This text aims to provide the medical student with a concise yet readable account of the basic mechanisms of endocrinology and of how endocrine disorders present themselves in patients. Emphasis is on the clinical relevance of endocrinology and on the most frequently encountered disorders. This edition has been completely rewritten and is illustrated with graphs, line illustrations, photographs and tables. It covers the causes, inheritance, presentation, diagnosis, investigation and treatment of endocrine disorders.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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graphs, 69 line drawings and photographs, tables, index
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-632-03535-9 (9780632035359)
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Consultant Physician, City Hospital, Nottingham
The endocrine system; hypothalamus and pituitary; the thyroid gland; the adrenal gland and kidney; endocrinological aspects of malignancy; gut hormones - hormones of the enteroinsular axis; the thymus; diabetes mellitus; fat and fat metabolism; differentiation, Growth and Development; male sexual function - andrology; female sexual function - gynaecological endocrinology; calcium metabolism and disorders of bone.
