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

       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