Endocrinology : adult and pediatric /
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| Edition: | 6th ed. |
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, c2010. |
| Description: | 2 v. (xxiii, 2834, 90 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8123577 |
Table of Contents:
- V. 1
- Endocrinology: impact on science and medicine
- Control of hormone gene expression
- Control of hormone secretion
- Insulin and growth factor signaling pathways
- Hormone signaling via G protein-coupled receptors
- Nuclear receptors: structure, function, and coregulators
- Applications of genetics in endocrinology
- Development of the pituitary
- Prolactin
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone
- Endocrine rhythms, the sleep-wake cycle, and biological clocks
- Hypothalamic syndromes
- Hypopituitarism and growth hormone deficiency
- Acromegaly
- Cushing's syndrome
- Clinically nonfunctioning sellar masses
- TSH-producing adenomas
- Disorders of prolactin secretion and prolactinomas
- Pituitary surgery
- Evaluation and management of childhood hypothalamic and pituitary tumors
- Vasopressin, diabetes insipidus, and the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
- The pineal gland and melatonin
- Regulation of growth hormone and action (secretagogues)
- Insulin-like growth factor-1 and its binding proteins
- Somatic growth and maturation
- Growth hormone deficiency in children
- Appetite regulation and thermogenesis
- Obesity: the problem and its management
- Genetic syndromes associated with obesity
- Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders
- Development of the endocrine pancreas
- Biosynthesis, processing, and secretion of the islet hormones: insulin, islet amyloid polypeptide (amylin), glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide
- Insulin secretion
- The mechanisms of insulin action
- Glucagon and the glucagon-like peptides
- Regulation of intermediatory metabolism during fasting and feeding
- Role of the adipocyte in metabolism and endocrine function
- Lipodystrophy syndromes
- Classification and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
- Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: etiology, pathogenesis, prediction, and prevention
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: etiology, pathogenesis, and natural history
- Lipoprotein metabolism and the treatment of lipid disorders
- Hyperglycemia secondary to nondiabetic conditions and therapies
- The metabolic syndrome
- Treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus in adults
- Ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar coma
- Hypoglycemia and hypoglycemic syndromes
- Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Management of diabetes mellitus in children
- Pancreatic and islet transplantation
- Diabetes control, long-term complications, and large vessel disease
- Diabetic eye disease
- Diabetes mellitus: neuropathy
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Diabetic foot and vascular complications
- Parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone-related peptide in the regulation of calcium homeostasis and bone development
- Calcitonin
- Vitamin D: from photosynthesis, metabolism, and action to clinical applications
- Bone development and remodeling
- Calcium regulation, calcium homeostasis, and genetic disorders of calcium metabolism
- Genetic disorders of phosphate homeostasis
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Malignancy-associated hypercalcemia and medical management
- Surgical management of hyperparathyroidism
- Pseudohypoparpathyroidism, albright's hereditary osteodystrophy, and progressive osseous heteroplasia: disorders caused by inactivating GNAS mutations
- Genetic deffects in vitamin D metabolism and action
- Hereditary disorders of the skeleton
- Bone density and imaging of osteoporosis
- Chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder
- Disorders of calcification: osteomalacia and rickets
- Paget's disease of bone
- V. 2
- Anatomy and development of the thyroid
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone: physiology and secretion
- Thyroid regulatory factors
- Thyroid hormone metabolism
- Mechanisms of thyroid hormone action
- Thyroid function testing
- Thyroid imaging
- Autoimmune thyroid disease
- Graves' disease
- Graves' ophthalmopathy
- Autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and other causes of thyrotoxicosis
- Chronic (hashimoto's) thyroiditis
- Subacute and riedel's thyroiditis
- Hypothyroidism and myxedema coma
- Nonthyroidal illness syndrome: a form of hypothyroidism
- Multinodular goiter
- Iodine deficiency disorders
- Thyroid neoplasia
- Medullary thyroid carcinoma and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor mutations
- Genetic defects in thyroid hormone synthesis and action
- Thyroid hormone binding and variants of transport proteins
- Resistance to thyroid hormone
- Surgery of the thyroid
- The principles, enzymes, and pathways of human steroidogenesis
- Glucocorticoid action: physiology
- Glucocorticoid receptors: their mechanisms of action and glucocorticoid resistance
- Aldosterone: secretion and action
- Glucocorticoid therapy
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Adrenal causes of hypercortisolism
- Defects of adrenal steroidogenesis
- Adrenarche and adrenopause
- Adrenal gland imaging
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Primary mineralocorticoid excess syndromes and hypertension
- Mineralocorticoid deficiency
- Pheochromocytoma
- Adrenal surgery
- Hormones of the cardiovascular system
- Hyponatremia and hypernatremia
- Orthostatic hypotension and orthostatic intolerance
- Endocrine aspects of critical care medicine
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormones
- Gonadal peptides: inhibins, activins, follistatin, Mùˆllerian-inhibiting substance (antimùˆllerian hormone)
- Gonadotropins-regulation of synthesis and secretion
- Genetic basis of gonadal and genital development
- Diagnosis and treatment of disorders of sexual development
- Endocrinology of sexual maturation and puberty
- Precocious puberty
- Delayed puberty
- Hormonal control of breast development
- The endocrinology of sexual behavior and gender identity
- Folliculogenesis, ovulation, and luteogenesis
- Ovarian hormone synthesis
- Estrogen and progesterone action
- Hormonal regulation of the menstrual cycle, mechanisms of ovulation, premenstrual syndromes
- Amenorrhea, anovulation, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding
- Endometriosis
- Female subfertility: evaluation and management
- Hyperandrogenism, hirsutism, and the polycystic ovary syndrome
- Ovulation induction and assisted reproduction
- Contraception
- Menopause
- Functional morphology of the testis
- Androgen physiology, pharmacology, and abuse
- Testicular dysgenesis syndrome, cryptorchidism, hypospadias, and testicular tumors
- Androgen deficiency disorders
- Gynecomastia
- Clinical management of male infertility
- Male contraception
- Endocrinology of the prostate
- The endocrinology of human pregnancy and parturition
- Fetal and neonatal endocrinology
- Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy
- Diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease during pregnancy
- Hormonal changes and endocrine testing in pregnancy
- Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2
- Gastrointestinal hormones and tumor syndromes
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Ectopic hormone syndromes
- Endocrine testing.
