Fig. 1.1 Fluctuations in ovarian and anterior pituitary hormones during a 28-day menstrual cycle. During the follicular phase (day 0–14), estradiol increases. In the end of the follicular phase, estradiol…
Fig. 2.1 Simplified overview of sex hormone steroidogenesis . Synthesis of progestogens (blue), androgens (green), and estrogens (yellow) from cholesterol (red). Enzymes are shown in orange boxes. Abbreviations: 3β-HSD 3-beta-hydroxysteroid…
Fig. 4.1 Prevalence of asthma in females and males at various ages . Graph is adapted from Carey, M. et al. [2] Women with asthma also have increased asthma-related mortality…
Fig. 8.1 LAM diagnostic algorithm. An approach to diagnosis for women in whom LAM is suspected is presented. Open lung biopsy is the historic gold standard, though it may not…
Type of Group 1 PAH Number of patients (% female) Ratio of females:males All patients with Group 1 PAH 2525 (79.5 %) 3.9:1 IPAH 1166 (80.3 %) 4.1:1 Drugs/Toxins-PAH 134…
Autoimmune disease Female:Male ratio Special features Scleroderma 5:1 Computed tomography (CT) findings include nonspecific interstitial pattern (NSIP) bilateral ground-glass opacities (GGOs), with rare progression to usual Survival after diagnosis = 6–8 years…
Fig. 9.1 Summary of stages of lung development from embryonic to postnatal life Table 9.1 Sex differences at various lung developmental stages Developmental stage Main events Airway structure development (branching…
Fig. 21.1 From left to right: Arthur Otis, Hermann Rahn, and Wallace Fenn at the 1963 Fall meeting of the American Physiological Society in Coral Gables, Florida. (From [31]) 21.2…
Fig. 22.1 Weekly admissions of patients with poliomyelitis to the Blegdam Hospital in Copenhagen in July to December 1952. Note the very rapid increase in the first part of August….
Fig. 23.1 Left: Konstantin Edvardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), an almost deaf mathematics teacher in provincial Russia but a remarkable space visionary (from Tass-Sovfoto). Right: sketch of a spacecraft made by Tsiolkovsky…
