This textbook of endocrinology places emphasis on developments in the pathogenesis of endocrine tumours and the discussion of the interdigitation of the endocrine system, the immune system and nervous systems. Topics covered include: measurement of hormones, pathogenesis of endocrine tumours; autoimmunity and the endocrine system; endocrine hypertension; disorders of lipid metabolism; disorders of mineral metabolism; normal and aberrant growth; and humoural manifestations of cancer.
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"The authors are to be commended for producing an outstanding text...Williams textbook continues to be the standard by which other endocrine texts must be measured." --JAMA, review of the last edition
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Höhe: 279 mm
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978-0-7216-6152-0 (9780721661520)
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Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
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Part 1 Hormones and hormone action: genetic control of hormone formation; measurement of homrones; mechanisms of action of steroid hormones that act as transcription regulatory factors; mechanism of action of hormones that act at the cell surface; pathogenesis of endocrine tumours; autoimmunity and the endocrine system. Part 2 Hypothalamus and pituitary: neuroendocrinology; the anterior pituitary; posterior pituitary and water metabolism. Part 3 Thyroid: the thyroid gland. Part 4 Adrenal: the adrenal cortex; catecholamines and the adrenal medulla; endocrine hypertension. Part 5 Reproduction: disorders of the ovaries and female reproductive tract; disorders of the testes and male reproductive tract; endocrine disorders of the breast; fertility control and its complications; sexual function and dysfunction. Part 6 Fuel homeostasis: glucose homeostasis and hypoglycemia; diabetes mellitus; eating disorders - obesity, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa; disorders of the lipid metabolism - cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating plasma lipoprotein metabolism. Part 7 Mineral metabolism: hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism; metabolic bone disease; kidney stones. Part 8 Development and growth: endocrinological changes of pregnancy; endocrinology of foetal development; disorders of sexual differentiation; normal and aberrant growth; puberty and its disorders. Part 9 Polyendocrine disorders: multiple endocrine neoplasia; the immunoendocrinopathy syndromes. Part 10 Paraendocrine and neoplastic syndromes: endocrine tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic system; endocrine responsive cancer; humoural manifestations of cancer; disorders of vasodilator hormones - the carcinoid syndrome and mastocytosis.
