Endocrinology Adult and Pediatric: The Adrenal Gland,
Edition 6
By Ashley B. Grossman, BA, BSc, MD, FRCP, FMedSc, J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD and Leslie J. De Groot, MD

Publication Date: 05 Aug 2013
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.

Key Features

  • Stay abreast of the newest knowledge and advances in adrenal endocrinology, including…
    • the molecular genetics of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas
    • the newest therapies for adrenocortical carcinoma, written by the organizers of the first major international trials
    • a survey of adrenal imaging, authored by the world's major diagnostic imaging specialist on cross-sectional CT and MR scanning of the adrenal gland
    • a comprehensive survey of adrenarche and the adrenopause - topics not adequately covered in most other adrenal endocrinology books
    • and much more.
  • Count on all the authority that has made Endocrinology, 6th Edition, edited by Drs. Jameson and De Groot, the go-to clinical medical reference for endocrinologists worldwide.
  • Make the best clinical endocrinology decisions with an enhanced emphasis on evidence-based practice in conjunction with expert opinion.
About the author
By Ashley B. Grossman, BA, BSc, MD, FRCP, FMedSc, Professor of Endocrinology, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom; J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Robert G. Dunlop Professor of Medicine, Dean, Raymond and Ruth Perelman, School of Medicine, Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leslie J. De Groot, MD, Research Professor, University of Rhode Island; Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago and President, MDTEXT.COM, Incorporated, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Table of Contents
  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
Book details
ISBN: 9780323240598
Page Count: 281
Retail Price : £28.99