Published December, 2012
By Martin Matzuk, Chester W. Brown and T. Rajendra Kumar
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Up-to-date and comprehensive, Transgenics in Endocrinology reviews the most recent developments in the analysis of endocrine physiology and its pathologies through mouse models, and provides a host of creative approaches to understand better the complex processes that are characteristic of hormonal systems.

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Published December, 2012
By Erica A. Eugster and Ora Hirsch Pescovitz
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Leading researchers comprehensively translate all the latest scientific information regarding endocrine physiology and development into an understanding of the clinical pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of endocrine disease.

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Published December, 2012
By Marcello D. Bronstein
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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This book examines the current state of understanding of Cushing's Syndrome, including its causes, controversies in diagnosis, related conditions associated with obesity, factors complicating diagnosis and a variety of approaches to treatment.

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Published November, 2012
By Nanette F. Santoro and Genevieve Neal-Perry
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Amenorrhea: A Case-Based Clinical Guide is a comprehensive review of the current knowledge regarding normal female reproductive physiology. Replete with interesting case vignettes and providing diagnostic algorithms and therapeutic strategies for amenorrhea, Amenorrhea: A Case-Based Clinical Guide is divided into three sections.

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Published October, 2012
By Michael O. Thorner and Roy G. Smith
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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The introductory chapter sets the background for the book and provides a superb overview of the relevance of ghrelin to physiology, describing how the discovery of ghrelin has prompted us to completely rethink traditional physiology.

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Published October, 2012
By Michael Freemark
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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The evidence-based approach of Pediatric Obesity: Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment provides a comprehensive and invaluable guide for all healthcare providers concerned with the evaluation and care of children with nutritional and metabolic disease and with the societal implications of the obesity epidemic.

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Published October, 2012
By Fuller W. Bazer
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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A comprehensive, cutting-edge review of the complex interactions between maternal and fetal-placental tissues that control the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, the proper development of the fetus, the birth process, and the behavioral aspects of bonding between mother and newborn.

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Published October, 2012
By Allen M. Spiegel
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Published October, 2012
By Aristidis Veves
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Leading medical specialists critically review for the general practitioner the latest techniques for the clinical management of diabetic neuropathy. They also include concise discussions of the causes of diabetic neuropathy and highlight the relatively unknown features of neuropathy that can significantly impact a patient's life.

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Published August, 2012
By George P. Chrousos, Christian A. Koch and George Chrousos
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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The prevalence of hypertension is almost three times as high as that of diabetes mellitus type 2, with both conditions being major risk factors for stroke, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure.

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