Integrated endocrinology
This innovative textbook provides a readable, contemporary and fully integrated introduction to endocrine glands, their hormones and how their function relates to homeostasis. It explores the pathology of endocrine disease by relating the underpinning science through a wealth of clinical scenarios and examples. The book integrates basic and clinical aspects for a range of endocrine glands and their hormones and includes a number of specialist chapters that also address areas of intense research and clinical interest including the regulation of salt, appetite and endocrine-immune interactions
eBook, English, 2013
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, UK, 2013
1 online resource (vii, 396 pages) : color illustrations
9781118450642, 9781118450635, 1118450647, 1118450639
794973804
The molecular basis of hormones
The hypothalamus and the concept of neurosecretion
The pituitary gland (1) : the anterior lobe (adenohypophysis)
The pituitary gland (2) : the posterior lobe (neurohypophysis)
Diseases of the pituitary gland
The gonads (1) : testes
The gonads (2): ovaries
The endocrine control of puberty
The hormones of pregnancy, parturition and lactation
The adrenal glands (1) : adrenal cortex
The adrenal glands (2) : adrenal medulla
The endocrine control of salt and water balance
The thyroid gland and its iodothyronine hormones
The islets of Langerhans and their hormones
Diabetes mellitus
The gut/brain axis
Hormones, endocrine tumours, and the gut
The parathyroids, the endocrine kidney, and calcium regulation
The genetics of endocrine tumours
Future prospects
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