Title:
Contemporary endocrinology, volume 1 / edited by Sidney H. Ingbar.
Author:
Ingbar, Sidney H.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abstract: Current basic and clinical developments in areas of endocrinology are described in authoritative essays. Each area is broadly reviewed and synthesized. Topics covered include: neuroendocrinology; anterior pituitary; the thyroid; the ovary; the testis; the adrenal cortex; renin-angiotensin-aldosterone; catecholamines and sympathoadrenal system; parathyroid hormone; and ectopic hormone syndromes. The thyroid chapter includes interrelationships, thyroid hormones (synthesis and secretion, metabolism etc.), clinical thyroidology (hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, nontoxic goiter etc.) and references. (rkm).
Publisher:
Plenum Medical Book Co.,
Publication Place:
New York :
ISBN:
0306401339
Subject:
Reference materials.
Endocrine systems.
Pituitary hormones.
Thyroid gland.
Hormones.
Goiter, endemic.
Hyperthyroidism.
Physical Description:
xvii, 398 p. : ill. ;
Publication Date:
1979.