Infant and Adolescent Gynecology: from Birth to PCOS
Submission Deadline: 31 Dec 2023
Guest Editors
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy;Unit of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
Interests: mother and infants dyads: lowering the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals in milk for a healthy life; MicroRNAs as a new tool to predict growth response to growth hormone treatment - HMGB1; whole body insulin resistance and insulin signaling in the ovary in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Department of Surgery, Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Infant and adolescent gynecology is a continuously developing field in which new drugs and nutraceutical preparations have become available. However, there is still a lack of knowledge and of specific and effective treatments against longstanding problems such as dysmenorrhoea and disorders of the menstrual cycle. Polycystic ovarian syndrome in particular presents challenges related to its aetiology, diagnosis and treatment in infants and adolescents. Environmental pollution and endocrine disruptors should also be considered in relation to this topic, and physicians should be aware of their effects on fertility and impact on future generations.
A multidisciplinary approach is essential in this field of gynecology.
The present issue is therefore aimed at gynecologists with an interest in this topic, as well as paediatricians and paediatric endocrinologists, neonatologists, endocrinologists and basic researchers with new knowledge to share. Reviews, original papers, basic studies and commentaries in this area are all welcome.
Prof. Maria E. Street and Prof. Anna Maria Fulghesu
Guest Editors
Keywords
- adolescent gynecology
- PCOS
- disorders of the menstrual cycle
- dysmenorrhea
- pollution
- endocrine disruptors