This book covers the
following topics: Principles of Endocrinology, Pituitary Disorders, Thyroid
Disorders, Adrenal Disorders, Polyglandular Deficiency Syndromes, Porphyrias,
Fluid Metabolism, Electrolyte Disorders, Acid-Base Regulation and Disorders,
Diabetes Mellitus and Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism, Lipid Disorders,
Amyloidosis, Carcinoid Tumors and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes.
This note covers introduction, Endocrine glands,
Chemical signaling, Chemical classification of hormones, Transport and
metabolism of hormones, Functions of hormones and their regulation.
This book
aims to provide readers with a general as well as an advanced overview of the
key trends in endocrine disorders. While covering a variety of topics ranging
from thyroid carcinogenesis and pituitary adenomas to adrenal tumors and
metabolic bone disease, this book also focuses on more specific issues not yet
fully elucidated.
Endotext
is an online resource on endocrine disease written by physicians and directed
toward physicians around the world caring for patients with these problems.
This guide covers the broad area of Clinical Endocrinology, emphasizes clinical
endocrine practice and includes the most current information on the
manifestations of endocrine disease, diagnosis, and treatment.
This
book explains a selected number of hot topics in endocrine and hormone-related
pathologies, discussed by eminent scientists and clinicians coming from
different countries of the world. It deals with advanced recent trends in the
field, including neuroendocrine and pituitary tumors, thyroid dysfunctions,
obesity, cancer, diabetes and a series of endocrine-related diseases, such as
those related to the anabolic effects of testosterone, the liver complications
of diabetes and the pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
A thyroid
disease is a medical condition impairing the function of the thyroid.
Hypothyroidism, multinodular goiter, hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer are only
few of the several implications that the thyroid disorders have in health. This
book aims to provide a general view of thyroid disorders, and a deeper
explanation of hyperthyroidism and its complications and impact in health.
This book, Type 2 Diabetes, is a unique book covering the topics including
pathophysiology, complications and prevention and treatments. The
Pathophysiology section covers a wide range of mechanisms and characteristics
from the micro to the macro . The Complications section includes renal
complications, sympathetic nervous system imbalance, atherosclerosis, and foot
ulcers which are frequently observed in diabetic patients. Finally, the
Prevention and Treatments section consists of non-pharmacological treatments,
bariatric surgery, pharmacological therapy, and insulin therapy.
This note covers the
following topics: The development of pseudoendocrinology, hypoadrenla, the
organo therapeutic wilderness, the supposititious pituitary influences, the
pancreatin mystery.
In
addition to covering the basics in the Concepts in Endocrine Pathophysiology
lecture, the lectures in this course note cover a wide range of subjects, from
Pituitary Neoplasia to Diabetes and Obesity - Treatment to Goiter and Thyroid
Nodular Disease.
This note explains the following
details about Endocrine Myopathies: Signs and symptoms, hustory, Differential
Diagnoses, treatment, medication and management.
This article covers the pathophysiology and causes of hyperchloremic
metabolic acidoses, in particular the renal tubular acidoses (RTAs). It also
addresses approaches to the diagnosis and management of these disorders.