Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Prin & Practice of Endocrinolo)

Established as the foremost text in the field, **Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism** is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Third Edition. This practical, clinically relevant, and comprehensive text covers the entire field of endocrinology and metabolism, including the diffuse endocrine system; morphology and physiology; diagnosis and treatment of endocrine diseases; endocrinology of the female; hormones and cancer; and much more. The Third Edition contains new chapters reflecting the latest advances and features expanded coverage of genetics and the endocrinology of sepsis.More than 1,400 illustrations complement the text. A drug formulary appears at the back of the book. Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism CONTENTS......Page 2 PREFACE......Page 22 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION......Page 23 EDITORS......Page 47 CHAPTER 1 ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT......Page 48 CHAPTER 2 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: PRESENT AND FUTURE......Page 53 CHAPTER 3 BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES......Page 66 CHAPTER 4 HORMONAL ACTION......Page 76 CHAPTER 5 FEEDBACK CONTROL IN ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS......Page 88 CHAPTER 6 ENDOCRINE RHYTHMS......Page 94 CHAPTER 7 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORMAL INFANT AND CHILD......Page 103 CHAPTER 8 MORPHOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN, HYPOTHALAMUS, AND NEUROHYPOPHYSIS......Page 111 CHAPTER 9 PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND HYPOTHALAMUS......Page 116 CHAPTER 10 PINEAL GLAND......Page 123 CHAPTER 11 MORPHOLOGY OF THE PITUITARY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE......Page 128 SECTION A ADENOHYPOPHYSIS CHAPTER 12 GROWTH HORMONE AND ITS DISORDERS......Page 148 CHAPTER 13 PROLACTIN AND ITS DISORDERS......Page 161 CHAPTER 14 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN: PHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL ASPECTS......Page 168 CHAPTER 15 THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE AND ITS DISORDERS......Page 173 CHAPTER 16 PITUITARY GONADOTROPINS AND THEIR DISORDERS......Page 182 CHAPTER 17 HYPOPITUITARISM......Page 188 CHAPTER 18 HYPOTHALAMIC AND PITUITARY DISORDERS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD......Page 199 CHAPTER 19 THE OPTIC CHIASM IN ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS......Page 208 CHAPTER 20 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE SELLAR REGION......Page 218 CHAPTER 21 MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PITUITARY TUMORS AND HYPERSECRETORY STATES......Page 229 CHAPTER 22 RADIOTHERAPY OF PITUITARYHYPOTHALAMIC TUMORS......Page 235 CHAPTER 23 NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS......Page 244 CHAPTER 24 PITUITARY TUMORS: OVERVIEW OF THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS......Page 252 CHAPTER 25 PHYSIOLOGY OF VASOPRESSIN, OXYTOCIN, AND THIRST......Page 262 CHAPTER 26 DIABETES INSIPIDUS AND HYPEROSMOLAR SYNDROMES......Page 270 CHAPTER 27 INAPPROPRIATE ANTIDIURESIS AND OTHER HYPOOSMOLAR STATES......Page 277 CHAPTER 28 APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH THYROID DISEASE......Page 286 CHAPTER 29 MORPHOLOGY OF THE THYROID GLAND......Page 289 CHAPTER 30 THYROID PHYSIOLOGY: SYNTHESIS AND RELEASE, IODINE METABOLISM, BINDING AND TRANSPORT......Page 293 CHAPTER 31 THYROID PHYSIOLOGY: HORMONE ACTION, RECEPTORS, AND POSTRECEPTOR EVENTS......Page 299 CHAPTER 32 THYROID HORMONE RESISTANCE SYNDROMES......Page 303 CHAPTER 33 THYROID FUNCTION TESTS......Page 307 CHAPTER 34 THYROID UPTAKE AND IMAGING......Page 313 CHAPTER 35 THYROID SONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING......Page 319 CHAPTER 36 ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS......Page 326 CHAPTER 37 ADVERSE EFFECTS OF IODIDE......Page 333 CHAPTER 38 NONTOXIC GOITER......Page 338 CHAPTER 39 THE THYROID NODULE......Page 344 CHAPTER 40 THYROID CANCER......Page 350 CHAPTER 41 UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS......Page 365 CHAPTER 42 HYPERTHYROIDISM......Page 371 CHAPTER 43 ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY......Page 384 CHAPTER 44 SURGERY OF THE THYROID GLAND......Page 393 CHAPTER 45 HYPOTHYROIDISM......Page 398 CHAPTER 46 THYROIDITIS......Page 406 CHAPTER 47 THYROID DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD......Page 413 CHAPTER 48 MORPHOLOGY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS......Page 421 CHAPTER 49 PHYSIOLOGY OF CALCIUM METABOLISM......Page 426 CHAPTER 50 PHYSIOLOGY OF BONE......Page 435 CHAPTER 51 PARATHYROID HORMONE......Page 442 CHAPTER 52 PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN......Page 454 CHAPTER 53 CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES......Page 461 CHAPTER 54 VITAMIN D......Page 471 CHAPTER 55 BONE QUANTIFICATION AND DYNAMICS OF TURNOVER......Page 478 CHAPTER 56 MARKERS OF BONE METABOLISM......Page 484 CHAPTER 57 CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY MEASUREMENTS......Page 492 CHAPTER 58 PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM......Page 498 CHAPTER 59 NONPARATHYROID HYPERCALCEMIA......Page 506 CHAPTER 60 HYPOPARATHYROIDISM AND OTHER CAUSES OF HYPOCALCEMIA......Page 516 CHAPTER 61 RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY......Page 530 CHAPTER 62 SURGERY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS......Page 536 CHAPTER 63 OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS......Page 540 CHAPTER 64 OSTEOPOROSIS......Page 547 CHAPTER 65 PAGET DISEASE OF BONE......Page 562 CHAPTER 66 RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS......Page 568 CHAPTER 67 DISEASES OF ABNORMAL PHOSPHATE METABOLISM......Page 578 CHAPTER 68 MAGNESIUM METABOLISM......Page 586 CHAPTER 69 NEPHROLITHIASIS......Page 591 CHAPTER 70 DISORDERS OF CALCIUM AND BONE METABOLISM IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD......Page 599 CHAPTER 71 MORPHOLOGY OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX AND MEDULLA......Page 606 CHAPTER 72 SYNTHESIS AND METABOLISM OF CORTICOSTEROIDS......Page 612 CHAPTER 73 CORTICOSTEROID ACTION......Page 619 CHAPTER 74 TESTS OF ADRENOCORTICAL FUNCTION......Page 623 CHAPTER 75 CUSHING SYNDROME......Page 627 CHAPTER 76 ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY......Page 639 CHAPTER 77 CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA......Page 643 CHAPTER 78 CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY......Page 650 CHAPTER 79 RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM AND ALDOSTERONE......Page 660 CHAPTER 80 HYPERALDOSTERONISM......Page 668 CHAPTER 81 HYPOALDOSTERONISM......Page 678 CHAPTER 82 ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF HYPERTENSION......Page 683 CHAPTER 83 ADRENOCORTICAL DISORDERS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD......Page 696 CHAPTER 84 THE INCIDENTAL ADRENAL MASS......Page 704 CHAPTER 85 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE ADRENAL MEDULLA AND THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 706 CHAPTER 86 PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 712 CHAPTER 87 ADRENOMEDULLARY DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD......Page 718 CHAPTER 88 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS......Page 721 CHAPTER 89 SURGERY OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS......Page 726 CHAPTER 90 NORMAL AND ABNORMAL SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 732 CHAPTER 91 PHYSIOLOGY OF PUBERTY......Page 756 CHAPTER 92 PRECOCIOUS AND DELAYED PUBERTY......Page 763 CHAPTER 93 MICROPENIS, HYPOSPADIAS, AND CRYPTORCHIDISM IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD......Page 774 CHAPTER 94 MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OVARY......Page 781 CHAPTER 95 THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND THE CONTROL OF OVULATION......Page 795 CHAPTER 96 DISORDERS OF MENSTRUATION, OVULATION, AND SEXUAL RESPONSE......Page 804 CHAPTER 97 OVULATION INDUCTION......Page 819 CHAPTER 98 ENDOMETRIOSIS......Page 824 CHAPTER 99 PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME......Page 828 CHAPTER 100 MENOPAUSE......Page 833 CHAPTER 101 HIRSUTISM, ALOPECIA, AND ACNE......Page 841 CHAPTER 102 FUNCTIONING TUMORS AND TUMOR-LIKE CONDITIONS OF THE OVARY......Page 855 CHAPTER 103 THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FEMALE INFERTILITY......Page 861 CHAPTER 104 FEMALE CONTRACEPTION......Page 867 CHAPTER 105 COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION......Page 876 CHAPTER 106 MORPHOLOGY OF THE NORMAL BREAST, ITS HORMONAL CONTROL, AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY......Page 882 CHAPTER 107 CONCEPTION, IMPLANTATION, AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT......Page 891 CHAPTER 108 THE MATERNAL-FETAL-PLACENTAL UNIT......Page 898 CHAPTER 109 ENDOCRINOLOGY OF PARTURITION......Page 909 CHAPTER 110 ENDOCRINE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY......Page 913 CHAPTER 111 TROPHOBLASTIC TISSUE AND ITS ABNORMALITIES......Page 925 CHAPTER 112 ENDOCRINOLOGY OF TROPHOBLASTIC TISSUE......Page 929 CHAPTER 113 MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE TESTIS......Page 934 CHAPTER 114 EVALUATION OF TESTICULAR FUNCTION......Page 943 CHAPTER 115 MALE HYPOGONADISM......Page 952 CHAPTER 116 TESTICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN SYSTEMIC DISEASE......Page 970 CHAPTER 117 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION......Page 977 CHAPTER 118 MALE INFERTILITY......Page 989 CHAPTER 119 CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS......Page 996 CHAPTER 120 GYNECOMASTIA......Page 1010 CHAPTER 121 ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA......Page 1016 CHAPTER 122 TESTICULAR TUMORS......Page 1021 CHAPTER 123 MALE CONTRACEPTION......Page 1028 CHAPTER 124 PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT......Page 1031 CHAPTER 125 APPETITE......Page 1037 CHAPTER 126 OBESITY......Page 1041 CHAPTER 127 STARVATION......Page 1048 CHAPTER 128 ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND OTHER EATING DISORDERS......Page 1052 CHAPTER 129 FUEL HOMEOSTASIS AND INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATE, FAT, AND PROTEIN......Page 1057 CHAPTER 130 VITAMINS: HORMONAL AND METABOLIC INTERRELATIONSHIPS......Page 1069 CHAPTER 131 TRACE MINERALS: HORMONAL AND METABOLIC INTERRELATIONSHIPS......Page 1074 CHAPTER 132 EXERCISE: ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC EFFECTS......Page 1082 SECTION B DIABETES MELLITUS CHAPTER 133 MORPHOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE PANCREAS......Page 1086 CHAPTER 134 ISLET CELL HORMONES: PRODUCTION AND DEGRADATION......Page 1090 CHAPTER 135 GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS AND INSULIN ACTION......Page 1096 CHAPTER 136 CLASSIFICATION, DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, AND PATHOGENESIS OF TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS......Page 1099 CHAPTER 137 ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AND RELATED DISORDERS......Page 1106 CHAPTER 138 NATURAL HISTORY OF DIABETES MELLITUS......Page 1111 CHAPTER 139 SECONDARY FORMS OF DIABETES MELLITUS......Page 1117 CHAPTER 140 EVALUATION OF METABOLIC CONTROL IN DIABETES......Page 1124 CHAPTER 141 DIET AND EXERCISE IN DIABETES......Page 1127 CHAPTER 142 ORAL AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS......Page 1130 CHAPTER 143 INSULIN THERAPY AND ITS COMPLICATIONS......Page 1134 CHAPTER 144 PANCREAS AND ISLET TRANSPLANTATION......Page 1143 CHAPTER 145 SYNDROME X......Page 1148 CHAPTER 146 SYNDROMES OF EXTREME INSULIN RESISTANCE......Page 1151 CHAPTER 147 CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS......Page 1160 CHAPTER 148 DIABETIC NEUROPATHY......Page 1170 CHAPTER 149 GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES......Page 1176 CHAPTER 150 DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY......Page 1179 CHAPTER 151 DIABETES AND THE EYE......Page 1191 CHAPTER 152 DIABETES AND INFECTION......Page 1197 CHAPTER 153 DIABETES AND THE SKIN......Page 1201 CHAPTER 154 THE DIABETIC FOOT......Page 1208 CHAPTER 155 DIABETIC ACIDOSIS, HYPEROSMOLAR COMA, AND LACTIC ACIDOSIS......Page 1212 CHAPTER 156 DIABETES MELLITUS AND PREGNANCY......Page 1223 CHAPTER 157 DIABETES MELLITUS IN THE INFANT AND CHILD......Page 1230 SECTION C HYPOGLYCEMIA CHAPTER 158 HYPOGLYCEMIC DISORDERS IN THE ADULT......Page 1237 CHAPTER 159 LOCALIZATION OF ISLET CELL TUMORS......Page 1244 CHAPTER 160 SURGERY OF THE ENDOCRINE PANCREAS......Page 1249 CHAPTER 161 HYPOGLYCEMIA OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD......Page 1254 SECTION D LIPID METABOLISM CHAPTER 162 BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM......Page 1265 CHAPTER 163 LIPOPROTEIN DISORDERS......Page 1273 CHAPTER 164 TREATMENT OF THE HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS......Page 1287 CHAPTER 165 ENDOCRINE EFFECTS ON LIPIDS......Page 1293 CHAPTER 166 LIPID ABNORMALITIES IN DIABETES MELLITUS......Page 1298 CHAPTER 167 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFUSE PEPTIDE HORMONE SYSTEMS......Page 1304 CHAPTER 168 ENDOGENOUS OPIOID PEPTIDES......Page 1307 CHAPTER 169 SOMATOSTATIN......Page 1312 CHAPTER 170 KININS......Page 1320 CHAPTER 171 SUBSTANCE P AND THE TACHYKININS......Page 1323 CHAPTER 172 PROSTAGLANDINS, THROMBOXANES, AND LEUKOTRIENES......Page 1326 CHAPTER 173 GROWTH FACTORS AND CYTOKINES......Page 1332 CHAPTER 174 COMPENDIUM OF GROWTH FACTORS AND CYTOKINES......Page 1342 CHAPTER 175 THE DIFFUSE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM......Page 1345 CHAPTER 176 THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN......Page 1350 CHAPTER 177 THE ENDOCRINE LUNG......Page 1353 CHAPTER 178 THE ENDOCRINE HEART......Page 1358 CHAPTER 179 THE ENDOCRINE ENDOTHELIUM......Page 1367 CHAPTER 180 THE ENDOCRINE BLOOD CELLS......Page 1374 CHAPTER 181 THE ENDOCRINE MAST CELL......Page 1379 CHAPTER 182 THE ENDOCRINE ENTERIC SYSTEM......Page 1384 CHAPTER 183 THE ENDOCRINE KIDNEY......Page 1394 CHAPTER 184 THE ENDOCRINE GENITOURINARY TRACT......Page 1399 CHAPTER 185 THE ENDOCRINE SKIN......Page 1403 CHAPTER 186 THE ENDOCRINE ADIPOCYTE......Page 1411 CHAPTER 187 INHERITANCE PATTERNS OF ENDOCRINOLOGIC AND METABOLIC DISORDERS......Page 1415 CHAPTER 188 MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA......Page 1419 CHAPTER 189 HERITABLE DISORDERS OF COLLAGEN AND FIBRILLIN......Page 1428 CHAPTER 190 HERITABLE DISEASES OF LYSOSOMAL STORAGE......Page 1436 CHAPTER 191 HERITABLE DISEASES OF AMINO-ACID METABOLISM......Page 1443 CHAPTER 192 HERITABLE DISEASES OF PURINE METABOLISM......Page 1449 CHAPTER 193 THE ENDOCRINE THYMUS......Page 1455 CHAPTER 194 IMMUNOGENETICS, THE HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN SYSTEM, AND ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1461 CHAPTER 195 T CELLS IN ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1464 CHAPTER 196 B CELLS AND AUTOANTIBODIES IN ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1470 CHAPTER 197 THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE IN ENDOCRINE FUNCTION......Page 1474 CHAPTER 198 SHORT STATURE AND SLOW GROWTH IN THE YOUNG......Page 1483 CHAPTER 199 ENDOCRINOLOGY AND AGING......Page 1502 CHAPTER 200 CEREBRAL EFFECTS OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1520 CHAPTER 201 PSYCHIATRIC-HORMONAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS......Page 1524 CHAPTER 202 RESPIRATION AND ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 1530 CHAPTER 203 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1538 CHAPTER 204 GASTROINTESTINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1544 CHAPTER 205 THE LIVER AND ENDOCRINE FUNCTION......Page 1548 CHAPTER 206 EFFECTS OF NONRENAL HORMONES ON THE NORMAL KIDNEY......Page 1560 CHAPTER 207 RENAL METABOLISM OF HORMONES......Page 1567 CHAPTER 208 EFFECTS OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE ON THE KIDNEY......Page 1573 CHAPTER 209 ENDOCRINE DYSFUNCTION DUE TO RENAL DISEASE......Page 1578 CHAPTER 210 NEUROMUSCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1582 CHAPTER 211 RHEUMATIC MANIFESTATIONS ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1589 CHAPTER 212 HEMATOLOGIC ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 1596 CHAPTER 213 INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 1603 CHAPTER 214 ENDOCRINE DISORDERS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION......Page 1611 CHAPTER 215 THE EYE IN ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 1619 CHAPTER 216 OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1630 CHAPTER 217 DENTAL ASPECTS OF ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 1634 CHAPTER 218 THE SKIN AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS......Page 1641 CHAPTER 219 PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES......Page 1649 CHAPTER 220 ENDOCRINE TUMORS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT......Page 1658 CHAPTER 221 CARCINOID TUMOR AND THE CARCINOID SYNDROME......Page 1663 CHAPTER 222 HORMONES AND CARCINOGENESIS: LABORATORY STUDIES......Page 1666 CHAPTER 223 SEX HORMONES AND HUMAN CARCINOGENESIS: EPIDEMIOLOGY......Page 1671 CHAPTER 224 ENDOCRINE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER......Page 1678 CHAPTER 225 ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF PROSTATE CANCER......Page 1684 CHAPTER 226 ENDOCRINE CONSEQUENCES OF CANCER THERAPY......Page 1692 CHAPTER 227 CRITICAL ILLNESS AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION......Page 1699 CHAPTER 228 ENDOCRINE MARKERS AND MEDIATORS IN CRITICAL ILLNESS......Page 1706 CHAPTER 229 THE HYPOTHALAMIC–PITUITARY–ADRENAL AXIS IN STRESS AND CRITICAL ILLNESS......Page 1714 CHAPTER 230 NEUROENDOCRINE RESPONSE TO ACUTE VERSUS PROLONGED CRITICAL ILLNESS......Page 1720 CHAPTER 231 FUEL METABOLISM AND NUTRIENT DELIVERY IN CRITICAL ILLNESS......Page 1726 CHAPTER 232 ENDOCRINE THERAPEUTICS IN CRITICAL ILLNESS......Page 1731 CHAPTER 233 ENDOCRINE-METABOLIC EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL......Page 1741 CHAPTER 234 METABOLIC EFFECTS OF TOBACCO, CANNABIS, AND COCAINE......Page 1746 CHAPTER 235 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND TOXINS AND ENDOCRINE FUNCTION......Page 1750 CHAPTER 236 COMPENDIUM OF ENDOCRINE-RELATED DRUGS......Page 1755 CHAPTER 237 REFERENCE VALUES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 1756 CHAPTER 238 TECHNIQUES OF LABORATORY TESTING......Page 1769 CHAPTER 239 EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON ENDOCRINE FUNCTION AND VALUES......Page 1774 CHAPTER 240 DNA DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE......Page 1775 CHAPTER 241 DYNAMIC PROCEDURES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 1780

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this Is A Textbook Of Endocrinology And Metabolism Containing Contributions From Many Experts In Both Fields. The Purpose Is To Provide A Practical, Disease-oriented Textbook Of Endocrinology, Incorporating Both Basic Scientific And Clinical Aspects Of The Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, And Therapy Of Endocrinologic And Metabolic Disorders. In This Rapidly Evolving Area Of Medicine, Such A Text Is Necessary, And This Book Certainly Achieves Its Objectives. The Book Is Targeted At Those Working In The Area Of Endocrinology And Is Particularly Useful For Scientists And Clinicians Involved In This Specialty. The Contributors Include Many World Authorities In The Field Of Endocrinology And Other Allied Scientific And Clinical Fields. There Are Many Illustrations, Tables, And Figures That Are Clear And Complement And Enhance The Text. It Contains Many Pertinent And Current References. A Number Of Useful Appendixes Are Included. These Provide Practical Clinical Information That Is Frequently Required On A Day-to-day Basis. This Is A Very Useful Book For Clinicians, Scientists, And Students Of Endocrinology. It Combines Details Of Basic And Clinical Endocrinology Into A Valuable, Practical, And Comprehensive Clinical Text And Reference. In Updating The Previous Edition, Several Additions Bring The Reader Up-to-date On Recent Advancements In All Areas Of Endocrinology And Metabolism.

George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Major, comprehensive reference and textbook for residents, clinicians, and researchers. Basic science and clinical data are incorporated. Text includes revised and updated chapters, with new chapters covering molecular biology, tumors, appetite, and more. Previous edition: c1995. DNLM: Endocrine Diseases.