Clinical neuroendocrinology /

Clinical Neuroendocrinology, a volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series gives an overview of the current knowledge in the field of clinical neuroendocrinology. It focuses on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. It integrate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fliers, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2014.
Colección:Handbook of clinical neurology ; 124.
Temas:
Clinical neuropsychology.
Pituitary gland > Diseases.
Hormones.
Neuroendocrinology.
Hypothalamic Diseases
Pituitary Diseases
Hormones
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > physiology
Hypothalamus > physiology
Hypothalamus > physiopathology
Neuroendocrinology
Pituitary Gland > physiology
Pituitary Gland > physiopathology
Pituitary-Adrenal System > physiology
Neuropsychologie clinique.
Hypophyse > Maladies.
Neuroendocrinologie.
hormone.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Neuroendocrinologia.
Malalties del sistema nerv�is.
Malalties de les g�lndules endocrines.
Internet Resources.
Llibres elect�rnics.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Genetic aspects of hypothalamic and pituitary gland development
  • Ch. 2. Neuroendocrinology of pregnancy and parturition
  • Ch. 3. Disorders of water metabolism: diabetes insipidus and the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
  • Ch. 4. The role of oxytocin and vasopressin in emotional and social behaviors
  • Ch. 5. Corticotropin-releasing hormone and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in psychiatric disease
  • Ch. 6. Genetic aspects of human obesity
  • Ch. 7. Sleep characteristics and insulin sensitivity in humans
  • Ch. 8. Hypothalamic-pituitary hormones during critical illness: a dynamic neuroendocrine response
  • Ch. 9. Central regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis: focus on clinical aspects
  • Ch. 10. Evaluation of pituitary function
  • Ch. 11. Imaging of pituitary pathology
  • Ch. 12. Nonfunctioning pituitary tumors
  • Ch. 13. Hyperprolactinemia and prolactinoma
  • Ch. 14. Acromegaly
  • Ch. 15. Cushing's disease
  • Ch. 16. Craniopharyngioma
  • Ch. 17. Rathke's cleft cyst
  • Ch. 18. Alternative causes of hypopituitarism: traumatic brain injury, cranial irradiation and infections
  • Ch. 19. Surgical approach to pituitary tumors
  • Ch. 20. Medical approach to pituitary tumors
  • Ch. 21. Radiation therapy in the management of pituitary adenomas
  • Ch. 22. Nelson syndrome: definition and management
  • Ch. 23. Familial pituitary tumors
  • Ch. 24. Long-term effects of treatment of pituitary adenomas
  • Ch. 25. Neuroendocrine mechanisms in athletes
  • Ch. 26. Uncertainties in endocrine substitution therapy for central hypocortisolism
  • Ch. 27. Uncertainties in endocrine substitution therapy for central endocrine insufficiencies: hypothyroidism
  • Ch. 28. Uncertainties in endocrine substitution therapy for central endocrine insufficiencies: growth hormone deficiency
  • Ch. 29. Autoimmune hypophysitis: new developments
  • Index.

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