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Clinical endocrinology / edited by Ashley Grossman ; foreword by Shlomo Melmed

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Blackwell Science, c1998Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xx, 1184 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0865426295
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • WK 140 C641 1998
Contents:
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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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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