Greenspan's basic & clinical endocrinology
By: edited by David G. Gardner, Dolores Shoback.
Contributors: Gardner, David G.; Shoback, Dolores M.; Greenspan, Francis S. 1920-
Edition: 8th ed.
Series: A Lange medical book; A Lange medical book; Lange medical book
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1010
ISBN-13: 9780071440110
Subjects: Endocrine Glands -- physiology; Endocrine System Diseases; Hormones -- physiology; Endocrinology; Endocrine glands -- Diseases
Other titles: Greenspan's basic and clinical endocrinology; Basic & clinical endocrinology
Description: A concise, single-source reference for the entire field of clinical endocrinology and the underlying basic science. Richly illustrated, this trusted guide is written by clinicians and researchers drawn largely from the University of California, San Francisco, one of the nation.s most respected endocrine divisions.
Notes: "A Lange medical book."

Rev. ed. of: Basic & clinical endocrinology / edited by Francis S. Greenspan, David G. Gardner. McGraw-Hill, c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brandon Hill
Table of contents: title: Introduction to endocrinology; title: Mechanisms of hormone action; title: Endocrine autoimmunity; title: Evidence-based endocrinology & clinical epidemiology; title: Hypothalamus & pituitary gland; title: Posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis); title: Growth; title: The thyroid gland; title: Metabolic bone disease; title: Glucocorticoids & adrenal androgens; title: Endocrine hypertension; title: Adrenal medulla & paraganglia; title: Testis; title: Female reproductive endocrinology & infertility; title: Disorders of sexual determination & differentiation; title: Puberty; title: The Endocrinology of pregnancy; title: Pancreatic hormones & diabetes mellitus; title: Hypoglycemic disorders; title: Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism; title: Obesity & overweight; title: Humoral manifestations of malignancy; title: Multiple endocrine neoplasia; title: Geriatric endocrinology; title: Endocrine emergencies; title: AIDS endocrinopathies; title: Endocrine surgery.