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Society for Endocrinology BES 2008

Plenary Lectures’ Biographical Notes

Society for Endocrinology Medal Lecture

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The endocrinology of menstruation

Critchley Hilary

The molecular and cellular mechanisms within the uterine endometrium regulating menstruation, involve complex interactions between the endocrine, vascular and immune systems. The endometrium is a dynamic tissue that undergoes characteristic changes (proliferation, differentiation and shedding) each menstrual cycle as a consequence of sequential exposure to the ovarian sex steroids. Oestrogen and progesterone, via their cognate receptors regulate the expression of a cascade of ...

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Society for Endocrinology Medal Lecture

Critchley Hilary

Hilary Critchley, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK AbstractHilary Critchley is Professor of Reproductive Medicine (Personal Chair awarded 1999) at the University of Edinburgh and clinical Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.She graduated in medicine from the University of Manchester. Her research training was undertaken with Professor David Baird (Edin...