Includes bibliographical references and index.

Endocrine Normal Ranges -- Ch. 1. Neuroendocrine Control of Pituitary Function / Seymour Reichlin -- Ch. 2. Control of Pituitary Hormone Secretion - Role of Pulsatility / John C. Marshall -- Ch. 3. Hypopituitarism - Pituitary Disease and Intrinsic Hypothalamic Disease / Ken K. Y. Ho and James Gibney -- Ch. 4. Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults / John P. Monson -- Ch. 5. Acromegaly and Gigantism / John A. H. Wass -- Ch. 6. Hyperprolactinemia / Michael O. Thorner -- Ch. 7. Posterior Pituitary / Peter H. Baylis -- Ch. 8. Pituitary Surgery / Kamal Thapar, John A. Jane, Jr. and Edward R. Laws, Jr. -- Ch. 9. Pituitary Radiotherapy / P. Nicholas Plowman -- Ch. 10. Thyroid Physiology / John T. Dunn and Ann D. Dunn -- Ch. 11. Hypothyroidism / Grace Kim and Terry F. Davies -- Ch. 12. Thyroid Nodular Disease and Carcinoma of the Thyroid / James A. Fagin and Yancey R. Holmes -- Ch. 13. Hyperthyroidism and Graves' Disease / Anthony P. Weetman -- Ch. 14. Adrenal Cortex Physiology / D. Lynn Loriaux and Vivian H. T. James -- Ch. 15. Cushing's Syndrome / Peter J. Trainer and G. Michael Besser -- Ch. 16. Addison's Disease / Peter J. Trainer and G. Michael Besser -- Ch. 17. Adrenal Cortex: Renin-Angiotension System in Adrenocortical Hypertension / Paul M. Stewart -- Ch. 18. Adrenal Medulla: Physiology and Pathology / Ashley B. Grossman and Gregory Kaltsas -- Ch. 19. Physiologic Mechanisms in Homeostatic Control of Glucose / Simon J. Fisher and C. Ronald Kahn -- Ch. 20. Hypoglycemia and Insulinomas / Robert F. Gagel -- Ch. 21. Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus / Jerry L. Nadler, Marcia McDuffie and Susan E. Kirk -- Ch. 22. Insulin Resistance / Gerald M. Reaven -- Ch. 23. Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus / Eugene J. Barret and Jerry L. Nadler -- Ch. 24A. Normal and Abnormal Puberty / Joanne C. Blair and Martin O. Savage -- Ch. 24B. Growth Disorders / Peter E. Clayton and Charles G. D. Brook -- Ch. 25. Testis / James E. Griffin and Jean D. Wilson -- Ch. 26. Ovary / Carole Gilling-Smith and Stephen Franks -- Ch. 27. Hormone Assay Techniques / Raymond Edwards -- Ch. 28. Cell Signaling and the Control of Gene Expression / Adrian J. L. Clark -- Ch. 29. Pathogenesis of Hormone Secreting Pituitary Tumors / Toni R. Prezant and Shlomo Melmed -- Ch. 30. Familial Endocrine Syndromes / Rajesh V. Thakker -- Ch. 31. Endocrinology of the Gastrointestinal Tract / Shahrad Taheri, Mohammad A. Ghatei and Stephen R. Bloom -- Ch. 32. Lipids and Lipoproteins / Alan Chait and John D. Brunzell -- Ch. 33. Cardiovascular Hormones / Miriam T. Rademaker and Eric A. Espiner -- Ch. 34. Calcium and Common Bone Disorders / Gregory R. Mundy and Andrew F. Stewart -- Ch. 35. Ectopic Humoral Syndromes / Klaus von Werder -- Ch. 36. Obesity and Satiety / Peter G. Kopelman and Stephen O'Rahilly -- Ch. 37. Psychiatric and Behavioral Changes and Endocrine Function / Ehud Ur -- Ch. 38. Endocrinology of the Placenta, Fetus, and Pregnancy / Ram K. Menon and Mark A. Sperling -- Ch. 39. Breast: Gynecomastia and Benign Breast Disease in Women / Richard J. Santen, Lisa A. Cerilli and Jennifer A. Harvey -- Ch. 40. Neuroradiology and Endocrine Disease / Todd Peebles and Victor M. Haughton -- Ch. 41. General Radiology of Endocrine Disease / Rodney H. Reznek and Janet E. Dacie -- Ch. 42. Nuclear Medicine in Endocrine Disease / Keith E. Britton -- Ch. 43. Patient Perspectives on Endocrine Diseases - Representatives of Patient Support Groups for -- Thyroid Disease / Lora Hammer -- Thyroid Eye Disease / Julian Britton -- Cushing's Syndrome / Karen Campbell, Louise Pace, Mary Brim, Cathy Carbone and Jane Edwards -- Addison's Disease / Deana Kenward -- Disorders of Sexual Development in General including: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome / Sherri A. Groveman -- Klinefelter Syndrome (47,XXY) / Melissa Aylstock -- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia / Julian Pearce -- Diabetes / John A. Eaddy -- Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children and Adults / Tam Fry -- Pituitary Diseases / Robert Knutzen.

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