Williams textbook of endocrinology.
Contributors: Kronenberg, Henry.; Williams, Robert Hardin.
Edition: 11th ed. / Henry M. Kronenberg ... [et al.].
Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1911
ISBN-13: 9781416029113; 9780323045827
Subjects: Endocrinology; Endocrine glands -- Diseases; Endocrine Glands; Endocrine System Diseases
Other titles: Textbook of endocrinology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles of endocrinology; title: The endocrine patient; title: Genetic control of peptide hormone formation; title: Mechanism of action of hormones that act on nuclear receptors; title: Mechanism of action of hormones that act at the cell surface; title: Laboratory techniques for recognition of endocrine disorders; title: Neuroendocrinology; title: Anterior pituitary; title: Posterior pituitary; title: Thyroid physiology and diagnostic evaluation of patients with thyroid disorders; title: Thyrotoxicosis; title: Hypothyroidism and thyroiditis; title: Nontoxic diffuse and nodular goiter and thyroid neoplasia; title: The adrenal cortex; title: Endocrine hypertension; title: The physiology and pathology of the female reproductive axis; title: Hormonal contraception; title: Testicular disorders; title: Sexual dysfunction in men and women; title: Endorcine changes in pregnancy; title: Endocrinology of fetal development; title: Disorders of sex development; title: Normal and aberrant growth; title: Puberty: ontogeny, neuroendocrinology, physiology, and disorders; title: Hormones and athletic performance; title: Endocrinology and aging; title: Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism; title: Metabolic bone disease; title: Kidney stones; title: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; title: Type 1 diabetes mellitus; title: Complications of diabetes mellitus; title: Glucose homeostasis and hypoglycemia; title: Neuroendocrine control of energy stores; title: Obesity; title: Disorders of lipid metabolism; title: Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS; title: Gastrointestinal hormones and gut endocrine tumors; title: Pathogenesis of endocrine tumors; title: Multiple endocrine neoplasia; title: The immunoendocrinopathy syndromes; title: Endocrine-responsive cancer; title: Humoral manifestations of malignancy; title: Carcinoid tumors, carcinoid syndrome, and related disorders.