Full Description
How The Endocrine System Works is not another standard introduction to endocrinology, but an innovative and fun way to learn about the importance of the key glands in the human body and the hormones they control. It is explained in 9 easy-to-understand lectures, with additional material on the treatment and management of endocrine disorders.
How The Endocrine System Works:
Is designed for those in need of a concise introduction to this fascinating area of medicine
Has been rigorously updated to reflect today's endocrinology teaching
Includes more focus on the treatment and management of endocrine disorders
Features more on evidence-based medicine, obesity, epidemiology, and biostatistics
Includes summaries of key research that affects diagnostic criteria
Includes brand new case-based review questions at the end of each chapter
Features full-color diagrams throughout
How The Endocrine System Works is the perfect introduction for all medical students, as well as for students of bioscience, and other healthcare disciplines.
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
How to Use this Book ix
Lecture 1 An Overview 1
Lecture 2 Pituitary and Hypothalamus 13
Lecture 3 The Thyroid 25
Lecture 4 Adrenal Gland 39
Lecture 5 Glucose Metabolism 53
Lecture 6 Calcium Metabolism 77
Lecture 7 Reproductive Endocrinology 91
Lecture 8 Lipid Disorders 105
Lecture 9 Disorders of Multiple Endocrine Glands and Paraneoplastic Syndromes 115
Appendix Clinical Trials Evidence-Based Medicine, and Reading the Literature 119
Glossary 127
Index 131
