Clinical endocrinology /
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 1998. |
| Description: | xx, 1184 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3042463 |
Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Part 1. Molecular Biology of Endocrine Systems
- 1. Basic principles
- 2. Methods of investigation
- 3. Molecular aspects of hormonal regulation
- Part 2. Hormone Receptors and Intracellular Signalling
- 4. Hormone receptors and intracellular signalling
- Part 3. Neuroendocrinology
- 5. Structure and function of the hypothalamus and pituitary
- 6. Regulation of the hypothalamus and pituitary
- 7. Measurement of circulating hormones
- 8. Hypothalamic and pituitary tumours: general principles
- 9. Hyperprolactinaemia: causes, biochemical diagnosis and tests of prolactin secretion
- 10. Prolactinomas
- 11. Galactorrhoea in women with normal basal prolactin concentrations
- 12. Acromegaly
- 13. Functionless pituitary tumours
- 14. Gonadotrophin-secreting pituitary adenomas
- 15. Thyrotrophin-secreting pituitary tumours
- 16. Isolated adrenocorticotrophic hormone deficiency
- 17. Lymphocytic hypophysitis
- 18. Craniopharyngiomas and other hypothalamic tumours
- 19. The surgery of hypothalamo-pituitary tumours
- 20. Radiotherapy for pituitary tumours
- 21. Pituitary carcinoma and cytotoxic chemotherapy for aggressive pituitary tumours
- 22. Disorders of water balance
- Part 4. The Thyroid
- 23. The thyroid: development, structure and function
- 24. Assessment of thyroid function
- 25. Thyroid imaging
- 26. Goitre and hypothyroidism
- 27. Thyrotoxicosis
- 28. Thyroid carcinoma
- 29. Subacute thyroiditis
- 30. Thyroid disease and pregnancy
- 31. Alterations of thyroid function in non-thyroidal illness: the 'euthyroid sick' syndrome
- Part 5. The Adrenal Cortex
- 32. Structure and function of the adrenal cortex
- 33. Cushing's syndrome
- 34. Disorders of mineralocorticoid hormone secretion
- 35. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- 36. Primary adrenocortical failure
- 37. The management of adrenal incidentalomas
- Part 6. The Adrenal Medulla
- 38. The sympatho-adrenal system, phaeochromocytomas and related tumours
- Part 7. Pancreatic Islet Cells
- 39. Insulinoma
- 40. Islet-cell tumours (excluding insulinomas and carcinoids)
- Part 8. Disorders of Calcium Metabolism
- 41. Regulation of calcium metabolism: hypercalcaemia
- 42. Defects of the parathyroid-vitamin D axis: hypocalcaemia, hypoparathyroidism, rickets and osteomalacia
- 43. Osteoporosis
- 44. Paget's disease of bone
- Part 9. Cranial Syndrome and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- 45. Carcinoid syndrome
- 46. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
- 47. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and medullary thyroid carcinoma
- Part 10. Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis
- 48. Basic physiology of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis
- 49. Male hypogonadism
- 50. Male infertility: diagnosis, anti-sperm antibodies and surgical treatment
- 51. Hypogonadism in women
- 52. The oral contraceptive
- 53. Premenstrual tension and the premenstrual syndrome
- 54. Hirsutism and the polycystic ovary syndrome
- 55. Gynaecomastia
- 56. Management of the menopause
- Part 11. Sexual Differentiation
- 57. Sexual differentiation
- 58. Intersex states
- Part 12. Female Infertility
- 59. Assessment of female infertility
- 60. Assisted reproduction
- Part 13. Disorders of Growth
- 61. Principles of normal growth: auxology and endocrinology
- 62. Disorders of stature
- 63. Premature sexual development
- 64. Delayed puberty: diagnosis and management
- Part 14. Imaging in Endocrinology
- 65. Endocrine imaging techniques
- 66. New applications of radioisotopic scanning in neuroendocrinology
- Part 15. Disorders of Weight: Obesity and Anorexia
- 67. Obesity: definition, assessment and dietary management
- 68. Neuroendocrine function in obesity
- 69. Drugs and surgery in the treatment of obesity
- 70. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
- 71. Dietary aspects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
- Part 16. The Hyperlipidaemias: Diagnosis and Management
- 72. The hyperlipidaemias: diagnosis and management
- Part 17. The Endocrinology of Cancer
- 73. Ectopic hormone production
- 74. Hypercalcaemia of malignancy
- 75. Endocrine morbidity of cancer therapy
- 76. The treatment of endocrine-responsive tumours
- Part 18. Endocrine Manifestations of Systemic Disease
- 77. Endocrine manifestations of systemic disease: the liver
- 78. Endocrine manifestations of systemic disease: the kidney
- 79. Endocrine manifestations of systemic disease: the heart
- 80. Endocrine manifestations of systemic disease: the lungs
- 81. Endocrine manifestations in haemoglobinopathies
- 82. The endocrinology of mental disease
- Part 19. Protocols for Common Endocrine Tests
- 83. Protocols for common endocrine tests
- Part 20. History of Endocrinology
- 84. Notes on the history of endocrinology
- Index
