EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

Abstract:

This comprehensive primer on the opening stages of common endocrine diseases focuses on early signs and symptoms, surveys the clinical testing needed for a diagnosis, and concisely presents the best current recommendations for therapy. The book covers such new “endocrine” diseases as polycystic ovarian syndrome, obesity, and hypogonadism, but also offers new approaches to such basic conditions as type 2 diabetes and thyroid disease. Easy-to-follow chapters discuss the molecular pathophysiology of the condition in question and summarizes the key points in easy-to-read tables.

Reviews:

…a user-friendly, up-to-date textbook that covers the main topics of endocrinology. It encompasses the major advances in early diagnosis and treatment…we recommend this book for general practitioners and endocrinologists as an excellent overview of endocrine diagnosis and treatment that includes many of the latest advances in the field. – TRENDS in Endocrinology and Metabolism

• 1. Thyroid Cancer
• 2. Hypothyroidism
• 3. Hyperthyroidism
• 4. Type 1 Diabetes
• 5. Type 2 Diabetes
• 6. Diabetes Mellitus: Cardiovascular Complications
• 7. Obesity: A Challenging Global Epidemic
• 8. Dyslipidemia
• 9. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• 10. Acromegaly
• 11. Pituitary Tumors Other Than Acromegaly
• 12. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Types 1, 2a, and 2b
• 13. Addison's Disease
• 14. Cushing's Syndrome
• 15. Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia
• 16. Pheochromocytoma
• 17. Hypogonadism in Men and Women
• 18. Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia