The Pituitary
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The Pituitary, Fourth Edition, continues the tradition of a cogent blend of basic science and clinical medicine which has been the successful hallmark of prior editions. This comprehensive text is devoted to the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of pituitary disorders. The new edition has been extensively revised to reflect new knowledge derived from advances in molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, diagnostics, and therapeutics as they apply to the pituitary gland.
The wide spectrum of clinical disorders emanating from dysfunction of the master gland is described in detail by experts in the field. Fundamental mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis are presented to provide the reader with an in-depth understanding of mechanisms subserving both normal and disordered pituitary hormone secretion and action.
This extensive body of knowledge is useful for students, trainees, physicians, and scientists who need to understand critical pituitary functions and how to care for patients with pituitary disorders. Chapters provide medical students, clinical and basic endocrinology trainees, endocrinologists, internists, pediatricians, gynecologists, and neurosurgeons with a comprehensive, yet integrated, text devoted to the science and art of pituitary medicine.
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The wide spectrum of clinical disorders emanating from dysfunction of the master gland is described in detail by experts in the field. Fundamental mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis are presented to provide the reader with an in-depth understanding of mechanisms subserving both normal and disordered pituitary hormone secretion and action.
This extensive body of knowledge is useful for students, trainees, physicians, and scientists who need to understand critical pituitary functions and how to care for patients with pituitary disorders. Chapters provide medical students, clinical and basic endocrinology trainees, endocrinologists, internists, pediatricians, gynecologists, and neurosurgeons with a comprehensive, yet integrated, text devoted to the science and art of pituitary medicine.
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Product details
- Hardback | 714 pages
- 216 x 276 x 38.1mm | 2,110g
- 02 Feb 2017
- Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Academic Press Inc
- San Diego, United States
- English
- 4th edition
- 0128041692
- 9780128041697
Table of contents
Section I: Hypothalamic-Pituitary Function
Chapter 1. Pituitary Development
Chapter 2. Hypothalamic Regulation of Anterior Pituitary Function
Chapter 3. Adrenocorticotrophin
Chapter 4. Growth Hormone
Chapter 5. Prolactin
Chapter 6. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
Chapter 7. Gonadotrophin Hormones
Chapter 8. The Posterior Pituitary
Section II: Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disorders
Chapter 9. The Hypothalamus
Chapter 10. Anterior Pituitary Failure
Chapter 11. Pituitary Dysfunction in Systemic Disorders
Chapter 12. Drugs and Pituitary Function
Chapter 13. The Pituitary Gland in Pregnancy
Chapter 14. Psychiatric Disease in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disorders
Section III: Pituitary Tumors
Chapter 15. Acromegaly
Chapter 16. Prolactinoma
Chapter 17. Cushing Disease
Chapter 18. Thyrotrophin-Secreting Pituitary Tumors
Chapter 19. Nonfunctioning and Gonadotrophin-Secreting Adenomas
Chapter 20. Atypical Pituitary Adenomas
Chapter 21. Genetics of Pituitary Tumor Syndromes
Chapter 22. Nonpituitary Sellar Masses
Section IV: Pituitary Procedures
Chapter 23. Pituitary Imaging
Chapter 24. Pituitary Surgery
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Chapter 1. Pituitary Development
Chapter 2. Hypothalamic Regulation of Anterior Pituitary Function
Chapter 3. Adrenocorticotrophin
Chapter 4. Growth Hormone
Chapter 5. Prolactin
Chapter 6. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
Chapter 7. Gonadotrophin Hormones
Chapter 8. The Posterior Pituitary
Section II: Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disorders
Chapter 9. The Hypothalamus
Chapter 10. Anterior Pituitary Failure
Chapter 11. Pituitary Dysfunction in Systemic Disorders
Chapter 12. Drugs and Pituitary Function
Chapter 13. The Pituitary Gland in Pregnancy
Chapter 14. Psychiatric Disease in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disorders
Section III: Pituitary Tumors
Chapter 15. Acromegaly
Chapter 16. Prolactinoma
Chapter 17. Cushing Disease
Chapter 18. Thyrotrophin-Secreting Pituitary Tumors
Chapter 19. Nonfunctioning and Gonadotrophin-Secreting Adenomas
Chapter 20. Atypical Pituitary Adenomas
Chapter 21. Genetics of Pituitary Tumor Syndromes
Chapter 22. Nonpituitary Sellar Masses
Section IV: Pituitary Procedures
Chapter 23. Pituitary Imaging
Chapter 24. Pituitary Surgery
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About Shlomo Melmed
Dr. Melmed co-edits Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles, is the Neuroendocrine Section Editor for DeGroot and Jameson's Textbook of Endocrinology, and Williams Textbook of Endocrinology; and is pituitary section author for Harrison's Textbook of Medicine. In addition to being the Editor-in-Chief of Pituitary, he is on the editorial board of Journal of Clinical Investigation and past Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology.
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