Williams textbook of endocrinology. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Textbook of endocrinology
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Shlomo Melmed, Kenneth S. Polonsky, P. Reed Larsen, Henry M. Kronenberg.
• Editors: Melmed, Shlomo; Polonsky, Kenneth S; Larsen, P. Reed; Kronenberg, Henry
• Contents: Principles of endocrinology -- Clinical endocrinology : a personal view -- Principles of hormone action -- Genetics of endocrinology -- Health care reform, population health, and the endocrinologist -- Laboratory techniques for recognition of endocrine disorders -- Neuroendocrinology -- Pituitary physiology and diagnostic evaluation -- Pituitary masses and tumors -- Posterior pituitary -- Thyroid physiology and diagnostic evaluation of patients with thyroid disorders -- Hyperthyroid disorders -- Hypothyroidism and thyroiditis -- Nontoxic diffuse goiter, nodular thyroid disorders, and thyroid malignancies -- The adrenal cortex -- Endocrine hypertension -- Physiology and pathology of the female reproductive axis -- Hormonal contraception -- Testicular disorders -- Sexual dysfunction in men and women -- Endocrine changes in pregnancy -- Endocrinology of fetal development -- Pediatric disorders of sex development -- Normal and aberrant growth in children -- Physiology and disorders of puberty -- Hormones and athletic performance -- Endocrinology and aging -- Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism -- Osteoporosis and bone biology -- Kidney stones -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Type 1 diabetes mellitus -- Complications of diabetes mellitus -- Hypoglycemia -- Neuroendocrine control of energy stores -- Obesity -- Disorders of lipid metabolism -- Gastrointestinal hormones and gut endocrine tumors -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia -- The immunoendocrinopathy syndromes -- Endocrinology of hiv/aids -- The long-term endocrine sequelae of multimodality cancer therapy -- Neuroendocrine gastrointestinal and lung tumors (carcinoid tumors), the carcinoid syndrome, and related disorders.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 616.4; Endocrinology -- Textbooks; Endocrine glands -- Diseases -- Textbooks; Endocrine glands -- Diseases; Endocrinology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Endocrine Glands; Endocrine System Diseases; Electronic books; Textbooks; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0323341578; 9780323341578
• Related ISBNs: 9780323297387; 0323297382
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from resource home page (ClinicalKey, viewed December 11, 2015).
• 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.