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1 online resource (xxxiv, 2477 pages) : illustrations |
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COVER -- COPYRIGHT -- AUTHORS -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- CONTENTS -- PART I -- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ENDOCRINOLOGY -- CHAPTER 1 -- ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT -- CHAPTER 2 -- MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: PRESENT AND FUTURE -- CHAPTER 3 -- BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES -- CHAPTER 4 -- HORMONAL ACTION -- CHAPTER 5 -- FEEDBACK CONTROL IN ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 6 -- ENDOCRINE RHYTHMS -- CHAPTER 7 -- GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORMAL INFANT AND CHILD -- PART II -- THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND PITUITARY GLAND |
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CHAPTER 8 -- MORPHOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN, HYPOTHALAMUS, AND NEUROHYPOPHYSIS -- CHAPTER 9 -- PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND HYPOTHALAMUS -- CHAPTER 10 -- PINEAL GLAND -- CHAPTER 11 -- MORPHOLOGY OF THE PITUITARY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE -- SECTION A -- ADENOHYPOPHYSIS -- CHAPTER 12 -- GROWTH HORMONE AND ITS DISORDERS -- CHAPTER 13 -- PROLACTIN AND ITS DISORDERS -- CHAPTER 14 -- ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN: PHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL ASPECTS -- CHAPTER 15 -- THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE AND ITS DISORDERS -- CHAPTER 16 -- PITUITARY GONADOTROPINS AND THEIR DISORDERS |
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CHAPTER 17 -- HYPOPITUITARISM -- CHAPTER 18 -- HYPOTHALAMIC AND PITUITARY DISORDERS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD -- CHAPTER 19 -- THE OPTIC CHIASM IN ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS -- CHAPTER 20 -- DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE SELLAR REGION -- CHAPTER 21 -- MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PITUITARY TUMORS AND HYPERSECRETORY STATES -- CHAPTER 22 -- RADIOTHERAPY OF PITUITARYHYPOTHALAMIC TUMORS -- CHAPTER 23 -- NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS -- CHAPTER 24 -- PITUITARY TUMORS: OVERVIEW OF THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS -- SECTION B -- NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL SYSTEM |
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CHAPTER 25 -- PHYSIOLOGY OF VASOPRESSIN, OXYTOCIN, AND THIRST -- CHAPTER 26 -- DIABETES INSIPIDUS AND HYPEROSMOLAR SYNDROMES -- CHAPTER 27 -- INAPPROPRIATE ANTIDIURESIS AND OTHER HYPOOSMOLAR STATES -- PART III -- THE THYROID GLAND -- CHAPTER 28 -- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH THYROID DISEASE -- CHAPTER 29 -- MORPHOLOGY OF THE THYROID GLAND -- CHAPTER 30 -- THYROID PHYSIOLOGY: SYNTHESIS AND RELEASE, IODINE METABOLISM, BINDING AND TRANSPORT -- CHAPTER 31 -- THYROID PHYSIOLOGY: HORMONE ACTION, RECEPTORS, AND POSTRECEPTOR EVENTS -- CHAPTER 32 -- THYROID HORMONE RESISTANCE SYNDROMES |
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CHAPTER 33 -- THYROID FUNCTION TESTS -- CHAPTER 34 -- THYROID UPTAKE AND IMAGING -- CHAPTER 35 -- THYROID SONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING -- CHAPTER 36 -- ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS -- CHAPTER 37 -- ADVERSE EFFECTS OF IODIDE -- CHAPTER 38 -- NONTOXIC GOITER -- CHAPTER 39 -- THE THYROID NODULE -- CHAPTER 40 -- THYROID CANCER -- CHAPTER 41 -- UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS -- CHAPTER 42 -- HYPERTHYROIDISM -- CHAPTER 43 -- ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY -- CHAPTER 44 -- SURGERY OF THE THYROID GLAND -- CHAPTER 45 -- HYPOTHYROIDISM -- CHAPTER 46 -- THYROIDITIS |
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CHAPTER 47 -- THYROID DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD |
| Analysis |
MJG: Endocrinology |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Endocrinology.
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Endocrine glands -- Diseases.
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Metabolism -- Disorders.
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Endocrine System Diseases
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Metabolic Diseases
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Endocrinology
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Endocrine glands -- Diseases
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Endocrinology
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Metabolism -- Disorders
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Endocrinopathie.
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Métabolisme maladies.
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Endokrinologie
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Stoffwechsel
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Endocrinologie.
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Métabolisme, Troubles du.
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Endocrinologie.
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Glandes endocrines -- Maladies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Becker, Kenneth L
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Bilezikian, John P
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| ISBN |
9781469877181 |
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146987718X |
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