Endocrinology category: 1008 books
by M.I. New, L.S. Levine
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Clinical Aspects and Laboratory. Iron Metabolism, Anemias
Novel concepts in the anemias of malignancies and renal and rheumatoid diseases
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Disturbances of iron metabolism, particularly iron deficiency, are among the most commonly overlooked or misinterpreted diseases. This is due to the fact that the determination of transport iron in serum or plasma, which used to be the test in conventional diagnosis, does not allow a representative...
Renal Stone Disease
Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
CHARLES Y. c. PAK Major progress has been made in the pathophysiologic elucidation and management of nephrolithiasis during the past two decades. It is now possible to detect the cause of stone disease in more than 95% of patients, to prevent recurrent formation of stones in the majority of patients,...
The Bone and Mineral Manual
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2005
Brings together up-to-date bone and mineral metabolism methods in one easily, accessible volume
Provides a quick reference for bone and mineral disorders
Addresses problems likely to be seen at all ages, from the pre-term infant to the centenarian
Ideal for practicing physicians, residents, medical students, and researchers
Diabetic Renal-Retinal Syndrome
21st Century Management Now
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
After a decade or longer, approximately one-third of individuals with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes commence a downhill course in which decreasing renal function and failing vision define a Renal-Retinal Syndrome, dominating all aspects of life and presaging early death. Only a generation ago,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes is not a contemporary epi demic. In fact, athletes purportedly resorted to such measures over 2000 years ago. Even at the ancient olympic games, athletes employed special diets and concoctions to enhance their performance. In ancient Rome and...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Raynaud’s SyndromeWhat is Raynaud's Syndrome?Raynaud's Syndrome is a rare transient vasospasm of small arteries of the hand precipitated by cold.Arteries are major blood vessels that deliver blood from the heart to different parts of the body.Raynaud's...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Hypercalcemia is too much calcium (above 10.4 mg/dL or 2.6 mmol/L) in the blood.Normal blood Calcium varies from 8.4 to 10.4 mg/dL (2.25-2.6 mmol/L).In hypercalcemia, just over 50% of the circulating calcium is protein bound and the level of circulating protein, mainly albumin, must also be considered...
Sperm Chromatin
Biological and Clinical Applications in Male Infertility and Assisted Reproduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Sperm DNA damage is common and has been associated with reduced rates of conception, impaired embryonic development and increased risk of miscarriage. Although the exact causes of sperm DNA damage are unknown, it is clear that infertile men possess substantially higher levels of sperm DNA damage than...
Recurrent Implantation Failure
Etiologies and Clinical Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
This unique text discusses the wide range of causes and pathophysiologic conditions contributing to recurrent implantation failure (RIF) and the current treatment approaches to best approach this challenging patient population. Beginning with a presentation of the mechanism of normal implantation,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
The authors address in particular the role of hormones and their links with other maternal environmental mediators in developmental programming. The crucial nature of the placenta as an interface and target between maternal and foetal environments is addressed. Emphasis is made on the emerging science...
The Heart of the Brain
The Hypothalamus and Its Hormones
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
How hormonal signals in one small structure of the brain—the hypothalamus—govern our physiology and behavior.
As human beings, we prefer to think of ourselves as reasonable. But how much of what we do is really governed by reason? In this book, Gareth Leng considers the extent to which...
Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine
Gender in the Genomic Era
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
The announcement that we had decoded the human genome in 2000 ushered in a new and unique era in biomedical research and clinical medicine. This Third Edition of Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine focuses, as in the past two editions, on the essentials of sexual dimorphism in human physiology...