Handbook of Endocrinology, Second Edition, Volume I

Stay on top of the rapid changes sweeping endocrinology today with the latest information on important selected topics in The Handbook of Endocrinology. This extensive two-volume text provides an impressive breadth and depth of coverage difficult to find in other sources. After a broad survey of the functions of major endocrine glands, the book launches into detailed reviews of both established and hot, new research areas.
Selected topics include:

List of contents

Summation of Basic Endocrine Data, K.A. Jones
Effects of Environmental Factors on the Endocrine System, H. Yu
The Pineal Gland and Melatonin, J. Vriend and N.A.M. Alexiuk
Environmental Modulation of Neuroendocrine Function, R.W. Steger and A. Bartke
Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Regulation, W.E. Finn
An Overview of the Biological Actions and Neuroendocrine Regulation of Growth Hormones, W.E. Sonntag
Prolactin, C. Hodson
Thyroid and Parathyroid Imaging, B. Shapiro and M.D. Gross
Grave's Ophthalmopathy: The Role of Cytokines in Pathogenesis, R.S. Bahn
The Endocrine Pancreas, M. Doerr and J.B. Buse
Genetics of Endocrine Disorders and Diabetes Mellitus, B.A. Marshall and A.S. Hollander
Index

About the author

Gass\, George H.; Kaplan\, Harold M.

Summary

Stay on top of the changes sweeping endocrinology today with information on important selected topics in The Handbook of Endocrinology. This extensive two-volume text provides an impressive breadth and depth of coverage difficult to find in other sources

Product details

• Authors: George H. Gass, George H. (Tulsa Gass, Gass George H., Harold M. Kaplan, Harold M. (Southern Illinois University) Kaplan, Kaplan Harold M.
• Assisted by: George H. Gass (Editor), Harold M. Kaplan (Editor)
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780849394294
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-9429-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 894 g
• Illustrations: 3 b/w images, 15 tables, 3 halftones and 9 Equations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Endocrinology, MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism