Oxford American Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine)

The discipline of Endocrinology encompasses diabetes and obesity, two of the most common and pressing health care concerns today. The Oxford American Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes concisely reviews the entire discipline, providing a wealth of daily help for students and residents managing patients with diabetes and obesity as well as reproductive and neuroendocrine disorders, pediatric endocrinology, and problems of the thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands. Key topics such as genetics, therapeutic agents, and results of major clinical trials are included, all in a compact and easily-navigable package. --[Résumé de l'éditeur] The discipline of Endocrinology encompasses diabetes and obesity, two of the most common and pressing health care concerns today. The Oxford American Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes concisely reviews the entire discipline, providing a wealth of daily help for students and residents managing patients with diabetes and obesity as well as reproductive and neuroendocrine disorders, pediatric endocrinology, and problems of the thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands. Key topics such as genetics, therapeutic agents, and results of major clinical trials are included, all in a compact and easily-navigable package. --[Résumé de l'éditeur] 1. Thyroid - Sol, Dina Green, Caroline Messer, Rachel Pessah 2. Pituitary - Boris, Janice Kerr 3. Adrenals - Boris 4. Reproductive endocrinology - Boris, Margaret ( Maggie) Wierman, MD 5. Endocrine disorders of pregnancy - Boris, Linda (Lynn) Barbour, MD 6. Calcium and bone - Sol 7. Pediatric endocrinology - Boris, Kristen Nadeau, MD 8. Neuroendocrine tumors of GI tract - Sol, Dina Green, Emily Gallagher 9. Inherited endocrine syndromes - Boris 10. Miscellaneous endocrinology - Boris, Marc Cornier, MD 11. Diabetes - Boris 12. Lipids - Sol, Dina Green, Barrie Weinstein 13. Laboratory Endocrinology - Boris, E. Chester (Chip) Ridgway, MD Thyroid Pituitary Adrenals Reproductive endocrinology Endocrine disorders of pregnancy Calcium and bone metabolism Pediatric endocrinology Neuroendocrine disorders Inherited endocrine syndromes and multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) Miscellaneous endocrinology Diabetes Lipids and hyperlipidemia Laboratory endocrinology. The handbook concise reviews the entire discipline of endocrinology, including diabetes and obesity, two of the most common and pressing health care concerns today.