TY - BOOK AU - Melmed,Shlomo TI - Williams Textbook of Endocrinology SN - 9780323297387 AV - RC648 .M45 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Elsevier KW - Endocrine Glands KW - Endocrine System Diseases KW - Endocrine glands Diseases N1 - Includes Bibliographical references and Index; Principles of endocrinology Clinical endocrinology : a personal view Principles of hormone action Genetics of endocrinology Health care reform, population health, and the endocrinologist Laboratory techniques for recognition of endocrine disorders Neuroendocrinology Pituitary physiology and diagnostic evaluation Pituitary masses and tumors Posterior pituitary Thyroid physiology and diagnostic evaluation of patients with thyroid disorders Hyperthyroid disorders Hypothyroidism and thyroiditis Nontoxic diffuse goiter, nodular thyroid disorders, and thyroid malignancies The adrenal cortex Endocrine hypertension Physiology and pathology of the female reproductive axis Hormonal contraception Testicular disorders Sexual dysfunction in men and women Endocrine changes in pregnancy Endocrinology of fetal development Pediatric disorders of sex development Normal and aberrant growth in children Physiology and disorders of puberty Hormones and athletic performance Endocrinology and aging Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism Osteoporosis and bone biology Kidney stones Type 2 diabetes mellitus Type 1 diabetes mellitus Complications of diabetes mellitus Hypoglycemia Neuroendocrine control of energy stores Obesity Disorders of lipid metabolism Gastrointestinal hormones and gut endocrine tumors Multiple endocrine neoplasia The immunoendocrinopathy syndromes Endocrinology of hiv/aids The long-term endocrine sequelae of multimodality cancer therapy Neuroendocrine gastrointestinal and lung tumors (carcinoid tumors), the carcinoid syndrome, and related disorders N2 - For more than 65 years, Williams Textbook of Endocrinology has been the gold standard in the field, delivering authoritative guidance on every aspect of adult and pediatric endocrine system disorders. The 13th Edition has been thoroughly updated by Drs. Shlomo Melmed, Kenneth S. Polonsky, P. Reed Larsen, and Henry M. Kronenberg, to bring you state-of-the-art coverage of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, thyroid disease, testicular disorders, and much more, all designed to help you provide optimal care to every patient. Bridging the gap between basic science and clinical information, it is an essential, relevant resource for endocrinologists, endocrine surgeons, gynecologists, internists, and pediatricians - any clinician who needs the most reliable coverage available on the diverse features across the spectrum of endocrine disease ER -