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Contents
Preface Foreword SECTION I: HORMONES AND HORMONE ACTION 1. Principles of Endocrinology 2. The Endocrine Patient 3. Control of Hormone Synthesis and Secretion 4. Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act as Nuclear Hormone Receptors 5. Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act at the Cell Surface 6. Laboratory Techniques for Recognition of Endocrine Disorders SECTION II: HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY 7. Neuroendocrinology 8. The Anterior Pituitary 9. The Posterior Pituitary SECTION III: THYROID 10. Thyroid Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients with Thyroid Disorders 11. Graves' Disease and other Causes of Thyrotoxicosis 12. Hypothyroidism and Thyroiditis 13. Benign and Malignant Nodular Thyroid Disease SECTION IV: ADRENAL 14. The Adrenal Cortex 15. Endocrine Hypertension SECTION V: REPRODUCTION 16. Disorders of the Ovaries and Female Reproductive Tract 17. Fertility Control and its Complications 18. Disorders of the Testes and the Male Reproductive Tract 19. Sexual Function and Dysfunction SECTION VI: ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE LIFE SPAN 20. Endocrine Changes of Pregnancy 21. Endocrinology of Fetal Development 22. Disorders of Sex Differentiation 23. Normal and Aberrant Growth 24. Endocrine Changes in Puberty 25. Endocrinology of Aging SECTION VII: MINERAL METABOLISM 26. Hormones and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism 27. Metabolic Bone Disease 28. Kidney Stones SECTION VIII: DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE AND LIPID METABOLISM 29. Diabetes Mellitus NIDDM 30. Diabetes Mellitus IDDM 31. Complications of Diabetes Mellitus 32. Glucose Homeostasis and Hypoglycemia 33. Obesity 34. Disorders of Lipid Metabolism SECTION IX: POLYENDOCRINE DISORDERS 35. Pathogenesis of Endocrine Tumors 36. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias 37. Immunoendocrinopathy Syndromes SECTION X: PARAENDOCRINE AND NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES 38. Non-Insulin-Secreting Tumors of the Gastroenteropancreatic System 39. Endocrine-Responsive Cancer 40. Humoral Manifestations of Malignancy 41. Carcinoid Syndrome and Related Syndromes Index
