Endocrine Pharmacology - Physiological Basis and Therapeutic Applications

Klappentext A 1981 treatment of the action and uses of the hormones and drugs that influence endocrine functions in the body as seen by a pharmacologist. Zusammenfassung A 1981 treatment of the action and uses of the hormones and drugs that influence endocrine functions in the body as seen by a pharmacologist. The book includes a description of available drug preparations and expected therapeutic responses! and an examination of their side effects and interactions with other drugs. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Basic principles of pharmacology in relation to the endocrine function; 3. The pituitary gland; 4. The thyroid gland; 5. Steroid hormones: introduction; 6. The adrenal glands; 7. The endocrinology and pharmacology of reproduction; 8. The Islets of Langerhans; 9. Calcemic hormones: parathyroid hormone, calcitonin and vitamin D3; 10. The gastrointestinal hormones; 11. The renin-angiotensin system; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: P. J. Bentley, P.J. Bentley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521279352
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27935-2
• No. of pages: 514
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Pharmacology, Endocrinology, MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism, MEDICAL / Physiology, Pharmacology