Williams textbook of endocrinology. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Textbook of endocrinology
• Other Names: Williams, Robert Hardin; Melmed, Shlomo
• Contents: Hormones and hormone action -- Principles of endocrinology -- Clinical endocrinology -- Genetic control of peptide hormone formation -- Mechanism of action of hormones that act on nuclear receptors -- Mechanism of action of hormones that act at the cell surface -- Laboratory techniques for recognition of endocrine disorders -- Hypothalamus and pituitary -- Neuroendocrinology -- Pituitary physiology and diagnostic evaluation -- Pituitary masses and tumors -- Posterior pituitary -- Thyroid -- Thyroid physiology and diagnostic evaluation of patients with thyroid disorders -- Thyrotoxicosis -- Hypothyroidism and thyroiditis -- Nontoxic diffuse and nodular goiter and thyroid neoplasia -- Adrenal cortex and endocrine hypertension -- The adrenal cortex -- Endocrine hypertension -- Reproduction -- Physiology and pathology of the female reproductive axis -- Hormonal contraception -- Testicular disorders -- Sexual dysfunction in men and women -- Endocrinology and the life span -- Endocrine changes in pregnancy -- Endocrinology of fetal development -- Disorders of sex development -- Normal and aberrant growth -- Puberty -- Hormones and athletic performance -- Endocrinology and aging -- Mineral metabolism -- Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism -- Metabolic bone disease -- Kidney stones -- Disorders of carbohydrate and metabolism -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Type 1 diabetes mellitus -- Complications of diabetes mellitus -- Hypoglycemia -- Body fat and lipid metabolism -- Neuroendocrine control of energy stores -- Obesity -- Disorders of lipid metabolism -- Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS -- Gastrointestinal hormones and gut endocrine tumors -- Polyendocrine and neoplastic disorders -- Pathogenesis of endocrine tumors -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia -- The immunoendocrinopathy syndromes -- Endocrine management of the cancer survivor -- Neuroendocrine gastrointestinal and lung tumors (carcinoid tumors), carcinoid syndrome, and related disorders.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (1920 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.4; Endocrinology; Endocrine glands -- Diseases; Endocrine Glands; Endocrine System Diseases; Endocrinologie; Glandes endocrines -- Maladies; MEDICAL -- Endocrinology & Metabolism; Endocrine glands -- Diseases; Endocrinology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1437703240; 9781437703245; 9781437736007; 1437736009
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.