Table of Contents

Section I: Hormones and Hormone Action Chapter 1: Principles of Endocrinology Chapter 2: The Endocrine Patient Chapter 3: Genetic Control of Peptide Hormone Formation Chapter 4: Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act on Nuclear Receptors Chapter 5: Mechanism of Action of Hormones that Act at the Cell Surface Chapter 6: Laboratory Techniques for Recognition of Endocrine Disorders Section II: Hypothalamus and Pituitary Chapter 7: Neuroendocrinology Chapter 8: Pituitary Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation Chapter 9: Pituitary Disorders Chapter 10: Posterior Pituitary Section III: Thyroid Chapter 11: Thyroid Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients with Thyroid Disorders Chapter 12: Thyrotoxicosis Chapter 13: Hypothyroidism and Thyroiditis Chapter 14: Nontoxic Diffuse and Nodular Goiter and Thyroid Neoplasia Section IV: Adrenal Cortex and Endocrine Hypertension Chapter 15: The Adrenal Cortex Chapter 16: Endocrine Hypertension Section V: Reproduction Chapter 17: The Physiology and Pathology of the Female Reproductive Axis Chapter 18: Hormonal Contraception Chapter 19: Testicular Disorders Chapter 20: Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women Section VI: Endocrinology and the Life Span Chapter 21: Endocrine Changes in Pregnancy Chapter 22: Endocrinology of Fetal Development Chapter 23: Disorders of Sex Development Chapter 24: Normal and Aberrant Growth Chapter 25: Puberty: Ontogeny, Neuroendocrinology, Physiology, and Disorders Chapter 26: Hormones and Athletic Performance Chapter 27: Endocrinology and Aging Section VII: Mineral Metabolism Chapter 28: Hormones and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism Chapter 29: Metabolic Bone Disease Chapter 30: Kidney Stones Section VIII: Disorders of Carbohydrates and Metabolism Chapter 31: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Chapter 32: Type 1 Diabetes Chapter 33: Complications of Diabetes Mellitus Chapter 34: Glucose Homeostasis and Hypoglycemia Section IX: Body Fat and Lipid Metabolism Chapter 35: Neuroendocrine Control of Energy Stores Chapter 36: Obesity Chapter 37: Disorders of Lipid Metabolism Chapter 38: Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS Chapter 39: Gastrointestinal Hormones and Gut Endocrine Tumors Section X: Polyendocrine and Neoplastic Disorders Chapter 40: Pathogenesis of Endocrine Tumors Chapter 41: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Chapter 42: The Immunoendocrinopathy Syndromes Chapter 43: Endocrine Management of the Cancer Survivor (title changed) Chapter 44: Carcinoid Tumors, Carcinoid Syndrome and Related Disorders

About the Author

Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP, is Executive VP and Dean of the Medical Faculty at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He leads Cedars-Sinai's research and education programs, recruiting nationally recognized faculty leadership, establishing new educational programs and maintaining the highest academic standards. Dr. Melmed holds the Helene A. and Philip E. Hixon Distinguished Chair in Investigative Medicine. An international authority on pituitary medicine, he has pioneered the discovery and application of novel treatments for endocrine tumors and has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Melmed has been a faculty leader at Cedars-Sinai for nearly 40 years and has been the health system's chief academic officer since 1998. Dr. Melmed's laboratory consistently has received competitive grant awards from the National Institutes of Health since 1980, and he has trained over 80 physicians, scientists and graduate students who occupy leading positions in academic endocrinology worldwide. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and is also an Associate Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine.

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