Main description:

This is a concise, pocket-sized, economy textbook covering the whole field of endocrinology but focusing on common problems encountered in clinical practice. In addition to serving as a colorful aide-memoire, this book also supports individual patient care and management through a structured and practical problem-solving approach. The contents are explained and interfaced with easy-to-follow schematic diagrams, illustrations, summarized flowcharts and tables. As a pocket synopsis of clinical endocrinology, the book offers a practical guide to clinical investigation. Through reinforcement of comprehension, it will supplement large major reference textbooks and lecture series and thus appeal to a broad readership across the developed and developing world.

Contents:

Fundamentals and Principles of Endocrinology: The Endocrine System, Chemical Transmission and Investigations in Endocrinology; Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone: A Peptide Hormone; Clinical Endocrinology: The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland, Growth Hormone and Cellular Growth Factors, Normal Growth and Pathophysiology of Growth; Reproductive Endocrinology; Male Reproduction: The Testis, Actions of Androgens, Pathophysiology; The Thyroid Gland and Thyroid Hormones; Calcium and Metabolic Bone Disease; Primary Osteoporosis; Clinical Diabetes and Obesity: Complications of Diabetes; Glucagon and Gastrointestinal Hormones; Energy Homeostasis: Causes of Obesity, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Complications, Insulin Resistance and Endocrine Complications.