Manual of endocrinology and metabolism
By: editor, Norman Lavin.
Contributors: Lavin, Norman.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 837
ISBN-13: 9780781768863
Subjects: Endocrinology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Endocrine glands -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Metabolism -- Disorders -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Endocrine System Diseases -- Handbooks; Metabolic Diseases -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Description: Now in its Fourth Edition, this Spiral® Manual presents clinical information and protocols in outline format for evaluation and treatment of most endocrine disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. This thoroughly updated edition includes an introduction to risk assessment and screening and results of recent clinical trials and their implications for treatment and prevention. Also included are summaries of recent guidelines from the Endocrine Society and the American Academy of Clinical Endocrinology for prevention and management of many endocrine disorders including diabetes, growth hormone deficiency, dysmetabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, and obesity. New chapters focus on comorbidities of Type II diabetes mellitus in children and use of growth hormone in adults.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.