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
Preface.
List of AbbreviationsPart 1: Principles of Endocrinology.
1 The endocrine system.
2 The biological principles of endocrinology.
3 The molecular basis of endocrinology.
4 Investigations in endocrinologyPart 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
Ofertas