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CONTENTS<br />

Foreword<br />

Preface<br />

List of Contributors<br />

i<br />

iii<br />

v<br />

CHAPTERS<br />

1. A Life Course Approach to Reproductive Aging 3<br />

Sarah E. Tom and Gita D. Mishra<br />

2. Genetics of Menopause and Menopausal Age 20<br />

Volodymyr Dvornyk<br />

3. The Endocrinology of Perimenopause New Definitions and<br />

Understandings of Hormonal and Bone Changes 54<br />

Jerilynn C. Prior, Vanadin Seifert-Klauss and Georgina Hale<br />

4. Bone Remodeling in Menopause: Biological and Pathological<br />

Aspects 84<br />

Manuel Muñoz-Torres and Antonia García-Martín<br />

5. Estrogen and Cognition: A Matter of Months? 106<br />

Eef Hogervorst<br />

6. Menopause and the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases 126<br />

Marco Stramba-Badiale<br />

7. Management of Obesity in Menopause: Lifestyle Modification,<br />

Medication, Bariatric Surgery and Personalized Treatment 143<br />

Yosefa Avraham and Sapir Nachum<br />

8. Menopause, Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus 163<br />

Eleni I. Boutati and Sotirios A. Raptis

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