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Informationen zum Autor Philip E. Harris trained in endocrinology as an MRC Training Fellow at the University of Wales College of Medicine; at St. Bartholomew's Hospital! London; and The University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1990-1991! Dr. Harris worked as an MRC Travelling Fellow at the Endocrine and Reproductive Endocrine units! Massachusetts General Hospital! Boston! USA. In 1994! he was appointed senior lecturer and consultant endocrinologist at King's College Hospital! London. His main clinical and research interest is in the field of endocrine oncology-in particular! pituitary disease. Dr. Harris is currently vice president for Scientific Affairs! Ipsen Biopharm Ltd. He is also an honorary consultant in endocrinology at University Hospital Lewisham! London. Pierre-Marc G. Bouloux is the Director of the Centre for Neuroendocrinology at the Royal Free and University CollegeMedical School. He was an MRC Training Fellow under Michael Besser at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and was subsequently lecturer in medicine at the University Department of Medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He has held his present post since 1991. In addition to running a clinical service! he also has a special interest in neuroendocrinology. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed publications. Klappentext Endocrinology is a complex field which spans a wide range of diseases! disorders! and conditions. This edition provides an approach to the management of clinical problems in endocrinology. It offers guidance and scientific updates relevant to a range of clinical problems. Zusammenfassung Endocrinology is a complex field which spans a wide range of diseases, disorders, and conditions. This edition provides an approach to the management of clinical problems in endocrinology. It offers guidance and scientific updates relevant to a range of clinical problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Dr Ken HoNeuroendocrine Disease! Philip HarrisFamilial Isolated Pituitary Adenomas! Vladimir Vasilev! Renata S. Auriemma! Adrian F. Daly! and Albert BeckersSurgical Management of Pituitary Adenomas! Garni Barkhoudarian! Edward R. Laws! Jr.Pituitary radiotherapy! Thankamma Ajithkumar! Michael Brada Replacement therapy in adult hypopituitarism! Anna G. Nilsson! Gudmundur Johannsson IGF-I as a metabolic hormone! David R. Clemmons Radionuclide Scanning in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Endocrine Disorders! Dr Rakesh Sajjan! Jamshed BomanjiGastro-Entero-Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours! Maxime Palazzo! Philipe Ruszniewsky! Dermot O'TooleHereditary primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPTH) and multiple endocrine neoplasia! Emma Tham! Catharina LarssonCoincidental Adrenal Masses and Adrenal Cancer! Marinella Tzanela! Dimitra Argyro Vassiliadi! Stylianos TsagarakisDisorders of Calcium Regulation! Dolores ShobackMetabolic Bone Disease! Philip E Harris! Pierre-Marc G BoulouxAutoimmune Endocrine Disease! Terry J. Smith! Laszlo HegedüsNon-Autoimmune Thyroid Disease! Arie Berghout! Dr A.F. Muller! Philip Harris Differentiated and Undifferentiated Thyroid cancer! Michael J Stechman! David Scott-Coombes The Inherited Basis of Hypogonadotrophic Hyponadism! Pierre-Marc BoulouxHypogonadism! Erectile Dysfunction and Infertility in Men! Pierre-Marc Bouloux! Shalander BhasinAmenorrhoea and hirsutism! Stephen Franks Endocrine Problems in Pregnancy! Anjali Amin! Stephen RobinsonFluid and electrolytes disorders! Ploutarchos Tzoulis! Pierre-Marc BoulouxEndocrine hypertension! Frances McManus! John Connell! Marie Freel Obesity! Ahmed Yousseif! Efthimia Karra! Sofia Rahman! Rachel Batterham Endocrinology of Aging! Prasanth N. Surampudi! Christina Wang! Yanhe Lue! Ronald SwerdloffEndocrine Emergencies! Simon Aylwin! Ben WhitelawAppendix: Pituitary function testing! William M. Drake! Peter J Trainer ...
