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Author Neal, J. Matthew

Title How the Endocrine System Works
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (265 p.)
Series New York Academy of Sciences Ser
New York Academy of Sciences Ser
Contents Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- How to Use this Book -- Lecture 1: An Overview -- FUNCTION OF HORMONES -- COMPOSITION OF HORMONES -- HOW HORMONES WORK -- HORMONAL REGULATION -- INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ENDOCRINE AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS -- HORMONE MEASUREMENTS -- NOMENCLATURE OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS -- HYPOFUNCTION -- TREATMENT OF HORMONE DEFICIENCY -- ENDOCRINE EXCESS SYNDROMES -- IMAGING TESTS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY -- GENETIC TESTING IN ENDOCRINOLOGY -- EPILOGUE -- Lecture 2: Pituitary and Hypothalamus -- PITUITARY AND HYPOTHALAMUS -- GROWTH HORMONE
PROLACTIN -- PITUTARY TUMORS -- HYPOPITUITARISM -- POSTERIOR PITUITARY -- Lecture 3: The Thyroid -- THE THYROID -- THYROID HORMONES -- EFFECTS OF THYROID HORMONE -- THYROID REGULATION -- HYPOTHYROIDISM -- HYPERTHYROIDISM AND THYROTOXICOSIS -- THYROID NODULES -- DIFFERENTIATED (EPITHELIAL) THYROID CARCINOMA -- MEDULLARY AND ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA -- Lecture 4: Adrenal Gland -- THE ADRENAL GLANDS -- ADRENAL MEDULLA -- INCIDENTAL ADRENAL TUMORS -- Lecture 5: Glucose Metabolism -- GLUCOSE METABOLISM -- OBESITY -- HYPOGLYCEMIA -- Lecture 6: Calcium Metabolism
TRANSPORT AND REGULATION OF CALCIUM -- HYPERCALCEMIA -- HYPOCALCEMIA -- BONE -- VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY -- Lecture 7: Reproductive Endocrinology -- AN INTRODUCTION TO REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY -- REGULATION OF TESTICULAR FUNCTION -- OVARIAN CYCLE REGULATION -- GONADAL DIFFERENTIATION -- EFFECTS OF SEX STEROIDS -- Lecture 8: Lipid Disorders -- LIPIDS -- LIPOPROTEINS -- HOW THE BODY OBTAINS LIPIDS -- PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY DYSLIPIDEMIAS -- PHYSICAL FINDINGS IN HYPERLIPIDEMIA -- CONSEQUENCES OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA -- THERAPY OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA
Lecture 9: Disorders of Multiple Endocrine Glands and Paraneoplastic Syndromes -- POLYENDOCRINE SYNDROMES -- PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES -- Appendix: Clinical Trials, Evidence-Based Medicine, and Reading the Literature -- SENSITIVITY, SPECIFICITY, AND PRETEST PROBABILITY -- PRACTICAL EXAMPLES: NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT (NNT) -- Glossary -- Index -- End User License Agreement
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ISBN 9781118931462
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