Endocrinology. Adult and Pediatric: The Adrenal Gland

Description

Give your patients the benefit of today's best adrenal endocrinology know-how with The Adrenal Gland, a new derivative book from the same expert endocrinologists responsible for the highly acclaimed two-volume textbook, Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric. Never before available as a stand-alone offering, this compilation of chapters from the leading resource in endocrinology covers all material related to the adrenal gland.

Table of contents

The Principles, Enzymes, and Pathways of Human Steroidogenesis
Glucocorticoid Action: Physiology
Glucocorticoid Receptors: Their Mechanisms of Action and Glucocorticoid Resistance
Aldosterone: Secretion and Action
Glucocorticoid Therapy
Adrenal Insufficiency
Adrenal Causes of Hypercortisolism
Defects of Adrenal Steroidogenesis
Adrenarche and Adrenopause
Adrenal Gland Imaging
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Primary Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes and Hypertension
Mineralocorticoid Deficiency
Pheochromocytoma
Adrenal Surgery
Cushing’s Syndrome