| Edition |
13th edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 1,916 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm . |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Principles of endocrinology -- Clinical endocrinology : a personal view -- Principles of hormone action -- Genetics of endocrinology -- Health care reform, population health, and the endocrinologist -- Laboratory techniques for recognition of endocrine disorders -- Neuroendocrinology -- Pituitary physiology and diagnostic evaluation -- Pituitary masses and tumors -- Posterior pituitary -- Thyroid physiology and diagnostic evaluation of patients with thyroid disorders -- Hyperthyroid disorders -- Hypothyroidism and thyroiditis -- Nontoxic diffuse goiter, nodular thyroid disorders, and thyroid malignancies -- The adrenal cortex -- Endocrine hypertension -- Physiology and pathology of the female reproductive axis -- Hormonal contraception -- Testicular disorders -- Sexual dysfunction in men and women -- Endocrine changes in pregnancy -- Endocrinology of fetal development -- Pediatric disorders of sex development -- Normal and aberrant growth in children -- Physiology and disorders of puberty -- Hormones and athletic performance -- Endocrinology and aging -- Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism -- Osteoporosis and bone biology -- Kidney stones -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Type 1 diabetes mellitus -- Complications of diabetes mellitus -- Hypoglycemia -- Neuroendocrine control of energy stores -- Obesity -- Disorders of lipid metabolism -- Gastrointestinal hormones and gut endocrine tumors -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia -- The immunoendocrinopathy syndromes -- Endocrinology of hiv/aids -- The long-term endocrine sequelae of multimodality cancer therapy -- Neuroendocrine gastrointestinal and lung tumors (carcinoid tumors), the carcinoid syndrome, and related disorders. |
| Subject |
Endocrinology -- Textbooks.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases
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Endocrine glands -- Diseases
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MEDICAL -- Diseases
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Endocrinology
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| Added Author |
Melmed, Shlomo
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Polonsky, Kenneth S
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Larsen, P. Reed
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Kronenberg, Henry
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| Added Title |
Textbook of endocrinology |
| ISBN |
9780323297387 |
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