Comprehensive clinical endocrinology

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Comprehensive clinical endocrinology

G. Michael Besser, Michael O. Thorner

Mosby, c2002

3rd ed

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Previous ed.: published as Clinical endocrinology. 1994

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Comprehensive Clinical Endocrinology, 3/e" is the new, fully revised edition of the successful book on "Clinical Endocrinology, 2/e", published in 1994, expanded to cover diabetes in great detail. With greatly increased clinical detail on each condition and new clinical treatment plans to assist in the long-term treatment of patients, this book will contain all you need to know about every endocrine condition. Full colour throughout will make "Comprehensive Clinical Endocrinology" an attractive book, and the completely re-drawn line illustrations will enhance the detailed text.

Table of Contents

I. Hypothalamus and Pituitary 1. Neuroendocrine Control of Pituitary Function 2. Control of Pituitary Hormone Secretion: Role of Pulsatility 3. Hypopituitarism - Pituitary Disease and Intrinsic Hypothalamic Disease including Mass Lesions 4. Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults 5. Acromegaly and Giantism 6. Hyperprolactinaemia 7. Posterior Pituitary 8. Pituitary Surgery 9. Pituitary Radiotherapy II. Thyroid 10. Thyroid Physiology 11. Hypothyroidism 12. Thyroid Nodular Disease and Carcinoma of the Thyroid 13. Hyperthyroidism and Graves' Diseases III. Adrenal 14. Adrenal Cortex Physiology 15. Cushing's Syndrome 16. Addison's Disease 17. Adrenal Cortex: Renin-Angiotensin System in Adrenocortical Hypertension 18. Adrenal Medulla, Physiology and Pathology IV. Control of Blood Glucose and its Disturbance 19. Physiologic Mechanisms in Homeostatic Control of Glucose 20. Hypoglycemia and Insulinomas 21. Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 22. Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus V. Gonad 23. Normal and Abnormal Puberty 24. Testis 25. Prostate 26. Ovary VI. General Conditions - Basic 27. Hormones and Tumorogenesis 28. Hormone Assay Techniques 29. Molecular Biology and Cell Signaling in Endocrine Systems VII. General Conditions - Clinical 30. Lipids and Lipoproteins 31. Cardiovascular and Vascular Hormones 32. Calcium and Common Bone Disorders 33. Endocrinology of the Gastrointestinal Tract 34. Familial Endocrine Syndromes 35. Ectopic Humoral Syndromes 36. Obesity and Satiety 37. Psychiatric and Behavior Changes and Endocrine Function 38. Endocrinology of the Fetus, Pregnancy, and the Placenta 39. Breast VIII: Imaging 40. Neuroradiology and Endocrine Disease 41. General Radiology of Endocrine Disease 42. Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Disease IX. Patient Perspectives 43. Patient Perspectives on Endocrine Diseases - Representatives of Patient Support Groups for: 43.1 Pituitary Disease 43.2 Thyroid Disease 43.3 Thyroid Eye Disease 43.4 Cushing's Disease 43.5 Addison's Disease 43.6 Disorders of Sexual Development in General, including Hyperplasia, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Klenfelter Syndrome, CAH 43.7 GHD in Children and Adults

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Details

  • NCID
    BA58014864
  • ISBN
    • 072343185X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 742 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
  • Attached Material
    1 CD-ROM disk
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