Search for dissertations about: "progestins"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the word progestins.
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1. Progestagenic Aquatic Contaminants Act as Potent Androgens in Fish : Experimental Studies in Three-spined Stickleback and Zebrafish
Abstract : The extensive use of pharmaceuticals and their poor removal by wastewater treatment plants has led to the emergence of pharmaceutical compounds as global aquatic contaminants. Progestins, the synthetic analogues to progesterone (P4), are receiving increasing attention as contaminants and have been shown to impair reproduction in fish and amphibians at low ng L-1 concentrations. READ MORE
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2. Hormone replacement therapy and effects on mood
Abstract : Background: During the past 5 decades, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been used, and appreciated for its beneficial effects, by millions of women in their menopause. As treatment for climacteric symptoms, estrogen is outstanding, and effects on hot flushes, vaginal dryness, and insomnia have been widely documented. READ MORE
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3. Some hormonal factors in the etiology of endometrial cancer
Abstract : The main purpose of this dissertation was to study the impact of some hormone-related factors in the etiology of endometrial neoplasms, i.e. hormone replacement therapy, use of oral contraceptives, serum levels of 20 different organochlorine substances, and polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha (ER) gene. READ MORE
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4. An epidemiologic study of epithelial ovarian malignancies : with a focus on hormone-related factors
Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis was to examine estrogen and progestin effects of hormone replacement therapy, in relation to the risk for epithelial ovarian neoplasias. Other intentions were to assess reproductive factors, oral contraceptive use, previous gynecologic surgeries, and family history of ovarian cancer according to the risk of ovarian neoplasias, and to connect these findings to different hypotheses regarding ovarian carcinogenesis. READ MORE
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5. Androgenic Effects of the Progestin Levonorgestrel in Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculatus)
Abstract : The extensive use of pharmaceuticals and their poor removal by wastewater treatment plants has led to the emergence of pharmaceutical compounds as global aquatic contaminants. Progestins, the synthetic analogues to progesterone, are receiving increasing attention as contaminants and have been shown to impair reproduction in fish and amphibians at low ng L-1 concentrations. READ MORE