Comprehensive clinical endocrinology /

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Edition:	3rd ed.
Imprint:	Edinburgh : Mosby, 2002.
Description:	xiv, 742 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Endocrinology. Endocrine glands -- Diseases. Endocrine System Diseases. Endocrinology Endocrine glands -- Diseases.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4836692

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Other uniform titles:	Clinical endocrinology.
Other authors / contributors:	Besser, G. M. Thorner, Michael O.
ISBN:	9780723431855 072343185X
Notes:	Revised edition of: Clinical endocrinology. 1994. 2nd ed. Includes bibliographical references and index. System requirements: version 1.0 for Windows '95, '98 & 2002.

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Endocrine Normal Ranges
Section 1. Hypothalamus and Pituitary
Chapter 1. Neuroendocrine Control of Pituitary Function
Chapter 2. Control of Pituitary Hormone Secretion--Role of Pulsatility
Chapter 3. Hypopituitarism--Pituitary Disease and Intrinsic Hypothalamic Disease
Chapter 4. Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults
Chapter 5. Acromegaly and Gigantism
Chapter 6. Hyperprolactinemia
Chapter 7. Posterior Pituitary
Chapter 8. Pituitary Surgery
Chapter 9. Pituitary Radiotherapy
Section 2. Thyroid
Chapter 10. Thyroid Physiology
Chapter 11. Hypothyroidism
Chapter 12. Thyroid Nodular Disease and Carcinoma of the Thyroid
Chapter 13. Hyperthyroidism and Graves' Disease
Section 3. Adrenal
Chapter 14. Adrenal Cortex Physiology
Chapter 15. Cushing's Syndrome
Chapter 16. Addison's Disease
Chapter 17. Adrenal Cortex: Renin--Angiotensin System in Adrenocortical Hypertension
Chapter 18. Adrenal Medulla: Physiology and Pathology
Section 4. Control of Blood Glucose and its Disturbance
Chapter 19. Physiologic Mechanisms in Homeostatic Control of Glucose
Chapter 20. Hypoglycemia and Insulinomas
Chapter 21. Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 22. Insulin Resistance
Chapter 23. Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
Section 5. Gonad and Growth
Chapter 24A. Normal and Abnormal Puberty
Chapter 24B. Growth Disorders
Chapter 25. The Testis
Chapter 26. Ovary
Section 6. General Conditions--Basic
Chapter 27. Hormone Assay Techniques
Chapter 28. Cell Signaling and the Control of Gene Expression
Chapter 29. Pathogenesis of Hormone Secreting Pituitary Tumors
Section 7. General Conditions--Clinical
Chapter 30. Familial Endocrine Syndromes
Chapter 31. Endocrinology of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter 32. Lipids and Lipoproteins
Chapter 33. Cardiovascular Hormones
Chapter 34. Calcium and Common Bone Disorders
Chapter 35. Ectopic Humoral Syndromes
Chapter 36. Obesity and Satiety
Chapter 37. Psychiatric and Behavioral Changes and Endocrine Function
Chapter 38. Endocrinology of the Placenta, Fetus, and Pregnancy
Chapter 39. The Breast: Gynecomastia and Benign Breast Disease in Women
Section 8. Imaging
Chapter 40. Neuroradiology and Endocrine Disease
Chapter 41. General Radiology of Endocrine Disease
Chapter 42. Nuclear Medicine in Endocrine Disease
Section 9. Patient Perspectives on Endocrine Diseases
Chapter 43. Patient Perspectives on Endocrine Diseases--Representatives of Patient Support Groups for
Thyroid Disease
Thyroid Eye Disease
Cushing's Syndrome
Addison's Disease
Disorders of Sexual Development in General including
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome (47,XXY)
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Diabetes
Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children and Adults
Pituitary Diseases
Index

Comprehensive clinical endocrinology /

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