How the Endocrine System Works

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Neal, J. Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • How to Use this Book
  • Lecture 1: An Overview
  • FUNCTION OF HORMONES
  • COMPOSITION OF HORMONES
  • HOW HORMONES WORK
  • HORMONAL REGULATION
  • INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ENDOCRINE AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS
  • HORMONE MEASUREMENTS
  • NOMENCLATURE OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
  • HYPOFUNCTION
  • TREATMENT OF HORMONE DEFICIENCY
  • ENDOCRINE EXCESS SYNDROMES
  • IMAGING TESTS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • GENETIC TESTING IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • EPILOGUE
  • Lecture 2: Pituitary and Hypothalamus
  • PITUITARY AND HYPOTHALAMUS
  • GROWTH HORMONE
  • PROLACTIN
  • PITUTARY TUMORS
  • HYPOPITUITARISM
  • POSTERIOR PITUITARY
  • Lecture 3: The Thyroid
  • THE THYROID
  • THYROID HORMONES
  • EFFECTS OF THYROID HORMONE
  • THYROID REGULATION
  • HYPOTHYROIDISM
  • HYPERTHYROIDISM AND THYROTOXICOSIS
  • THYROID NODULES
  • DIFFERENTIATED (EPITHELIAL) THYROID CARCINOMA
  • MEDULLARY AND ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA
  • Lecture 4: Adrenal Gland
  • THE ADRENAL GLANDS
  • ADRENAL MEDULLA
  • INCIDENTAL ADRENAL TUMORS
  • Lecture 5: Glucose Metabolism
  • GLUCOSE METABOLISM
  • OBESITY
  • HYPOGLYCEMIA
  • Lecture 6: Calcium Metabolism
  • TRANSPORT AND REGULATION OF CALCIUM
  • HYPERCALCEMIA
  • HYPOCALCEMIA
  • BONE
  • VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
  • Lecture 7: Reproductive Endocrinology
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • REGULATION OF TESTICULAR FUNCTION
  • OVARIAN CYCLE REGULATION
  • GONADAL DIFFERENTIATION
  • EFFECTS OF SEX STEROIDS
  • Lecture 8: Lipid Disorders
  • LIPIDS
  • LIPOPROTEINS
  • HOW THE BODY OBTAINS LIPIDS
  • PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY DYSLIPIDEMIAS
  • PHYSICAL FINDINGS IN HYPERLIPIDEMIA
  • CONSEQUENCES OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA
  • THERAPY OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA
  • Lecture 9: Disorders of Multiple Endocrine Glands and Paraneoplastic Syndromes
  • POLYENDOCRINE SYNDROMES
  • PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES
  • Appendix: Clinical Trials, Evidence-Based Medicine, and Reading the Literature
  • SENSITIVITY, SPECIFICITY, AND PRETEST PROBABILITY
  • PRACTICAL EXAMPLES: NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT (NNT)
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • End User License Agreement

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