The latest edition of Williams Textbook of Endocrinology edited by Drs. Shlomo Melmed, Kenneth S. Polonsky, P. Reed Larsen, and Henry M. Kronenberg, helps you diagnose and treat your patients effectively with up-to-the minute, practical know-how on all endocrine system disorders. Comprehensive yet accessible, this extensively revised 12th Edition updates you on diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, thyroid disease, testicular disorders, and much more so you can provide your patients with the most successful treatments. Find scientific insight and clinical data interwoven in every chapter, reflecting advances in both areas of this constantly changing discipline, and presented in a truly accessible format. You?ll also access valuable contributions from a dynamic list of expert authors and nearly 2.000 full-color images to help you with every diagnosis. This title has everything you need to manage any and all the clinical endocrinopathies you may encounter.
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