[Reproductive medicine: more than the diagnosis and treatment of infertility].
The young specialty of reproductive medicine has developed tremendously in barely 30 years and has taken a prominent place in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology. In addition to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, reproductive medicine comprises a large number of medical activities, most of which affect women in almost all phases of life, from shortly after puberty to old age. A key role is played by the pathophysiology of ovarian function and ovarian hormones. Requests for medical assistance concern: disorders of sexual development, the consequences for health in the short- and long-term of overweight and anovulation early in life, premature menopause and the need for hormone replacement, damage to the ovaries as a result of radio- or chemotherapy for cancer, the hormonal aspects of breast cancer, the hormonal aspects of sexuality and well-being, and counselling regarding contraception or menopausal symptoms and hormone replacement.
Fauser
B C J M
BC
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, afd. Voortplantingsgeneeskunde en Gynaecologie, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht. b.c.fauser@azu.nl
D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009774:Obstetrics; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000639:trends