Oxford American Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes

About this Book

• Covers the full range of the specialty, including diabetes and obesity
• Provides quick access to clinical information for point of care use
• Includes plentiful tables that summarize key information

The discipline of Endocrinology encompasses diabetes and obesity, two of the most common and pressing health care concerns today. The Oxford American Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes concisely reviews the entire discipline, providing a wealth of daily help for students and residents managing patients with diabetes and obesity as well as reproductive and neuroendocrine disorders, pediatric endocrinology, and problems of the thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands. Key topics such as genetics, therapeutic agents, and results of major clinical trials are included, all in a compact and easily-navigable package.

Readership: Residents and clinicians in endocrinology and internal medicine

Table of Contents

1. Thyroid - Sol, Dina Green, Caroline Messer, Rachel Pessah
2. Pituitary - Boris, Janice Kerr
3. Adrenals - Boris
4. Reproductive endocrinology - Boris, Margaret ( Maggie) Wierman, MD
5. Endocrine disorders of pregnancy - Boris, Linda (Lynn) Barbour, MD
6. Calcium and bone - Sol
7. Pediatric endocrinology - Boris, Kristen Nadeau, MD
8. Neuroendocrine tumors of GI tract - Sol, Dina Green, Emily Gallagher
9. Inherited endocrine syndromes - Boris
10. Miscellaneous endocrinology - Boris, Marc Cornier, MD
11. Diabetes - Boris
12. Lipids - Sol, Dina Green, Barrie Weinstein
13. Laboratory Endocrinology - Boris, E. Chester (Chip) Ridgway, MD

Author Information

Edited by Boris Draznin and Edited by Sol Epstein

BD: Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, ACOS for R&D, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, ColoradoSE: Director of Clinical Research, Osteoporosis and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Bronx Medical Center, New York

Contributors:
Marc-Andre Cornier, MD.; Emily Gallagher, MB, BCh, BAO.; Dina Green, MD.; Janice M. Kerr, MD.; Caroline Messer, MD.; Kristen Nadeau, MS, MD.; Rachel Pessah, MD.; E. Chester Ridgway, MD.; Barrie Weinstein, MD.; Margaret E. Wierman, MD.