Handbook of diagnostic endocrinology

The clinical laboratory plays a critical role in the diagnosis and management of endocrine and related metabolic disorders, which are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children and adults. The Handbook of Diagnostic Endocrinology, Third Edition provides a ready reference for the evaluation, diagnosis, and monitoring of such disorders. This revision incorporates translational medicine, connecting what clinicians need to know with those in research providing a clinical context to which they can relate their molecular findings. This book solves the needs of clinicians and researchers by bringing together in one book endocrinology at the molecular and clinical levels. As the intricacies of intracellular signaling have become better understood, states of hormone resistance are now increasingly recognized. The most common endocrinopathy in westernized countries, the metabolic syndrome, results, to a large extent, from insulin resistance. The complexity of the circulating forms of various hormones are acknowledged in this revision. Each chapter focuses on the biochemical tests that are required, either in the basal state or following provocation or suppression, to assist in the diagnosis of the various disordersDescribes proper sample collection and relevant interpretations of laboratory testsContains essential molecular biology and incorporates it with the clinical informationIncludes the discovery of new diagnostic and treatment methods INDICE: 1. Introduction2. The Pituitary Gland3. The Thyroid Gland4. The Adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla 5. The Gonads and reproduction6. Gastrointestinal endocrinology7. Hypoglycemia8. Hyperglycemia9. Lipoproteins10. Calcium and phosphate11. The Metabolic syndrome and Obesity12. Endocrine hypertension13. Malignancy-associated endocrine disorders14. AIDS endocrinopathies15. Short stature16. Pregnancy and the fetus17. Disorders of sexual development18. Transgender endocrinology19. The endocrinology of aging

• ISBN: 978-0-12-818277-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 500
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés