Descripción
This pocket-sized quick-reference handbook presents evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders. The authors summarize the latest and best clinical studies supporting the practice recommendations and grade each study to indicate the benefits and risks of the therapy and the reliability of the study results. Chapters cover disorders in the major areas of endocrinology–hypothalamic-pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, metabolic bone, reproductive, diabetes, lipid disorders, obesity and nutrition, endocrine malignancies, and genetics.
Contenido
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
1 Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disease
Gerald Charnogursky, Nicholas Emanuele, Mary Ann Emanuele, Hong Lee, and Shanika Samarasinghe
2 Thyroid Disorders
Gerald Charnogursky, Nicholas Emanuele, Mary Ann Emanuele, Hong Lee, and Shanika Samarasinghe
2 Thyroid Disorders
M. Regina Castro and Hossein Gharib
3 Adrenal Disorders
Dana Erickson and Steven A. De Jong
4 Metabolic Bone Disorders
Alaleh Mazhari, Zeina Habib, and Pauline Camacho
5 Reproductive Disorders
Neil Goodman and Rhoda H. Cobin
6 Diabetes Mellitus
Haitham S. Abu-Lebdeh and Gregg D. Simonson
7 Lipid Disorders
Francis Q. Almeda and Susan DeLange
8 Obesity and Nutrition
Jeffrey I. Mechanick and Elise M. Brett
9 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
Glen Sizemore and Norma Lopez
10 Carcinoid Tumors
Nathan J. O’Dorisio, Thomas M. O’Dorisio, and M. Sue O’Dorisio
11 Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Subhash Kukreja
12 Genetics
Peter Kopp
Index