Williams Textbook of Endocrinology by Henry Kronenberg, Shlomo Melmed, Kenneth Polonsky, and P. Reed Larsen Hardcover - 1,936 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-END1 $222.75 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781416029113

In your complex and dynamic field, it can be a struggle to continually integrate the latest scientific and clinical information into your everyday patient care. The 11th Edition of this beloved reference is the solution! Leading authorities provide just the right blend of scientific insight and clinical know-how to help you overcome any clinical challenge. A new full-color, extremely user-friendly format makes reference a snap. And, full-text online access lets you search the contents rapidly from any computer!

• Chapters bridge the gap between basic science and clinical applications, providing the right context for optimal diagnosis and treatment.
• Chapters by the leading authorities in endocrinology equip you with authoritative opinions on any challenge you face.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Hormones and Hormone Action
Chapter 1: Principles of Endocrinology
Chapter 2: The Endocrine Patient
Chapter 3: Genetic Control of Peptide Hormone Formation
Chapter 4: Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act on Nuclear Receptors
Chapter 5: Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act at the Cell Surface
Chapter 6: Laboratory Techniques for Recognition of Endocrine Disorders

Section II: Hypothalamus and Pituitary
Chapter 7: (Classic) Neuroendocrinology
Chapter 8: Anterior Pituitary
Chapter 9: Posterior Pituitary

Section III: Thyroid
Chapter 10: Thyroid Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients with Thyroid Disorders
Chapter 11: Thyrotoxicosis
Chapter 12: Hypothyroidism and Thyroiditis
Chapter 13: Nontoxic Goiter and Thyroid Neoplasia

Section IV: Adrenal Cortex and Endocrine Hypertension
Chapter 14: The Adrenal Cortex
Chapter 15: Endocrine Hypertension

Section V: Reproduction
Chapter 16: The Physiology and Pathology of the Female Reproductive Axis
Chapter 17: Fertility Control: Current Approaches and Global Aspects
Chapter 18: Disorders of the Testes and the Male Reproductive Tract
Chapter 19: Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women

Section VI: Endocrinology and the Life Span
Chapter 20: Endocrine Changes in Pregnancy
Chapter 21: Endocrinology of Fetal Development
Chapter 22: Disorders of Sex Differentiation
Chapter 23: Normal and Aberrant Growth
Chapter 24: Puberty: Ontogeny, Neuroendocrinology, Physiology, and Disorders
Chapter 25: Hormones and Athletic Performance
Chapter 26: Endocrinology of Aging

Section VII: Mineral Metabolism
Chapter 27: Hormones and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism
Chapter 28: Metabolic Bone Disease
Chapter 29: Kidney Stones

Section VIII: Disorders of Carbohydrates and Metabolism
Chapter 30: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 31: Type 1 Diabetes
Chapter 32: Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 33: Glucose Homeostasis and Hypoglycemia

Section IX: Body Fat and Lipid Metabolism
Chapter 34: Neuroendocrine Control of Appetite and Body Weight
Chapter 35: Obesity
Chapter 36: Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
Chapter 37: Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS
Chapter 38: Gastrointestinal Hormonal Disorders

Section X: Polyendocrine Disorders
Chapter 39: Pathogenesis of Endocrine Tumors
Chapter 40: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
Chapter 41: Immunoendocrinopathy Syndromes

Section XI: Paraendocrine and Neoplastic Syndromes
Chapter 42: Endocrine-Responsive Cancer
Chapter 43: Hormonal Manifestations of Malignancy
Chapter 44: Carcinoid Tumors, Carcinoid Syndrome and Related Disorders

Clinical Diabetes by Vivian A. Fonseca Hardcover - 688 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-END2 $132.75 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9781416002734

This new volume, written and edited by some of the world's leading diabetes specialists, provides the practical information you need to care for your patients with diabetes. Covering such areas as lifestyle management, pharmacologic therapy, complications of diabetes, special populations and situations, and organization and delivery of diabetes care, the book offers concise, clinical advice on all aspects of diagnosis and its ongoing management. A visually appealing full-color format, with clinical algorithms, at-a-glance learning elements, and illustrations specially created for the book, makes this a highly convenient source for the practical guidance you need to manage your diabetic patients.

• Provides tips on how to encourage your patients to administer proper self-care.
• Presents new sections covering pediatric diabetes and diabetes in the elderly.
• Addresses problems associated with diabetes including cardiovascular disease, retinopathy, the diabetic foot, and more.
• Features a user-friendly full-color design, for quick and easy reference.
• Highlights pearls, pitfalls, key points, and other important considerations throughout the book.
• Offers appendices containing useful clinical checklists—such as Insulin Regimens, Insulin
• Adjustment Guidelines, and more.
• Includes a bonus CD-ROM with downloadable images and customizable, printable patient education handouts.

Table of Contents:

Background

• Introduction/Scope of the problem—The Diabetes/ Metabolic Epidemic
• Type I Diabetes—Genetics and Immunology
• Type 2 Diabetes—Insulin Resistance, Beta Cell Dysfunction and Other Metabolic/Hormonal Abnormalities
• Biochemical Consequences of Hyperglycemia, PKC, Aldose Reductase, DAG, Oxidative Stress, etc
• Pathogenesis and Consequences of Obesity
• The Metabolic Syndrome and its Effects on Cardiovascular Risk
• Endothelial Abnormalities in Diabetes

Lifestyle Management

• Preventing Diabetes—The Ultimate Management strategy: Lessons from the DPP
• Diets and Education—Making it Work
• Stress and Depression in Chronic Disease
• Exercise—Let’s Get Going

Pharmacological Therapy

• Insulin Secretagogues
• Insulin Sensitizers: Metformin and PPAR ligands
• Alpha Glucosidase Agents
• Comparing and Choosing Oral Agents—A Comprehensive Approach
• Managing Dyslipidemia
• Hypertension in Diabetes
• Optimal Insulin Strategies
• Beyond Insulin therapy—Other Hormonal Approaches
• Weight Loss Agents and Over-the-Counter Medications
• Insulin Pump therapy
• Blood Glucose Monitoring (Including CGMS/Noninvasive methods/ HbAic/ Fructosamine)
• Pancreas and Islet Transplant—What Every Physician Needs to Know

Complications

• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Hypoglycemia and its Management
• Diabetic Neuropathy (Including autonomic neuropathy and gastroparesis)
• Diabetic Nephropathy
• Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetes—An Endothelial Disorder
• The Diabetic Foot
• Managing Cardiovascular Disease and Events in the Patient with Diabetes
• Diabetic Retinopathy—Screening and Therapy

Pediatric Diabetes

• Type I Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
• Type II Diabetes in Children and Adolescents (including pediatric obesity)

Special Populations and Situations

• Diabetes and Pregnancy
• Inpatient Diabetes Management
• Diabetes in the Elderly
• Diabetes in African Americans
• Diabetes in Latinos
• New Drugs Causing Diabetes—HIV and Schizophrenia Treatment
• Surgery for Obesity—Potential Impact on Diabetes

Organization and Delivery of Diabetes Care

• Running a Diabetes Clinic
• Costs and Cost-Control in Diabetes—Using the System to the Patient’s Advantage
• Effective Pharmacist Management in Diabetes

Tips and Trends

• Pearls from Major Clinical Trials—Practical Tips to Improve Outcomes: Important Lessons from the DCCT/ UKPDS/ ACCORD/ HOPE/ ALLHAT/ STENO etc.
• Trends in Diabetes and Obesity—Fear and Hope

Appendix—Insulin Regimens, Insulin Adjustment Guidelines

Clinical Endocrine Oncology 2E by Ian D. Hay, and John A. H. Wass Hardcover - 664 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-END16 $296.35 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9781405145848

A truly comprehensive reference for the management of patients with endocrine cancer

The new edition of Clinical Endocrine Oncology has been fully revised and extended making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference available. Written and edited by leading international experts in the field, it sets the standard in multidisciplinary care for patients with endocrine tumors.

The book provides specific and detailed guidance on the basic, clinical, investigative and therapeutic processes required for the thorough evaluation of a patient with a tumor in an endocrine organ. The eighty-four chapters are arranged in seven parts:

• Endocrine Oncology and Therapeutic Options
• Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors
• Pituitary and Hypothalamic Lesions
• Adrenal and Gonadal Tumors
• Neuroendocrine Tumors and the Clinical Syndromes
• Medical Syndromes and Endocrine Neoplasia
• Endocrine-responsive Tumors and Female Reproductive Hormone Therapy

This authoritative and practical text will be an invaluable resource for all those working in the field, including endocrinologists, medical oncologists, surgeons, radiation therapists, interventional radiologists, specialist nurses, and clinical scientists.

John A.H. Wass is joined in this edition by a new editor, Ian D. Hay, Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology Research at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Table of Contents:

List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Endocrinology, the Hertz Brothers, and the History of Cancer

Part I: Endocrine Oncology and Therapeutic Options

1. Structure and Development of the Endocrine System
2. Epidemiology of Endocrine Tumors
3. Inherited Cancers, Genes, and Chromosomes
4. Hormones, Growth Factors, and Tumor Growth
5. Genetic Counseling and Clinical Cancer Genetics
6. Prospects for Gene Therapy for Endocrine Malignancies
7. Tumor Targeting
8. Techniques in Radiation Medicine
9. Interventional Radiology
10. Surgical Management of Endocrine Tumors
11. Endocrine Tumor Markers
12. General Management of Cancer Patients

Part II: Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors

13. Assessment of Thyroid Neoplasia
14. Thyroid and Parathyroid Imaging
15. Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer
16. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
17. Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma
18. Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma
19. Thyroid Lymphoma
20. Radiation-induced Thyroid Tumors
21. Parathyroid Adenomas and Hyperplasia
22. Parathyroid Carcinoma

Part III: Pituitary and Hypothalamic Lesions

23. Molecular Pathogenesis of Pituitary Adenomas
24. Functional Assessment of the Pituitary
25. Imaging of the Pituitary and Hypothalamus
26. Pathology of Tumors of the Pituitary
27. Surgery for Pituitary Tumors
28. Pituitary Radiotherapy
29. Prolactinomas
30. Acromegaly
31. Cushing’s Disease
32. Non-functioning Pituitary Adenomas and Gonadotropinomas
33. Thyrotropinomas
34. Pituitary Carcinoma
35. Pituitary Incidentalomas
36. Craniopharyngioma
37. Benign Cysts
38. Hypothalamic Hamartomas and Gangliocytomas
39. Cranial Ependymoma
40. Perisellar Tumors including Chordoma, Optic Nerve Glioma, Meningioma, Hemangiopericytoma, and Glomus Tumors
41. Pineal Tumors
42. Cavernous Sinus Hemangiomas
43. Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis
44. Pituitary and Hypothalamic Sarcoidosis

Part IV: Adrenal and Gonadal Tumors

45. Imaging of the Adrenal Glands
46. Pheochromocytoma
47. Peripheral Neuroblastic Tumors
48. Primary Hyperaldosteronism
49. Adrenal Causes of Cushing’s Syndrome
50. Adrenal Incidentalomas
51. Androgen-secreting Tumors
52. Functional Ovarian Tumors
53. Endocrine Aspects of Ovarian Tumors
54. Testicular Germ Cell Cancers
55. Neoplasia and Intersex States
56. Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia

Part V: Neuroendocrine Tumors and the Clinical Syndromes

57. Classification of Neuroendocrine Tumors
58. Imaging of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors
59. Insulinomas and Hypoglycemia
60. Gastrinomas (Zollinger–Ellison Syndrome)
61. VIPomas
62. Glucagonomas
63. Somatostatinomas
64. Lung and Thymic Neuroendocrine Tumors
65. Carcinoid Syndrome
66. Appendiceal and Hindgut Carcinoids
67. Chemotherapy for Neuroendocrine Tumors

Part VI: Medical Syndromes and Endocrine Neoplasia

68. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN 1)
69. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Associated Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2
70. von Hippel–Lindau Disease
71. Neurofibromatosis Type 1
72. Carney Complex
73. McCune–Albright Syndrome
74. Cowden Syndrome
75. Paraneoplastic Syndromes
76. Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion
77. Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
78. Syndrome of Ectopic ACTH Secretion
79. Insulin-like Growth Factors and Tumor Hypoglycemia
80. Metastatic and Other Extraneous Neoplasms in Endocrine Organs
81. Endocrine Late Effects of Cancer Therapy

Part VII: Endocrine-responsive Tumors and Female Reproductive Hormone Therapy

82. Endocrine-responsive Tumors: Prostate Cancer
83. Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer Management
84. Female Reproductive Hormone Therapy: Risks and Benefits

Appendix of conversion units
Index
Color plate section

Handbook of Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology by Charles G. D. Brook, and Rosalind S. Brown Softcover - 272 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-END17 $ 79.05 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781405161091

The Handbook of Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology provides an up-to-date clinical guide presenting best (and, where possible, evidence-based) practice in the diagnosis, treatment and management of pediatric endocrine disorders.

It is a companion title to Brook's Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology, which is well established as the leading international work of reference in the field of pediatric endocrinology, covering endocrine disorders, their diagnosis and treatment.

Table of Contents:

Preface

1. The Application of Science to Clinical Practice
2. The Endocrine Problems of Infancy
3. Problems of Growth in Childhood
4. Problems of Puberty and Adolescence
5. The Thyroid Gland
6. The Adrenal Gland
7. Disorders of Calcium and Bone Metabolism
8. Water Balance
9. Polyglandular Syndromes
10. Hypoglycemia
11. Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
12. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
13. Tests and Normal Values in Pediatric Endocrinology

Appendix 1: Syndrome-Specific Growth Charts
Appendix 2: Normal Values

Index

Neuroendocrine and Immune Crosstalk by George P. Chrousos, Gregory A. Kaltsas, and George Mastorakos Hardcover - 700 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-END18 $153.65 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781573316231

Crosstalk between the neuroendocrine and immune systems plays an essential role in inflammatory, autoimmune, and allergic diseases. An international group of scientists from the fields of neurobiology, neuroendocrinology, immunology, and behavioral sciences reports here on recent advances in our understanding of the communication and modulation taking place between the neuroendocrine and immunological systems.

In an effort to incorporate all recent knowledge in this field, broad aspects of endocrinology and neuropsychiatric and autoimmune disorders is included, with special attention given to recent progress in molecular biology and genetics.

In particular, the volume focuses on diseases of the nervous system and their modulation by the immune and endocrine systems, as well as on the neuroimmunomodulation of inflammatory, autoimmune, and allergic diseases with an emphasis on the female gender.

Special care has been taken by the editors to balance basic and clinical information. The volume is divided into sections: the cytokine and neuropeptide signal transduction systems and their immunomodulatory properties, the neuroendocrine immune basis of rheumatic disease, models of inflammation, the immunology of neuropsychiatric and allergic disorders, neuroendocrine and autoimmune adaptations in aging, neuroimmune interactions in chronic pain disorders and infectious diseases, and finally a structural and functional overview of the stress system.

Clinical applications have been extrapolated from the basic knowledge and physiology of neuroimmune interactions, so this volume will provide a useful update for both researchers and clinicians.

Table of Contents:

Dedication of Samuel M. McCann
An Overview of the Volume

1. Molecular Understanding of Cytokine-Steroid Hormones Dialogue: Implications for Human Diseases
2. Chronology of Advances in Neuroendocrine Immunomodulation
3. Regulation of Dendritic Cell Differentiation by Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide: Therapeutic Applications on Autoimmunity and Transplantation
4. α2-Adrenergic Receptors Decrease DNA Replication and Cell Proliferation and Induce Neurite Outgrowth in Transfected Rat Pheochromocytoma Cells
5. Thymus-Dependent T Cell Tolerance of Neuroendocrine Functions: Principles, Reflections and Implications for Tolerogenic/Negative Self-Vaccination
6. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Skin Dendritic Cells
7. The Mitochondrion as a Primary Site of Action of Regulatory Agents Involved in Neuroimmunomodulation
8. The Role of Stress in the Clinical Expression of Thyroid Autoimmunity
9. Neural correlates of IgE-mediated allergy
10. Pheochromocytoma: Physiopathologic Implications and Diagnostic Evaluation
11. Adrenocortical Tumorigenesis
12. Participation of the EndoCannabinoid System in the Effect of TNF-a on Hypothalamic Release of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (LHRH)
13. Role of Thymulin or its Analogue as a New Analgesic Molecule
14. Immunoneuroendocrine Interactions in Chagas Disease
15. Roles of Glia-Derived Cytokines on Neuronal Degeneration and Regeneration
16. PPARg, a Lipid Activated Transcription Factor as a Regulator of Dendritic Cell Function
17. Brain Cytokines and the 5-HT System During Poly I:C-Induced Fatigue
18. Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Function in Sjogren’s Syndrome: Mechanisms of Neuroendocrine and Immune System Homeostasis
19. Immunomodulation: The Future Cure for Allergic Diseases
20. The Role of Chaperone Proteins in Autoimmunity
21. Therapeutic Management of Chronic Neuropathic Pain Under the Magnifying Glass
22. The Role of Stress in Asthma: Insight from Studies on the Effect of Acute and Chronic Stressors in Models of Airway Inflammation
23. Interleukin-6: A Cytokine and/or a Major Modulator of the Response to Somatic Stress
24. Annexin 1, Glucocorticoids and the Neuroendocrine-Immune Interface
25. The Role of Toll-like Receptors in the Immune-Adrenal Crosstalk
26. Title TBA
27. Neurosteroids as Endogenous Inhibitors of Neuronal Cell Apoptosis in Aging
28. Local Amplification of Glucocorticoids
29. Beyond Heart Rate Variability: Vagal Regulation of Allostatic Systems
30. Title TBA
31. Immunomodulatory Properties of Substance P: Gastrointestinal System as a Model
32. Critical Role of Mast Cells in Allergy and Inflammation.
33. Dialogue between the Brain and the Immune System in Inflammatory Arthritis

Index of Contributors

Essential Endocrinology and Diabetes 5E by Richard I.G. Holt, and Neil A. Hanley Hardcover - 288 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-END19 $ 54.50 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9781405136488

This new edition of Essential Endocrinology and Diabetes has been rewritten and revised by a new author team. Easy-to-use and comprehensively treating all areas of endocrinology and diabetes, it is the perfect core text for medical students, biomedical science students, and junior doctors, and a useful tool for clinicians wishing to reacquaint themselves with some of the basic science behind their day-to-day clinical practice.

• Includes new chapters on endocrine neoplasia, diabetes (type 1, type 2, complications) and obesity
• New features include learning objectives, key points boxes and case histories
• Content now reorganized into 3 parts: principles of endocrinology; clinical endocrinology; and clinical diabetes and obesity

Table of Contents:

Preface
List of Abbreviations

Part 1: Principles of Endocrinology

1 The endocrine system
2 The biological principles of endocrinology
3 The molecular basis of endocrinology
4 Investigations in endocrinology

Part 2: Clinical Endocrinology

5 The hypothalamus and pituitary gland
6 The adrenal gland
7 Reproductive endocrinology
8 The thyroid gland
9 Calcium and metabolic bone disease
10 Endocrine neoplasia

Part 3: Clinical Diabetes and Obesity

11 Overview of diabetes
12 Type 1 diabetes
13 Type 2 diabetes
14 Complications of diabetes
15 Obesity

Index

The Endocrine System at a Glance 2E by Ben Greenstein, and Diana Wood Softcover - 120 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-END20 $ 44.50 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9781405109307

The Endocrine System at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for medical students in the early years of their course. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by clear tables and diagrams encapsulating all the students need to know.

This new edition of Endocrinology at a Glance:

• Contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal, making the subject even easier to understand
• Presents schematic diagrams on the left page and concise explanations of the right, providing a user-friendly overview of endocrinology
• Has been thoroughly revised and updated, including brand new information on:

• Obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Infertility

Endocrinology at a Glance will appeal to all medical students studying endocrinology and revising for final exams. The book is also suitable for those training in allied health professions and nurses specialising in endocrinology.

Table of Contents:

Part 1. Fundamentals

1. Introduction
2. Chemical transmission
3. Mechanisms of hormone action: I Membrane receptors
4. Mechanisms of hormone action: II Intracellular receptors
5. The hypothalamus and pituitary gland
6. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone: a peptide hormone
7. Principles of feedback control

Part 2. Growth

8. Growth: I Cellular growth factors
9. Growth: II Normal growth
10. Growth: III Growth hormone
11. Growth: IV Pathophysiology

Part 3. Thyroid

12. Thyroid: I Thyroid gland and thyroid hormones
13. Thyroid: II Thyroid hormone secretion and action
14. Thyroid: III Thyroid pathophysiology

Part 4. Adrenals and autoimmunity

15. Adrenal gland: I Adrenal medulla
16. Adrenal gland: II Adrenocortical hormones
17. Adrenal gland: III Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
18. Adrenal gland: IV Cortisol and androgens
19. Adrenal gland: V Aldosterone
20. Adrenal gland: VI Pathophysiology
21. Endocrine autoimmunity

Part 5. Sexual differentiation and development

22. Sexual differentiation and development: I Introduction
23. Sexual differentiation and development: II Puberty

Part 6. Female reproduction

24. Female reproduction: I Menstrual cycle
25. Female reproduction: II Ovarian steroids
26. Female reproduction: III Pregnancy
27. Female reproduction: IV Parturition and lactation
28. Female reproduction: V Pathophysiology
29. Female reproduction: VI Contraception

Part 7. Male reproduction

30. Male reproduction: I The testis
31. Male reproduction: II Actions of androgens
32. Male reproduction: III Pathophysiology

Part 8. Posterior pituitary hormones, salt and water balance and hypertension

33. Oxytocin
34. Vasopressin
35. Reninangiotensinaldosterone system
36. Endocrine hypertension

Part 9. Metabolic endocrinology: Pancreas and gastrointestinal tract

37. Insulin: I The pancreas and insulin secretion
38. Insulin: II Insulin action
39. Insulin: III Type I diabetes mellitus
40. Insulin: IV Type 2 diabetes mellitus
41. Glucagon
42. Gastrointestinal hormones

Part 10. Metabolic endocrinology: Energy homoeostasis and obesity

43. Energy homoeostasis: I Summary
44. Energy homoeostasis: II Central control
45. Obesity: I Causes of obesity
46. Obesity: II Cardiovascular and respiratory complications
47. Obesity: III Insulin resistance and endocrine complications

Part 11. Calcium and metabolic bone disease

48. Calcium: I Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
49. Calcium: II Calcitonin
50. Calcium: III Vitamin D
51. Bone remodelling
52. Metabolic bone disease: I Pagets disease
53. Metabolic bone disease: II Primary osteoporosis
54. Metabolic bone disease: III Secondary osteoporosis

Glossary
Index

Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children 2E by Joseph E. Raine, Malcolm D. C. Donaldson, John W. Gregory, Martin O. Savage, and Raymond L. Hintz Hardcover - 256 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-END21 $126.35 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9781405122337

The practical manual for pediatricians and endocrinologists

Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children, Second Edition, continues to provide a very practical overview of managing endocrine problems in children. Coverage of each disorder reflects its clinical importance. The material is organized in such a way that it can be referred to at a moment's notice. Helpful overviews of epidemiology, pathophysiology, investigations, differential diagnoses and psychosocial issues support the advice on management principles.

New features of this Second Edition include:

• Completely revised first chapter on diabetes
• Additional growth charts added to the appendix
• New Editor, Raymond L. Hintz, MD, Stanford University Medical Center, joins the team and brings a North American perspective to the text
• New section added to each chapter entitled ‘Potential pitfalls’ to help you avoid common problems

Table of Contents:

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
Fpreword to the First Edition

1. Diabetes Mellitus
2. Hypoglycaemia
3. Short stature
4. Tall stature
5. Puberty
6. Thyroid disorders
7. Intersex and other disorders of sexual differentiation
8. Adrenal disorders
9. Salt and water balance
10. Calcium and bone
11. Obesity
12. Endocrine effects of cancer treatment

Appendix 1: Uinted Kingdom and North American patient support groups
Appendix 2: Growth and BMI charts
Appendix 3: CAH therapy card

Index