Williams Textbook of Endocrinology

by Williams, Robert Hardin; Foster, Daniel W., M.D.; Kronenberg, Henry M.; Larsen, P. Reed

• ISBN13: 9780721661520
• ISBN10: 0721661521
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: W B Saunders Co

Summary

Here's the state-of-the-art ninth Edition of endocrinology's classic text! An outstanding team of authorities bridges the gap between basic science and the clinical practice of medicine. Thoroughly revised and updated, this comprehensive resource reflects today's explosive increase in knowledge. The 9th Edition integrates coverage of the endocrine system with discussions of the immune and nervous systems ... examines the advances surrounding endocrine tumors and overproducing hormones ... offers 8 new chapters ... and much more.

Table of Contents

Color plates are located between pages 875 and 877
SECTION 1 HORMONES AND HORMONE ACTION	1	(164)
1 Principles of Endocrinology	1	(10)
Jean D. Wilson
Daniel W. Foster
Henry M. Kronenberg
P. Reed Larsen
2 Genetic Control of Hormone Formation	11	(32)
Joel F. Habener
3 Measurement of Hormones	43	(12)
Gino V. Segre
Emery N. Brown
4 Mechanisms of Action of Hormones That Act as Transcription-Regulatory Factors	55	(40)
Ming-Jer Tsai
James H. Clark
William T. Schrader
Bert W. O'Malley
5 Mechanism of Action of Hormones That Act at the Cell Surface	95	(50)
C. Ronald Kahn
Robert J. Smith
William W. Chin
6 Pathogenesis of Endocrine Tumors	145	(8)
Andrew Arnold
7 Autoimmunity and the Endocrine System	153	(12)
David R. Karp
John P. Atkinson
SECTION 2 HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY	165	(224)
8 Neuroendocrinology	165	(84)
Seymour Reichlin
9 The Anterior Pituitary	249	(92)
Michael O. Thorner
Mary Lee Vance
Edward R. Laws, Jr.
Eva Horvath
Kalman Kovacs
10 Posterior Pituitary and Water Metabolism	341	(48)
W. Brian Reeves
Daniel G. Bichet
Thomas E. Andreoli
SECTION 3 THYROID	389	(128)
11 The Thyroid Gland	389	(128)
P. Reed Larsen
Terry F. Davies
Ian D. Hay
SECTION 4 ADRENAL	517	(234)
12 The Adrenal Cortex	517	(148)
David N. Orth
William J. Kovacs
13 Catecholamines and the Adrenal Medulla	665	(64)
James B. Young
Lewis Landsberg
14 Endocrine Hypertension	729	(22)
Robert G. Dluhy
Gordon H. Williams
SECTION 5 REPRODUCTION	751	(188)
15 Disorders of the Ovaries and Female Reproductive Tract	751	(68)
Bruce R. Carr
16 Disorders of the Testes and the Male Reproductive Tract	819	(58)
James E. Griffin
Jean D. Wilson
17 Endocrine Disorders of the Breast	877	(24)
Andrew G. Frantz
Jean D. Wilson
18 Fertility Control and Its Complications	901	(26)
Bruce R. Carr
James E. Griffin
19 Sexual Function and Dysfunction	927	(12)
Stanley G. Korenman
SECTION 6 FUEL HOMEOSTASIS	939	(216)
20 Glucose Homeostasis and Hypoglycemia	939	(34)
Philip E. Cryer
Kenneth S. Polonsky
21 Diabetes Mellitus	973	(88)
Roger H. Unger
Daniel W. Foster
22 Eating Disorders: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, and Bulimia Nervosa	1061	(38)
Jeffrey S. Flier
Daniel W. Foster
23 Disorders of Lipid Metabolism	1099	(56)
Robert W. Mahley
Karl H. Weisgraber
Robert V. Farese, Jr.
SECTION 7 MINERAL METABOLISM	1155	(104)
24 Hormones and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism	1155	(56)
E. Richard Bringhurst
Marie B. Demay
Henry M. Kronenberg
25 Metabolic Bone Disease	1211	(30)
Lawrence G. Raisz
Barbara E. Kream
Joseph A. Lorenzo
26 Kidney Stones	1241	(18)
Charles Y.C. Pak
SECTION 8 DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH	1259	(368)
27 Endocrine Changes of Pregnancy	1259	(14)
M. Linette Casey
Paul C. MacDonald
28 Endocrinology of Fetal Development	1273	(30)
Delbert A. Fisher
29 Disorders of Sex Differentiation	1303	(124)
Melvin M. Grumbach
Felix A. Conte
30 Normal and Aberrant Growth	1427	(82)
Edward O. Reiter
Ron G. Rosenfeld
31 Puberty: Ontogeny, Neuroendocrinology, Physiology, and Disorders	1509	(118)
Melvin M. Grumbach
Dennis M. Styne
SECTION 9 POLYENDOCRINE DISORDERS	1627	(36)
32 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia	1627	(24)
Robert F. Gagel
33 Immunoendocrinopathy Syndromes	1651	(12)
George S. Eisenbarth
Charles F. Verge
SECTION 10 PARAENDOCRINE AND NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES	1663	(70)
34 Non-Insulin-Secreting Tumors of the Gastroenteropancreatic System	1663	(12)
Guenther J. Krejs
35 Endocrine-Responsive Cancer	1675	(18)
Marc E. Lippman
36 Humoral Manifestations of Malignancy	1693	(18)
Gordon J. Strewler
37 Disorders of Vasodilator Hormones: Carcinoid Syndrome and Mastocytosis	1711	(22)
L. Jackson Roberts II
Lowell B. Anthony
John A. Oates
INDEX	1733