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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781118931462 |
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1118931467 |
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