TY - BOOK ID - 85662789 TI - Williams textbook of endocrinology. AU - Kronenberg, Henry AU - Larsen, P. Reed AU - Melmed, Shlomo AU - Polonsky, Kenneth S. AU - Williams, Robert Hardin PY - 2011 SN - 1437736009 1437703240 9781437703245 9781437736007 PB - Philadelphia (Pa.) Saunders Elsevier DB - UniCat KW - Endocrinology. KW - Endocrine glands KW - Clinical endocrinology KW - Endocrine diseases KW - Hormonal disorders KW - Internal medicine KW - Hormones KW - Diseases. KW - Endocrinology KW - Endocrine Glands KW - Endocrine System Diseases KW - Diseases of Endocrine System KW - Endocrine Diseases KW - Disease, Endocrine KW - Disease, Endocrine System KW - Diseases, Endocrine KW - Diseases, Endocrine System KW - Endocrine Disease KW - Endocrine System Disease KW - System Disease, Endocrine KW - System Diseases, Endocrine KW - Endocrine Gland KW - Gland, Endocrine KW - Diseases UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85662789 AB - SECTION I. HORMONES AND HORMONE ACTION : 1.Principles of endocrinology - 2. Clinical endocrinology - 3. Genetic control of peptide hormone formation - 4. Mechanism of action of hormones that act on nuclear 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. Pituitary physiology and diagnostic evaluation - 9. Pituitary masses and tumors - 10. Posterior pituitary - SECTION III. THYROID : 11. Thyroid physiology and diagnostic evaluation of patients with thyroid disorders - 12. Thyrotoxicosis - 13. Hypothyroidism and thyroiditis - 14. Nontoxic diffuse and nodular goiter and thyroid neoplasia - SECTION IV. ADRENAL CORTEX AND ENDOCRINE HYPERTENSION : 15. The adrenal cortex - 16. Endocrine hypertension - SECTION V. REPRODUCTION : 17. Physiology and pathology of the female reproductive axis - 18. Hormonal contraception - 19. Testicular disorders - 20. Sexual disfunction in men and women - SECTION VI. ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE LIFE SPAN : 21. Endocrine changes in pregnancy - 22. Endocrinology of fetal development - 23. Disorders of sex development - 24. Normal and aberrant growth - 25. Puberty, ontogeny, neuroendocrinology, physiology and disorders - 26. Hormones and athletic performance - 27. Endocrinology and aging - SECTION VII. MINERAL METABOLISM : 28. Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism - 29. Metabolic bone disease - 30. Kidney stones - SECTION VIII. DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE AND METABOLISM : 31. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus - 32. Type 1 diabetes mellitus - 33. Complications of diabetes mellitus - 34. Hypoglycemia - SECTION IX. BODY FAT AND LIPID METABOLISM : 35. Neuroendocrine control of energy stones - 36. Obesity - 37. Disorders of lipid metabolism - 38. Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS - 39. Gastrointestinal hormones and gut endocrine tumors - SECTION X. POLYENDOCRINE AND NEOPLASTIC DISORDERS : 40. Pathogenesis of endocrine tumors - 41. Multiple endocrine neoplasia - 42. The immunoendocrinopathy syndromes - 43. Endocrine management of the cancer survivor - 44. Neuroendocrine gastrointestinal and lung tumors (carcinoid tumors), carcinoid syndrome and related disorders ER -