Endocrine physiology /
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| Author / Creator: | Kacsoh, Balint. |
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| Imprint: | New York : McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, c2000. |
| Description: | xxiv, 741 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4353757 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. General Principles of Endocrinology
- Homeostatis: Steady-State and Adaptive Reponses
- Principles of Signaling
- The Chemical Nature and Production of Hormones
- Tranport of Hormones to the Site of Action
- Mechnisms of Hormone Action
- Elimination of the Signal
- Laboratory Evaluation of the Endocrine System
- Part 2. System-Based Endocrinology
- The Physiology of Bone and the Homeostasis of Calcium and Phosphate
- The Endocrine Pancreas
- The Hypothalamohypophyseal System
- The Thyroid Gland
- The Adrenal Gland
- Reproductive Endocinology
- The Pineal Gland and Biologic Rhythms
- The Adipose Organ: Appetite, Leptin, and Obesity
- Recommended Literature
- Index
