Front cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Authors; Chapter 1. Thyroid Gland Testing; Chapter 2. Pituitary Gland Testing; Chapter 3. Pancreas Gland Testing (Hypoglycemia and Diabetes); Chapter 4. Risk Assessment for Complications of Diabetes Mellitus; Chapter 5. Tests for Complications of Hyperglycemia; Chapter 6. Adrenal Gland; Chapter 7. Bone and Parathyroid Glands; Chapter 8. Male Reproductive Organ and Sexual Differentiation Testing; Chapter 9. Female Reproductive Organ Testing; Chapter 10. Gastroenteropancreatic (Noninsulinoma) Endocrine Tumors and Endocrine Tissue Tumor Markers
Summary
Suitable for endocrinologists and pathologists, this book offers information on how to perform and interpret various laboratory test procedures that are used to confirm the clinical diagnosis of the majority of known endocrine disorders
