Table of Contents

Preface: Catherine M. Gordon.
Prologue: From a Fire in the Belly to a Boiling Heart: Fuel for
Participatory Research: Karima Hijane Carly Heyman, Maureen
Lindenhofen Bell, Mary Beth Busby.


Part I: The Normal Adolescent Menstrual Cycle:.


1. Menstrual Cycle: Basic Biology: Shannon M. Hawkins and Martin
M. Matzuk.


2. Pubertal Development and Menarche: Sara Divall and Sally
Radovick.


3. Menstruation in Adolescents: What?s Normal,
What?s Not: Paula J. Adams Hillard.


4. Psychosocial Development and Puberty: Mary B. Short and Susan
L. Rosenthal.


5. The Menstrual Cycle: A Biological Marker of General Health in
Adolescents: Vaishali B. Popat, Tamara Prodanov, Karim A. Calis,
Lawrence M. Nelson.


6. The Menstrual Cycle and Adolescent Health: Insights on Age at
Menarche from the TREMIN Research Program on Women's Health:
Susannah H. Barsom, Heather E. Dillaway, Patricia B. Koch, Mona L.
Ostrowski, and Phyllis K. Mansfield.


7. Cultural Perceptions and Practices around Menarche and
Adolescent Menstruation in the United States: Margaret L.
Stubbs.


Part II: Disease Processes and the Adolescent Menstrual
Cycle:.


8. Disorders of Sexual Differentiation in the Adolescent: Peter
A. Lee and Christopher P. Houk.


9. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents: Susan K. Blank,
Kristin D. Helm, Christopher R. McCartney, and John C.
Marshall.


10. Menstrual Health and the Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents:
Hayla Tfayli and Silva Arslanian.


11. Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
in Adolescents: Karen Lin-Su, Saroj Nimkarn, and Maria I. New.


12. Reproductive Health of Adolescent Girls Who Carry The FMR1
Premutation: Expected Phenotype Based on Current Knowledge of
Fragile X-associated Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: John J. De
Caro, Celia Dominguez, Stephanie L. Sherman.


13. Galactosemia and Amenorrhea in the Adolescent: Gerard T.
Berry.


14. Autoimmune Oophoritis in the Adolescent: Corrine Welt.


15. Cancer Treatment and the Ovary: The Effects of Chemotherapy
and Radiation: Laurie Cohen.


16. Moving Toward an Understanding of Hormone Replacement
Therapy in Adolescent Girls: Looking through the Lens of Turner
Syndrome: Marsha L. Davenport.


17. Premature Ovarian Failure in the Adolescent: Bob Rebar.


18. Genetic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Ovarian Failure:
Overview of Selected Candidate Genes: Joe Leigh Simpson.


Part III: Bridging Normal and Abnormal Menstrual Cycle
Processes:.


19. The Psychology of Antecedents to Adult Reproductive
Disorders in Adolescent Girls: Sharon N. Covington, Pedro E.
Martinez, Vaishali Popat, Radha Nandagopal, Mary Ryan, Lawrence M.
Nelson.


20. The Pathophysiology of Amenorrhea in the Adolescent: Neville
H. Golden and Jennifer L. Carlson.


21. Stress-Associated or Functional Amenorrhea in the
Adolescent: James H. Liu.


22. Dysmenorrhea in Adolescents: Zeev Harel.


23. The Menstrual Cycle and Bone Health in Adolescents: Barbara
A. Cromer.


24. Hormone Replacement Therapy for the Adolescent Patient: Amy
D. DiVasta and Catherine M. Gordo.


Part IV: Modern Dilemmas and the Adolescent Menstrual
Cycle:.


25. Long-term Skeletal Effects of Eating Disorders with Onset in
Adolescence: Madhusmita Misra.


26. Menstrual-Cycle Dysfunction Associated with Neurological and
Psychiatric Disorders and their Treatment in Adolescents: Hadine
Joffe and Frances J. Hayes.


27. Menstrual Issues in Adolescents with Physical and
Developmental Disabilities: Elizabeth Quint.


28. Preservation of Menstrual Function in Adolescent and Young
Females: Ozgur Oktem and Kutluk Oktay.


29. Exercised-Induced Amenorrhea and Bone Health in the
Adolescent Athlete: Michelle P. Warren and Abigail T. Chua.


30. Eating Disorders and Menstrual Dysfunction in Adolescents:
Ellie Vyver, Cathleen Steinegger, and Debbie Katzman.


31. Adolescent Obesity and Puberty: The ?Perfect
Storm?: Carolyn Bradner Jasik and Robert H. Lustig.


Part V: Summary and Synthesis:.


32. Research Involving Adolescents as Subjects: Ethical
Considerations: Robert J. Levine.


33. Improving Balance in Regulatory Oversight of Research in
Children and Adolescents: A Clinical Investigator?s
Perspective: Robert L. Rosenfield.


34. Reflections on Future Research in Adolescent Reproductive
Health: Catherine M. Gordon, D. Lynn Loriaux, Melvin M. Grumbach,
Alan Rogol, and Lawrence M. Nelson.


Epilogue: Passion for Participatory Research on the Menstrual
Cycle: Catherine M. Gordon, Karima Hijane, Carly Heyman, Maureen
Lindenhofen Bell, Mary Beth Busby, and Lawrence M. Nelson.


Index of Contributors

About the Author

Catherine M. Gordon and Corrine Welt are the authors of The Menstrual Cycle and Adolescent Health, Volume 1136, published by Wiley.

Reviews

"Overall, this is a useful compilation of research on basic aspects of the menstrual cycle as it affects adolescents." (Doody's Reviews, June 2009)