Endocrinology category: 1008 books

This Essentials book answers all the key questions asked about Type 2 diabetes in succinct, accessible and up-to-date form. There are two main types of diabetes and you may not be sure which you have. In general, people with Type 1 diabetes are usually young, develop symptoms quite rapidly and need insulin...

This monograph represents the first comprehensive review of hormones in human amniotic fluid and includes data published up to and including 1980. Recently, more extensive use of amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis and evaluation of fetal lung maturation has shown that amniotic fluid hormone measurements...

The commonest cause of blindness in young and middle-aged people in the Western world is diabetes mellitus. Although the mechanism underlying diabetic retinopathy is still not understood, the technology to reduce its progress exists, provided treatment is given at the appropriate time. Doctors caring...

Hypocalcemia is a frequent biochemical disorder that can vary in severity from being asymptomatic in mild cases to presenting as an acute life-threatening crisis.Hypocalcemia is too low calcium (below 8.4 mg/dL or 2.25 mmol/L) in the blood.Normal blood Calcium varies from 8.4 to 10.4 mg/dL (2.25-2.6...

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers with an interest in the management of thyroid nodules and cancer, including both surgeons and endocrinologists.  The book reviews new data about risk factors...

This monograph brings together our work concerning the relationships be­ tween the hypothalamus, pituitary and testis. The studies span approximate­ ly a decade of collaborative work. Over this period our contributions and those of many others have advanced greatly our understanding of many aspects...

The practice of clinical reproductive medicine has practice in the era of managed care and coordinat­ gradually moved from its initial 1980-90 hospital ing ancillary offsite medical personnel. base to its present (circa 2001) office site of oper­ The objective of this text is to assist in this ongo­...

The account of "neonatal sterilization" is the story of the advocates of direct effect of steroids on the gonads and those who believed in the indirect influence, mediated through the hypothalamus and/or the pituitary gland. As often happens in biology, both convictions represent the same...

This practical resource provides the latest evidence, management strategies and recommendations for the treatment of disorders of the adrenal glands, including related physiology, genetics and pharmacology. This book is divided into three thematic sections. The first covers adrenal physiology, presenting...

In the weeks following the death of my son Tony aged just Thirteen I started writing his memoirs as cathartic therapy in an effort to make some sense of the turmoil I was experiencing and to contain the anger I was feeling. Tony was to experience many prejudices in his life. Bullied from a young age...

Diabetes is common, chronic, complicated, and costly both to the patient and to the state. It causes distress, disability, and premature death. Most diabetes complications can be prevented or reduced. Diabetes Care Second Edition is a concise and easy-to-read reference source for all aspects of care...

The clinical management of patients with diabetes is rapidly evolving. Evidence-based Management of Diabetes provides a succinct summary of a range of topics, including areas where there is already well developed evidence for a particular treatment, but also those areas where the evidence is perhaps...

Endocrinología clínica de Dorantes y Martínez, 5ª edición, es una obra que incluye los temas más importantes y relevantes de una especialidad en constante desarrollo y evolución. Debido a los grandes avances en tecnología médica, biología molecular y genómica, la endocrinología ha tenido...