Clinical endocrinology / edited by Ashley Grossman ; foreword by Shlomo Melmed
Publication details: London : Blackwell Science, c1998Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xx, 1184 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 0865426295
- WK 140 C641 1998
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Includes bibliographical references
Contents
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. Throtoxicosis
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. Strucure and function of the adrenal cortex
33. Cushing's syndrome
34. Disorders of mineralcorticoid hormone secretion
35. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
36. Primary adrenocortical failure
37. The management of adrenal incidentialomas
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. Hypogonaism 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 nervous 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: Notes on the history of endocrinology
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