This volume contains the plenary and round-table papers and selected communications presented at the 4th World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology, organized by the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology jointly with the 2nd Congress of the European Society for Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation held at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, in February 1995. This clinical and scientific reference work documents the latest advances in all areas of obstetrics and gynaecology. It contains some 160 chapters by international authorities on gynaecological endocrinology, fertility and sterility, the menopause, prenatal obstetric care, lower-genital-tract infections and gynaecological oncology. This illustrated book features complete lists of up-to-date references across the full range of topics associated with scientific studies and the clinical practice of obstetrics and gynaecology.