Williams Textbook of Endocrinology
Expert Consult-Online and Print
By- Shlomo Melmed
- Kenneth Polonsky, MD, Adolphus Busch Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- P. Reed Larsen
- Henry Kronenberg, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
The latest edition of Williams Textbook of Endocrinology edited by Drs. Shlomo Melmed, Kenneth S. Polonsky, P. Reed Larsen, and Henry M. Kronenberg, helps you diagnose and treat your patients effectively with up-to-the minute, practical know-how on all endocrine system disorders. Comprehensive yet accessible, this extensively revised 12th Edition updates you on diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, thyroid disease, testicular disorders, and much more so you can provide your patients with the most successful treatments. Find scientific insight and clinical data interwoven in every chapter, reflecting advances in both areas of this constantly changing discipline, and presented in a truly accessible format. Youll also access valuable contributions from a dynamic list of expert authors and nearly 2.000 full-color images to help you with every diagnosis. Along with convenient online access at www.expertconsult.com, this title has everything you need to manage any and all the clinical endocrinopathies you may encounter.
Audience
Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
Hardbound, 1920 Pages
Published: May 2011
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4377-0324-5
Contents
Section I: Hormones and Hormone Action
Chapter 1: Principles of Endocrinology
Chapter 2: The Endocrine Patient
Chapter 3: Genetic Control of Peptide Hormone FormationChapter 4: Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act on Nuclear Receptors
Chapter 5: Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act at the Cell SurfaceChapter 6: Laboratory Techniques for Recognition of Endocrine Disorders
Section II: Hypothalamus and Pituitary
Chapter 7: NeuroendocrinologyChapter 8: Pituitary Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation
Chapter 9: Pituitary DisordersChapter 10: Posterior Pituitary
Section III: Thyroid
Chapter 11: Thyroid Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients with Thyroid DisordersChapter 12: Thyrotoxicosis
Chapter 13: Hypothyroidism and ThyroiditisChapter 14: Nontoxic Diffuse and Nodular Goiter and Thyroid Neoplasia
Section IV: Adrenal Cortex and Endocrine Hypertension
Chapter 15: The Adrenal CortexChapter 16: Endocrine Hypertension
Section V: Reproduction
Chapter 17: The Physiology and Pathology of the Female Reproductive AxisChapter 18: Hormonal Contraception
Chapter 19: Testicular DisordersChapter 20: Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women
Section VI: Endocrinology and the Life Span
Chapter 21: Endocrine Changes in PregnancyChapter 22: Endocrinology of Fetal Development
Chapter 23: Disorders of Sex DevelopmentChapter 24: Normal and Aberrant Growth
Chapter 25: Puberty: Ontogeny, Neuroendocrinology, Physiology, and DisordersChapter 26: Hormones and Athletic Performance
Chapter 27: Endocrinology and AgingSection VII: Mineral MetabolismChapter 28: Hormones and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism
Chapter 29: Metabolic Bone DiseaseChapter 30: Kidney Stones
Section VIII: Disorders of Carbohydrates and Metabolism
Chapter 31: Type 2 Diabetes MellitusChapter 32: Type 1 Diabetes
Chapter 33: Complications of Diabetes MellitusChapter 34: Glucose Homeostasis and Hypoglycemia
Section IX: Body Fat and Lipid Metabolism
Chapter 35: Neuroendocrine Control of Energy StoresChapter 36: Obesity
Chapter 37: Disorders of Lipid MetabolismChapter 38: Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS
Chapter 39: Gastrointestinal Hormones and Gut Endocrine TumorsSection X: Polyendocrine and Neoplastic DisordersChapter 40: Pathogenesis of Endocrine Tumors
Chapter 41: Multiple Endocrine NeoplasiaChapter 42: The Immunoendocrinopathy Syndromes
Chapter 43: Endocrine Management of the Cancer Survivor (title changed)Chapter 44: Carcinoid Tumors, Carcinoid Syndrome and Related Disorders
