Brought to you by the same expert endocrinologists responsible for the highly acclaimed two-volume Endocrinology clinical reference, Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric: The Adrenal Gland is a new eBook that puts all of the latest advances in management of adrenal disorders at your fingertips. Instantly accessible on your favorite eReader, this adrenal endocrinology eBook makes it easy to give your patients the benefit of today's best expertise.

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Inhalt

  1. The Principles, Enzymes, and Pathways of Human Steroidogenesis
  2. Glucocorticoid Action: Physiology
  3. Glucocorticoid Receptors: Their Mechanisms of Action and Glucocorticoid Resistance
  4. Aldosterone: Secretion and Action
  5. Glucocorticoid Therapy
  6. Adrenal Insufficiency
  7. Adrenal Causes of Hypercortisolism
  8. Defects of Adrenal Steroidogenesis
  9. Adrenarche and Adrenopause
  10. Adrenal Gland Imaging
  11. Adrenocortical Carcinoma
  12. Primary Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes and Hypertension
  13. Mineralocorticoid Deficiency
  14. Pheochromocytoma
  15. Adrenal Surgery
  16. Cushing's Syndrome

Titel
Endocrinology Adult and Pediatric: The Adrenal Gland E-Book
EAN
9780323221573
Format
E-Book (epub)
Genre
Veröffentlichung
15.07.2013
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
23.21 MB
Anzahl Seiten
281