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WILLIAMS TEXTBOOK OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
Williams Textbook of Endocrinology
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Eleventh Edition

Edited By
Henry Kronenberg, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Shlomo Melmed, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean, UCLA School of Medicine; Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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, MD, FACP, FRCP, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA

Description
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!

Audience
Primary: Endocrinologists

Contents


Section I: Hormones and Hormone Action


Chapter 1: Principles of Endocrinology?H. Kronenberg/S. Melmed/K. Polonsky/P. Larsen

Chapter 2: The Endocrine Patient?D. Federman

Chapter 3: Genetic Control of Peptide Hormone Formation?J. Habener

Chapter 4: Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act on Nuclear Receptors?M. Lazar

Chapter 5: Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act at the Cell Surface?A. Spiegel/C. Su/S. Taylor

Chapter 6: Laboratory Techniques for Recognition of Endocrine Disorders?G. Klee



Section II: Hypothalamus and Pituitary


Chapter 7: (Classic) Neuroendocrinology?M. Low

Chapter 8: Anterior Pituitary?S. Melmed/D. Kleinberg

Chapter 9: Posterior Pituitary?A. Robinson



Section III: Thyroid


Chapter 10: Thyroid Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients with Thyroid Disorders?P. Larsen/T. Davies/M. Schlumberger/I. Hay

Chapter 11: Thyrotoxicosis?T. Davies/P. Larsen

Chapter 12: Hypothyroidism and Thyroiditis?G. Brent/T. Davies/P. Larsen

Chapter 13: Nontoxic Goiter and Thyroid Neoplasia?M. Schlumberger/I. Hay/S. Filetti



Section IV: Adrenal Cortex and Endocrine Hypertension


Chapter 14: The Adrenal Cortex?P. Stewart

Chapter 15: Endocrine Hypertension?W. Young



Section V: Reproduction


Chapter 16: The Physiology and Pathology of the Female Reproductive Axis?S. Bulun/Y. Adashi

Chapter 17: Fertility Control: Current Approaches and Global Aspects?M. Kafrissen/E. Adashi/P. Darney

Chapter 18: Disorders of the Testes and the Male Reproductive Tract?S. Bhasin

Chapter 19: Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women?S. Bhasin/W. Hellstrom/R. Rosen



Section VI: Endocrinology and the Life Span


Chapter 20: Endocrine Changes in Pregnancy?G. Braunstein

Chapter 21: Endocrinology of Fetal Development?D. Fisher

Chapter 22: Disorders of Sex Differentiation?I. Hughes

Chapter 23: Normal and Aberrant Growth?E. Reiter/R. Rosenfeld

Chapter 24: Puberty: Ontogeny, Neuroendocrinology, Physiology, and Disorders?D. Styne/M. Grumbach

Chapter 25: Hormones and Athletic Performance?C. Strasburger/E. Ghigo/F. Lanfranco

Chapter 26: Endocrinology of Aging?S. Lamberts



Section VII: Mineral Metabolism


Chapter 27: Hormones and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism?F. Bringhurst/M. Demay/H. Kronenberg

Chapter 28: Metabolic Bone Disease?L. Raisz/B. Kream/J. Lorenzo

Chapter 29: Kidney Stones?R. Monk/D. Bushinsky



Section VIII: Disorders of Carbohydrates and Metabolism


Chapter 30: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?J. Buse/K. Polonsky/C. Burant

Chapter 31: Type 1 Diabetes?G. Eisenbarth/K. Polonsky/J. Buse

Chapter 32: Complications of Diabetes Mellitus?M. Brownlee

Chapter 33: Glucose Homeostasis and Hypoglycemia?P. Cryer



Section IX: Body Fat and Lipid Metabolism


Chapter 34: Neuroendocrine Control of Appetite and Body Weight?J. Elmquist/R.
Cone

Chapter 35: Obesity?S. Klein

Chapter 36: Disorders of Lipid Metabolism?R. Mahley

Chapter 37: Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS?Grinspoon

Chapter 38: Gastrointestinal Hormonal Disorders?D. Drucker



Section X: Polyendocrine Disorders


Chapter 39: Pathogenesis of Endocrine Tumors?A. Arnold

Chapter 40: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia?R. Gagel/S. Marx

Chapter 41: Immunoendocrinopathy Syndromes?G. Eisenbarth/P. Gottlieb/Barker



Section XI: Paraendocrine and Neoplastic Syndromes


Chapter 42: Endocrine-Responsive Cancer?R. Santen

Chapter 43: Hormonal Manifestations of Malignancy?G. Strewler

Chapter 44: Carcinoid Tumors, Carcinoid Syndrome and Related Disorders?K. Qberg

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 1936 pages, publication date: OCT-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2911-3
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2911-7
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 6 Nov 2009
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