Essential Endocrinology and Diabetes, 5th Edition

by Richard I. G. Holt (University of Southampton); Neil A. Hanley (University of Southampton)

• ISBN13: 9781405136488
• ISBN10: 1405136480
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This new edition of Essential Endocrinology and Diabetes has been rewritten and revised by a new author team. Easy-to-use and comprehensively treating all areas of endocrinology and diabetes, it is the perfect core text for medical students, biomedical science students, and junior doctors, and a useful tool for clinicians wishing to reacquaint themselves with some of the basic science behind their day-to-day clinical practice. Includes new chapters on endocrine neoplasia, diabetes (type 1, type 2, complications) and obesity New features include learning objectives, key points boxes and case histories Content now reorganized into 3 parts: principles of endocrinology; clinical endocrinology; and clinical diabetes and obesity

Author Biography

Dr Richard Holt, Reader in Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Southampton, UK

Professor Neil Hanley, Professor of Endocrinology, University of Southampton, UK

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Principles of Endocrinology

The endocrine system

The biological principles of endocrinology

The molecular basis of endocrinology

Investigations in endocrinology

Clinical Endocrinology

The hypothalamus and pituitary gland

The adrenal gland

Reproductive endocrinology

The thyroid gland

Calcium and metabolic bone disease

Endocrine neoplasia

Clinical diabetes and obesity

Overview of diabetes

Type 1 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes

Complications of diabetes

Obesity

Index

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