theory / Billy Clark -- Stylistics, point of view and modality / Clara Neary -- Stylistics and narratology / Dan Shen -- Metaphor and stylistics / Szilvia Csábi -- Speech and thought presentation in stylistics / Joe Bray -- Pedagogical stylistics / Geoff Hall -- Stylistics, drama and performance / Andrea Macrae -- Schema theory in stylistics / Catherine Emmott, Marc Alexander, and Agnes Marszalek -- Stylistics and text world theory / Ernestine Lahey -- Stylistics and blending / Barbara Dancygier -- Cognitive poetics / Margaret H. …”
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