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Basic & clinical endocrinology / edited by Francis S. Greenspan, David G. Gardner. - 6th ed. - East Norwalk, Conn. : Hemel Hempstead : Appleton & Lange ; Prentice Hall, 2001. - xv, 891 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Lange medical book. .

Previous ed.: 1997.

Introduction to endocrinology -- Hormone synthesis & release -- Mechanisms of hormone action - Endocrine autoimmunity -- Hypothalamus & pituitary -- Growth -- The thyroid gland -- Mineral metabolism & metabolic disease -- Glucocorticoids & adrenal androgens -- Endocrine hypertension -- Adrenal medulla -- Testes -- Ovaries -- Abnormalities of sexual determination & differentiation -- Puberty -- The endocrinology of pregnancy -- Regulatory peptides of the gut -- Pancreatic hormones & diabetes mellitus -- Hypoglycemic disorders -- Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism -- Obesity & overweight --Hormones & cancer -- Humoral manifestations of malignancy -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia -- Geriatric endocrinology -- Endocrine emergencies -- AIDS endocrinopathies -- Appendix: Table of normal hormone reference ranges.

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Endocrinology.
Endocrine glands--Diseases.
Endocrinology.
Endocrine Glands.
Endocrine System Diseases.

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