Sex/Gender-Specific Medicine in the Gastrointestinal Diseases 2022 Original pdf

Sex/Gender-Specific Medicine in the Gastrointestinal Diseases 2022 Original pdf

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AUTHORS: Nayoung Kim

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Sex/Gender-Specific Medicine in the Gastrointestinal Diseases 2022 Original pdf

Sex/gender – specific medicine (SGM) is defined as the practice of medicine based on the understanding that biology and social roles are important in men and women for disease prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Current research demonstrates differences in disease incidence, symptomatology, morbidity, and mortality based on sex and gender. Sex/gender-specific medicine is a fundamental aspect of tailored therapy and precision medicine. Therefore, the variables must be considered in medical education and practice as well as in research models ranging from human participants, animals and cells. Gastroenterology is very big and important division of Internal Medicine, which include esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, pancreatobiliary tract and liver. Nowadays estrogen is known to play a key role in the prevention of colon cancer and progression of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, especially in women. This book covers the sex/gender-specific medicine in the area of gastrointestinal (GI) tract in the adults as well as in the pediatrics and in the gut microbiota.

AUTHORS: Nayoung Kim

PAGES: 478

YEAR: 2022

PUBLICATION: Springer

LANGUAGE: English

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